Newsletter-Week of 8/31

News from 3P

Week of: August 31, 2015

Reading: This week students will be reading a story called “Pepita Talks Twice.” With this story, we will continue to focus on story elements, character traits and vocabulary. We will also introduce making connections. There are 3 types of connections a reader can make: text to self, text to text and text to world. *** Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: The focus this week will be on capitalization. Students will review when to use capitals in their writing. Please encourage your child to reread and make corrections within their daily work and homework.

Writing: We will be working on opinion writing. Opinion writing includes the same components as persuasive writing; we are just using a different name from Common Core standards. The past 2 weeks, we have done whole group opinion writing and focused on using linking words such as: because, for instance, for example, in other words, etc….

Social Studies: We are finished our study of continents and oceans and will test on it this week. Then we will start to study Illinois. We will focus on its climate, natural features, human features and the different ecosystems there are. We will also map out Illinois to learn where major cities, rivers and lakes are located. There is also a field trip form coming home in the next couple of weeks. We will be heading to Danada Farm when we begin to study Pioneers. This trip will be paid for by PTA…. THANK YOU PTA!!!! J

Math: This week we will continue to study multiplication and division. Students will be finishing up 5’s and moving on to working with 2’s.

Dates to Remember:

Tues. Sept. 1- Continents and Oceans Test (or South America)

Thurs. Sept. 3- Curriculum Night

*Third Grade Presentation (in Room 302) 7:00-7:30pm

*Third Grade Presentation (in Room 302) 7:35-8:05pm (same as earlier time)

Fri. Sept. 4- Book Orders Due

Mon. Sept. 7- Labor Day No School

***NEXT WEEK THIS INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE SENT VIA EMAIL. If you would like a paper copy sent home, please let me know J

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