We had a wonderful first week back at school after the holidays. Gusty the Fox and Gutsy the Fox entertained us with a fantastic program on Dolvin’s rules and expectations. We will be reviewing these rules throughout the month. We also enjoyed our in-house field trip “Georgia Rocks.” The students were eager to participate in the hands-on activities about the rocks and minerals found in Georgia.
Dolvin Elementary remains at the top of the Final Four reading competition with a lead of over 20,000 points. We look forward to having our students continue their reading success and moving on to the next round from 90 schools to the top 17 schools at the end of January. Reading: This semester we will continue working on non-fiction reading. All students will be learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. This week all the text structures will be introduced. We will learn how to look for signal words to identify the different structures. We will also learn about different graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure. We will then focus on description, sequence, and chronological order. The following week we will focus on cause and effect and problem and solution. Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. This week we are focusing on coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and writing compound sentences. We will then work on subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences. Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 20 this week which covers plural ending -es. We discussed today how these words are review as we have already learned plural nouns and the rules with -es. Writing: We are working on writing constructive responses to two non-fiction articles on similar topics. This type of writing was introduced last quarter and uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.) Homework All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well. All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. This can count as their daily reading. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. Dates to Remember: 1/15/20 – School Store 1/ 17/20 – Pie Wars throughout the week, Report cards go home 1/20/20 – MLK Holiday – No school Happy Birthday to: 1/26- Lachlan 1/28 - Allen
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