Week of October 25

 

💙 Fall Harvest Party 💛

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Fall Harvest Parties a success! We appreciate all that you did to give the third graders a great party. :)

💙 What We Learned This Week 💛

💙Language Arts: This week, we focused on the book Stellaluna. Students created a flipbook with activities surrounding the skills of compare and contrast, retelling, vocabulary, point of view, and beginning, middle, and end. 

💛Writing: Students finalized their personal narratives and turned them in for grading. We look forward to reading all of their work! 

💙Math: We are continuing with Unit 2 which is area and multiplication. Students worked to find the area of a rectangle on a grid and draw a rectangle on a grid, using the multiplication expression given. We will continue on with Unit 2 this upcoming week. 

💛Science:  We will be pausing our Science lessons as we have finished the first unit: Power of Flowers. Science resumes after the section of Social Studies that we have started.

💙Social Studies:  We began getting into the 5 Themes of Geography this week (MR. HELP) and connecting them to Michigan. We will continue to work on it this upcoming week. 

*Be sure to check in with your child regarding the completion of independent reading books and book reports. If you have questions, this is a great topic to discuss at conferences.

Word Study

Next week's word study is introducing how to properly add -s, -es, and -ies to words (Plural Endings). Please remember that there are spelling words to practice each week. The amount of words varies each week between 3 - 5 words. 

This week's words will be:

minutes, lunches, stories, pennies

💙 IXL Practice 💛

As we complete standards through our math program, we will update you on skills that students can practice at home through IXL

Graphing Skills: 3rd Grade U.5, U.6, U.7, U.8, U.12, U.13

Multiplication Skills: 3rd Grade E.1, E.2, E.3, F.1, F.2, F.3, F.6, F.11, G.1

Area: 3rd Grade DD6, DD7, DD8, DD9, DD10, DD11, DD12, DD15

(more advanced area skills to come later)

3rd Grade Necessities...

• WE ARE HAVING MANY KIDS FORGET SNACKS. Please help them to pack the night before. They should be bringing a snack and water bottle each day. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• make your student's lunch choice for the week

• set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• read the blog each Friday.

Week of October 18

 

💙 Fall Harvest Party Information 💛

Schedule for Friday, October 29th
Parade (All Grades) from 10:50-11:05 AM around the EPC Track.
3rd Grade Class Parties from 12:30-1:30 PM (in Classroom).

Information for the day: 

*Students are allowed to wear their costumes throughout the entire day (no gore or weapons). They must wear masks with their costumes (they are not allowed to wear their costumes masks during learning, but are welcome to wear them during the parade). We respectfully ask that any part of the costume that is distracting to the school environment is left at home. 

*Parents and families are welcome to come for the parade. If you have had a volunteer background check and are signed up for an activity, you are able to join the classroom party.  

💙 What We Learned This Week 💛

💙Language Arts: This week, our emphasis was on character traits, using books written by Jory John and Pete Oswald (The Cool Bean, The Couch Potato, The Good Egg, and The Bad Seed). They had to identify a trait that each character has and use evidence from the story to support their reasoning. 

💛Writing: Students are continuing their personal narrative about a time when they learned something new. We are focusing on writing paragraphs (Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion) with 3-5 sentences in each. They will then transition into choosing one of the personal narratives that they wrote a draft for, which they will revise and edit. 

💙Math: We are continuing with Unit 2 which is area and multiplication. Students worked to find the area of a rectangle on a grid and draw a rectangle on a grid, using the multiplication expression given. We will continue on with Unit 2 this upcoming week. 

💛Science:  We will be pausing our Science lessons as we have finished the first unit: Power of Flowers. Science resumes after the section of Social Studies that we have started.

💙Social Studies:  We began getting into the 5 Themes of Geography this week (MR. HELP) and connecting them to Michigan. We will continue to work on it this upcoming week. 

*Be sure to check in with your child regarding the completion of independent reading books and book reports. If you have questions, this is a great topic to discuss at conferences.

Word Study

Next week's word study is introducing how to properly add -ed to Unusual Past Tense words. Please remember that there are spelling words to practice each week. The amount of words varies each week between 3 - 5 words. 

This week's words will be:

know, knew, write, wrote, sleep, slept, lead, led

💙 IXL Practice 💛

As we complete standards through our math program, we will update you on skills that students can practice at home through IXL

Graphing Skills: 3rd Grade U.5, U.6, U.7, U.8, U.12, U.13

Multiplication Skills: 3rd Grade E.1, E.2, E.3, F.1, F.2, F.3, F.6, F.11, G.1

Area 3rd Grade DD6, DD7, DD8, DD9, DD10, DD11, DD12, DD15

(more advanced area skills to come later)

3rd Grade Necessities...

• WE ARE HAVING MANY KIDS FORGET SNACKS. Please help them to pack the night before. They should be bringing a snack and water bottle each day. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• make your student's lunch choice for the week

• set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• read the blog each Friday.

Week of October 11

💙 Important Dates 💛

October 18 --- No School for students

💙Conference Schedule💛

Please sign up for a conference if you have not done so already. We are looking forward to speaking with you about your student.

Knuth Conference Schedule

Yoder Conference Schedule

Persenaire Conference Schedule

💙 Music Information 💛

Please click on the link below to view information regarding music performances that will be happening this year.

Letter from Mrs. Richards

💙 What We Learned This Week 💛

💙Language Arts: This week, we focused on determining the main idea. Students worked on different main idea activities such as reading a paragraph and writing the main idea with supporting details, putting together a main idea web with details, and engaging in discussions on the difference between the main idea and the topic. 

