I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend despite the weather! Please keep your child’s report card but return the signed report card envelope.
As you are aware, we are in flu season. There are several health precautions that most be followed by all of us so that our students and staff can stay healthy.
We are very proud of our third-grade students who have devoted so many hours to reading for the Final Four reading competition. Dolvin is well in the lead with only two weeks remaining in the initial bracket. Reading: This quarter we are continuing working on non-fiction reading. Students are 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. All the text structures have been introduced. Students should be able to identify signal words that authors use with the different text structures. They should also know which graphic organizers are associated with each text structure. This week our focus is on description, sequence, and chronological order. Next week we will focus on cause and effect and compare and contrast while continuing to review all text structures. The following week we will focus on 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. Last week we learned coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and how to write compound sentences with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction. This week we will learn subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause. Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 21 this week which covers unusual plurals. There will not be a quiz on these words due to a short week. Writing: This week the students will be introduced to opinion writing. They will review what an opinion writing is and how to hook our readers. Homework At home, 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. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. They have a written homework assignment that was given to them today. We read the article together in class on Mars Rover. The students are to complete the description (text structure) graphic organizer on the back. Dates to Remember: 1/23 – Sign & return papers go home Happy Birthday to: 1/26 – Lachlan 1/28 - Allen
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