Hello Families,
We hope you all had a wonderful and restful weekend. We have a busy week ahead of us and we are preparing to begin our ITBS Testing on Tuesday, September 23rd. We will be testing, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings this week. We ask that you please make sure your child arrives to school by the 7:40 am bell. Please insure that your child has had a hearty breakfast, as it will help them remain focused throughout their testing time. Also note, that during our testing week, students are not permitted to leave for any reason throughout the school day, unless previously approved by Ms. Cavnar.
A few helpful tips to help your child be as successful as they can be during testing time:
1. Get a good night's rest; at least 8 to 10 hours
2. Start the day off with a good, hearty breakfast
3. Pack a healthy snack for school
Music Notes from Mrs. Nemeth
Grade 3 is working with
reading treble clef notes as well as counting to prepare them for playing the
recorder. The school will give each child a recorder and a book that has been
paid for through our music grant. We hope to start playing them in October!
Websites for Music Education
These are completely free
and educational!
Save the Date!
Christmas Concert: December
11, 2014
Spring Concert: May 12,
2015
English Language Arts (ELA)
With this week being ITBS testing, we will not be following our regular reading program. Instead, we will focus on introducing the students to Informational Text to the students utilizing our National Geographic Magazines. By the end of the week, students will be able to provide text evidence to answer questions and create an informational poster about a specific topic.
Our vocabulary words for the week, will come from the magazine articles. We will not be having a regular spelling test, and our grammar lessons will continue to focus on compound sentences, use of capital letters, and correct punctuation.
Writing
We will continue our lessons on using descriptive language to strengthen our writing. Students will begin the brainstorming process and compose a rough draft of a place they visited this past summer.
Social Studies
Students will continue their lessons on landforms by working through a study guide to use as a resource tool. They should also use their vocabulary flash cards and landforms worksheets that were completed in class to study for the assessment. Both 3A and 3B students will be assessed on Friday, September 26th on landforms.
Religion
Students will continue their DWP lessons with skill #4 on Sharing.
Math
The students will continue their lessons on Place Value. The students will be assessed on the following key concepts;
The students will continue their lessons on Place Value. The students will be assessed on the following key concepts;
- identifying numbers to the 10,000's
- standard, expanded, and word form in place value
- comparing numbers
- ordering numbers
Homework
- Continue working on Social Studies landforms project = due Friday, September 26th
- Continue working on My Me College project = due Friday, September 26th for 3A
- 3B will begin working on their My Me College project = due October 3rd
- All third graders need to visit Dreambox, 3 times in a 7 day week, for fifteen minutes each visit! Weekend visits are fine:)
- Continue working on Monthly Book Project = due Tuesday, September 30th
- Study for Social Studies landforms test for Friday, September 26th
- Please remember to sign your child's agenda on Thursday night to ensure that they will receive their 'paycheck' for the week.
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