March 2, 2018

Announcements

Third grade was given the opportunity to take a practice session of the math and language arts MAP test. While the actual test will not be until later on in the year, this practice test will mimic the real one, including giving us student scores that will help guide our preparation for the MAP test. Students will be taking the math portion on Monday morning next week, and the language arts portion on Friday.

Our field trip to the Planetarium at Rock Bridge High School has been rescheduled for Monday, April 2nd. We will still be leaving at 9:00 and will return before lunch. Again, no parent volunteers are needed for this field trip.

Our class is in need of 2 liter, clear bottles for an upcoming science project. We won't be needing the bottles until April, but we need quite a few. If you could start collecting them for our class, you can send them in with your third grader so we have them for our project. Thank you in advance!

In the Classroom

In math this week, we studied volume, practiced solving complex word problems, and learned about comparing fractions using fraction strips. Students particularly enjoyed the messy process of figuring out the volume of an assortment of containers using milliliter and liter measuring tools.

In writing this week, we started generating topics for our opinion pieces. One day, we focused on finding problems in our lives, thinking of possible solutions, and turning the solution into a thesis statement. We also spent a day talking about amazing people and things in our lives. We wrote pieces persuading others to agree that these things and people are wonderful! Next week, we will work on developing strong thesis statements and acknowledging counterclaims. 

In reading this week, we used picture books to practice summarizing. We had to think back to the beginning of the year when we studied story elements to make sure we included main characters, the problem/solution, and major plot events. 

We finished out Economics unit this week with an assessment on Wednesday. We also began our next unit which is Health. We had a special guest, Mrs. Zapata, come on Wednesday to talk to us about food safety and nutrients. Mrs. Zapata will be joining us every Wednesday until Spring Break to teach us about nutrition. Students also played a game of disease charades! We learned what the words disease and symptom meant, and students had to act out clues to find their matching disease partner.

Upcoming Events

Spring Pictures-March 15

Comet Culture Night-March 20

Spring Break-March 26-30