Latta's Nautical News
3rd Grade
October 21st
A Peak at our Week:
We are continuing with non fiction text and our articles this week focus on the rain forests. This leads into our unit on rain forests. There are some vocabulary words that go with these articles. Although the vocabulary words will not be tested this week due to it being a short week, they will be tested in the future. Edmodo has a link to QUIZLET where the students can begin to study these words.
Science:
As part of our "journey" each student will be creating a terrarium to serve as a model of the rain forest. This requires a 2 liter soda bottle with the cap! Please send in one or two or three :) by Thursday this week.
We will be making our terrariums THURSDAY.
Math:
We will continue working with division and multiplication. We will have a test on division and multiplication on Thursday this week. Topic 8 in the math book is a great way to prepare for this test!
Practice will help them feel confident and build fact fluency.
Beginning next week we will begin to give TIMED TESTS OVER MULTIPLICATION FACTS! These are not graded but students can earn a sundae at our 3rd grade ice cream party. Each mastered fact will add another topping to the sundae. The first test will be over the 2's. They will be given 1 and 1/2 minutes to complete 30 problems. They need to have ZERO errors to move onto the next test. They will be retested until they get 100%.
Please continue to encourage and help your child memorize multiplication facts. They have created flash cards that they can bring home any day as long as they remember to bring them back to school.
Social Studies:
This week we will learn about the SOUTHEAST REGION. We are
1. The states in each region
2. Where they are located on a map
3. The climate of the region
4. Land forms associated with the region
5. Landmarks
All of this information can be found in the book they are creating.
The quiz for the SOUTHEAST REGION is this Thursday. All quizzes will done in small chunks, they will not have to label all 50 states on a blank map.
NEXT WEEK WE ARE MOVING ONTO THE SOUTHWEST REGION. Students will be given the information on Thursday before they leave for the long weekend. They are encouraged to study over the weekend. The test will be Tuesday next week.
Important School Dates:
October 24th: End of the Quarter
October 25th: No School, Teacher Planning
October 30th: Health Screening at TCE
October 31st: Report Cards will be posted on HAC
October 31st: Fall Centers (email Mrs. Kerfoot if you can volunteer)
Resource Schedule THIS WEEK.
Oct. 21
Monday: Nothing
Tuesday: Media
Wednesday: P.E.
Thursday: Music
Friday: NO School
Wish List
*Clear packing tape
*Copy paper
*Prize box treats and prizes
*Beach towels! The weather is getting beginning to cool down and I would love take our lesson outside! If you have any old beach towels you could donate for the kids to sit on it would be greatly appreciated!
First Mate!
Yashika is full of kindness and optimism. She sees the brighter side of everything and her love of learning is apparent everyday.
Yashika is works well with all her classmates, she is patient, caring and helpful.
she is a classmate we can all count on each day.
We love having Yashika in our class! Thank you Yashika for being so great :)