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Mrs. Chalk & Mrs. Oduyoye's 3rd Grade Newsletter Feb.19
Welcome!
Guest Reader February 9, 2016
Mrs. Overbeck came to our class to discuss the character trait
TRUSTWORTHINESS
A trustworthy person keeps promises, tells the truth, and will
not hurt anyone with unkind actions or words.
TRUSTWORTHINESS means being reliable.
The Empty Pot
Writing Workshop
Fact and Opinion
Learning Targets
W3.1: Opinion: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
I can introduce a topic or text, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
I can provide reasons that support the opinion.
i can uselinking words and phrases(e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinions and reasons.
i can provided a concluding statement or section.
Book Club
Reading Workshop
Reading Nonfiction:What is a Biography?
I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
I can determine the main idea of a text.
I can recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
I can describe what happened and why in information or historical text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
I can determine the meaning of academic and content-specific words and phrases relevant to grade 3.
I can use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic effectively.
Reading Notebooks
Biography vs. Autobiography
Keys to Reading a Biography
Setting
A "Snapshot" of Ruby Bridges
A "Snapshot" of Abraham Lincoln
A "Snapshot" of Wilma Rudolph
Valentine's Day Fun!
Unit 8- Multiplication Patterns
Please see previous newsletter for Unit 8 expectations and rationale. We will be wrapping up unit 8 and starting Unit 9 next week. Use previous work samples, text, vocabulary in journal, and expectations to review.
Please continue practicing flashcards and/or using www.xtramath.com.
Unit 9 - Parts and Wholes (FRACTIONS)
Key Concepts and Expectations
- Represent fractions using objects, area models (e.g., circle pieces, fraction strips, drawings) and number lines.
- Use words and numbers to name fractions.
- Recognize that fractional parts of a unit whole may be different shapes but must be the same size.
- Recognize that the same fractional parts of different-size unit wholes are not equal.
- Identify a fractional part of a set.
- Partition a shape by a given unit fraction.
- Identify the unit whole given a fractional part of a whole.
- Make connections among representations of fractions including symbols, words, area models, and number lines.
- Find equivalent fractions using models (e.g., circle pieces, fraction strips, number lines, drawings).
- Compare and order fractions using area models, number lines, and one-half as a benchmark.
- Demonstrate fluency with the multiplication facts for the 2s and 3s.
- Determine the unknown number in multiplication and division sentences relating three whole numbers for the 2s and 3s.
Sequence of Units in Trailblazers
If you would like to review work or see what is coming, you are always welcome to log into the website and access the digital lessons or ask your child to bring home their text book. Vocabulary should be reviewed and is located in the math journal. The DPPs (Daily Practice Problems) can also be reviewed and brought home after completion in class.
Unit 11: Analyzing Shapes
Unit 10: Exploring Multiplication and Division
Unit 13: Multiplication, Division, and Volume
Unit 12: Measurement and Patterns
Beautiful Junk Video
What Can We Do To Spark More Interest in STEaM!?
STEaM- integrating science, technology, engineering, art and math.
- 39% of chemists and material scientists are women;
- 27.9% of environmental scientists and geoscientists are women;
- 15.6% of chemical engineers are women;
- 12.1% of civil engineers are women;
- 8.3% of electrical and electronics engineers are women;
- 17.2% of industrial engineers are women; and
- 7.2% of mechanical engineers are women.
Do plants need soil to grow? Learning through a debate.
Earth Science - EARTH's RESOURCES
Content Statement
Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties. Soil is composed of pieces of rock, organic material, water and air and has characteristics that can be measured and observed. Rocks have unique characteristics that allow them to be sorted and classified. Rocks form in different ways. Air and water are nonliving resources.
WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY LEARNED?
Prior Concepts Related to Energy from Earth’s Resources PreK-2:
Objects and materials can be sorted and described by their properties. Living things are different than nonliving things. Properties of objects and materials can change. Water and air have specific properties that can be observed and measured.
WHAT WILL WE DISCOVER?
Grade 3 Concepts
- Air and water are present within rocks and soil.
- Air and water also play an important role in the formation of rocks and soil.
- The characteristics of rocks and soil must be studied through sampling, observation and testing.
- This testing includes the ability of water to pass through samples of rock or soil and the determination of color, texture, composition and moisture level of soil.
- Measurable and observable characteristics of rocks include size and shape of the particles or grains (if present) within the rock, texture and color.
- Age-appropriate tools used to test and measure the properties.
- The characteristics of the rock can help determine the environment in which it formed.
- Technology can be used to analyze and compare test results, connect to other classrooms to compare data or share samples, and document the findings.
WHERE ARE WE HEADED IN OUR LEARNING?
Future Application of Concepts Grades 4-5: The characteristics of both soil and rock are related to the weathering and erosion of soil and rock, which result in changes on Earth’s surface. The general characteristics of Earth are studied.
Grades 6-8: Further exploration of soil and rock classification is found with the expansion of instruction to minerals and mineral properties.
Mrs. Oduyoye
Email: oduyoyet@sycamoreschools.org
Website: https://bb.sycamoreschools.org/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_791310_1&content_id=_1055342_1
Location: Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery, OH, United States
Phone: (513)686-1799 (1553)
Mrs. Chalk
Email: chalka@sycamoreschools.org
Website: https://bb.sycamoreschools.org/webapps/blackboard/execute/announcement?method=search&context=course_entry&course_id=_791302_1&handle=announcements_entry&mode=view
Location: Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery, OH, United States
Phone: (513)686-1799 (1530)
Upcoming Events
February
26th-Third emailed picture and graphic organizer #3 is due at school (Findlay Project)
March
10th-PTO Meeting
16th-Spring Picture Day
17th-3rd grade Music Performance-details to come
18th-end of 3rd quarter
21st-25th-Spring Break
31st-Fourth emailed picture and graphic organizer #4 is due at school (Findlay Project)