| We enjoyed a great week of climbing! It was fun to watch students celebrate the rewards of working towards/reaching personal goals, showing perseverance, and taking risks. A big thank you to all of our volunteer belayers. We could not do this without you!     |
| Gallery Opening: Tuesday November 22nd from 8:40 to 10:00AM To wrap up our expedition study of art and culture, students will be creating their own art pieces that share something about culture. We will be working on this next week, and students will decide whether they want to create a piece that shares about personal/family culture or Renaissance culture. To simulate a gallery opening, where parents will be invited to come view and ask questions about our art, we are going to make this a fun occasion where we will ask families and students to get dressed up. We will serve scones and tea. Please save the date and plan on coming to see the finale of our expedition! |
| Crew Learning Expedition: Students enjoyed this unit of learning about other cultures through art. We have analyzed art and read text to learn about cowboy, pioneer, and Mexican American culture. Students have deepened their understanding of what culture is and how you can learn about culture using art. HINTS AT HOME: What did you see in the art you looked at and what did it tell you about culture? | Writing/Language Workshop: We have enjoyed being readers of TALL TALES and this week we began the process of becoming writers of tall tales. Before starting, we took some time to brainstorm our main character, setting, and the plot of our story. Today, we looked at mentor text tall tales to use for inspiration for crafting a lead. HINTS AT HOME: What are you enjoying about this genre study? What challenges you? Tell me about your tall tale. |
| Math: This new unit is building conceptual understanding about multiplication and division. We have been exploring how to solve mult/div problems using pictures, arrays, shortcuts, and fact triangles. HINTS AT HOME: Please begin a routine of studying multiplication facts at home. By the end of third grade, students are expected to show mastery of facts 0-12. | Reading Workshop: This week we continued our reading theme called “How Does Electricity Work?” We continued practicing the reading strategy of synthesizing (where you put together pieces of information as you read to form new ideas). HINTS AT HOME: Set a routine for 3rd graders to be reading every night. Have your child share with you what he/she can synthesize from the text and how it helps to better understand the text. |
Spelling : Sorry for the confusion with spelling. The snow day last week knocked me off schedule. Here is the list for this week, test will be next Wednesday, and the new list will come home on Thursday.
Book Fair next week. Come check it out. There is a classroom wish list too, if you would like to donate to our classroom library. Family night is Tuesday from 5:30-7:30. Thanks for supporting the book fair! :)
Nov 11-18: REMS Book Fair
Nov 22: Gallery Opening from 8:40-10:00 AM
Nov 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 5-9: Listening Conferences (I will release a sign-up next week)
Dec 16: Electronic Progress Reports available through Parent Portal
Dec 19-Jan 2: Holiday Break
Jan 3: Teacher Work Day
Jan 4: Students Return to School
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