Weekly Update 2.13.18
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On February 13, 2018
Be on the Lookout for…
- Tuesday Folders will come home today. Please check your child’s agenda for homework.
- We will do a Valentine Exchange on Wed, Feb 14th. If you send something, please send equal tokens of admiration to all students:)
- Report Cards came home a few weeks ago. Please sign and return envelopes only ASAP. My plan is to do student led showcase/conferences later in the year with everyone, but if you would like to conference with me before then please let me know and we will schedule a time.
This week in Literacy:
Students shifted to nonfiction and are enjoying “Weather” by Seymour Simon. Amazing photos, diagrams, and complex text make this been really eye opening! word- air mass
This week in Math:
Multiplication quizzes will continue this week. Students have the 9’s test Wednesday Feb 14th. Makeups for any missed facts will take place THIS Friday. PLEASE do what you can to help students learn these facts quickly. They are expected to answer 16 in a minute. Fluency is key!
Students are continuing a lengthy, but exciting Fractions unit. Lots of vocab is important in understanding this concept. Here is a parent guide for helping you and your student understand our main learning outcomes
Current vocab: numerator, denominator, unit fraction, partition, number line, visual model
Concepts to review: place value, addition with regrouping, subtraction with borrowing, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, square, rhombus, arrays, repeated addition, area, perimeter, rectilinear area, commutative property (flip flop rule), number line, product, distributive (break apart method), associative property, graphs, pictographs, bar graphs
A year long “Scope and Sequence” which lays out our math curriculum pacing for the year can be found here
This week in Science: Changes
| 3.P.2 | Understand the structure and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change. |
| 3.P.2.1 | Recognize that air is a substance that surrounds us, takes up space and has mass. |
| 3.P.2.2 | Compare solids, liquids, and gases based on their basic properties. |
| 3.P.2.3 | Summarize changes that occur to the observable properties of materials when different degrees of heat are applied to them, such as melting ice or ice cream, boiling water or an egg, or freezing water. |
| 3.P.3.2 | Recognize that energy can be transferred from a warmer object to a cooler one by contact or at a distance and the cooler object gets warmer.** |
