I hope all of you enjoyed your holiday season. I know I did!! It was nice to relax and spend time with family and friends. I was especially excited to spend time with my new niece, Genevieve. She was born on December 21st, so I got to spend lots of time with her during break. She is adorable!
We'll get back into the swing of things this week. The kids have a new spelling list in their planners. We will test on Friday, January 7th.
This week, we'll read the story A Symphony of Whales. We'll be working on the skill of generalizing. This is a tough skill for 3rd graders, and it's one they will continue to work on in 4th & 5th grade as well. We will take our selection test on Friday.
In math, we're continuing to work on writing and reading larger numbers. We will also move into learning about decimals. Much of our work with this skill will involved manipulatives such as base 10 blocks and the meter stick to demonstrate what a decimal number is and means. Again, this is a difficult skill for 3rd graders, and it's one that we'll continue to work on for the new few years.
We will be writing news stories this week during writing. Our focus will be on learning to include facts in our new stories as well as making sure we've answered the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why) & the H (how). The kids may choose to share this in their portfolios during our February conferences.
In science, they are continuing to work on measurement skills, and in social studies, we'll learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. this month.
Please keep the following dates in mind as you look at your January calendar:
Monday, January 17th: NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, January 19th: 12:00 Early Out
Homework for Monday, January 3rd
- Read
- Study spelling words
- Home Link 5.6
- Cursive Sheet
- Read
- Study spelling words
- Home Link 5.7
- Cursive sheet
Mrs. Vroegh
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