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Gator Groups

The students attended their first Gator Group today. Every teacher will lead a Gator Group on half days. The students picked 5 groups that interested them earlier in September and they met for the first time today. They seemed to have a really good time!! Make sure you ask your child about their group. 

Think Tank Question

Every week I post a Think Tank Question. The students have the week to figure out the answer. We did our first one this week and I will go over the answer on Monday. The students do not have to do the problem, but I encourage them try. I just looked at the answer for the first one and only 1 person got it correct. I thought if you needed something to talk about at dinner, you could discuss it. Many students said the answer was 42. :)

To make a flag of the United States of America, you need 3 different colors of fabric. How many colors of fabric do you need to make 14 USA flags?

Reading Test
Your child's reading test is in his/her Friday Folder. I was pretty lenient in my grading on the short answer question (#10) because it was their first test, but as the year goes on I will expect more on short answer questions. Even if your child made a 100, please look at that question for comments I might have written. Also, reading tests are usually open book because we want students to look back for answers, if it is in the text.

Curriculum 

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division. If you have multiplication flash cards at home your child could start practicing the 0,1,2,3 and 5. 

Language Arts- We will focus on the Folktales genre. We will read Stone Soup from our reading series. We will also discuss what it means to visualize while reading. We will continue discussing prefixes and suffixes. We will also start our personal narrative writing unit. 

Social Studies- We continue discussing the 6 regions that make up South Carolina. We will discuss land forms, cities, physical and human features that can be found in the different regions. 

Science- We will look at Forests and Rainforests.

Our Class Jester, Reese, tells the class a joke while our Class Photographer, Autumn, snaps a picture. 

The third grade students asked the school custodians questions yesterday. We want to know how we can use Habit #1 Be Proactive to help make their job a little easier. Zoe, our Class Ambassador, asked a question from our class. 

A Look Ahead

Read with the Gamecocks

The reading logs are due on Monday. Please make sure your child adds up their pages and writes the total at the bottom of the log before Monday. 

Book Fair

We previewed the book fair today and students made wish lists. The book fair is open next week from 7:30-9:30 and 1:30-2:30 each day. We will go as a class on Tuesday. 

Field Study Fees
Thirty dollars has been added to your Parent Portal Account to cover the speakers and field trips we will have this year. The full cost is $35, but PTO is covering $5 of the third graders' fees. Please pay for your child's field studies by November 1st. Thanks!

Friday Folders
Your child is bringing home grades in his/her folder. Please sign the weekly progress report stapled to the quizzes and send it back with the assessments attached.   

Curriculum 

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division.  

Language Arts- The students will have a test covering First Day Jitters on Wednesday. 

Social Studies- We started discussing the 6 regions that make up South Carolina. We will discuss land forms, cities, physical and human features that can be found in the different regions. 

Science- We will wrap up Grasslands with a quiz on Thursday. They can use their composition notebooks, science book and any papers behind science in their binder to help them study.

A Look Ahead

Read with the Gamecocks

The students will receive a reading log for Read with the Gamecocks next week. It starts on Monday and runs until September 24th. Logs are due on September 24th and will not be accepted if turned in late. Students will earn a ticket to either a volleyball game or soccer match, if they participate. 

Curriculum 

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division.  We will have a quiz over lessons 4-6 on Friday.

Language Arts- We continue to focus on finding "just right books" and making connections to texts while reading independently.  The students are free writing on some of their favorite things. We will also read First Day Jitters from the reading book and discuss character traits. 

Social Studies- The students will have a quiz over geography on Wednesday. We will then move into discussing the six regions in South Carolina. 

Science- We will continue discussing science process skills. (ex. predicting, making inferences, classifying, observations)  We will also discuss adaptations that plants and animals have in the Grasslands and look at food chains as well.