3rd Grade Thinkers!
September 24, 2019
**Family Learning Team Meeting**
Students made commercials inviting you to our FLTM's. These were in our last newsletter and can be found on our Facebook page. During our FLTM you will learn about our 3rd grade curriculum. It will also be the premier of our Community Heroes movie! Your children do not need to attend.
3rd-grade Family Learning Team Meetings:
Monday, September 30th at 4:00 p.m. in Mrs. Simac's room
Tuesday, February 11th at 4:00 p.m. Location to be announced.
Virtues
Being responsible means others can trust you to do things with excellence. You accept accountability for your actions. Wen you make a mistake, you offer amends instead of excuses. Responsibility if the ability to respond ably and to make smart choices.
Discuss responsibility with your child at home. You may want to ask them, "What are some things that you are responsible for at home? At school?" You can even discuss what parents and adults are each responsible for.
Thanks for your support!
"Community Heroes" Outreach
ELA
Dear Family Member:
This week our class will focus on stories and storytelling. We will also talk about what we can learn from stories and their characters.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.
Word Workout
- Words to Know: synonyms Your child will use one of the list words in a sentence. Then you will repeat the same sentence and substitute a word with a similar meaning for the list word. You’ll take turns doing this until you’ve used all the words.
- Spelling/Phonics: short a, i Read the words to your child. Have your child raise one or two hands to show what sound he or she hears in a word.
Comprehension: character
Your child will read a story about three squirrels and figure out the character traits of each squirrel. Then your child can circle the words beneath each character’s name that describe the character.
Math
Science
We will continue our study of forces this week, this time by considering some of the forces involved in designing a bridge (as an activity your child will design and test their own bridge made of paper).
One fun thing you can do to support this week’s learning is sit down together with your child and enjoy browsing through some of the world’s most intriguing and extraordinary bridges (see link). Based on what they learned in class, your child might point out to you where the bridge’s weight is supported. http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/30-of-the-craziest-bridges-in-the-world