Week of October 29th

This past week was awesome!! We finished our units on Native Americans and the forest. We tested on them as well and these grades will go into the 1st quarter. Most exciting is how our plants have grown. Look for pictures to come!!

Next week, we begin our unit on SC explorers in social studies and rainforests in science. Measurement begins our unit in math which is actually a continuation of Module 2.

In reading, we will continue to work on character traits and story elements. We will also begin sequencing and using transition words.

I will be posting vocabulary words for each subject in Google Classroom this weekend!! Sharpen the saw and relax!!

Review Time

Students are reviewing for their test with Quizlet Live. The competition is heavy.

Week of Oct. 16th

Tidbits

Weekly Communication folders came home this Friday. In the green folder, you should have grades, pictures, and a Veteran's Day slip. They should also have their weekly reflection sheet that should be filled out and shared with you. Please review, sign, and send back on Monday.

Please look over your child's pictures. If you choose to buy them, you can send the money in. But, if you are not happy with them or choose not to purchase them,  you can send the pictures back in. Of course, I had the chance to see them all first and they were awesome!!

On November 10, we have a breakfast planned for those that are who are on active duty or are veterans in the military. Please be sure to return the RSVP slip if you have anyone attending. There will be a breakfast starting at 7:30 and then a parade. All events will be over with by 8:45 am. Only those that are active duty military members will be participants of the parades.  

Also, this week, we have a 1/2 day on this Thursday and there is no school on Friday. Be sure to sign up for a conference, if you have not had the chance.  Please send in a chance of transportation if your child is taking a different method home either day. 

SNEAK PEEK

at the WEEK

Math - 

Mini-unit on Time

Reading - 

Character Traits, Suffixes, Story Elements, Text Evidence Sentence Starters

Science - 

Temperate Forest

Social Studies - 

Native Americans

Week of October 9th

This past week was a very interesting week. We began reading workshop and studied our lima bean plants. Next week, we will hopefully, begin math workshop as well. I have also, sent our a link for conferences on Sign Up Genius. If the time listed do not work for you, please send me an email and we can have a phone conference if necessary. I would like to speak to each and everyone of you, if at all possible, so I can share some information on what we can do to ensure your child has a successful year in 3rd grade.

Sneak Peek at This Week

ELA

Nonfiction, Questioning Strategies review, Story Map Elements

Math

Finishing Multiplication and Division (Module 1) 

Quiz on Lesson 14- Monday (Originally scheduled for this past Friday. We worked on lessons 14-16 thoroughly in class last week)

 Module 1 Test on Friday

Science

Habitats 

Grasslands-Test Wednesday 

Begin Temperate Forest Thursday

Social Studies

Rivers 

Regions and Rivers test Thursday

Begin Native Americans Friday

Grassland Resource Sites

http://games.bellmuseum.umn.edu/prairie/build/index.html

http://easyscienceforkids.com/fun-grasslands-quiz-free-general-knowledge-science-quiz-for-kids-online/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/quizzes/kidscorner/animal_games_african_sav_large.html

https://grasslandslive.org/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/habitats/grassland/#grassland-grasses-tassels.jpg

http://projectbeak.org/adaptations/build.htm

Tidbits for the Week of October 2

Snacks

We are having quite a few of the students forgetting their snacks, but the good thing is we have had parents (Mrs. Pennington, Mrs. Plemons, Mrs. Winecoff) to donate some. Thank you all for donating to the class. We appreciate everything. Sadly, we are running low on them and we average about 2-3 kids per day who did not bring a snack. If anyone out there (who has not donated) would like to donate to the class, we would appreciate it. Just send them in with your child whenever you get a chance. By the time we get to lunch, if the kids had no snack, they would be starving. 

Headphones

These are a must for our classroom. We do so much on the computer that it's almost impossible to be on the Chromebooks without them. I bought a few extra pair but it would be best if each child had their own pair. I'm having to clean 4-5 pair a day. If you don't mind, would you please verify with your child that they have a pair of working headphones here at school.

Sneak Peek

Math

Relating division to multiplication

Quiz on Friday, October 6 (lessons 11-15)

Review commutative property, arrays, distributive property

Quiz on 2's on Thursday, Oct. 5

Reading

Questioning strategies

Review prefixes and suffixes

Paired texts comparisons

Science

Grasslands 

Words to Know: adaptation, food chain, food web, producer, consumer, decomposer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore

Quiz on Wednesday, October 4th

Grasslands Test on Monday, October 9

Social Studies

6 Regions of SC and the 4 main river systems

Quiz on Friday, October 6

Test on Tuesday, October 10