3rd Grade Newsletter
Monday, September 27 - Friday, October 8
The Role of the Learning Coach
Reminders:
- Learning Coaches should read and respond to emails daily.
- If your student is absent, please email all of your student's teachers.
- Make sure student is attending live Class Connects and completing daily lessons in the OLS.
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Announcements & Upcoming Dates
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7 Mindsets Survey
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Quarter 1 TGAs
Math TGA, a Writing TGA, and a Writing Work Sample. Teacher Graded Assignments are worth 30% of your grade in Math and ELA. These TGAs are an opportunity for students to apply the skills they are learning in classes and lessons and for teachers to provide individualized feedback. It is vital that students complete these and turn them into Seesaw each quarter. See below for information on the 1st quarter TGAs.
Writing Work Sample-was due in Seesaw September 8th
- Students will read two stories, "Into the Woods" and "The Dark Woods." Then, compare & contrast how Jack and Annie act throughout both stories, providing text evidence from both stories to support your answer.
- See attachment below for directions and click here to watch a video explaining the Writing Sample.
Math TGA- was due in Seesaw September 17th
- Big Ideas-Mini Project from Math Unit 1, Lesson 15- Creating Mystery Pictures
- See attachment below and click here for a video explaining the Math TGA.
Writing TGA- was due in Seesaw September 22nd
- Final draft of your Personal Story from ELA Unit 1, Lesson 14.
- See attachment below and click here for a video explaining the Writing TGA.
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Important Upcoming Dates
- October 12- Last day of 1st Quarter; all work completed by 5:00 pm
- October 13-15-No School-Fall Break
Course Information
ELA
Unit 2- Fables
In Unit 2 of ELA, you will be learning about and reading fables. These will be found in the Expeditions in Reading book provided with your ELA curriculum. You will also be continuing to learn about writing a narrative and will begin to draft your narrative that you will continue in Unit 3, which will be your Quarter 2 writing TGA.
Math
In math, we are continuing to learn about addition and subtraction strategies and algorithms. below for some strategies to help your student with addition and subtraction.
Introducing Addition and Subtraction with Number Lines
Before students begin applying number line strategies to addition and subtraction problems, it is essential that they learn how to create and label number lines. Start by having them create and label a number line that begins at 0 and ends at a given number, such as 10 or 20. Discuss how many marks they will make to show the whole number. Then, challenge them to start at a given number, instead of 0. Encourage students to keep their marks evenly spaced as they create their number lines. A ruler may be helpful.
Once your students are creating and labeling number lines with precision and mastery, it is time to introduce addition and subtraction number line strategies. Begin by demonstrating simple addition problems on a closed number line beginning at 0 and ending at 10 or 20. Model how to make jumps forward to solve addition problems. Students will learn to start on the first number and jump forward the number of spaces they are adding. Have students circle the sum that they landed on.
In the same manner, model how to jump backwards to solve subtraction problems. Using their prior knowledge, the students will understand that they will start on the largest number and jump backward the number of spaces they are subtracting. Again, have them circle the difference that they landed on. After practicing and modeling this, you may begin to have the students work with number lines that begin and end at any given number within 100. During this time, have students use red to show addition jumps and blue to show subtraction jumps. This solidifies the visual.
After ample practice, this is the perfect time to introduce the concept of open number line strategies. When working with open number lines, students must understand the importance of labeling the marks at the bottom of the number line. To add, use the easier number to draw on the number line and then jump forward to solve. To subtract, draw the larger number on the number line first and then jump backwards to solve. As always, repetition is key with this skill!
Helpful Math Links:
MindPlay
In order to complete the lesson, students need to click the "Open MindPlay" link inside the course and actively work for 30 minutes in MindPlay before marking the lesson complete in the OLS.
Foreign Language
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Ratzloff's Corner
If your child has a disability, special education can help your child learn, develop social skills, and enjoy school again.
Special Education Information:
- You will work as part of a team along with others from the school to develop an Individualized Education Program or IEP.
- The IEP is developed by the IEP team at a meeting. An IEP is good for one year. It can be changed anytime during the year in another IEP team meeting.
- The IEP team has a very important job. You will want to attend the meetings to be part of all the decisions about your child.
- You know your child best. The IEP team needs you!
7 Mindsets Corner
Tips & Tricks for a Successful School Year
- Class connect attendance is extremely important in addition to completing online coursework. Please prioritize attending class, including Morning Meeting, every day and email all teachers if you know you are going to be absent. Communicate with your homeroom teacher about any scheduling conflicts.
- Create a family schedule to stay on track with all students' class connects.
- Come to class prepared. Be sure to eat, use the restroom, do chores, etc. before or after class connects. Log in to class a few minutes early with your materials and be ready to start on time.
- All assignments require 80% mastery in order to be marked complete. Click here to watch a video showing how to retake an assessment. If you run out of attempts, contact your homeroom teacher.
- Watch recordings of any missed class connects. Click here to see how to access recordings.
- Clear out browser cache, cookies, and history daily to ensure that your computer runs smoothly with Newrow. Click here for instructions. Shut down your computer each night.
Important Websites
Teacher Contact Information
Erin Brady
Emily Marks
Mary Matheson
Holly Moore
Danielle Younger
Marissa Gage
Jennifer Ratzloff
Ryleigh Lane
Call: (405) 259-9478, ext. 3338
Seth Thomas
Special Education Teacher
Call: (405) 259-9478 ext.3345
Call or Text: (495) 633-2446