Week 25: February 26th- March 2nd
Reminders:
26th: Math Practice STAAR
27th: Reading Practice STAAR
Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats a healthy breakfast at home or at the school cafe these two days of testing. A rested body and full belly will make a huge difference as we tackle these practice tests.
28th: Field Trip to Houston Museum of Natural Science
We're excited to head to HMNS on Wednesday! Please have your child wear their #cougarstrong school t-shirt on Wednesday for the trip. We also request all children bring a lunch packed in a bag that can be thrown away after use. We will be eating lunch on our field trip and returning to school later in the afternoon.
Reading: We will tackle note taking strategies using informational texts once we resume our normal schedule on Thursday. Determining importance and synthesizing information is an important skill for our readers to learn.
Writing: We will continue our expository writing unit this week. We're drafting essays to form a collection in our Writer's Notebook. We're already flagging essays we look forward to publishing at the end of our unit.
Math: The students will continue to build their problem solving skills by identifying word problems and exploring different types of division word problems and strategies. One of the most important parts about identifying a word problem is NOT finding a keyword. Students must find the key concepts and determine how they are to solve the problems. There will be a fast facts quiz this friday.
Science: Your scientist will be given their unit vocabulary cards and study guide later in the week. We will continue learning about the characteristics of the sun, moon, and earth. Please make sure they are studying 20 minutes a night.
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Sunday, February 25, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Week 24: February 19th-23rd
Week 24: February 19th-23rd
Reminders:
19th: Monday is a student holiday in honor of President's Day. We'll see you tomorrow!
Reading: We will continue to work through narrative nonfiction texts and comprehension strategies during our Reader's Workshop mini lessons. Your readers will use text evidence to make inferences about the subject(s) of the true stories we read. We will also spend some time this week reviewing strategies your readers can use while answering a multiple choice question.
Writing: Students will continue to write expository pieces. We've worked with graphic organizers to brainstorm supporting details that support our main ideas. This week, we will focus on the structure of an expository essay. We will model how to transfer important information from a graphic organizer into paragraphs within their essay.
Social Studies: We're looking forward to this week's activity in social studies! We will be using a paper-based grid map to play Battleship. Students will play one another to practice navigating grid maps. We will then journal about our experience and strategy of using a grid map to play the game.
Reminders:
19th: Monday is a student holiday in honor of President's Day. We'll see you tomorrow!
23rd: GO TEXAN DAY! Wear your best Cowboy/Cowgirl/Cowperson clothes!
26th: 3rd Math Practice STAAR
27th: 3rd Reading Practice STAAR
28th: Field Trip Museum Natural Science. Please have your child bring a sack lunch to eat while on the field trip.
Reading: We will continue to work through narrative nonfiction texts and comprehension strategies during our Reader's Workshop mini lessons. Your readers will use text evidence to make inferences about the subject(s) of the true stories we read. We will also spend some time this week reviewing strategies your readers can use while answering a multiple choice question.
Writing: Students will continue to write expository pieces. We've worked with graphic organizers to brainstorm supporting details that support our main ideas. This week, we will focus on the structure of an expository essay. We will model how to transfer important information from a graphic organizer into paragraphs within their essay.
Social Studies: We're looking forward to this week's activity in social studies! We will be using a paper-based grid map to play Battleship. Students will play one another to practice navigating grid maps. We will then journal about our experience and strategy of using a grid map to play the game.
Math: We will continue to dive deeper into Division word problems while introducing them to the various strategies that will build their confidence in solving those problems. We will discuss what Division means, review new vocabulary words (multiples, dividend, divisor, and quotient), and discuss when they divide in their life. Knowing their fact families can them solve problems! Please have your students study their multiplication facts. We like to have students skip count for fun (multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18)!
Homework: The Problem of the Week will be sent home on Monday. Please have your child bring it to school on Friday. Homework #1-3 will be sent home Monday-Wednesday. Please have your child be on DreamBox for at least 20 minutes a day at home.
Science: We will begin our Solar Sytem unit this week! This includes exploring main characteristics of the sun as a source of energy and physical characteristics of the Sun. Later in the week, we will explore the main characteristics of the moon and how it compares to Earth. We are so excited about this unit and your scientist will too!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
4/11 - 4/15
Update for Week of April 11th - 15th
MATH: In math this week, we will continue learning about 3D shapes. We will work to classify our 3D shapes by prisms, pyramids, and curved surfaces. Another way we will learn about our shapes is by their faces, vertices, and edges. Please continue to review these at home. Flashcards went home on Tuesday. This Tuesday, your child will be quizzed on identifying the 3D shapes. We will continue to practice in class. The rest of the week, we will be discussing time. We will spend Wednesday reviewing time by the hour and minute. On Thursday and Friday, we will learn two different strategies for figuring out elapsed time. Your child will be given a start time and end time and they will learn to find the about of time that has passed. The homework for this week will be a review of 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry, and congruence. You can also expected a homework reviewing graphing. As we get into the STAAR season, we are encouraging your children to not use homework passes, but rather complete the homework as it is an important review. The fast facts quiz will be on Friday and the problem of the week will be due on Friday.
