December 1- Week 16

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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

November 24-28: Student Holiday
December 18: Early Release at 11:45
December 19-January 6: Student Holiday

Math homework is due by Friday, December 5th. The optional test review is also due by Friday, December 5th. Students are encouraged to read every night and review multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will be learning about the elements of poetry.

Ask your child to explain the difference between a free verse and a rhyming poem.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, the students will finish publishing their final drafts, including drawing and designing their nonfiction text features.

Ask your child what nonfiction text features they used to help the reader understand their chapters more clearly.

Skills Block:

This week, students will review the rule of a vowel sound per syllable, and continue working with compound sentences. Students will continue working with independent clauses and continue using FANBOYS to connect two complete thoughts.

Ask your child to identify which coordinating conjunction would complete the sentences best.

I can have pizza for lunch, ( and/or ) I can make a salad for lunch.
I forgot my snack at home, ( but/so ) I need to buy a snack from the cafeteria.

Additionally, have your child practice sharing with you or writing two simple sentences that can be connected to the same thought. Each must have a verb and a noun.

Math:

This week, students will determine the sum when adding unit fractions. Students should practice multiplication facts of eight each night. On Thursday, December 4th, students will be assessed on automaticity of these facts. The optional test review will be sent home on Monday, December 1st and will be due on Friday, December 5th. The check up for module 6 will be on Friday, December 5th.

Ask your child to explain to you what a unit fraction is.

Science:

This week, we will complete Topic 4 about Earth and Space on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We will focus on learning the order of the planets from the sun. On Thursday, we will review in class for our CBA which will cover Energy, Earth and Space. A study guide will go home on Monday for the Earth and Space portion which has many vocabulary words students need to know. Then, we will take our CBA on Friday which is a summative grade.

Topic 4 School to Home Letter Topic 4, Exp. 1 Patterns in Space Topic 4, Exp. 2 Solar System

Study Guide for Earth and Space

Ask your child about the order of the planets in the solar system. (Do they use a mneumonic device to say the order?)

Social Studies:

This week, students will be learning about the different cultural celebrations around the world.

Ask your child what their favorite cultural celebration they learned about.

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