The super terrific third graders worked very hard on their SAS reading and math tests this week. On Monday, they will write their writing pieces.
The class began our unit on the Worry Woos. This is an excellent SEL program that focuses on childhood anxieties. Each week, the children are introduced to a new monster that teaches about a particular anxiety. We meet the stuffed monster, read the book twice, discuss, and complete an activity to reinforce ways to support someone if confronted with that worry. They have met Wince, the Worry Monster, and his pal, the Worry Bug, along with Squeek the monster of change.
We are continuing to read Charlotte’s Web. The children focused on inference and predictions. We started back up our Mystery Writing, spending five days working hard on learning to write a third-grade narrative with all the story elements, including a lead-in to capture the reader.
For Science, we started incubating chicken eggs to learn organically about the chicken's life cycle. The children learned the process through books and discussion, guessed how many eggs they thought would hatch, and started the exciting wait to track our chicks. Fingers crossed!
Craft time! The children created gorgeous Mother’s Day tiles for gifts and an extra for the PTO Auction in June. We also papier-mached and painted our “book” puppet for CATA. We hope everyone joins us on Saturday at noon to walk in the parade!
4th/5th English Language Arts
Due to the SAS testing, our time together has been short. We have focused on our book study of Holes, reviewing the characters and wondering how the main character’s past storyline ties into the current storyline. This week, they have focused on narrative writing, adding all the different story elements into their stories. There was an emphasis on peer suggestions, transition words, and creating dialogue for the characters. Next week, they will type their final copies and share them with their classmates. Please remember to have your child read from a chapter book every evening as homework!
