Mrs. Flick's Facts
April 20, 2018
Important Dates
April
30- PTO Book Fair Starts @ 8am
May
4- Last day for PTO Book Fair
11- Spirit Day: Career Day
17- Art Show @ 6pm
18- 3rd Grade Field Trip to Crystal Cave
25-28 No School
30- Field Day
June
7-8 1/2 Day for Students
Upcoming Specials
Monday: Day 3 Art
Tuesday: Day 4 Music
Wednesday: Day 5 Library
Thursday: Day 1 Music
Friday: Day 2 Gym
Reminders!
-HOMEWORK is very important as it reinforces skills. Please be sure to check that your child has completed their nightly homework.
-Record that Reading!
EACH night the students should be recording their reading time on the November calendar page in their agendas. They know where this page is and should be able to record it themselves. An adult just needs to initial it each night :).
- Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you! (remember that we are peanut and treenut free)
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
Math Updates
In Math this week, we first worked on problem solving using division and paper money to act out the problems. We next explored comparing fractions and generating equivalent fractions. We also explored the areas of rectangles through interactive activities on our iPads. We ended our week by exploring attributes of prisms.
Next Wednesday we will begin our Unit 8 Test. We will be testing until Friday.
Building a READING LIFE
This week in Reading, we continued on our unit of Research. The kiddos were divided up into research clubs to become experts on a chosen animal. We first learned how to synthesize the information from nonfiction books the way experts do. We next noticed and defined technical vocabulary related to our book clubs topic. We next made sure we approached our collaborative work with commitment. We finally ended our week by getting ideas about nonfiction by paying close attention to the traits, motivations, and struggles of our animals.
Word Study
Word study will continue IN-SCHOOL but you will not be doing any at-home activities!! :)
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This should be completed in the word study notebook in their binder.
The notebook will then be returned to school Friday morning and handed in to me :).
Friday- there will be a test given
This means that before the notebooks are handed in on Fridays there will be...
1. an answer key made of the sort and discovery in class during sort introductions
2. Monday night homework practiced/written sort and discovery.
3. a blind sort and written discovery on Thursday night.
Writing Long & Strong
This week in writing we continued to work on our opinion writing pieces.
Special Areas
In Gym this week, students completed fitness circuits.
In Music this week, students worked on reading and practicing notes with their recorders.
In Art, students are finishing their accordion-style dragon books with acrostic poems inside them.
In Library, the kids are learning about our online resources such as World Book, Gale Databases and Power Library. They are also learning how to create a shared Google Doc and work on it collaboratively..
Scholastic Book Orders
If you are interested in placing book orders throughout the year from Scholastic, please go to www.club.scholastic.com
and use our class code: LDBK3
Giant Bonus Cards
Giant Bonus Cards are our BIGGEST fundraising source. The link to register Bonus Cards is: http://giantfoodstores.com/aplus/register-card/?_requestid=1157213
Cursive
This week the students we continued to work on capital letters.
We are also publishing a piece in cursive...they are WORKING HARD!
TECH
This week we used the app "Show Me" to show our work in Math. We continued to support our Math and ELA concepts on an app called Boom Cards. Finally, we again read books online using the app Storia.
Specialist Spot
Please click on this link to read the monthly newsletters from our Reading Specialists!
PSSA's
WE ARE FINISHED!!!!!!!
Our tough 3rd graders made it through their first experience with the PSSA's with FLYING COLORS!!! They used strategies, TONS of scrap paper, and took their time. We should all be VERY proud!
Thank you so much for all of the snacks and water...you are the BEST!
:)