3rd Gd. Newsletter: Sept. 29-Oct 3

9/30- Spelling homework sent home (due Friday)

10/1- Red Folders sent home to be signed

10/3- Reading and Spelling Test " Seasons of Change"

9/30 - PTO Sonic Spirit Night

10/9- AR Quarter 1 ends

10/10 - E-Learning Day (more info to come)

10/13 - No School: Columbus Day

11/7- Veterans Day Concert

Miss Patterson's Reminders: Please send your child in tennis shoes or send them in his/her backpack to change into for PE. Lastly, please continue to send your child with their headphones (required for each student to participate in Chromebook activities).

Lunch Visitors: Our day is Tuesday at 11:50

**Lunch Reminders**

-Visitor Lunch is $5

-Please adhere to your student's lunch days and times. You can find this information in your teacher's weekly newsletter.

-No outside food is permitted

-Due to limited eating space, siblings will not be permitted to join for lunch visits

Every Wednesday, your child's Red Folder will come home. Please take a few minutes with your child to look over their graded papers and conduct from the previous week. Sign the conduct report, return the papers to the folder, and return the folder to school with your child the next day.

• Do not keep the papers at home - I must keep them on file here at school.
• The conduct report is a direct reflection of Class Dojo points. If you have a question about any mark in the conduct report, please refer to Class Dojo for a more detailed description of their behavior correction.

Patterson's Homeroom will have Math & Science in the morning and Reading, ELA, & Social Studies in the afternoon.

Serena's Homeroom will have Reading, ELA, & Social Studies in the morning and Math and Science in the afternoon.

Learning Target/Standard: Illustrate the product of two whole numbers as equal groups by identifying the number of groups and the number in each group and represent as a written expression. (3-OA-1) Illustrate and interpret the quotient of two whole numbers as the number of objects in each group or the number of groups when the whole is partitioned into equal shares. (3-OA-2) Use the relationship between multiplication and division to represent division as an equation with an unknown factor. (3-OA-6)

This week we will:

• continue modeling division using equal groups, arrays, tape diagrams, and number lines.
• complete a workshop to practice our skills and have a Learning Mountain Check.
• begin learning about Properties of Multiplication: Commutative Property, Associative Property, and Distributive Property.

Learning Mountain: Every Unit you child will have a Learning Mountain that will stay in their binder. They will work hard to climb their mountain as they learn new skills and practice what they have learned. Each step on the way will help them reach their overall goal for the unit. During Workshop, your child will complete a small task to show me if they have reached a step on their mountain and earn a sticker. Our unit goal will always be to reach the number 3. Reaching Level 4 is going above their learning goal!

SPELLING AND READING TEST FRIDAY

Learning Targets/Standards

• Foundational Skills: R2, 3.8.c, 3.9, 3.10, 3.12

• Reading & Responding: 3.23.c, R4

• Language Arts: R2, 3.8.a, 3.8.c, 3.9, 3.8.e, 3.10, 3.12

Our Reading and Language Arts class has 3 sections: Foundational Skills when we work on phonics and decoding, Reading and Responding when we read books and passages to increase comprehension, and Language Arts when we improve our spelling, grammar, writing, and handwriting.

This week we will:

• spell dictated words correctly.
• encode and decode words with /i/ spelled -igh, -ie, and -y
  
• encode and decode irregular verbs and abstract nouns
• build oral language skills.
• read a Decodable Story
• practice browsing and setting purposes for reading.
• review the comprehension strategy "comparing and contrasting"
• read and discuss the selection “Seasons of Change ” while digging deeper into the text.
• review the selection vocabulary words.
• build fluency
• start our final drafts of the informational paragraphs that we have been working on (animal research writing)

Our spelling tests will be handwritten. Students are expected to memorize the 15 words given to them for the test. Students will also be given 3 challenge words and 2 dictation sentences.

For the Reading tests: Tests will be OPEN BOOK. Students will reread the story each day during the week and focus on certain topics throughout the story to help them prepare for the test. The Reading tests also include a phonics section and a grammar section that review skills taught throughout the week.

Learning Target/Standard:

I can identify the 4 seasons and differences between weather and climate. I can identify natural hazards and how they impact the environment. I can communicate information on the effectiveness of existing solutions designed to reduce the impact of weather related hazards. (3.13, 3.14, 3.15)

Our current Science Unit is Observing Weather.

This week we will:

• read and discuss how to prepare for natural hazards.
• design and build a model of a weatherproof structure.
• complete a lesson check quiz

Learning Target/Standard:

Standard 2:
Locate and describe the major geographic features of Alabama.

This week we will learn about the inquiry process and how it relates to maps

• Learn the inquiry process
• Talk about how to create good questions
• Ask and answer questions about maps
• refresh ourselves on map skills and how to read the maps we are given
• Utilize Studies Weekly to read maps of Alabama

Walking and Biking to and from school will begin Friday 8/15. Until then, we ask that your child either rides the bus or is a car rider.

Students must has a signed permission form completed and returned to school before they will be allowed to walk or bike home. Please let me know if you need a permission form and I will send one home with your child.

Agendas are still available for purchase through the school office. I HIGHLY recommend purchasing one for your child. In 3rd Grade we use these agendas to write down homework, upcoming tests/quizzes & assignments, reminders, and our reading log. You may send the money in with your child or pay online. Click on the link below to access the new payment portal.

** Our Email Address have changed slightly **

Please email me with any questions or concerns. My email is:

grace.patterson@tcsk12.us

debra.serena@tcsk12.us