Classroom News Issue 1

It was so great to see many of the parents at Tuesday’s Curriculum Night. I hope the evening helped to inform you about all of the 3rd grade curriculum and procedures. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. For those parents who were not able to attend, conference sign up is available. Conferences are set for Mon. 11/26, Tues. 11/27, and Wed. 11/28 after school. If you have a preferred time and date, please email me and I will see if they are still available. Otherwise, I will sign you up for any open time. Reminders will be sent home before the conferences

Thank you to those families who have sent in their "Give Us A Hand" items. I really appreciate your help and generosity!

Upcoming Events:

Wed. 9/12: Science: Bones and Muscles Open Book Review
Fri. 9/14: Spelling: List 2 Test
English: DOL #1 Quiz

A Look At Our Week:

*Math: This news is for the students in Miss Carlstrom's math class. Please visit your child's math teachers blog to see your child's math information. Thank you!
We are continuing Chapter 2 on addition and subtraction strategies and problem solving. Please continue to study your addition facts. We will continue to take our "Fact Genius" addition tests until Friday for full credit. After Friday each retake will affect the students final grade for the timed tests. I am so proud of all of the students who passed the addition timed tests. Way to Go!

*Science: As we continue to study the human body, we are learning how complex our bodies really are! We began our study of the skeletal system and we will start learning about the muscular system next week. We will take an open book review covering the material on Wednesday, September 12th.

* Spelling/Handwriting: Next week we will begin List 2, words spelled with “oa”. The students will be given a pretest on Monday to see what list of words they will use for the rest of the week. If they receive a 100% or get only 1 wrong, they will use the challenge list for the week. Please save the list in a safe spot and study nightly for Friday’s test.

*Reading: We have been busy reviewing our reading strategies this week and will continue to review them next week. We are learning how predicting, making inferences, monitoring our reading, visualizing, asking questions, and summarizing can help us become great readers! We are have been practicing the "Read-O-Meter" rule when choosing a book for silent reading. Ask your child to see their "Read-O-Meter" bookmark. See if they can explain what it means!

*English: We are continuing to review our punctuation and grammar skills. A graded D.O.L. review will be given next Friday covering capitalization and punctuation skills. Students are also responsible for knowing abbreviations for the days of the week. We are also learning about different types of sentences and beginning to write various paragraphs.