August 25- Week 3

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Medical Notes

If your child has a medical note that prevents them from playing at recess, please make sure that you also inform P.E. and music teachers. Students move a lot in both of these classes and teachers need to know of any limitations.

Snacks

Students may bring a dry, quick, and healthy snack. Good suggestions are apple slices, carrot sticks, grapes, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. Please do not send chips, cookies, candy, anything that needs to be peeled, and anything that needs a utensil to eat for your child to have as a snack.

Water Bottles

Students may bring a filled water bottle with only clear (unflavored) water. Do not add flavor packets to the water in case of spills. Students may not bring cups with straws. Only water bottles that can securely close will be allowed.

Character Strong

Morning Drop Off

PARENTS, Please watch and follow staff directions in the morning drop off. We need you to pull all the way forward. Please do not stop at the kindergarten doors as you back up traffic. We need to keep everything flowing. We have staff on hand to assist students getting to class.

Afternoon Pick Up

Here is the link to our Safety Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal.

Illness

Please remember to follow our attendance guidelines and keep your child home when they are sick. While we value your child’s learning time in the classroom, help prevent the spread of illness and ensure the health of other students by making sure your child is fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please also talk to your child about healthy habits like frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when coughing.

Important Dates

Homework

August 25: Math MAP Test
August 26: Curriculum Night 4:30 - 6:00
September 1: Student Holiday
September 11: Yearbook Picture Day

Students should practice multiplication facts of ten. The optional test review is due on September 2nd. Students are encouraged to read every night and review addition and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will be working on making connections and comprehending their books. We will be finishing our read aloud Stone Fox.

Ask your child about what kinds of connections they can make with their books.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, students will finish drafting, and then edit, and publish their personal narratives.

Ask your child what ideas they have for their personal narratives.

Skills Block:

This week, students will explore and identify words with consonant digraphs. Additionally, students will review nouns and what makes a noun and common noun.

Math:

This week, students will represent multiplication facts by using a variety of approaches such as repeated addition, equal-sized groups, arrays, equal jumps on a number line, and skip counting. Multiplication facts of ten and five will be introduced this week. Students will make flashcards in school for tens facts to take home and practice daily. Students will be assessed on their knowledge and fluency of the tens facts on September 6th. On Thursday, students will receive a test review to complete. This is an optional assignment. The test review is due on Tuesday, September 2nd and the module one checkup will also be on this day.

Ask your child to explain how an array is a strategy to solve a multiplication problem.

Science:

This week, we will continue our first experience with Matter. We are learning how to measure, test, and record physical properties of matter. When we read the text for each experience, your child will bring home the passage. I would encourage you to hold onto that for review purposes. It is also attached below.

Lastly, 3rd grade is in need of some recycled materials this year for our science lessons. Please see the flyer below and send them anytime you have some collected. Thank you for your help!

Topic 1 School to Home Letter Topic 1, Experience 1 Properties of Matter

Ask your child about the three states of matter.

Social Studies:

This week, students will be learning about how to be good citizens.

Ask your child what things a good citizen does.

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