Mrs. Winebarger's 2nd-3rd Class
3-29 to 4-01
Have a great week everyone!
Only 1 weeks until Spring Break!
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison
Try your best this week and never give up!
Important Reminders
1. Wednesday, March 31st
On Wednesday at 9:30, author Lauren Castillo will be our visiting author via zoom. The session will be at 9:30 for K-3rd students
2. April Star Reading and Math Assessments
Please plan for your child to complete the April Star Reading and Math Assessments on Thursday, April 1st. Login information will be sent through class dojo on Thursday morning. Please remember students must complete these assessments independently by themselves. The math and reading assessments will be an assignment in Google Classroom for Thursday afternoon before leaving for Spring Break.
3. 3rd Grade End of Grade Testing
Your child will be coming to school to take the End of Grade Tests in May.
Tentative dates for EOG Testing will be posted on our Newsletter Tuesday.
4. Important Dates:
4-02 to 4-09 Spring Break
5-26 Last Day of School/Early Dismissal
5. Please be sure your child is completing all learning responsibilities daily.
This includes each zoom class, paper copy of any assignment in weekly packets and/or paper copies of any assignment posted on Google classroom, google classroom assignments, google forms, google docs, razkids, dreambox, MobyMax math fact fluency, etc.
Please also ensure that all required paper copy of assignments have been turned in for grading through class dojo messages.
Revised School Calendar
25 Day Reading Challenge
2nd Grade Learning Targets
Math:
I can Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to four categories. (New Skill)
a. Draw a picture graph and a bar graph with a single-unit scale to represent a data set.
b. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a picture and a bar graph.
This week, students will be focusing on creating picture graphs and solving adding/subtracting problems based on information from graphs.
Reading:
I can ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. (Review Skill)
I can find causes and effects in nonfiction texts when learning about Weather. (New Skill)
I can tell how specific images contribute to and clarify a nonfiction text. (Review Skill)
I can know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. (Continuing Skill)
I can write my first name in cursive handwriting. (Review Skill)
I can read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. I can read on-level grade text with purpose and understanding. (continuing Skill)
Writing:
I can write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section (Review Skill)
Science:
I can summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light that warms the land, air and water.
I can summarize weather conditions using qualitative and quantitative measures to describe:
Temperature, Wind direction, Wind speed, Precipitation.
I can recognize the tools that scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.
Zones/Health:
I can know my emotions and manage stress. (Continuing Skill)
3rd Grade Learning Targets
I can find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling without gaps or overlaps and counting unit squares. (Review Skill)
I can relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition (Continuing Skill)
A. Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side
lengths.
B. Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving problems and represent whole-number products
as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
C. Use tiles and/or arrays to illustrate and explain that the area of a rectangle can be found by partitioning it into two smaller rectangles, and that the area of
the large rectangle is the sum of the two smaller rectangles
I can solve problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, and finding an unknown side length. (New Skill)
I can solve two-step word problems using addition, subtraction, and multiplication, representing problems using equations with a symbol for the unknown number. (Continuing Review Skill)
Reading:
I can find the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. (Review Skill)
I can determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials. (continuing Skill)
I can know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. (Continuing Skills)
Writing:
I can write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
I can write lower and upper case letters in cursive.
I can write my name in cursive.
Social Studies:
I can explain why people become entrepreneurs. (Review Skill)
I can give examples of entrepreneurship in various regions of our state. (Review Skill)
I can create a design for an original product based on supply and demand.
Health/Zones:
I can know my emotions and manage stress. (Continuing Skill)
2. Brain Pop Jr. Assignments
3. Razkids
4. Dreambox
Contact Information
You may also call the school phone between 7:30-8:00, 10:40-11:30, and 3:00-4:00 with any questions/concerns you may have during the day. If you send a dojo message or school phone message, I will respond as soon as I can.
You may contact me by the following ways:
- school phone
- class dojo**
- scheduled zoom conferences
**Please remember I do not check class dojo messages before 7:30am or after 4:00pm. Thank you for respecting the posted quiet hours on class dojo.