Week of March 30th:

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:

v Please sign up for a 10 minute conference to discuss your child’s progress on Thursday, April 16^th if you haven’t already done so. 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4aaaa72da4fd0-3rdquarter

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.

v No school on Friday April 3rd – Professional Development Day

v Spring Break Monday April 6th – Friday April 10th 

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 With warmer weather also means melting snow, students should bring a change of shoes to school.

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/Quad-Blogging Update:

Please check out our class blog: www.vegablogging.blogspot.com

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

·         don’t reveal personal information like their address or phone number

·         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

·         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