Congrats!

Several students met their personal goals recently and they rang the bell today. Many students will be making new goals by the end of the week and some will continue to work on their current goal. 

A Look Ahead

Congrats to Kennede for meeting her personal goal and ringing the school bell this week!!

Report Cards

Please keep your child's report card, sign and return the envelope in the Friday folder. Honor Roll recognition on the morning show will be Wednesday, January 30th for 3rd grade. 

Curriculum 

Math- We will move into Module 4: Multiplication and Area. We will have a quiz over lessons 1-4 on Friday. The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will continue to focus on the skill of comparing and contrasting texts. We will also continue informational writing with topics the students are experts on. The students will also be working on writing an autobiography about their pet rock from their perspective. 

Social Studies- We will start discussing the Revolutionary War.

Science- We will start our unit on Soil. 

Next Week

Pet Rocks

Love the creativity the students used on their pet rocks!!!  We had a cactus, frog, Spiderman, Stitch and many more. The students will use their Pet Rocks for a writing assignment and we will be incorporating some technology too. Excited to share when we are done!

Curriculum 

Math- We will focus on third grade math standards that are not part of Eureka this week so we are not in a certain module. We will focus on comparing and ordering numbers up to the hundreds place value as well as discussing expanded, word and number form. The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will continue to focus on the skill of comparing and contrasting texts. We will also continue informational writing with topics the students are experts on. The students will also be working on writing an autobiography about their pet rock from their perspective. 

Social Studies- We will wrap up our discussions on Colonial Times with a test on Friday. We will then move onto the Revolutionary War.

Science- The students will have a test on Wednesday over rocks and minerals. We will then move onto Soil. 

Tall Teacher Introductions

The students met their Tall Teachers today!!

A Look Ahead

USC Tall Teachers

I will be working with Mrs. Curcio from USC again this semester. She is teaching another class to students majoring in education. They will be at our school on Tuesdays. Your child will be paired up with a "Tall Teacher" and will work with the USC student every Tuesday for about 20-30 min. The focus of this class is writing. I know the students are so excited to start working with another Tall Teacher!

Curriculum 

Math- We will have a test over module 3 on Thursday. The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will start focusing on the skill of comparing and contrasting texts. We will also continue informational writing with topics the students are experts on. 

Social Studies- We will continue discussing Colonial Times in South Carolina. 

Science- Pet Rocks are due on Tuesday. We will finish up Rocks and Minerals next week and the students will have a test on Wednesday, January 23rd. 

Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

We formed the last two types of rocks this week. We used Airheads to show that Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers of sediment that has been cemented into layers over time. We also used Sour Patch Kids to show that Metamorphic rocks are formed when heat and pressure is applied to either an Igneous rock or Sedimentary rock. The students always enjoy using food during lessons. :)

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock