Weekly Update

Hello!

On Friday, we will have our first math test over Chapter 1: Place Value. Please use the study guide and vocabulary pages/cards in the binder to help your child prepare for the test. If you are logging into the math textbook, be sure to check out my previous post that included a video for how to log in to the cloud and access the book. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Here is what we are learning this week:

Reading: building our reading community, how to share books with each other
Writing: generating ideas for personal narrative stories
Math: Review of Ch. 1, test on Friday
Science:  interaction of living/non-living things in an ecosystem, how energy is transferred from one organism to another
Spelling: learning the rotation schedule/routines for groups, words will be sent home in binder soon. 

Important Reminders:

1. Your child is bringing home his/her writer's notebook today. He or she should use pictures, magazines, etc. to decorate the front cover. This will help them generate ideas during writing. Please review the handout in the take home folder and complete the project by the due date. The notebook MUST be brought back to school each day so your child has it during writing time.
2. Please listen to your child read twice a week. For the "code for parent checks" section, mark A for accuracy, F for fluency or C for comprehension. The yellow sheets in the binder explain everything on the reading log. It is due every Monday when your child gets to school. Please let me know if you have questions. All of third grade is testing out this reading log this year. Thanks! 

I hope you have a fantastic week!