November 25, 2019
Dear Parents, Although we have a short, two-day week coming up, I thought I would touch base via a short newsletter. I also wanted to wish you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy some restful and relaxing activities with your loved ones. During this season of gratitude, I want you to know how thankful I am to have the opportunity to teach your sweet children. I feel very blessed. CURRICULUM MATH – Last week in math, we began Unit 4: Making Sense of Multiplication and Division. Students solved partitive division problems (the number of objects in each group is unknown), as well as measurement division problems (the number of groups is unknown) using various strategies. Students are connecting division to multiplication and practicing using formal division terms and notation. For example, the total or product in a multiplication problem is really the dividend in a division problem. The two factors (4 x 5) in a multiplication problem are called the divisor and the quotient in a division problem. As in multiplication, one of the numbers (divisor or quotient) represents the number of equal groups and the other number represents the number of objects in the group. Students have also started taking timed multiplication tests to show fluency with their multiplication facts. Please keep studying those at home. Reading – For the next two days, students will complete the end of Unit 1 assessment for Module 2. Part I of the assessment involves them reading aloud the pourquoi tale they wrote in class. There are several categories on the reading fluency checklist such as self-correcting, reading at an appropriate speed and volume, etc. that they will be assessed upon. Students will write a new pourquoi tale using a planning graphic organizer as Part 2 of the assessment. In Unit 2, we will begin the research process as students learn more about the habitat, physical features, diet, predators, and life cycle of different frogs. Science – We have completed our Earth in the Solar System unit and will begin a new unit this week on matter. Students will understand the structure and properties of solids, liquids, and gases before and after they undergo a change, as well as recognize how energy can be transferred from one object to another. Conferences – I have enjoyed talking to many of you who signed up for conferences about your child’s progress. There are a few parents who have not signed up via the sign-up genius I sent out a few weeks ago. I will be reaching out to you through email to see if we can schedule a time to talk, or you may email me at [email protected] to schedule a time. IMPORTANT DATES Wednesday, November 27 – November 29 – Thanksgiving Holidays – No School Thursday, December 5 – 12:35 – 1:30 - Third Grade Spelling Bee Respectfully, Ms. Underwood
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