Miss Branchick's Newsletter
August 31-September 4
Homework Clarification
In the directions up top, it says to use their Reading Journals. We found this online and forgot to change it. I am sorry for the confusion. We do not have Reading Journals. Students can complete any written work on a separate sheet of paper and turn that in, with the Reading choice sheet, on Friday Sept. 4th. If paper is needed at home, your child is more than welcome to bring some home.
Math Daily Spiral Review:
These review pages will not match up with our current lessons, and they probably won't. That is okay. All the pages should be a review. There are 4 pages that need to be completed and turned in on Friday, Sept. 4th.
Websites
- ScootPad
- TenMarks
- Tumblebooks (username northelementary / password books)
- MasteryConnect
Tumblebooks is registered for grades K-4 so North and South share.
This week in room 506
Math-
Unit 2 -
- Monday- Lesson 4-4 Subtracting 3-digit Numbers
- Tuesday- Lesson 4-5 Subtracting Across Zero
- Wednesday-Lesson 3-4 Estimate Differences
- Thursday- Lesson 4-6 Real World Problems: Draw a Picture
- Friday- Review/Enrichment
- Monday- Labor Day
- Tuesday- Assessment
Standards being taught/assessed this unit: MA.3.NS.9, MA.3.C.1, and MA.3.AT.1 (same as Unit 1)
Science-
Students will be measuring any growth in their plants this week. Assessment will be on Friday.
Standards being assessed:
- SC.3.3.1 - Identify the common structures of a plant including its roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. Describe their functions.
- SC.3.3.2- Investigate plant growth over time, take measurements in SI units, record the data and display the data in graphs. Examine factors that might influence plant growth.
Writing-
We will finish introducing traits to students this week.
- Ideas
- Organization
- Voice
- Word Choice
- Sentence Fluency
- Conventions
Reading-
This week, we will be working in Unit 1 Week 2- During this week long unit, we will be focusing on:
- Strategy: Visualize
- Skill: Sequence
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
- Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
- Phonics/Fluency: Short Vowels /e/, /o/, /u/ and phrasing
Spelling and vocabulary lists have been uploaded to ScootPad. Words will be glued in on Monday.
This week's spelling words focus on the short vowel sounds /a/ and /i/. They are:
- mess
- stop
- jumps
- head
- block
- slump
- check
- rock
- funnel
- ready
- shut
- gush
- crops
- bathtub
- trust
Vocabulary:
- celebrate- to do something special
- courage- to have bravery in a difficult situation
- disappointment- being sad because something is not as good as expected
- precious- something that is very valuable to you
- pride- to have a feeling of satisfaction in something you have done
- remind- to help someone remember something
- symbols- something that represents an idea or object
- traditions- things that have been done for a long time
Scholastic Book Orders- update
The Scholastic Website was down last week. I will submit the order this Friday, September 4th.