Odds and Ends:
A note from our gym teacher, Mrs. Cushing:
Third graders see Mrs. Cushing for PE first thing in the morning. There is a good chance there will be dew on the grass. PE is outdoors into October, weather permitting.
The students might get their socks/shoes wet. It is a good idea for the third graders to bring an extra pair of shoes and socks for after PE. A suggestion would be to have your child wear their play shoes to school for PE and then change into another pair after. Washing and drying them weekly may be of help too!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
* Wed. 9/19: Social Studies: Continents and Ocean Quiz * Fri. 9/21: Spelling: 3 spelling activities due and test today
Math: Addition Fast Fact Graded Review
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will focus on our first unit, Tales as Old as Time, as we explore different types of folktale literature. We will apply our reading strategies to this literature and focus on character traits, sequencing, and using text based evidence to answer our questions.
*English: We will continue to study the structure of a sentence. We are finishing up our ME bag writing activities and they turned out amazing! Each child will take turn to share their 3 items and their paper to the class. The presentation portion will be graded.
*Spelling: We are beginning week 2 of our first spelling unit. Your child has been given time in class to work on their spelling menu activities. 3 activities are due by Fri. 9/21. Check in with your child's progress to make sure they will be able to complete these activities. You might need to have them work on some of the work at home. Homework is a graded activity and each missing or incomplete assignment will reflect missing points.
The test will be on Friday and will consist of randomly selected 15 words from their word list and then they will choose 2 of those 15 words to write 2 complete, accurate sentences. The test is worth 20 points.
*Social Studies: We are busy working in cooperative groups to research about our continents. Students are finding WOW facts and then adding them to Google Slide presentations. We will share these presentations to the class next week. The quiz on continents and locations will be on Wed. 9/19. Students will need to know the location of all continents and oceans. They will be given a word bank, so spelling counts.
*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will continue to learn a variety of addition and subtraction strategies to help us solve word problems and more complex problems.
We are working on our addition and subtraction fluency as well. We will begin "practicing" our addition fast facts. If your child passes any of the practice tests with zero or one wrong, they will begin practicing subtraction facts. The "official" addition fast fact test will be on Fri. 9/21. This will be a variety of addition fluency facts 0-12. If they don't pass the fast fast graded review, they will retake the quiz each day the following week until Thurs. and receive 1 point off the total grade for each retake.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
