A Look Ahead

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. 

*I will email out the recipe that my Gator Group made because some of the students were a little jealous so I told them I would email it. 


Field Study Money
Our first field study is coming up in October. The trip to Camp Discovery costs $23. You can pay this on Parent Portal or send in money/check. If you go on Parent Portal, you will see that you owe $45. The $45 is for all of our field studies this year. You can pay it all in one lump sum or as each field study is scheduled.

Curriculum

Math- We will wrap up Module 1 with a test on Friday. Please look for a study buddy to come home on Wednesday. We started Fast Facts this week. Please ask your child for more information about Fast Facts. Students can practice their fluency (addition, subtraction, multiplication division) on the following website.  https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts-  We will continue to focus on character traits and using evidence in text to support answers. We continue to write personal narratives. 

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. My current plan is for the class to have a test over SC Regions on Tuesday, October 8th. 

Science- We continue to observe the structures and behaviors of our meal worms. We will finish up the habitats of desert and tundra and move on to forests and rainforests. 

Mealworms

As part of our FOSS science instruction, we observed the structures and behaviors of mealworms in class today. We will be observing them for the next several weeks. 

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Kindness Mystery Reader

Thursday we had a mystery reader to celebrate Kindness Month. Mrs. Dekle was our mystery reader and she read What Does It Mean To Be Kind? to the class. 

Think Tank
Our Think Tank question of the week was: Of all the numbers between 10 and 99, how many times does the digit 1 appear? I just pulled down the answers and a lot of students tried it, but no one got it correct. It might be a good question to discuss at dinner. I will go over the answer on Monday. 

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division. The students will have a quiz on Wednesday. If you have multiplication flash cards at home your child could start practicing the 0,1,2,3 and 5. They can also practice their fluency (addition, subtraction, multiplication division) on the following website.  https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts-  We will start to focus on character traits and adjectives. We continue to write personal narratives. 

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 focus on the desert and arctic tundra.

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Book Fair

The book fair is next week. Your child previewed it today and wrote a wish list. We will visit the book fair as a class on Tuesday. If you wish for your child to purchase items, please send money in with them on Tuesday. 

Sensitivity Training

Third graders participated in sensitivity training today. The training involved students rotating through stations that simulate various mental and physical disabilities.

Parent Teacher Conferences
I sent out a link earlier this week for you to sign up for a conference. Please sign up, if you haven't done so yet. I encourage you to bring your child to the conference with you. 
 https://signup.com/login/entry/1227011899475796073

Curriculum

Math- We continue in Module 1 with Properties of Multiplication and Division.  Students have been practicing their fluency (addition, subtraction, multiplication) on the following link. I encourage them to practice at home too. https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will wrap up our focus on Story Elements with a test on Wednesday. We will also focus on character traits and using text evidence when answering questions. We will continue to write personal narratives.

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. We will then focus on the desert and tundra. 

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Friday Folder- Assessments

Your child will bring home tests and quizzes in their Friday Folder. Please sign the top assessment each Friday and send them back in the folder. They only have their math quiz today. 

MAP Testing

We have MAP testing this week. Monday they will take the reading portion and Tuesday is the math. We will start promptly at 8:30 am, so please make sure your child is on time both   days. 

Reading Celebration

Congrats to Kameron and Khloe M. for completing the Richland County Reading Challenge this summer! They enjoyed a pizza party today with the rest of the students who accomplished this challenge. 

Sensitivity Training

Third graders will participate in sensitivity training on September 13th. 

This training involves students rotating through stations that simulate various mental and physical disabilities. Mrs. Skinner, school counselor, if looking for volunteers to help facilitate these stations. If you are interested in helping, please go to the link below. We are in need of volunteers from 8:00-10:00. 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b48a8ac2aabf49-volunteers

Curriculum

Math- We continue with Module 1 in Eureka Math. Module 1 covers Properties of Multiplication and Division. We will take MAP math on Tuesday. We started using the website to practice fluency. I told the students I would include it in the blog so they could practice at home. https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We continue to focus on questioning before, during and after reading stories. We will also continue to focus on how characters' traits, motivations and feelings contribute to the development of the plot in stories and story elements. We continue our writing unit on personal narratives. We will also focus on common and proper nouns. 

Social Studies-  We will start learning about the different regions in SC. 

Science- We will continue discussing adaptations that plants and animals have in the Grasslands and look at food chains as well.