Week of October 3rd-7th
Wow! I can’t believe we are in October! I am really enjoying your children and look forward to watching them grow.
Just a reminder—Make sure your child dresses for the weather. It has been chilly in the mornings (although I am hearing it will reach 80 this week), and we try to get outside for some fresh air in the morning.
If you have not already done so, please turn in permission slip and money for the trip on Friday the 21st. Parents are welcome to attend, but they will also need to pay the $10. We will be walking to catch the shuttle from the Henry Ford Museum. Looking forward to a great trip!
We are learning:
Spelling–This week our spelling focus is long and short e. We also have a few content words that go along with what we are learning in other subjects. Your child should be able to tell you about them. We work on the spelling patterns for the words, so even if the words are easy to spelling students also need to identify the patterns. For example, ee and ea make the long e sound. They should be able to transfer this to their reading and writing.
Daily5/Cafe–Our focus is Check for Understanding when we read. We are also exploring folktales and learning about character traits. Students will be making their own webs with partners about the characters in their own books. We will then move on to fable and explore their characteristics.
Writer’s Workshop–We are working on a descriptive piece about your child’s favorite place. Students should be including lots of descriptive language. We first explored the mentor text Saturdays and Teacakes for inspiration and example of good writing.
Math–Tonight a Unit One pretest will be coming home that we will use as a study guide. Students worked on time, elapsed time, bar graphs and pictographs. Students even collected their own data and made a bar graph! We are moving on to addition of multi-digit numbers.
Social Studies–Our first unit is Geography. We are learning about Michigan’s relative location using a compass rose, as well as what region to which our community belongs. This week we will be exploring the natural characteristics of Michigan such as landforms, water and natural resources. We will be making flipbooks!
The students are enjoying Michigan Made as well! We sampled Hudsonville ice cream this past week! Delicious!
If you and your child see something that he/she would like to sample and would like to donate, it would be great! The two third grade classes work together on this, so let me know if you would like to donate an item for one of the Fridays.
Have a sunny week!
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