Tilford Times Newsletter
March 21st- 25th 2016
This Weeks Agenda
Envisions and Everyday Math Geometry Unit 6
Monday: More Solid Figures, homework - 3D shapes foldables
Tuesday: Lines and Line Segments
Wednesday: More Lines and line Segments
Thursday: Ploygons
Friday: 3D shapes, lines, segments and polygon quiz, No Homework
**Please check your child's planner each night for specific daily homework.
Continue to have kids login to www.Multiplcation.com to practice their facts
username: firstnamelastinitial46342 password : lunch number. practicing facts with flash cards, online games or timed tests is a great way to learn facts. Mastered facts should be as fluent as recognizing your name.
3.NS.3: Understand a fraction, 1/b, as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction, a/b, as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. [In grade 3, limit denominators of fractions to 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.]
Reading/Literature Unit
Reading- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Literature- We will finish reading and listening to the The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. We have also completed a vocabulary log, story predictions, chapter questions and a character and comparison flip book in class. All classwork MJET reading packet is due Thursday March 24th, 2016.
The reading and comprehension for this unit is ALL in class assignments
Here is the link to purchase the paperback or e copy of your own: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane-kate-dicamillo/1100305946
Spelling/phonics -Spelling words short vowel +/r/ sound
(ar, or)Vocabulary- Literature vocabulary will be studied as we read it in context within each chapter.
Writing
The best way to practice understanding author's purpose, point of view and comparison of text is by reading daily. Please see article posted at top of Newsletter "Why Should My Child Read 20 Minutes a Day?"
Weekly Academic Standards
Reading: 3.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently. 3.RL.2.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
3.RL.2.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the plot.
Structural Elements and Organization
3.RL.3.1 Use terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza to refer to the parts of stories, plays, and poems; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
3.RL.3.2 Distinguish personal point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Writing: 3.W.4 Apply the writing process to generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials and edit writing for format and conventions.
3.W.2.1 Write Legibly, leaving space between letters in a word, words, in a sentence, and the edges of the paper.
Math: 3.NS.3: Understand a fraction, 1/b, as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction, a/b, as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. [In grade 3, limit denominators of fractions to 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.]
3.NS.4: Represent a fraction, 1/b, on a number line by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole, and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.
3.NS.5: Represent a fraction, a/b, on a number line by marking off lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b, and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.
3.NS.6: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, based on the same whole or the same point on a number line.
3.NS.8: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size based on the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions (e.g., by using a visual fraction model).
Music Notes Newsletter
Music Test Retakes are due Tuesday! All students that received a pink retake slip have one week to retake the test. Students received their retake slip last Monday.
Upcoming Events
Spring Break
Saturday, Mar 26, 2016, 08:00 AM
Joan Martin Elementary School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Important Daily Times
Arrive at School: 8:45 am (Late Start 9:10)
Attendance is Taken: 8:55 (Late Start 9:15)
Recess/Lunch: 10:55-11:35
Specials: 12:35-1:25
Dismissal: 3:20-3:35
Online Classroom Tools
Next book order will go through on March 16th, 2015
Mrs. Tilford's 3rd Grade Class
Email: tilfordclass@hobart.k12.in.us
Location: 301 East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Phone: 219-947-7869 8555
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