Mrs. Flick's Facts
January 11, 2019
Important Dates
January
18- NC Spirit Day- Color Wars! (THIRD GRADE IS GREEN!)
21 - No School, MLK Jr. Day
April
PSSA dates- no travel absences will be approved for these dates:
Reading April 15th- April 26th
Math- April 29th to May 3rd
Upcoming Spirit Days
January 18: Color Wars
February 14: Kindness Day
March 15: Sports Day
April 12: When I Grow Up
May 10: Crazy Hair Day
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 2 Library
Tuesday: Day 3 Music
Wednesday: Day 4 Music
Thursday: Day 5 Art
Friday: Day 1 Gym
General Classroom Reminders
- Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you!
- Log into Connected for math resources. Login information is in your child's planner.
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we continued unit 5 and focused on multiplication strategies such as with recognizing helper facts in multiplication, doubling as a multiplication strategy, and looking for patterns in products. We will continue Unit 5 next week!
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Building a READING LIFE
In Reading this week, we continued our Nonfiction Unit. We focused on teaching others about a topic we are experts in. We learned to differentiate between the most important ideas and support details when reading about a non fiction topic. We also discussed and share how we can tackle text complexity when reading expository nonfiction. Finally, we learned that we must have clear goals by analyzing our own reading skills while reflecting on what we do well and what we can improve on while reading nonfiction texts.
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Word Study
New sorts on Monday!
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This can be done on the back of the homework sheet. This paper should then be returned to school Friday morning.
Friday- there will be a test given
Writing long & strong
This week in Writing we continued our informational writing unit. Students picked a topic that they are an expert in and will be researching and sharing their expertise through writing a non fiction information book. This week we focus on organizing our thinking to help us become strong information writers, focused on new structures that lead to new thinking such as cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare and contrast. We also "laid the bricks" of our nonfiction topics to help us organize our thinking of an information book.
Cursive: This week we continued to focus on capital letters!
Box Tops for Education
Happy New Year!
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Cursive
This week we continued working on Hills and Valley letters!
Technology
This week we did Xtra Math and Rocket Math on the iPad. We used the app A+ Spelling to practice our words all week. We continue to use Google Classroom, Connect Ed for Math, and with Epic and Storia for reading!
Science
This week we continued our Rocks and Minerals Earth Science Unit by learning about volcanoes, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. WE are "rocking" this unit!