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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Week of May 11th:
Ms. Vega’s Third Grade News
May 11, 2015
This week…
*Reading: Students will continue to work on a non-fiction text
and sentence stems to participate in their assigned discussion. Students will use their non-fiction
reading skills to comprehend, discuss, and defend their thoughts on topics,
issues, and or themes from non-fiction articles. Students will use their non-fiction reading skills to have
small group discussions. Wordly Wise words for this week are: adopt, arouse, arrange, cell,
infection, influence, injure, pattern, series, vision.
*Writing: Students will work on their
final draft of their informational writing piece.
*Math: Students will begin unit 6. Unit 6 focuses on geometry. In this unit, students will review and
learn about lines, line segments, rays, endpoints, and the relationship among
those elements. Students will
construct angles, polygons, prisms, and pyramids. The unit 6 pre-test will be on Tuesday to help with student
groupings and student background knowledge.
*Social Studies: Students will be introduced
to the Southwest Region. Students will work on states and
capitals of the Southwest Region.
Later in the week, they’ll “tour” the region.
*Science: Students will continue their
unit on Plant Pals from The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Reminders:
* Science Fair-We are well into Science Fair! Please see the packet that was sent
home on regarding expectations, due dates, and date of science fair. If you have any questions feel free to
contact me. Students should
begin conducting their experiment this week! Please have students turn any work that has not been
completed and or turned in (see timeline of due dates).
* Students should be practicing their math facts everyday!!
Students should be building fact power with addition, subtraction, and
multiplication facts!!! Students may do flashcards, games online, Think Through
Math, or any other type of fact practice.
* Weather permitting; students will go outside for recess, please
make sure your child is dressed appropriately!
*Please make sure your child wears gym shoes on Thursdays and
Fridays!
*Homework is always dependent on what we get done in class that
day! Please refer to your child’s agenda for the most up to date homework
assignments!!!
CLASSROOM BLOG:
If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!
Thank
you,
Ms.
Vega
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Week of May 4th:
May 4, 2015
This week…
*Reading: Students will work on a non-fiction text unit. Students will use their non-fiction reading
skills to comprehend, discuss, and defend their thoughts on topics, issues, and
or themes from non-fiction articles that relate to our environment. Students will use their non-fiction reading
skills to have small group discussions. Wordly Wise words for this week are: graduate, frustrate, vigorous, stresses,
urges, prank, diagram, primary, vacant, risky.
*Writing: Students will edit, revise,
and work on their final draft of their informational writing piece.
*Math: Students will wrap up their study on place value and
decimals by finding the fractional parts of a whole using a meter stick and
base-ten blocks. Students will also use
a number line and a meter stick to order decimals through the hundredths
place. Students will review unit 5 on
Thursday and take a unit 5 test on Friday.
*Social Studies: Last week students read
about and discussed life in the Midwest during World War II. This week students will read and discuss an article in their
Time For Kids about the 40th anniversary of World War II. The article will also discuss Rosie the
Riveter and symbolism of her famous poster.
*Science: Students will continue their
unit on Plant Pals from The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Reminders:
v
Science Fair preparation has begun! Please see the packet that was sent home on regarding
expectations, due dates, and date of science fair. If you have any questions feel free to
contact me. On Wednesday, May 5th
students will need to turn in a list of their materials needed for their
completion of their science project as well as their procedure for conducting
their experiment. Students should
begin conducting their experiment this week!
v
***PARCC Testing will begin this week (Monday-Wednesday)***
v
Students should be practicing their math facts everyday!!
Students should be building fact power with addition, subtraction, and
multiplication facts!!! Students may do flashcards, games online, Think Through
Math, or any other type of fact practice.
v
Weather permitting; students will go outside for recess, please
make sure your child is dressed appropriately!
v
Please make sure your child wears gym shoes on Thursdays and
Fridays!
v
Homework is always dependent on what we get done in class that
day! Please refer to your child’s agenda for the most up to date homework
assignments!!!
CLASSROOM BLOG:
If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!
Thank
you,
Ms.
