The Story~Star Connection
Mrs. Story's Third Grade Newsletter
Reading
Powerful pictures books about learning, listening, respect, and friendship have been read aloud to the class. Each story teaches an important lesson and connects our class as a community of readers. In addition, I'm striving to teach the children about Metacognition, thinking about your thinking. We made a "Reading Salad" as we read Thank You, Mr. Falker. Just like a tossed salad is a colorful mixture of lettuce and tomatoes, a reading salad is a colorful mixture of text + thinking. I'm inviting my readers to share what their thinking over and over again. After all, Reading IS Thinking!
The children also learned the expectations for developing their independent reading habits. We read our poem of the week, The Reader's Oath, reviewed the "Rules for Reading Right", and learned how to record their reading each night in their homework records.
Writing
We also read The Very Best Story in which a young writer discovers that the very best story comes from the heart. Each child is publishing their own heart map of stories for their writer's notebooks. Thank you for brainstorming with my writers at home when they completed their heart map homework!
Math
Baggin' It!
Practicing our Rainbow of Friends stanzas
Creating our Class Mission Statement
The Grand Opening of our Classroom Library
Ready to Roll, First Day of School
Publishing with Pride
Wonderful Workers
A Few Reminders
2. Please send a hand written note in the morning for any changes in their daily dismissal plan.
3. Dental Forms are due by October 15th.
Scholastic Book Orders
I did highlight some books at our order site that are just right for third graders.
Class code: LBKVQ
https://orders.scholastic.com/LBKVQ
Email: lstory@cbsd.org
Website: http://www.cbsd.org/Page/3686
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