Greetings Families,
We are moving into week 5 of ten. Over the past couple of
weeks students have been demonstrating their learning, or lack there of, on
assessments. It is very important that students are spending time at home
preparing for these assessments and many will need your encouragement for them to
dedicate the time necessary for them to do well. I know this is a major shift
from second to third grade, but as the year progresses the expectations are
increasing as we prepare students for 4th grade.
Assessments at a Glance
Monday: Science Take-Home Test goes home
Thursday: WPR and Take home Science Test is due
Friday: Spelling Test
Lessons
Language Arts
Pinocchio's adventures continue; Carlo Collodi had quite the sense of humor and there is much laughter in the classroom. In grammar we will create synonym rolls and antonym apple pies, we will also continue to review prepositions and objects of the preposition. Our Spalding word list will consist of 20 words due to the shortened week.
Math
We will begin dividing into the 1000s by 6 and 7. Long division is typically one of the toughest units for 3rd graders in general; please review math facts at home as memorization of these strongly supports the process of long division. For students who are facing challenges at home, please feel free to help them. I know that Singapore Math often does things different, but the long division algorithm taught to us as children is the same your child is being taught. Please feel free to walk them through the necessary steps.
History
We will dig deeper into our Ancient Rome unit with a close look at the Punic Wars. At the end of the week we will be creating our own recruitment posters for Roman soldiers.
Science
Our human body unit continues with a look at x-rays and the arm. We will be asking our scholars to use their muscles with a fun dumbbell activity!
Best,
Michael Naaktgeboren