Here is glimpse of our upcoming week:
Science: We'll continue to learn about the properties of matter while measuring and recording temperature, mass, and magnetism. Also, students will use the design process to make a model of a boat that can hold at least 40 pennies without sinking. This is always lots of fun! Reading: Our focus this week will be on making inferences and drawing conclusions. Inferring can be challenging for young readers, so we'll start by gaining an understanding of how people make inferences in their daily life. Then we will use photos/images to infer, and finally we will make inferences while reading. We'll also practice visualizing while reading and learn that readers of chapter books need to pay attention to text signals in order to detemine when to visualize and when to gather information, (such as when a narrator is providing background knowledge about a character you just gather info). Math: This week we learn more about place value including decomposing/composing numbers by place value, comparing and ordering numbers, representing numbers on a number line, and describing the relationship of the base ten number system. We'll work with numbers through 9,999 in this unit. Additionally, we'll estimate sums of numbers to understand the purpose of rounding and then practice rounding. Then, we'll begin using strategies to add and subtract two and three digit numbers. Writing: As we continue to write personal narratives, we will begin to narrow the focus of our stories by thinking of seed ideas, (small moments) and describing those moments so that the reader can paint a picture in their mind. Social Studies: It is Celebrate Freedom week so we will learn all about the Constitution. Upcoming Events Monday (9/18)
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |