September 16, 2022

   Announcements

Please note there is no school on Wednesday, September 21. It is a teacher workday.

Fall Picture Day is on September 29th! Please see inside the Friday Folder for information about ordering.

We will be going to the Rock Bride High School Planetarium on Wednesday, October 12th. We will leave Paxton around 10:30 and return before lunch. Parent volunteers are not needed for this field trip.

Please remember to send in anything St. Louis Cardinals related for our Comet Carnival basket!

In the Classroom

In Social Studies, we have been learning studying Geography. Students have identified regions of both our county and state. Students learned about Missouri's neighbors using border state puzzles!

We have also been using a new resource called Studies Weekly. You will find these in the Friday Folder when we are finished with them. 

In reading, students have been using articles about animal adaptations to practice certain skills. This week, we learned how to use context clues to figure out unknown words, make mental images when we read, and compare/contrast text. Here are some students working on comparing and contrasting!

Students also learned about digital magazines and comic books from our media specialist, Mrs. Canepa.

In writing, we have been learning how to get information from various sources. We used our animal adaptation magazine, as well as a video. Students are gathering details, examples, and facts in order to write an essay. The prompt is, "How do animals survive in their environment?"

In math, we have studied elapsed time this week. Most students used an open number line to solve these types of questions. We also learned about scaled bar graphs. Students were so excited to begin learning about multiplication this week! Our focus was on the meaning of the operation. We will develop strategies for the different facts as the year continues. Fluency with facts through 10 x 10 is hoped for by the end of the year. We also had a visit from Mrs. Shaw recently. She helps us with anything math, reading, or writing related. Mrs. Shaw gave us a mathematical question about M and M's. Make sure to ask your third grader about the share size bag!

Upcoming Events

No School, Teacher Workday-September 21

Fall Picture Day-September 29

No School, Teacher Workday-October 10

Planetarium Field Trip-October 12

Comet Carnival-October 14