Reminders:12/5 - Toys for Tots Please send a new and unwrapped gift to donate. Children will get a chance to drop their toy with local firefighters and Santa Claus.
December 8- HCE Spelling Bee. We wish out third grade classroom winners luck as they compete against winners from the 4th and 5th grade classes.
12/15 - Noon Dismissal for Winter Break
READING: We will spend the week reviewing the concepts we have been working on for the past few weeks: fictional story elements, character development, character changes and theme. We will look at how this type of reading and thinking shows up in selections students will see on STAAR. Knowing how to apply these skills in our guided reading and independent reading is key to developing a love and understanding of literature. Taking a step back and analyzing how they can be worded and displayed in testing is also important for our smart readers to understand.
WRITING: We will finish up our study on Author's Craft. Students have looked at a variety of mentor texts and tried their hand at a number of concepts: repetition, onomatopoeia, metaphor, dialogue, font style, punctuation, and using our sense to add descriptive details. Writer's will use this week to choose a piece to take through publication. We will then work through our first official revision process. We are excited for the many stories from our lives that will soon be published and archived for the world to read.
WORD WORK: Students have been working with their guided reading teacher to tackle words that are developmentally appropriate for where they are writing and reading. Keep your eye out for emails from you child's guided reading teacher to know when test and application grades are coming.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Having just finished time off for celebration, we will focus our work this week learning about the many different Cultural Celebrations that Texans observe. Students will complete their 2nd 9 weeks Social Studies Project by choosing the celebration that they find most interesting and planning an imaginary event to honor the occasion. Remember that Social Studies Weekly is always available to students at home. Log in information can be found in your students green binder. Information can also be found in the Social Studies Website Resources on the right hand side of the blog.
Math: During our math time this week, we will be wrapping up our unit on graphing. We will pair up and spend Monday and Tuesday creating each type of graph that we learned about last week using data that came from a survey given to other third grade students. Each class will get to pair up with another class to get a larger set of data. On Wednesday, we will review each type of graph for the last time during our unit. The rest of the week, we will begin our next unit on geometry. We will be working to identify 2D shapes. We will identify sides and vertices on these polygons. This week, we will have our usual homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Our fast facts quiz will be on Friday.
Science: On Monday, your child will create vocabulary cards for the energy unit. The review sheet and vocabulary cards are given in preparation of the energy test. The date of test is undetermined at this time as we have not completed the unit yet. On Tuesday through Thursday, we will learn about light energy. We will learn about the sources and uses of light energy. On Friday, we will move onto sound energy. We will ask ourselves questions about how sound is made and how it travels. With sound energy, we will also discuss pitch and volume.
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