Friday, November 30th

Next week we have PE on Monday and Thursday.

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break and had great food and fun with family and friends. We jumped right back into our daily routine in third grade this week, and we have been busy, busy!

I wanted to congratulate our Kohl Spelling Bee finalists. Desmond McCoy and Noah Gray will represent our third grade class in the spelling bee. Tim Siguaw is our alternate.  The spelling bee is scheduled for Thursday, December 20th from 10:00 to 11:00.

This week,I noticed that many students are not using ReadingPlus/iReady at home.  Also, some students are still struggling with their multiplication and division facts. In order to build accuracy and fluency, it is imperative that students practice their math facts nightly at home. We will continue to have regular math dash assessments throughout the school year to build accuracy and fluency. Please help support your child with these important tasks.  Thank you!

Math:

We have been working on measurement using both US Customary units and Metric units this week. Next week, we will work on telling time and calculating elapsed time. After that, we will use graphs to understand data.  

Literacy:

This week we started working on writing an opinion piece supported by facts from a text. All of the students wrote a piece about the importance of recycling and used evidence from the text to support their opinion.  Each week students are also engaging in interactive read alouds, independent reading, guided reading, and word work lessons.

Science:

We started our Metric Measurement and Matter unit. We are learning about the metric system of measurement and will be using balance scales to measure mass in grams, syringes and graduated cylinders to measure liquid volume in milliliters, and meter sticks to measure distance.  We will also learn about the three states of matter and how matter can change phases.

Homework for next week:

• ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
• Read at least 20 min nightly.

• Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.  Help your child practice their Dictado sentence. This should be written in their homework notebook each week.
• Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 daily.

Mark Your Calendar

Thursday, December 6 Vision and Hearing Screening

Monday, December 10th Coffee at Kohl-Innovation in BVSD

Saturday, December 22-January 7 Winter Break

Tuesday, January 8 First day back after Winter Break

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Aisha Galt