March 30, 2015
Ms. Vega’s Third Grade News
This week…
*Reading: Students will continue working and reviewing
cause/effect, fact & opinion, identifying non-fiction text features, and
main idea with non-fiction/informational text.
Students will take a test in which they will analyze a cover story from
their TFK. There will be no Wordly Wise
words for this week. We will continue
with Wordly Wise after Spring Break.
*Writing: Students will continue
working on developing their informational writing pieces. Students will continue developing their
topics and their sections/chapters.
*Math: Students will wrap up unit 9 with lesson 9.13, which
will focus on positive and negative numbers.
Students will then review unit 9 skills and concepts in preparation for
a unit 9 test.
*Social Studies: Students will wrap up their journey through the
Southeast Region. Students will review
and prepare for their tests. Students
will take states and capitals quiz as well as a content test on the Southeast
Region (chapter 6).
*Science: Students will begin Plant Pals second week of fourth
quarter.
Reminders:
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Please sign up for a 10 minute conference to discuss your
child’s progress on Thursday, April 16th if you haven’t already done
so.
v
Report Card Pick Up Day is Thursday, April 16th
These will only be 10-minute conferences. If you know
you are going to need more than 10 minutes please let me know so we can
reschedule. I want to be respectful of each person’s time.
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No school on Friday April 3rd – Professional Development Day
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Spring Break Monday April 6th – Friday April 10th
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Weather permitting; students will go outside for recess, please
make sure your child is dressed appropriately!
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Please make sure your child wears gym shoes on Thursdays and
Fridays!
v
With warmer weather also means melting snow, students should
bring a change of shoes to school.
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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/Quad-Blogging Update:
We had a great week of hosting for our fellow quadbloggers!
Students did an awesome job working together to post about things going on in
our classroom or at Coonley! I am so proud of their commitment and dedication
to our blog! Although our week of hosting is over, we will continue to add our
daily happenings to this page! Feel free to comment on our blog or have your
child comment as well.
When your child is commenting on our blog or one of the other
classroom blogs please remind them of the following “Good Blogger Tips”:
Good Bloggers:
·
use only their first name or initials and never their
whole name
·
always say where they are from
·
never post pictures of classmates without the teacher’s
permission
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don’t reveal personal information like their address or phone
number
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never pretend you are someone else on a blog
·
write sentences with capital letters and proper punctuation
·
are polite! We can offer “praises” and “pushes” but should
never try to hurt someone’s feelings
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are positive and have fun!
Additional awesome tips from Mr. Gasciogne on how to leave a
quality comment:
1. Compliment the writer in a specific way.
2. Add new information
3. Make a connection
4. End with a question.
5. Proofread your comment
This coming week we will be visiting and commenting on our
friends’ blog in Australia. Here is
their blog website: http://classyear4.blogspot.com.au
Have a GREAT spring break!!
Rest, relax, and have lots of fun!!
If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!
Thank
you,
Ms.
Vega
