Weekly Update 3.12.24
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On March 12, 2024
Be on the Lookout…
- Tuesday folders come home today. Please review work samples.
- Timed multiplication quizzes are almost finished! We have our ice cream celebration on Thurs, Mar 21st and students have until that day to reach (or exceed) their goal. From now on, timed multiplication quizzes will be WEDNESDAYS with makeups on Fri. Thank you to all who have offered to donate items or time for this special celebration!
- Our school’s Boosterthon event is here! Please see this document for important info. There is also information in Tuesday folders. Our class will run 9:30-10:30 on Fri, March 22nd. word- funrun
- Spring Break is coming! Students last day before break is Fri, March 22nd. See you back here Monday April 1st (not fooling you).
- On Tuesday April 9th. We will be visiting the Museum of Natural Science and Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. The best part (other than getting 2 museums in 1 trip, is that the cost is only $6!). Please send payments and permission forms in ASAP. If you would like to be a chaperone (we will need many), please send Mrs. Vaughan a message in Talking Points stating so.
This week in Literacy:
Students will have a new reading incentive FRIDAY in their agendas. Please be on the lookout for:
1) Reading passport- Students have until April 1st (day after spring break) to “Read Across America”. Each 20 minutes of reading equals a new state stamped by me in class on their passport. If they reach the goal of 1000 minutes by the deadline, they will be invited to an afterschool Luau to celebrate their reading stamina! All YOU have to do parents is acknowledge the reading titles and minutes each night at the bottom of agendas. Students are of course encouraged to read over weekends too:) This is meant to be fun; please be sure your child isn’t stressing and staying up until midnight reading! Thank you for supporting your child as we push them to be voracious readers with improved reading stamina!
In Module 3 we will focus on reading classic chapter books. As a class will will dive deep into Peter Pan by JM Barrie and use this text to explore text dependent questions, character traits, point of view, theme, and more! Please check for any classics you can get your hands on to share at home. A list of some great classics can be found here.
This week in Math:
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
This week in Science:
3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the Earth/Moon/Sun system. 3.E.1.1 Recognize that the Earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons and the Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system. 3.E.1.2 Recognize that changes in the length and direction of an object’s shadow indicate the apparent changing position of the Sun during the day although the patterns of the stars in the sky, to include the Sun, stay the same.
