Third Grade News

  Hi Families!  We had a lot of fun this week in class. Students were challenged in all subjects and really persevered, found strengths and areas of growth as well.    I-Ready Results - We will be sending home their iReady results with them today.    Reading / Writing - Students are finishing up the second unit of our first module. This week, we discussed how people in different countries overcame learning challenges. We also learned about the geographical features of these countries, which tied in our current geography unit. Next week, students will be writing a cumulative report telling about what they learned. We will work our way through the writing process as we go.   Expedition - This week we began our geography unit. The students learned about some of the continents and what their geographical and cultural features are. We will continue to work on the same thing next week and also learn about the oceans.  All Block - This week we have been learning about root words. We will be

Hi Families! We are now well into 3rd grade and it is going great! We had an awesome week of learning. Here is what we were up to this week. As always, we encourage you to talk about this week with your student. I-ready testing- We are very close to finishing iReady! As soon as all 3rd grade students have finished iReady, we will send out scores to families.   Reading / Writing - In reading this week, our students began to travel the world to investigate how children receive books in different and unique ways. Through this, we have practiced main idea with supporting details, identifying problems and solutions and discuss the different between literal and figurative language. I highly encourage you to ask your student how children receive books around the world, it is fascinating.   Expedition - Next week, we will begin discussing the difference between continents and countries. I ask if you could please discuss with your student about the difference to give them early background knowl

Hi Families!  Kids are in full swing of 3rd grade! We first want to thank you all for the incredible support we have received to get this school year off to a great start. Here is what we are up to in 3rd grade.  Crew - We have been working in crew on how to use self talk to help yourself stay motivated and on task. We also worked on creating a flag for field day!   I-ready testing- We are almost done with our I-Ready testing! This week we have focused on finishing our reading and switching over to math. One more week and we should be complete!   Reading / Writing - We have continued our books study on Nasreen's Secret School . We looked at the lesson and moral this week and how to use details from the story to back up your thinking. The students then put all of this together to write a paragraph. Using an EL model, we learned how to peer critique and practiced using this to make improvements to our own writing  pieces.    Expedition - We spent time this week learning the 3 branch