Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope everyone had a great weekend! It's finally feeling like Fall! With the cooler weather comes the inevitable loss of coats and jackets. Please write your child's name in his or her jacket so we can help get things back to the correct person. 

Please save these important dates on your calendar:

Mon, Oct 22-Fri, Oct 26, Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is a national event that promotes drug awareness and prevention each year. At Addison, we use this week to encourage our students to make good choices. We hope you will support us in celebrating happy, healthy choices at home! J

Monday – “Make a pledge Monday!”  –   Students will sign class pledge to show that they pledge to live a healthy life! Students will receive red ribbon stickers and pencils.

Tuesday – “Color my life drug free” – Students will receive a Red Ribbon Week coloring sheet. 

Wednesday – “Wear Red Wednesday!”  Wear red to support a healthy life!

Thursday – “Healthy Snack Day” –  Students will bring a healthy item to eat during snack.

Friday – “Team up against drugs!”- Wear your favorite team gear or Addison spirit wear. 

Thurs, Oct 25, Peace, Love, and Pizza Night

Fri, Oct 26, FBI Breakfast

Fri, Oct 26, 6:00 pm, Boo-vie Night

Here's a look at our learning this week:

In writing, we will continue our work with informative writing. The students will begin researching and planning for a new piece on the topic of his or her choice. This week we will focus on how to organize all these facts we will find during our research.

In reading, we will continue our work on identifying the main idea and details of a text. We will focus mostly on non-fiction texts as we practice this skill. 

If you're looking for a little extra reading comprehension practice, here's a link to an online non-fiction reading passage with a comprehension quiz. This is not required. https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/tetris/

In science, we will continue our work on weathering, erosion, and fossils. Students should know the following:

• how water & wind can change rocks & soil over time
• how fossils serve as evidence of past organisms & the environment in which they lived
• the sequence of how an organism becomes fossilized

In math, we will continue working on multiplication fact fluency. Some students will continue practicing multiplying by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Others will move on to learning the 3s and 4s this week. Here are some helpful tricks to learning how to count and multiply by different numbers.

We will have an author visit on Thursday. George O'Conner will hold presentations throughout the day for each grade. https://www.georgeoconnorbooks.com/

Homework: Weekly math homework will come home on Monday to be turned in by Friday. Spelling words will be written in agendas on Monday and should be studied in preparation for Friday's quiz. Students should be reading for at least 20 minutes per night. Please log your minutes on biblionasium.

Remember if there is a transportation change, it must be in writing.

Thank you to everyone who came for conferences last week! I'm excited about the goals students set and I'm looking forward to a great 2nd quarter!

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.