Thoughtful in Third Grade
See what is going on in 3M and 3D!
Reading Workshop
Throughout our non-fiction mini-lessons this week, students were focusing on the following learning targets:
- I am learning 3 new nonfiction text structures: problem/solution, compare/contrast, and cause/effect.
- I am learning to reread the text and use strategies to figure out unfamiliar words.
- I am learning to understand the author's purpose for writing a nonfiction text: to entertain, inform or persuade the reader.
- I am learning to summarize key ideas from a text to show my understanding.
Students are busy reading nonfiction texts during IDR at school. They have the choice of reading fiction OR nonfiction at home for their monthly calendars.
Math Workshop
Students spent the week studying the relationship between multiplication and division! The learning targets were:
- I am learning to relate multiplication and division.
- I am learning to relate multiplication and division by finding an unknown factor.
- I am learning to solve a division word problem in which group size is unknown.
- I am learning to choose the correct operation to solve a word problem.
Students had time Friday to assess their returned math work. Please take time to look over these packets and sign the reflection form!
Highlights for the Week:
Science
Students are learning to identify the food web that exists within an ecosystem! This schema will be important when we clean up our own oil spills!
Writer's Workshop
This week, writers continued to write their own adaptive fairy tales! They worked on setting personal goals, writing endings which solve the character's problem, adding narration for a backstory, and peer editing.
Social Emotional Learning
Every week we have a half hour dedicated to social emotional learning. This week we moved on to Unit 2. Our focus for the next few weeks will be on impulse control and how to solve problems calmly and respectfully!
Keep in Mind...
Monday (23rd): No School for students; Parent Teacher Conferences 3pm-8pm
Tuesday (24th): No School for students; Parent Teacher Conferences 11am-4pm
Wednesday (25th): No School
Thursday (26th): No School; Happy Thanksgiving!!
Friday (27th):No School
Tuesday (24th): No School for students; Parent Teacher Conferences 11am-4pm
Wednesday (25th): No School
Thursday (26th): No School; Happy Thanksgiving!!
Friday (27th):No School