Reminders:
Kona Ice will be here Wednesday. Please turn in your 2.00 before/on Wednesday morning.
Katherine Applegate will be here Friday. Can't wait! If you would like a signed copy of her book, please return the info sheet by Wednesday.
Writing
This week we are brainstorming ideas for our essays. The fourth graders will also be visiting our classes to help with ideas. It's great to see the collaboration. My goal is for the students to pick a topic by Friday.
Grammar: Commas in a series
Spelling: Suffixes
Spelling and grammar test on Friday.
Reading
We are reviewing non fiction text features and their purpose. For the next two weeks, we will read short texts and focus on STAAR like questions.
I'm continuing with DRA assessments. The kids have all done great!
Social Studies
Please remember the states test on Wednesday. If your child has lost the study sheet, please look on the homework tab for the list of third grade states. On Thursday, I will go over Market day. Be prepared! The kids will be consumed with market day. :)
Monday, April 30, 2018
Monday, April 23, 2018
April 23-27
Writing:
We are going to pay close attention to how authors support their claim. My goal is to discuss transition words, examples to support their reasons, and participate in some shared writing. The class definitely has the structure down.
Here's our class anchor charts:
Grammar: Commas in a series
Spelling: Suffixes
Reading
We are reviewing literary non-fiction. We read the a literary non-fiction piece called, "Blood, Smoke, and Freedom" last week. This week we are working on the three core questions with non-fiction. Q1: What is this about? Q2: What was new to me? and Q3: Why is this important?
Reader's workshop: For book clubs we are reading books by Andrew Clements. Students will be reading and tracking their thinking. My goal is for them to work on their discussion skills and supporting their thinking with evidence from the book.
I will start DRA's next week and will continue through May.
Social Studies
We are continuing with Economy. We will discuss goods and services. We will also study the five states that have been added to the students states test.
We are going to pay close attention to how authors support their claim. My goal is to discuss transition words, examples to support their reasons, and participate in some shared writing. The class definitely has the structure down.
Here's our class anchor charts:
Grammar: Commas in a series
Spelling: Suffixes
Reading
We are reviewing literary non-fiction. We read the a literary non-fiction piece called, "Blood, Smoke, and Freedom" last week. This week we are working on the three core questions with non-fiction. Q1: What is this about? Q2: What was new to me? and Q3: Why is this important?
Reader's workshop: For book clubs we are reading books by Andrew Clements. Students will be reading and tracking their thinking. My goal is for them to work on their discussion skills and supporting their thinking with evidence from the book.
I will start DRA's next week and will continue through May.
Social Studies
We are continuing with Economy. We will discuss goods and services. We will also study the five states that have been added to the students states test.
Monday, April 9, 2018
April 9-13
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Writing:
This week we will make a characteristic chart on the structure of essays. Students will do some reproduction activities with essays which allows them to review the structure. (Introduction, claim, support, and conclusion)
Spelling: Prefixes (dis, mis, and pre)
Grammar- Subject/Predicate
Reading
We are finishing up reviewing poetry and the characteristics. We will continue reading "Runaway Twin" and marking up the text. Students finished up their book club book and will share their thoughts with the class.
Social Studies
Goodness, the kids were beyond excited today. Students received a fake occupation and income. They will budget their money and see if they need to make any changes such as reduce their housing payment, entertainment, etc.
Writing:
This week we will make a characteristic chart on the structure of essays. Students will do some reproduction activities with essays which allows them to review the structure. (Introduction, claim, support, and conclusion)
Spelling: Prefixes (dis, mis, and pre)
Grammar- Subject/Predicate
Reading
We are finishing up reviewing poetry and the characteristics. We will continue reading "Runaway Twin" and marking up the text. Students finished up their book club book and will share their thoughts with the class.
Social Studies
Goodness, the kids were beyond excited today. Students received a fake occupation and income. They will budget their money and see if they need to make any changes such as reduce their housing payment, entertainment, etc.
Monday, April 2, 2018
April 2-6
I hope everyone had a great three day weekend!
Writing
The students are doing well on learning the parts of an essay. They definitely have an opinion on whether they agree or disagree with the author. By the end of the week, we will do a reproduction activity over an essay. Students will put the parts together and label them.
Grammar: Subject/Predicate
Spelling: Prefixes
Reading
We are reviewing poetry. We will review the poetry characteristics and figurative language. We will do a poetry passage together this week. I'm also going to review theme this week.
We are starting our new read aloud, "The Runaway Twin" today. It's always exciting to start a new read aloud. We will take notes, make predictions, and mark up our thinking.
Social Studies
We are reviewing our entrepreneurs this week. Students will finish presenting their person and put their book together.
Writing
The students are doing well on learning the parts of an essay. They definitely have an opinion on whether they agree or disagree with the author. By the end of the week, we will do a reproduction activity over an essay. Students will put the parts together and label them.
Grammar: Subject/Predicate
Spelling: Prefixes
Reading
We are reviewing poetry. We will review the poetry characteristics and figurative language. We will do a poetry passage together this week. I'm also going to review theme this week.
We are starting our new read aloud, "The Runaway Twin" today. It's always exciting to start a new read aloud. We will take notes, make predictions, and mark up our thinking.
Social Studies
We are reviewing our entrepreneurs this week. Students will finish presenting their person and put their book together.
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