Mrs. Fox's Third Grade: Weekly Update-March 17

Friday, March 17, 2017

Weekly Update-March 17

Announcements

Paxton Keeley will be having a Spirit Week March 20-24! Our theme is Kindness, and students will be asked to participate throughout the week in the following ways:

Monday, March 20th-Cozy Up to Kindness Day (Pajama Day)

Tuesday, March 21^st-Be Kind, Stomp out Bullying (Funky Socks and Shoe Day)

Wednesday, March 22^nd-Hats Off to Kindness (Hat Day)

Thursday, March 23^rd-Color Our World with Kindness (Crazy Color Day)

Friday, March 24th-In the Spirit of Kindness Day (School or Team Spirit Day)

Weekly Journals were not completed this week.

The MAP testing window for this year is April 17-May 12. More specific dates will be coming at a later time, but please refrain from scheduling appointments or vacations during this time.

In the Classroom

In math this week, we started our unit on Perimeter and Area. Students learned how perimeter is the distance around a figure. We practiced finding the perimeter of common and uncommon shapes using straws and pipe cleaners. We also drew figures with a given perimeter. We will focus on area next week.

We continued working on our opinion pieces this week in writing. Students began typing their first drafts. We also discussed strong introductions, adding transitions, and ending with a conclusion paragraph. We will edit and revise next week before celebrating on Friday.

We continued to focus on summary writing in reading. We used the book, Jumanji, to practice our summary writing skills. We also used reading time to start preparing for the MAP test with a website called Edcite.

We finished our Health test this week by assessing on Wednesday. We also began our next unit on Weather. Students started completing their weather observation journals and we learned about the 4 types of precipitation. Please see the yellow paper in the Friday folder about donating clear 2 liter bottles for an upcoming science unit.