SCIENCE: During our science time we will start learning about the moon. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be discussing the relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth. Towards the end of our week, we will learn about the planets. As we are studying the planets, we will learn the order and the important characteristics of each.
MATH: In math this week, we will continue learning about 3D shapes. We will work to classify our 3D shapes by prisms, pyramids, and curved surfaces. Another way we will learn about our shapes is by their faces, vertices, and edges. Please continue to review these at home. Flashcards went home on Tuesday. This Tuesday, your child will be quizzed on identifying the 3D shapes. We will continue to practice in class. The rest of the week, we will be discussing time. We will spend Wednesday reviewing time by the hour and minute. On Thursday and Friday, we will learn two different strategies for figuring out elapsed time. Your child will be given a start time and end time and they will learn to find the about of time that has passed. The homework for this week will be a review of 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry, and congruence. You can also expected a homework reviewing graphing. As we get into the STAAR season, we are encouraging your children to not use homework passes, but rather complete the homework as it is an important review. The fast facts quiz will be on Friday and the problem of the week will be due on Friday.
SCIENCE: During our science time we will start learning about the moon. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be discussing the relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth. Towards the end of our week, we will learn about the planets. As we are studying the planets, we will learn the order and the important characteristics of each.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Math and Science for the Week of March 19th-23rd
Parents,
Welcome back from Spring Break! It was a nice break and it was good to catch up on some rest. Now we are ready to hit the ground running for the next 11 weeks!
This week in Math we will be focusing on the concept of rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. Some students catch on really fast, and others are confused about the concept of rounding up or down and need a little extra guidance. Today we used the "rounding roller coaster" to explain the rounding rules. A student came up with this helpful rhyme:
"If it's 1 to 4, go to the back door. If it's 5 or more, run out the front door!"
Here is also a helpful three minute video to explain rounding to the nearest 10.
Later on in the week we will work on Rounding to the nearest 100. We will use the same "Roller Coaster" concept to help the kids understand rounding. Here is another helpful video to show your kids on rounding to the nearest 100.
Also in Math this week our Objective review will be focusing on reviewing customary and metric measurement, as well as finding perimeter and area. We will have another objective quiz this Friday, and we will be reviewing it together the following Monday. Again these Objective reviews are intended to prepare our 3rd graders for the Math portion of the STAAR Exam coming next month.
In Science this week, we will be learning the relationship between the sun, the moon, and the earth. The students will be constructing a small 2-D model in class to show this representation. We will then move into the planets and the correct order of the planets. I will teach them a fun acronym to help them remember the correct of of the planets from the sun. It is...."My very excellent mother just served us nachos!"
The kids also had the privilege of meeting Ruby Bridges' mother this afternoon in the library and have a short Q & A with her. Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate into white schools in New Orleans. The kids were very interested and asked really amazing questions.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be watching Motivational Productions. Motivational Productions is a program that comes every year to discuss bullying and strategies to deal with the ongoing issue in schools.
If you are busy at home helping your child raise money for the K-9 Angels Rescue Foundation, please send money by Friday.
Have a wonderful week ;-)
Mrs. S
Welcome back from Spring Break! It was a nice break and it was good to catch up on some rest. Now we are ready to hit the ground running for the next 11 weeks!
This week in Math we will be focusing on the concept of rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. Some students catch on really fast, and others are confused about the concept of rounding up or down and need a little extra guidance. Today we used the "rounding roller coaster" to explain the rounding rules. A student came up with this helpful rhyme:
"If it's 1 to 4, go to the back door. If it's 5 or more, run out the front door!"
Here is also a helpful three minute video to explain rounding to the nearest 10.
Later on in the week we will work on Rounding to the nearest 100. We will use the same "Roller Coaster" concept to help the kids understand rounding. Here is another helpful video to show your kids on rounding to the nearest 100.
Also in Math this week our Objective review will be focusing on reviewing customary and metric measurement, as well as finding perimeter and area. We will have another objective quiz this Friday, and we will be reviewing it together the following Monday. Again these Objective reviews are intended to prepare our 3rd graders for the Math portion of the STAAR Exam coming next month.
In Science this week, we will be learning the relationship between the sun, the moon, and the earth. The students will be constructing a small 2-D model in class to show this representation. We will then move into the planets and the correct order of the planets. I will teach them a fun acronym to help them remember the correct of of the planets from the sun. It is...."My very excellent mother just served us nachos!"
The kids also had the privilege of meeting Ruby Bridges' mother this afternoon in the library and have a short Q & A with her. Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate into white schools in New Orleans. The kids were very interested and asked really amazing questions.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be watching Motivational Productions. Motivational Productions is a program that comes every year to discuss bullying and strategies to deal with the ongoing issue in schools.
If you are busy at home helping your child raise money for the K-9 Angels Rescue Foundation, please send money by Friday.
Have a wonderful week ;-)
Mrs. S
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