Sendera Ranch Elementary 3rd Grade
Choose Your Superpower!
3rd Grade Happenings
- Thanks to those of you who were able to come out to Family Learning Night! We hope it was informative and helpful for you!
- Our Big Kahuna Fundraiser ends on Friday, September 15th. Thank you for participating!
- Don't forget to have your child wear their new SRE spirit shirt on Mondays!
- DRA testing (our formal reading assessment) will end on September 21st.
3rd Grade is Super!
POW!
The 3rd Grade Team
What We've Been Learning!
Readers Workshop
-Understand rules, procedures, and purposes of readers workshop.
-Set up their Reader's Response Journal.
-Selected books for independent reading and defined the purposes of reading.
-Learned the rituals of the reading conference and how to get help.
-Used reading strategies to understand a text.
Writers Workshop
-Understand rules, procedures, and purposes of writers workshop.
-Set up their Writer's Notebook.
-Wrote about important experiences.
-Generated topics and ideas for stories.
-Understand what to do when they think they are finished writing.
Social Studies
-Compared and contrasted maps and globes.
-Understand the parts of a map such as symbols, legends, and a compass rose.
-Explored different types of maps using their Chromebooks.
Math
-Understand rules, procedures, and purposes of math workshop.
-Set up their Math Binder.
-Know how to use P.A.L. protocol (working with a partner).
-Understand what to do when they get stuck.
-Wrote 4-digit numbers using place value.
-Represented 4-digit numbers in many ways.
-Wrote 4-digit numbers in numerals and words.
-Used a number line to locate 4-digit numbers.
Science
-Set up their science notebook.
-Discussed the expectations of a science notebook.
-Explained the importance of science safety in the classroom.
-Discovered how scientists investigate questions.
-Discussed how scientists use tools.
-Discussed how scientists use data.
-Described how scientists use tools and data to make conclusions.
September 15th - Big Kahuna Fundraiser Ends
October 2nd - Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin
October 2nd-6th - SRE Book Fair
October 6th - Fall Picture Day
October 6th - Early Release
October 9th - Student Holiday