Newsletter
October 21-25
Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Important Reminders
Picture Day: October 23rd
Please donate candy for the Boo Bash. The winner class will get pizza.
Boo Bash: Monday October 28th. $5 for entrance. See you there! (see flyer for more details).
Spelling:
This is Random Spelling Week: On Random Spelling Weeks, students will need to review all “List A” and “Both” lists on all cards (1-6). Note: it’s important to save all the spelling cards so students can study form them as needed for Random Spelling Week.
Tic Tac Toe: use lists 1-6 for this week.
Spelling Test: Friday
Reading for 20-30 Minutes
~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.
~Reading: For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.1, 3.4, and 3.5
RI. 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RI. 3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
RI. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Start writing or type / to choose a block
Language Arts:
Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday. Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be Friday. Skills include: abstract/concrete nouns, pronouns, context clues, editing, plural nouns end in (ch, sh, ss, x).
Math:
OBJECTIVE OF TOPIC A: 1 Explore time as a continuous measurement using a stopwatch. 2 Relate skip-counting by 5 on the clock and telling time to a continuous measurement model, the number line. 3 Count by five and one on the number line as a strategy to tell time to the nearest minute on the clock. 4 Solve word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by counting backwards and forwards using a number line and clock. 5 Solve word problems involving time intervals within an hour by adding and subtracting on the number line.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend.
Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax
Social Studies:What is a geographer, what is a state, and what city do you live in. Study the vocabulary.
Science: Forces-push, pull, and balanced forces.Paragraph
Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),
Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217
Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org