Week of November 12th- 19th
Upcoming Events:
November 16th, Monday- Out & About: Hagg Lake Dam Tour
The Volunteer-spot sign-up for chaperones has been posted!
November 23rd-27th, Monday-Friday- NO SCHOOL, Happy Thanksgiving!
November 30th, Monday- Library Visit
Homework due on Thursday, November 19th
1. Reading: Read for at least 20 minutes every night- track at home
2. Math: Complete at least 30 minutes of math practice per week-(more is recommended)
Suggested IXL skills for 3rd grade math practice:
- C.1 and C.3 Addition
For more addition practice, review 2nd grade skills G.1 - G.11 and I.1-I.2
Suggested IXL skills for 4th grade math practice:
- Review third grade skills for Measurement: U.3, U.4 & U.13
- Review third grade skills for Multiplication Fluency: G.1-G.20
- Focus on multiplication facts: 4th grade skills D.1 through D.4
3. Writing: Reading Response Letter (about 1 paragraph) Students write a letter to their teacher about their independent reading each week- see instructions below
- Writing Homework- Notebooks Due on Thursday Mornings
- Writing Homework Home Support: Ask your child to read the letter they have written out loud. Take a look at the letter and provide them with feedback about what they have done well and how they might make it better. Give reminders about proofreading and working on neat handwriting.
- Directions for completing the Reading Response Letter can be found inside the front cover of the writing notebook. Sentence starting ideas can be found on the last page of the notebook.
Our Week in Review:
Math:
Students reviewed relative sizes of measurement units including inches, feet, centimeters and meters. Students saw examples of customary units and got hands-on experiences measuring with the metric system. Our daily "number corner activity" focuses on elapsed time, converting hours to minutes, recording data and looking for patterns.
Students continue to solve story problems involving a multiplicative comparison using multiplication or division (see last week's blog).
Check out these "Math Practices" posters. They illustrate our goals for how students will practice and grow as mathematicians this year.
Reading:
This week, Readers Workshop bloomed into our first novel study. Students practice identifying new vocabulary (juicy words!) and summarizing what they read (as a group with our class Read Aloud) before diving into their own chapter book novel and notebook with the same practice.
Writing:
During Writer's Workshop this week students reviewed the structure of fairytales and learned about how legends are built. For the last tale in our unit, students got to choose which style of story they wanted to create. Our goals include: establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organizing an event sequence, and providing a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Oregon Battle of the Books
This year, Laura (Plovers Teacher), and Gretchen (Level 3 Teacher) will be putting together teams of 3rd-5th graders who want to participate in Oregon Battle of the Books. Teams will meet Wednesdays after school (starting November 18th) to study and discuss the required reading. There will be a school competition in February and the winning team will represent FGCS at the regional competition in March. Interested students can get more information and permission slips from Laura ([email protected]). We are also looking for parents who want to read and discuss some of the books with students at our weekly meetings, so please contact Laura if you're interested!
Community Resources
Check out these amazing and free Fall programs offered at Tillamook Forestry Center:
http://tillamookforestcenter.org/events_05.html
Class Read Aloud
We finished Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Ask your child to tell you about this amazing novel.
Up next, we jump into fun with the award winning novel, Flora & Ulysses.