3rd Grade Newsletter
November 27, 2017
What are we learning about this week?
Reading:
We will explore summary some more with a strategy called Somebody, Wanted, But, So Then. This strategy will assist in providing a structure for them to be able to write a summary of fiction texts.
Below are some questions you can ask to help practice this skill this week:
What happened when ___?
What happened after ___?
What can you infer about the conflict in the story?
What can you infer about the resolution in the story?
What can you infer about the ending or the outcome of the story?
Reading tips from Mrs. Mestemaker: Second and Third Grades
Math: Unit 3 reviews place value, multi-digit addition/subtractions, and problem solving. Students will be to the idea of rounding 2-and 3- digit numbers to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred.
Unit 3 Math Test will take place on December 8th.
Science: Stayin' Alive - In the second science unit we are going to dive right into different habitats and the animals that live in them. We start the unit by assessing what we already know about this topic, and then learn about a species in our neck of the woods. This particular species is called the Barton Springs Salamander. Please take a look below to learn more about this critter. We will start and end the unit with this little guy.
More here: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/bartonspringssalamander/
Homework
Read 60 minutes and record in your planner.
Words: there, first, through, new, too, another, because, different, off, always, without, life, head, almost, live, page, got earth
Math: Subtraction Practice
The Unit 3 test will be given next Friday December 8th
PACE:
Important Dates
PTA BOOK FAIR & TOY DRIVE 12/4 – 12/8
Wednesday, December 6 4:30 Book Fair Family Night
Thursday, December 14 5th Grade Business Fair (MPR)
Friday, December 15 10:00 CRMS Winter Choir Concert
Tuesday, December 19 WINTER PARTIES