Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I enjoyed spending time with my family and having some time to relax, (and shop). I feel recharged and ready to get back into the swing of things. I'm looking forward to seeing the kiddos tomorrow. We have 3 1/2 weeks until the winter break, and oh so much to do!
Coming up this week... Writing: We'll write one more expository piece this week as we conclude our unit. Also, we'll write a response to a video about the harmful effects of plastic. For spelling, we will work on contractions. Reading: This week our focus will be on nonfiction text structures including cause and effect, compare & contrast, and problem & solution. We'll also work on making inferences while reading nonfiction texts, an important yet sometimes difficult skill. Math: We'll wrap up our unit on fractions Monday and Tuesday before starting a new unit on connecting multiplication with division and division fact strategies. The fraction concepts will be assessed with division after this next unit, however we will have a short quiz on Tuesday. I'll continue to build in some spiral review of fraction concepts before the district assessment. Also, we'll review addition and subtraction during this unit as part of our spiral review for this unit. In the upcoming division unit, students will begin to build their understanding that multiplication and division are related operations. Students will apply computation strategies as they solve story problems and will represent relationships in problems as well as explain strategies used to solve problems. Below is a link to an Origo video highlighting the think multiplication strategy. Think Multiplication Division Strategy Here are a few other multiplication/division resources you might want to check out. These are both linked in the RRISD curriculum which is available to the public.
Science: On Monday, we'll conduct an investigation on landslides for our unit on Earth's forces. Then, we'll complete a virtual investigation to wrap up the unit. I plan to give the district unit assessment on Wednesday before beginning our next unit on forces and motion. To start off our unit, we'll dive into a Project Lead the Way module about flight and gliders which correlates with our science TEKS on force & motion. Social studies: We'll continue to learn how heroes shape our communities. Upcoming Events Wednesday, November 28: PTA Members Meeting Tuesday, December 4: Picture Retakes Wednesday, December 19: Winter Party for 3rd grade @1:30
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |