Monday, December 9th
- Music
Tuesday, December 10th
- Reflections Breakfast
- Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)
Wednesday, December 11th
- Technology
Thursday, December 12th
- Art
- Social Studies Test
- Weekly HW is DUE-ReadWorks Online Article, “The First Greenmarket in New York City”
Friday, December 13th
- Half Day, Dismissal @ 11:30am
- No library today
- Reading Comprehension Quiz
- Spelling Test
- M-STEP #3 Vocabulary Quiz
- Start New Weekly HW: ReadWorks Online Article, “Native Americans-The Star Maiden: A Native American Legend”
- M-STEP #4 Vocabulary Words Sent Home
English Language Arts
Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage. Student understanding of the anchor text and vocabulary will be assessed on Fridays.
Students will also work on grammar and spelling throughout the week. Assigned spelling words will be assessed on Fridays.
November Super Cougar
Congratulations to Cece! She is Super Cougar for November. She is Responsible, Respectful, and Safe. She goes above and beyond our PBIS expectations. Way to go, Cece! Keep up the great work!
MSTEP Prep
On Friday, third graders will bring home 10 M-STEP vocabulary words to study at home and an extra credit crossword puzzle. If students complete and return the extra credit crossword puzzle, they will earn 1 extra credit point on the quiz. On Fridays, the students will be quizzed on these words. In January, when your child earns 80% or better on Friday’s quiz, he/she will earn a charm for his/her M-STEP charm necklace. Students will be quizzed on Friday, December 13th.
XtraMath Updates
We are now in the second trimester. Your child should be working to master their multiplication facts in order to earn a “1” on their second trimester report card. They will need to complete addition and subtraction in order to begin multiplication. This can be achieved by completing a session online each day. Login information is in your child’s planner.
Helpful hints for XtraMath success:
- Only complete one session per day. (An additional session will not count toward student progress).
- Students are better to let time run out than to answer a problem incorrectly.
- Students should be focused on the computer screen once the facts begin to appear.
- NO Distractions!!!!!
Math-Multiplication
The students in room 129 recently took their math multiplication test on chapter 6. Congratulations to Greyson, Devynn, Charles, Antonio, Allan, and Cece for earning 100% on their multiplication test.
Our class is currently finishing up multi-digit multiplication, chapter 7. This chapter is a preview for 4th grade. Students will not be tested on multi-digit multiplication. We will soon be starting division.
Mystery Science: What kinds of animals might there be in the future?
In science this week we learned about how people create new breeds of animals by selecting
certain traits and only having those animals have babies. Your child learned in particular how the earliest dogs were medium-sized and wolf-like, but using selective breeding, we managed to get the many different dog breeds, from small dogs to big dogs, spotted dogs to plain dogs.
What makes selection possible is the fact that no two individuals are ever exactly alike–there are always small differences, and yet parents do pass on most of their traits to their offspring. You can help reinforce this learning at home by helping your child to notice these small differences in physical traits between siblings, cousins, and other family members, as well as to contemplate which traits have been passed on from one generation to the next.