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What’s up in Room 16... Wow…I know February is a short month, but it certainly did fly by with the snow/cold days. Not to worry, our class in back in full swing and we are learning, learning, learning! In Reading, we have been studying and reading a variety of folktales, including fairy tales and fables. We’re heading into legends. The students are continuing to focus on comprehension skills by identifying the main idea of their stories in both read alouds and their own reading workshop books. As Writers, the students conducted interviews with classmates and focused on writing about them in paragraph form, as well as planning their writing, revising, and of course, the all-important editing. The third graders are also working on word study patterns and carrying over their knowledge of sight words into their independent writing. In Math, though we have moved to Geometry, and will soon head into fractions, we have not REALLY moved on from multiplication and division. I cannot stress enough the importance of learning multiplication facts . Even as we begin studying area and perimeter, and other math skills, the students will realize the need to know those multiplication facts. In Social Science, the students Reminders *When sending in lunch money, PLEASE put it in an envelope with your student’s name and school number. *Please continue to sign your child’s agenda each day. Doing this helps hold students accountable for bringing their agenda home and completing the assignments each evening. * Check with your child to see if he/she needs new crayons. Those reds, blacks, and browns always seem to be the first to go missing! March 2018 Mrs. Peterson Room Things to Work on at Home Your child should be reviewing the following skills… Multiplication tables 0-12. Please work on memorizing these facts. Division (tables 0-12). Students should understand that division is the “flip flop” of Multiplication. i.e. If 5x4=20, then 20÷4=5 Place Value. Students should know the place and value of digits to the 999,999. Reading a number to 999,999. Writing a number in expanded form to 999,999 Adding and subtracting numbers to 9,999, including regrouping. Counting money and making change to/from $5.00. Tell time and identifying the elapsed time. Writing and comparing fractions using >, <, and =. Reading Fluently: Pay attention to punctuation when reading; most importantly, remind your child to stop at periods, question marks, and exclamation marks. Spelling previous high frequency words and word study word patterns. Edit writing with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure. Students still have a difficult job recognizing where sentences should be separated. Thank You… ~Students for putting your hearts and souls into our “Animals on the Loose” Global Road Trip Project! ~Parents and visitors who were able to come to our Global Road Trip! AND, Mr. and Mrs. Mattraw, Mr. Wittman, and Mrs. Walley for donating items to display! ~for the donations of baby wipes! We can always use them! ~Mrs. Rodreguez for bringing in Valentines cupcakes for Important Dates March 2 Read Across America @2:10 PTA Bedtime Stories @ 6:15 March 5 PTA Meeting @7 P.M. March 6 Spring Pictures March 7 Interims sent home. March 11 Daylight Savings Time. Spring Foreword! March 22 3 rd Grade Musical Performance @ 6:45 P.M. Art Show 6:00 P.M. March 26-30 Spring Break! THE WAVE
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What’s up in Room 16...
Wow…I know February is a short month, but it certainly did fly by with the snow/cold days. Not to worry, our class in back in full swing and we are learning, learning, learning! In Reading, we have been studying and reading a variety of folktales, including fairy tales and fables. We’re heading into legends. The students are continuing to focus on comprehension skills by identifying the main idea of their stories in both read alouds and their own reading workshop books. As Writers, the students conducted interviews with classmates and focused on writing about them in paragraph form, as well as planning their writing, revising, and of course, the all-important editing. The third graders are also working on word study patterns and carrying over their knowledge of sight words into their independent writing. In Math, though we have moved to Geometry, and will soon head into fractions, we have not REALLY moved on from multiplication and division. I cannot stress enough the importance of learning multiplication facts. Even as we begin studying area and perimeter, and other math skills, the students will realize the need to know those multiplication facts. In Social Science, the students have been on quite the adventure as they researched, wrote about, and created displays for Forest Ecosystems for our Global Road Trip. If you didn’t have the opportunity to see your child’s work, stop by school and check out the phenomenal 3rd grade hallway! Next up...Ancient Civilizations, including Mali, Greece, and Rome!
Reminders*When sending in lunch money, PLEASE put it in an envelope with your student’s name and school number. *Please continue to sign your child’s agenda each day. Doing this helps hold students accountable for bringing their agenda home and completing the assignments each evening.
* Check with your child to see if he/she needs new crayons. Those reds, blacks, and browns always seem to be the first to go missing! Also, several students still need headphones.
Thank You…~Students for putting your hearts and souls into our “Animals on the Loose” Global Road Trip Project!
~Parents and visitors who were able to come to our Global Road Trip! AND, Mr. and Mrs. Mattraw, Mr. Wittman, and Mrs. Walley for donating items to display!
~for the donations of baby wipes! We can always use them!
~Mrs. Rodreguez for bringing in Valentines cupcakes for the students!
~for all of my Valentines flowers, treats, and gifts!
THE WAVEMarch 2018
Mrs. Peterson
Room 18
Things to Work on at HomeYour child should be reviewing the following skills…
Multiplication tables 0-12. Please work on memorizing these facts. Division (tables 0-12). Students should understand that division is the “flip flop”
of Multiplication. i.e. If 5x4=20, then 20÷4=5 Place Value. Students should know the place and value of digits to the 999,999. Reading a number to 999,999. Writing a number in expanded form to 999,999 Adding and subtracting numbers to 9,999, including regrouping. Counting money and making change to/from $5.00. Tell time and identifying the elapsed time. Writing and comparing fractions using >, <, and =. Reading Fluently: Pay attention to punctuation when reading; most
importantly, remind your child to stop at periods, question marks, and exclamation marks.
Spelling previous high frequency words and word study word patterns. Edit writing with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Students still have a difficult job recognizing where sentences should be separated.
Read, Read, Read and fill out the Home Reading Log independently.
Important DatesMarch 2 Read Across America @2:10 PTA Bedtime Stories @ 6:15March 5 PTA Meeting @7 P.M.March 6 Spring PicturesMarch 7 Interims sent home.March 11 Daylight Savings Time. Spring
Foreword!
March 22 3rd Grade Musical Performance@ 6:45 P.M. Art Show 6:00 P.M.
March 26-30 Spring Break!
Have a Marvelous March!
Mrs. Peterson
