Bennett 3rd Grade Newsletter
September 4th - September 11, 2015
Homework via Google Docs
It is very important that the homework reading log be completed and turned in each week. Students should read twenty minutes nightly. We have attached an interesting chart on the benefits and growth of students that read nightly, compared to students that do not read each night. Please look over the chart and share with your chid.
Nightly Reading
Hand Sanitizer Needed
Spelling Tests Every Friday
In Class This Week
In Reading this week, we will finish our whole group novel study over Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. Students will learn strategies to clarify text that is confusing or misleading, by using text evidence. Students will also work on sequencing events in the novel, as well as, summarizing the novel. Students will complete their Charlotte's Web reading response journal. We will continue to look at our reader's responses, and discuss how we can make them more meaningful. We will focus on answering questions with elaborated answers, that use text evidence and make connections to the world, ourselves and other text.
In Writing, students will continue to work on writing a personal narrative. We will focus on writing sentences with complete subjects and predicates. Students will learn to make compound sentences with the use of coordinating conjunctions and FAN BOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Our spelling words for the upcoming week are: might, mind, kite, wild, bride, kind, bright, tight, grind, blind, hide and fright. Our challenge words are: invite, while and prime.
We will complete our Engaged! Learning Model (ELM) over pioneers, and how they have shaped their community. Students will make their group presentations to their teacher on Friday. It has been wonderful to watch the students work together using their 'soft skills' to solve their challenge!
No School Monday, Sept. 7th
Bennett/Nom Noms Night
Book Orders Due
Important Upcoming Events
Tuesday, September 8th: Volunteers and Visitors Begin at Bennett
Thursday, September 10th: Fire Clowns Assembly, Bennett/Nom Noms Night 5pm - 8pm, Scouting Event 6:30 - 8:30
Friday, September 11th: STUCO Forms Due
Monday, September 14th: Fundraiser assembly, Announced Lockdown Drill
Tuesday, September 15th: Taste it Tuesday
Thursday, September 17th: Girl Scouting Event 6:30 - 8:30
Friday, September 18th: STUCO Forms Due
Monday, September 21st: PTO Room Rep Meeting, Fall Pictures
Tuesday, September 22nd: PTO meeting 7:00pm/ELM Night, Watch Dog Sign Up Opens
Wednesday, September 23rd: Progress Reports Go Home
Friday, September 25th: Principal's Coffee 8:15, Friday Live 2:15
Monday, September 28th: Creed Lunch 10:30, Fundraiser Ends
Wednesday, September 30th: Bear Buddy Kick-Off 7:30am Library
Bennett 3rd Grade
Email: jharry@mckinneyisd.net
Website: bennettthird.weebly.com
Location: 7760 Coronado Drive, McKinney, TX, United States
Phone: 469-204-5400
Twitter: @Bennett3rdGrade