Hope you had a great weekend! See below to find out what we are learning this week!
Science: We'll continue to learn about environments and food chains. Students will finish reading about an ecosystem they chose to learn more about and share their learning with the class. Then, we'll act out a food chain, order the organisms in a food chain, draw examples of food chains, and read about food chains to understand how energy is passed from one organism to another. Reading: Our Book Clubs are off to a good start! Each group met last week to discuss the first chapter and to create group norms. This week, students will have their first official meeting to discuss their thinking/questions from the first 3-5 chapters. Then they will write a response in their reading notebook before reading the next 3-5 chapters. Everyone is very excited about their books! As students read, we'll learn more about character motives, traits, change, and interaction with other characters. Writing: This week, we'll continue writing personal narratives. Each student will choose one of their stories to write as a draft which will be revised throughout the week. Math: Our focus this week will be on time intervals, different ways to say the time such as 20 minutes after four or four twenty, and measuring weight. We'll learn how to solve problems involving adding or subtracting time intervals using a number line or t-chart. This can sometimes be challenging at first, so we will continue to practice as needed as we switch to weight and capacity. Social Studies: We'll begin our next unit on communities over time. During this unit, students will gain an understanding of characteristics of communities, past and present; how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities; and the concepts of time and chronology. This week we'll discuss how school has changed over time as well as some inventions that have changed communities.
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |