Team Krapf Update
November 11, 2015
Reading
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In class we will be studying Informational text features & structures during 2nd quarter. Students will be completing a biography project on a famous person and their contributions to society. Non-fiction / informational books may also be chosen as their reading book if it has an AR test.
We are also finishing up reading Charlotte's Web. Vocabulary work and identifying internal and external character traits as been our focus. We discuss story elements throughout the book as well.
Writing
Students are working on essays about their favorite holiday. This essay, along with the paragraph they wrote last week about thier favorite trip, will be included in their autobiographies. Students will begin working on their autobiographies after Thanksgiving Break. A packet of information for students to research about their birth and family will be sent home soon.
Students wrote thank you letters to Veterans on November 10th.
Spelling & Grammar
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We practice grammar skills daily through the "Daily Language" program. Please review your child's progress on work sent home as students are always encouraged to practice grammar skills at home on MobyMax.
Science & Social Studies
Students read, discuss, and complete activities in conjunction with Scholastic News Magazines. These come home in Tuesday folders. This week we learned about Veteran's Day, the debate on whether or not students should be taught cursive writing, and angler fish.
Students also are working (as time allows) on Animal Classification tri-fold boards with peers in groups. Individually, students have selected an animal of their choice to research and write about. Their final writing piece on their animal will be typed and published. A few students have already completed their individual assignment and will be given other activities to work on while their peers are finishing up.
Word Problems and Multiplying / Dividing
Visualizing what is happening in word problems and solving them is our focus right now. Students must use their addition, subtraction, mulitplication, and division skills to solve problems so fact fluency (x1 through x10) and adding and subtracting numbers within 1,000 are important skills for students! Students are also working on writing equations that correspond to the word problems, and explaining how they got their answers in words. You will see examples come home in Tuesday folders, and practice problems will begin going home each week for homework.
The websites listed below are GREAT practice sites for students. Students should spend at least 10 minutes, four times per week, practicing their math skills at home. From time to time students will be given Reward Tickets for going "above & beyond" and doing extra math practice at home. I look at reports regularly to review student progress.
www.xtramath.org - Fact Fluency
www.ixl.com - Skill Practice (All 3rd grade skills)
Edmodo Learning Management System
Parents can sign-up to view their child's Edmodo account. Instructions were e-mailed out last weekend. Please let me know if you ever have any questions or concerns. We are busy each day in class, and students have a lot of responsibility managing both learning and technology in a 21st Century classroom. It is a great learning experience for students, and I'm always SO amazed at what 3rd graders can learn and do if afforded with opportunities and responsibility! www.edmodo.com
Email: nkrapf@bentonvillek12.org
Website: http://rebaker.bentonvillek12.org/pages/R_E__Baker_Elementary_School
Location: 301 NW 3rd St, Bentonville, AR, United States
Phone: 479-254-5720
Twitter: @teamkrapf
Creating with LEGO® Education WeDo Construction Sets
Architecture
Science in the Garden
Important Dates:
- Wednesday, November 11 - Donuts w/ Dad in the cafeteria at 7:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, November 11 - Veteran's Day - Wear GREEN to show your support.
- Thursday, November 12 - Math Contest Practice Afterschool 2:45 - 3:45 (for Team Members only)
- Friday, November 13 - Science in the Garden (learning outside)
- Monday, November 16 -- Math Contest Practice Afterschool 2:45 - 3:45 (for Team Members only)
- Tuesday, November 17 - Math Contest (Team Members only)
- Friday, November 20 - Bash at 7:45 a.m.
- Friday, November 20 - Thanksgving Feast in Classroom 11:20 - 12:20