Third Grade News – Week of August 30-September 3, 2021
https://msbhogan.weebly.com/ It’s hard to believe we are in the 4th week of school already! Time has flown by. We have transferred all material from the binders to the student journals or math folder at this point. Students can keep the binders at home. They will just need to continue to carry home their agenda and laptop daily. Hopefully this will help with the weight of their backpacks too! They are more than welcome to bring home any journal or math folder to help study if they bring these back to school the next day. We are still having some issues with laptops not being fully charged and ready to go the next day. Please, please, please make sure your child gets into the habit of coming home and plugging in their laptop as they unpack their bookbags. I know it can be a challenge, I’ve got two of my own who had to establish this same habit/routine. Some students are still not bringing in headphones either, please help them remember to bring them in. Reading: This week students will begin learning about context clues. Context clues help readers determine the meaning of an unknown word when reading. We will continue to discuss characters and their traits and settings as we continue with our read aloud. Character traits are different than feelings. Students have notes in their binder to refer to. Phonics (Group 1 & 2): Students began learning long vowel sounds with igh and y. *When the y is at the end of a word it makes a long “i” sound. example: fly, shy, cry, fry, try, by, buy, guy, sly *When y is at the end of a multisyllable word it makes a long “e” sound. Example: happy, sappy, slappy, nappy, berry, cherry, Larry, strawberry, Harry, hairy *“igh” makes a long “i” sound Example: night, light, bright, sight, height, knight, delight, tight, might, fight, right Grammar (Group 1): In grammar, this week we are learning about singular and plural nouns. There are A LOT of rules when it comes to making a singular noun a plural noun. Today students glued notes in their journals that they will refer to, to help when determining how to make a singular noun plural. A singular noun is one noun and a plural noun is more than one. Example: cat-cats, child-children, box-boxes, boy-boys, city-cities, scarf-scarves. We will be learning about irregular plural nouns this week and next. There will be a test over nouns, common/proper, concrete/abstract, and singular/plural nouns on Sept. 10. Students have notes in their journal to help with review. I will also be sending out some fun Quizziz for students to do at home as an optional study/review for the test. I will also have notes posted in the class website in the event that students forget their journal. Grammar (Group 2): In grammar, this week we are learning about singular and plural nouns. There are A LOT of rules when it comes to making a singular noun a plural noun. Today students glued notes in their journals that they will refer to, to help when determining how to make a singular noun plural. A singular noun is one noun and a plural noun is more than one. Example: cat-cats, child-children, box-boxes, boy-boys, city-cities, scarf-scarves. We will be learning about irregular plural nouns this week and next. There will be a test over homophones, nouns, common/proper, concrete/abstract, and singular/plural nouns on Sept. 10. Students have notes in their journal to help with review. I will also be sending out some fun Quizziz for students to do at home as an optional study/review for the test. I will also have notes posted in the class website in the event that students forget their journal. Writing: This week students will focus on hooking their readers. They will focus on ways in which to strengthen introductions using various methods. Math (Group 1): This week students are going to be learning about polygons, quadrilaterals, and partitioning fractions. The school district has determined unit test dates in which are strictly enforced. We were told at the end of last week that the unit test for ADV math is to given this week. Students will take the test on Friday. Depending on how they do, this time the test can be used as “practice”. All future unit tests would have to be input into the gradebook. The test will cover graphs, area & distributive property, polygons/quadrilaterals, and portioning fractions. Math (Group 2): This week we are working on rounding to the nearest hundreds. Students will be expected to use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. They will be given a number in the thousands and expected to round that number to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred. Science: This week we will continue our unit on the habitats of Georgia. Students will be expected to ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia’s geographic regions. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another. Dates to Remember: Fall Picture Day: Thursday, September 2 Labor Day- NO SCHOOL: Monday, September 6 **class needs; small items for a treasure chest, and stickers, headphones (Thank you Milly for sending in some items for the treasure chest😊)
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