💛Writing: Students have started the new personal narrative that is all about a time when they learned something new. We are focusing on writing paragraphs (Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion) with 3-5 sentences in each. 

💙Math: We started Unit 2 which is area and multiplication. Students worked with square tiles to determine the area of various figures. We will continue working with area and multiplication for the length of this unit.

💛Science:  We will be pausing our Science lessons as we have finished the first unit: Power of Flowers. Science resumes after the section of Social Studies that we have started.

💙Social Studies:  Students practiced labeling the Great Lakes, the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, as well as the surrounding states. They showed their knowledge of this information through a map quiz. 

*Be sure to check in with your child regarding the completion of independent reading books and book reports. If you have questions, this is a great topic to discuss at conferences.

💙 IXL Practice 💛

As we complete standards through our math program, we will update you on skills that students can practice at home through IXL

Graphing Skills: 3rd Grade U.5, U.6, U.7, U.8, U.12, U.13

Multiplication Skills: 3rd Grade E.1, E.2, E.3, F.1, F.2, F.3, F.6, F.11, G.1

Area 3rd Grade DD6, DD7, DD8, DD9, DD10, DD11, DD12, DD15

(more advanced area skills to come later)

3rd Grade Necessities...

• bring a snack and water bottle each day. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• make your student's lunch choice for the week

• set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• read the blog each Friday.

Week of October 4

 

💙 Important 💛

October 14 --- Half Day

October 15 --- Half Day

October 18 --- No School for students

💙Conference Schedule💛

Our conference window opens up on October 14th and ends on November 12th. Below, your child's teacher's schedule is posted. Click the link and sign up for a time to discuss your child's third-grade year. There are a variety of times on different nights and you can choose between an in-person and virtual conference. Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions. 

Knuth Conference Schedule

Yoder Conference Schedule

Persenaire Conference Schedule

💙 What We Learned This Week 💛

💙Language Arts: This week, we read a nonfiction text called "All About Apples" where students participated in a variety of activities around the story, including cause & effect, compare & contrast, and text features.

💛Writing: Students have continued working on their personal narrative of a time that was scary. We are focusing on writing paragraphs (Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion) with 3-5 sentences in each. 

💙Math: We focused on arrays and developing multiplication expressions and equations, including with unknowns. We will be having our end-of-unit assessment on Monday.

💛Science:  We will be pausing our Science lessons as we have finished the first unit: Power of Flowers. Science resumes after the section of Social Studies that we have started.

💙Social Studies:  After pausing Social Studies for the last couple of weeks, we will be getting back into it, which includes learning more about Michigan!

💙 IXL Practice 💛

As we complete standards through our math program, we will update you on skills that students can practice at home through IXL

Graphing Skills: 3rd Grade U.5, U.6, U.7, U.8, U.12, U.13

Multiplication Skills: 3rd Grade E.1, E.2, E.3, F.1, F.2, F.3, F.6, F.11, G.1

Word Study

Next week's word study is introducing how to properly add -ing to VC, VCC, VCe, and VVC words. Please remember that there are spelling words to practice each week. The amount of words varies each week between 3 - 5 words. 

This week's words will be:

skipped, hopped, wished, closed, pleased

3rd Grade Necessities...

• bring a snack and water bottle each day. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• make your student's lunch choice for the week

• set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• read the blog each Friday.

Week of September 27

 

Conference Schedule

Our conference window opens up on October 14th and ends on November 12th. Below, your child's teacher's schedule is posted. Click the link and sign up for a time to discuss your child's third-grade year. There are a variety of times on different nights and you can choose between an in-person and virtual conference. Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions. 

Knuth Conference Schedule

Yoder Conference Schedule

Persenaire Conference Schedule

💙 What We Learned This Week 💛

💙Language Arts: This week, we read a story called "Mr. Peabody's Apple's" where students participated in a variety of activities around the story, including cause & effect, character traits, and compare & contrast. 

💛Writing: We continue to work on our writing unit of personal narratives. As students wrote their first couple topics, they reflected on their writing and worked on identifying a couple of goals going forward to improve their writing. For this weeks' topic, students focused on a time when they were scared. They created a Memory Map and a Graphic Organizer to organize their thoughts and ideas. 

💙Math: We focused on equal groupings and developing multiplication expressions and equations, including with unknowns. Students took their checkpoint for multiplication yesterday. 

💛Science:  We have completed lessons 3 and 4 of "The Power of Flowers," which was about why apples are different colors (including taste testing different types of apples) and studying how to create the largest apple in the world. 

💙Social Studies:  After pausing Social Studies for the last couple of weeks, we will be getting back into it, which includes learning more about Michigan!

💙 IXL Practice 💛

As we complete standards through our math program, we will update you on skills that students can practice at home through IXL

Graphing Skills: 3rd Grade U.5, U.6, U.7, U.8, U.12, U.13

Multiplication Skills: 3rd Grade E.1, E.2, E.3, F.1, F.2, F.3, F.6, F.11, G.1

Word Study

Next week's word study is introducing how to properly add -ing to VC, VCC, VCe, and VVC words. Please remember that there are spelling words to practice each week. The amount of words varies each week between 3 - 5 words. 

This week's words will be:

thanking, getting, jogging, using, trading

💙 Volunteering💛

If you are interested in volunteering in your child's classroom, including parties, please scan the QR code below. 

3rd Grade Necessities...

• bring a snack and water bottle each day. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• make your student's lunch choice for the week

• set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• read the blog each Friday.