Mrs. Cole's Column
Monday, September 14, 2015
What's happening this week in Room 512!
Math
Unit 3 - Numeration
- Monday- Real World Problems
- Tuesday- Review
- Wednesday- Unit 3 Test
- Thursday- Unit 4 Multiplication pretest
- Friday - Lesson 5-1: Multiplication as repeated addition
Please encourage studying math facts every night this week. We have our next Math Fact Mastery time test on Friday, September 25. Some students need to study addition, subtraction, or multiplication.
Science
We will continue our new Science unit on Light and Sound. Our test will be on Friday, September 18.
Writing
We are continuing our Writing Unit - Narrative Writing. We will be focusing on the traits of Ideas and Conventions (punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences)
Standards being worked on: 3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that-
- establish an introduction
- include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences
- include dialogue
- connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words
- provide an ending
Reading
Unit 1 Week 4:
- Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
- Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
- Genre: Biography
- Vocabulary Skill: Metaphors
This week's spelling words (uploaded to Scootpad):
- plain
- fake
- obey
- painted
- same
- radio
- grain
- state
- eight
- explain
- ladies
- sleigh
- tray
- they
- weigh
Vocabulary:
- design- to make a drawing or a plan
- encouraged- you are given hope to do something
- examine- to look at something very carefully
- investigation- to search carefully for something
- quality- items made of the finest materials
- simple- something that is easy to do
- solution- a way to fix a problem
- substitutes- to take the place of something else
Classroom volunteers
- Math 9:30-10:30
- Writing 12:00-12:40
- Reading 12:45-2:15
Riddle of the Week
The first person to give the answer to Mrs. Cole will receive some $!
Reminders
Reading homework Tic-Tac-Toe due Friday, September 18
Reading assessment Unit 1 Week 3 - Friday, September 18
Math Fact Mastery time test - Friday, September 24