I cannot believe that we are already beginning the month of May. The time seems to be flying by as we approach the end of the school year. Here's what is happening in the upcoming week:
READING - We will be reviewing the ways in which sentences within a paragraph or paragraphs within a reading passage may be organized. The types of organization or text structure that we have been studying are cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, and sequencing. Our class members has been very enthusiastic about using Achieve 3000 to support their reading comprehension. (Well, we are in a competition with Ms. Flowers' class, so that could be part of the reason.) Encourage your child to use this program at home for some of his/her nightly reading.
WRITING - Students will be practicing how to paraphrase information they read in order to write informational reports in their own words. This week, students will be given a high interest nonfiction article to read, and then write an informational report on it. We have also been practicing varying our sentence structure by writing both compound and complex sentences.
SCIENCE - We had fun last Friday making an edible model of the soil. Students used various cereals, as well as brown sugar to represent the layers of the soil - bedrock, clay, silt, sand, and humus. Milk (to represent water) was poured over the "soil" so students could observe how water moves through the layers of the soil. On Friday, we also transferred our bean plants that started sprouting in cups in the room to the garden. While in the garden, we also planted many types of seeds including radish, carrot, gourd, and tomato into our garden plot. Third graders are also excited about heading up the composting project that we will be starting at Douglas. We will have a unit test on Wednesday to culminate our plant development unit.
MATH - Students are currently learning how to tell time to the minute, as well as solve problems involving elapsed time. We will use a number line model to help students understand how to solve problems involving the passing of time. On Thursday, we will have a unit test on time.
IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, May 3 - Interims go home
Tuesday, May 3 - Math Night - 5:00 PTA Meeting 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Math activities
Book Fair will be taking place this week in the Media Center.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks for all of your support.
Sincerely,
Ms. Underwood
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