Vega
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Week of April 27th:
Ms. Vega’s Third Grade News
April 27, 2015
This week…
*Reading: Students will continue and wrap up their novel
study-“Sarah, Plain and Tall.” Students
will work on predicting, inferring, summarizing, monitoring and clarifying,
comparing and contrasting, questioning, and evaluating throughout our novel
study on “Sarah, Plain and Tall.” To
finalize our novel study, half of the students will work on a timeline of “Sarah,
Plain and Tall.” While the other half of
students work on murals they create that reflect important events, symbols, and
or themes in our novel. Wordly
Wise words for this week are: graduate,
frustrate, vigorous, stresses, urges, prank, diagram, primary, vacant, risky.
*Writing: Students will continue
working on their informational writing pieces.
Students will develop their topics and their sections/chapters using a
variety of structures (chronological order, compare and contrast, annotated
diagram, etc…). In grammar, students
will focus on object pronouns.
*Math: Students will take a unit five quiz on lessons 5.1-5.5. Students will work on modeling
decimals with base-10 blocks and grids to model tenths and hundredths and write
money amounts in dollars-and-cents notation; read and write decimal numbers
through hundredths. Students will use
base-10 blocks and grids to represent decimal and fraction equivalencies. Students will also compare and order decimals.
*Social Studies: Students will also continue, “touring” the Midwest
Region. Students will write a letter
reflecting on their tour of the Midwest Region.
*Science: Students will continue their unit on Plant Pals from
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Reminders:
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Science Fair preparation has begun! Please see the packet that was sent home on Thursday
regarding expectations, due dates, and date of science fair. If you have any questions feel free to
contact me. On Tuesday, April 28th
students will need to turn in their completed project proposal sheet. Friday, May 1st students will need
to turn in their completed research plan and hypothesis. I will go through the components of the
research plan and hypothesis on Monday and Tuesday. I will also show students samples of
completed research plans and hypothesis to give them a better understanding of
what is expected.
v
Students should be practicing their math facts everyday!!
Students should be building fact power with addition, subtraction, and
multiplication facts!!! Students may do flashcards, games online, Think Through
Math, or any other type of fact practice.
v
Weather permitting; students will go outside for recess, please
make sure your child is dressed appropriately!
v
Please make sure your child wears gym shoes on Thursdays and
Fridays!
v
Homework is always dependent on what we get done in class that
day! Please refer to your child’s agenda for the most up to date homework
assignments!!!
CLASSROOM BLOG:
If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!
Thank
you,
Ms.
Vega
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Week of April 20th-24th:
Ms. Vega’s Third Grade News
April 20, 2015
This week…
*Reading: Students will continue their novel study-“Sarah, Plain and Tall.” Students will work on predicting, inferring, summarizing, monitoring and clarifying, comparing and contrasting, questioning, and evaluating throughout our novel study on “Sarah, Plain and Tall.” Wordly Wise words for this week are: cable, cathedral, convey, device, freight, landmark, method, rod, shaft, structure.
*Writing: Students will continue working on their informational writing pieces. Students will develop their topics and their sections/chapters using a variety of structures (chronological order, compare and contrast, annotated diagram, etc…). In grammar, students will focus on object pronouns.
*Math: Students will work on reading, writing, identifying numbers and their place value to the millions. Students will also work on using 6 and 7 digit numbers in understanding real-life applications of larger numbers. Students will study population data about U.S. cities. Students will compare and order 6 and 7 digit numbers and approximate their own ages to the minute.
*Social Studies: Students will practice identifying the states and capitals of the Midwest Region. Students will also continue, “touring” the Midwest Region.
*Science: Students will begin Plant Pals from The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Reminders:
- Spirit Week is this week!
- Monday-Favorite Character Day
- Tuesday-Pajama Day (I have already spoken to the students regarding this due to our field trip. They may bring their pjs for after our field trip.)
- Wednesday-Favorite Sports Team Apparel Day
- Thursday-Mix/Match Day
- Friday-Coonley Spirit Day
- Field Trip to Botanical Gardens. Disposable bag lunch needed! -Tuesday, 04-21-15
- Students should be practicing their math facts everyday!! Students should be building fact power with addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts! Students may do flashcards, games online, Think Through Math, or any other type of fact practice.
- Weather permitting; students will go outside for recess, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately!
- Please make sure your child wears gym shoes on Thursdays and Fridays!
- Homework is always dependent on what we get done in class that day! Please refer to your child’s agenda for the most up to date homework assignments!
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If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!
Thank you,
Ms. Vega
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