A Look Ahead

MAP Testing

As most of you are already aware, we will be winter MAP testing next week on December 9th and 10th. For those of you that will be bringing your child to school, you will be receiving communication about next week from administration. Your child will not be testing with me since I will be administering the test to students who are staying at home. For students testing virtually, we will start at 9:00 am, like normal. For ALL students, we will pick up with instruction in the afternoon at 1:00 pm. Your child will not have related arts on MAP testing days. I will have a choice board with asynchronous work that can be done when your child is done testing (virtually or at school). I will discuss this with the class on Tuesday. 

Reading Counts Tests

Your child is able to take Reading Counts Tests from home. I know several students have been anxiously awaiting to start testing. Mrs. Medlock went over Reading Counts with the class on Wednesday during their media related arts time. 

Checking Out Books

On Tuesdays third graders are able to request a book(s) from the media center. They should know how the process works since Mrs. Medlock went over it with them. When the book your child requested is ready he/she will receive an email that it will be in the front office pick up area. 

Curriculum

Math-  We started Chapter 6 and will continue next week. We are focusing on relating area to multiplication. I also shared a website with the students that will allow them to practice their multiplication facts and focus on the facts they need to work on memorizing. Math Trainer Link The students will have a graded assignment on area towards the middle of the week. 

ELA-  We will continue with Text Features (ex. Appendices, Charts, Timelines). The students will have a quiz over this focus next week. We will continue our unit on opinion writing and have been focusing on writing complete sentences including complete thoughts, punctuation and capital letters. 

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Human Features and Human Environmental Interactions. 

*Please check out your child's Week at A Glance for graded assignments.