3rd Grade News
February 24th to March 2nd
Third Graders are Learning So Much!
Email: kwitnaue@grandblancschools.org
Location: Room 115 at Reid Elementary
Phone: 810-210-1151
Hello From Third Grade
Math
Math
Smartie Fractions
Making Fractions
Using Counters to Determine the Fraction of a Set
Writing
Realistic Fiction
My Story Idea!
Emma Adding Action to her Story
Julia Adding Action to her Story
Social Studies
Settlement in Michigan
The Line of Proclamation
The Northwest Ordinance
Science
Pulls and Pushes
More Examples of Pushes and Pulls
Spring Scale Experiment
Vocabulary
Reading
Please remind your child to be working toward meeting their AR goal as the marking period is coming to an end on Friday, March 27th. In Reading we are focusing on Non-Fiction. The students have learned about many of the different features of a non-fiction text. Photographs, captions, maps, diagrams, bold words, vocabulary boxes, and italicized words are just a few of the features they have explored. We are also working on the Main Idea of a non-fiction piece of text. In other words, what the article is mostly about. Using text features can help us with this. We are also learning how to understand our non-fiction reading by thinking about cause/effect. In other words, what are some of the effects of things that happen. For example, we just read about Penguins. We learned that because of Global Warming, Penguins are having a difficult time finding food. Please expose your child to non-fiction whenever possible. The newspaper is a great resource.