Language Arts: - We are still reading non-fiction. This week we will focus on the facts located in non-fiction texts. Students will learn to distinguish fact from opinion. They will also work this week to determine if facts read are important or interesting. This is a hard concept for third graders. When most third graders read a fact, if they are interested in the topic, they judge the fact to be important.
We have started talking about features that make personal narratives interesting. Ask your student to tell you the backstory of a character in their book or in their lives. We discussed this idea and read examples from great writers. In the week to come, we will focus on the craft of inner monologue and how this adds to the richness of a personal narrative.
Social Studies: Our unit on economics continues. This week we are leaning about the vocabulary bank, deposit, savings, interest, investment and budget. Some kids do not realize you can make a deposit into a checking or savings account at a bank. Many think you can only do this through an ATM. If you happen to have the time to take your children inside a bank, I think this would be a great connection to our learning in economics. Also, talk to you student about reasons your families saves or budgets. This will help make learning practical and useful.
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