Mrs. Cole's Column
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
What's happening this week in Room 512!
Math
Unit 3 - Numeration
- Tuesday- Unit 2 test corrections; Unit 3 Pretest; Unit 3 Vocab
- Wednesday- Lesson 1-1 & 1-2: Hundreds and Thousands
- Thursday - Lesson 1-3: Greater Numbers
- Friday - Lesson 1-4: Ways to Name Numbers
Please encourage studying math facts every night this week. We have our next Math Fact Mastery time test on Friday. Some students need to study addition, while others are taking their first subtraction test.
Science
We will begin our new Science unit on Light and Sound.
Writing
We are starting our first Writing Unit - Narrative Writing. We will be focusing on the traits of Ideas and Conventions (punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences)
Standards being worked on: 3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that-
- establish an introduction
- include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences
- include dialogue
- connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words
- provide an ending
Reading
Unit 1 Week 3:
- Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
- Comprehension Skill: Sequence
- Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
- Vocabulary Skill: Compound Words
This week's spelling words:
- striped
- sneeze
- fine
- wise
- crime
- smoke
- envelope
- smiled
- globe
- come
- plane
- whale
- grade
- skate
- shapes
Vocabulary:
- admires- to like something or someone
- classmate- someone who is in your class
- community- a place where people live, work, and play together
- contribute- give money or help
- practicing- do something again and again
- pronounce- to say the word correctly
- scared- to be afraid of something
- tumbled- to fall over
Riddle of the Week
The first person to give the answer to Mrs. Cole will receive some $!
Reminders
Reading homework Tic-Tac-Toe due Friday, September 11
Reading assessment Unit 1 Week 3 - Friday, September 11
Math Fact Mastery time test - Friday, September 11