R.A.H. LOGS...

Our first round of RAH (reading at home) logs were turned in on Friday. Overall, it looks like a lot of reading at home took place! Yay! I can't emphasize enough how very important this is for building reading stamina and helping us grow as readers. For a student to complete the RAH log, he/she must read at least 5 days throughout the week for 20 minute or more. There is also a short comprehension check on the back of the log each week related to what we have talked about in class. This week students are asked to write about schema and make a connection to the chapter book they are reading.

Parents... Please help to make this a beneficial part of third grade by touching base with your child about at home reading.

Thank you so much!

Week of September 2nd-6th

Just a reminder we do not have school on Monday, September 2nd for Labor Day!  Enjoy the long weekend with family and read a good book!

Early dismissal Wednesdays will begin next week, Wednesday, September 11th.

We have finished district testing and are looking forward to really diving into our curriculum.

Math:

This week in math we will be comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal too symbols:

For example: 145,876 > 132,654  or 3,456 = 3,456

We will also order numbers from least to greatest, and begin our discussion on rounding.

0-4 stay on the floor, 5-9 climb the vine!

I am asking that students get on mobymax.com or reflexmath.com at least twice a week.  Reflex math will help to build fluency with math facts.  Moby Max is designed to assess where your child is in math and then it creates lessons and activities to help them.  Both websites are listed under math websites on the right side of the blog.

We will have a test on topic 1 on Friday, September 6th.

Science:
We will continue our discussion on the many roles scientists have.  We will talk about how scientists use math when recording data.  We will look at different types of graphs.

Reading:
We will begin looking at the elements of plot structure in fiction text. We will read several Anansi the Spider folktales and identify characters, setting, problem and resolution this week.

We will continue our work with comprehension strategies as we focus on inferring. When we infer, we merge our schema with an evidence-based guess. We use what we know about something and then combine it with specific information from the text to make a logical inference. I'm excited about how we will use concrete objects this week to help us secure the language of inferring.

Writing: 

We have been working on drafting a descriptive piece about a favorite place. We have planned using our senses to describe and have also brainstormed reasons about why our place is special to us. Ask your child what Mrs. Kluge's favorite place is! 

Social Studies: 

We will begin an introduction of basic map skills. This will be a review of what was learned in second grade. Look for a study guide to come home soon.

Resources:
Tiberio:
Wednesday- Media
Friday- Music

Kluge-
Tuesday-Media
Thursday- Music

Week of August 26th-30th

We have had a great and busy first week! Mrs. Kluge and I enjoyed getting to know each of your children with the 'What's in the sack?' activity!  

Math:

This week, we are focusing on place value to the hundred thousands place. We are working on showing different ways to represent numbers:

Standard form: 1,123
Expanded form: 1,000 + 100 + 20 + 3
Word form: one thousand, one hundred, twenty-three
Place Value Symbols:


There will be nightly homework for math this week!

Science:

This week, we will be discussing the types of tools scientists use when making observations and conducting experiments.


Reading:

We will take the IOWA reading and vocabulary assessments on Tuesday. Our instructional focus this week will be on thinking about our schema or background knowledge / prior knowledge. As readers, schema increases our self-confidence, enables us to remember new information, and connect to what we already know. We will listen to and read the lyrics to the song, Rachel Delevoryas. We will use our schema to make connections.

Writing:

This week, we will read examples of personal narratives from authors and notice how they share special memories in their stories. We will brainstorm lists of important people and events in our lives that we can write about. We will also discuss what will take place during writing conferences with me throughout the year.

Reading Information!

METACOGNITION

During our first week we learned about metacognition... thinking about our thinking. We all think when we read, but our lessons have helped us recognize we are doing this.

To help us see and understand that reading is much more than just reading words, we made this Venn diagram. Real reading only takes place when thinking is added to reading the text!

This is our chart that gives thinking stems to help us communicate what is going on in our minds as we read.

We used this "thought" bubble to help us see our thinking. While one person read the words, the other person thought aloud.

CHOOSING A "GOOD FIT" BOOK

We have talked about how we choose books that are a good fit for us. I do not lock a student into a specific level of books. As long as they follow the following guidelines, everything should be okay!

Code of Conduct

This year in order to save on paper, the Code of Conduct can be found online at the website below. Please look over the Code of Conduct at home with your student.  We will also go over it in class.  We will send home a sheet next week for you to sign stating that you reviewed this codes with your child.  

Link:

Duval County Code of Conduct

Thank you,

Ms. Tiberio & Mrs. Kluge

Orientation

Third grade orientation will be Thursday, August 15th at 11:00.  We look forward to meeting you!

Mrs. Kluge- Room 124
Ms. Tiberio- Room 125

Feel free to bring your supplies with you!

Other orientation dates & times:

Thursday, August 15th:
1st grade- 9:00 am
3rd grade- 11:00 am
4th & 5th grade- 1:00 pm

Friday, August 16th:
Kindergarten & CSS- 9:00 am
2nd grade- 11:00 am

Third Grade Summer Activities

Click on the Reflex Math picture to see information about working on your math facts this summer.

Click on the books to view or print the Summer Reading Challenge log.