Weekly Update 9.3.19
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On September 3, 2019
Thank you for remembering to stop by and check in to our weekly updates. Don’t forget to locate the secret word below and write it in your child’s agenda for an extra class dojo point.
Be on the Lookout for…
- Tuesday folders are coming home today. It’s just 1 sheet. Work samples will make their way home in 2 weeks. Please return any necessary papers.
- Thank you for all the generous donations to our classroom supplies via the Amazon wish list or class list. Your generosity is very much unexpected and appreciated. You have one happy teacher over here!
- Does your child have a book tote here at school yet? If not, please get one asap! This helps us easily track, transport, and care for our books. You can find this type of bag at Target, WalMart, etc. A more detailed description with dimensions can be found on this site’s FAQ’s. word-tote
This week in Literacy:
Students are beginning literacy assessments this week in the areas of fluency, comprehension and context clues. These will help give us an idea of what students know and give us a baseline on how far students will grow this year.
We are also learning about characters- their traits and motivation, and how their actions impact the story. Students will practice telling basic story elements and answering right there questions.
This week in Math:
We are continuing to connect repeated addition and patterns to open our minds to multiplication and division concepts. Memorization of facts is not the goal (YET…) rather, I want to ensure students know when and WHY multiplication should be used. There are tons of great resources for this skill- please check some out here in this amazing math review resource organized by skill.
This quarter in social studies: In 1st quarter, students will learn about Economics and Financial Literacy
Objectives for this quarter are:
| 3.E.1 | Understand how the location of regions affects activity in a market economy. |
| 3.E.2 | Understand entrepreneurship in a market economy. |
This quarter in science: Our 1st science unit is Force and Motion
Objectives for this quarter are:
3.P.1.1 Infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
3.P.1.2 Compare the relative speeds (faster or slower) of objects that travel the same distance in different amounts of time.
3.P.1.3 Explain the effect of Earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the Earth.
3.P.3.1 Recognize that energy can be transferred from one object to another by rubbing them against each other.
