Coming up this week...
Writing: This week, we'll focus on revising our personal narratives to improve the quality of our drafts. After reading mentor texts with a writers' eye, we'll work on crafting strong leads and satisfying endings. Also, we'll learn how to show emotions by creating a mental image instead of telling. Our grammar instruction will include using specific nouns which we will also apply to our drafts. Reading: We'll continue to make inferences while reading fiction stories and use text evidence to support our thinking. Also, we'll learn to summarize a fiction story using elements of fiction as a guide. Later in the week, we will begin studying characters in our stories. Students will make inferences about characters based on what they say, do, think, and feel which will help them develop theories about the character. Math: Our focus this week will be on using strategies such as compensation and breaking numbers apart to add and subtract within 1,000. Students will use various tools including number lines, base 10 blocks, and models to help solve one and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction. Science: We'll investigate how states of matter change by observing ice melting, water heating, and water changing to a gas. The big science idea is that adding or removing heat causes states of matter to change. Social Studies: Monday September 17th is Constitution Day. We'll learn what the Constitution is and why it is important. Then we'll take an imaginary trip to the White House as an introduction to our national government. Upcoming Events September 19-Spirit Night @ Baskin Robbins
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |