Friday, March 1st
Next week we have PE on Monday or Thursday.
Dear Parents,
I would like to thank all of the parents who joined us for our field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science yesterday. It was a great success. We couldn’t do it without you!
As you know, third graders will be taking the CMAS tests this year. This is a state standardized test. The tests have been scheduled for April 16th, 17th, and 18th.
We will be doings some CMAS practice activities. This practice helps students feel more comfortable about the test and familiarizes them with the testing format. The websites below have have some good practice problems, if you would like to use them at home too.
Mathematics
Language Arts
Literacy:
This week we reviewed and practiced how to answer questions using detailed complete sentences with words from the question. Students also completed an informational writing about our field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
We continued our author study about Patricia Polacco. We are reading many of her books and discussing the characteristics of her writing.
Math:
We are well into our Geometry unit. This week we spent time finding the perimeter and area of geometric shapes and calculating unknown side lengths in area and perimeter problems.
Students are learning many new geometry vocabulary terms. Please review them with your child: right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, polygon, decagon, octagon, hexagon, pentagon, quadrilateral, rectangle, rhombus, square, trapezoid, parallel lines, parallelogram, perimeter and area. This will be a huge help for this unit. Please keep up with multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction tables! We are using all four operations in this unit.
Social Studies:
This week we continued our unit on Regions of the United States by learning about how to find places on a map using latitude and longitude. We also worked on building vocabulary to support our learning during this unit.
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.
- Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and subtraction and addition facts through sums of 20 daily.
Important Dates to Remember
Saturday, March 9th-PTA Trivia Night-6pm
Monday, March 11th- Coffee at Kohl-8:30-9:30
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Aisha Galt
