Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It looks like we might actually have some spring weather coming our way! We have one more week before Spring Break and it's a busy one! Please save the following dates on your calendar:

Monday, March 25th -Friday, March 29th (at noon) Book Fair

Wednesday, March 27th, 5-8 pm, Bruster's Night

Thursday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, PTA/Foundation meeting and 3rd grade Performance

Friday, March 29th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Friday, March 29th  Kick-A-Thon

AESF is hosting a kick-a-thon to raise money for the Science Lab and for new technology throughout the school.Your child will attempt to kick 10 soccer goals during specials that day, but must be registered and have pledges to participate. Don't let your child miss out. $1 a kick goes a long way if everyone participates! I'd love my class to have 100% participation, so please register your child  at http://www.sportsathon.fun/

Here's a look at our learning this week:

In writing, we will work on narrative story writing. We will focus on using descriptive language and including dialogue in our stories. We are still working on correctly punctuating dialogue. This is a tough skill!

In reading, we will continue reading the novel Peter Pan. We are using this book to practice a variety of reading comprehension skills. We are also working on using text evidence in our answers and writing complete sentences.

In social studies, we will continue learning about Colonial America. This week, we will focus on the Middle Colonies.

In math, we will work on telling time and solving word problems involving elapsed time. There are some practice activities on the class blog here. To practice at home, give your child some realistic math problems such as, "If soccer starts at 5:30 and lasts for 1 hour and 30 minutes, what time will it end?"

Don't forget our 3rd grade musical is this Thursday night!  The Addison 3rd graders will be presenting the musical “GOAL!" at the PTA/Foundation meeting on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Addison café.

Students should begin arriving at 5:30 p.m. and should report to their classrooms for line-up. Performance attire will be any soccer jersey of your choice, i.e. student's soccer team, Atlanta United, USA National team, blue jeans, and comfortable shoes. 
All 3rd graders are strongly encouraged to attend as they have been working hard on the music during their weekly music classes. Contact Dr. Champion with any questions at Michele.champion@cobbk12.org. You can also practice songs for the musical  here.

Let's have a great week!

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

Please save the following dates on your calendar:

Thursday, March 21st, Report Cards sent home

Monday, March 25th -Friday, March 29th (at noon) Book Fair

Wednesday, March 27th, 5-8 pm, Bruster's Night

Thursday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, PTA/Foundation meeting and 3rd grade Performance

Friday, March 29th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Here's a look at our learning this week:

In writing, we will finish our final opinion piece which the students are completing independently. Some recent opinion writings were sent home last week. I've been very impressed with the growth the students have shown! I hope you have a chance to look through the pieces that were recently sent home. Once we finish our opinion writing, we will work on narrative writing again. We will focus on adding descriptive details and meaningful dialogue to our stories. We will also work on correctly punctuating dialogue.

In reading, we will begin a new unit that focuses on the novel, Peter Pan. Over the next two weeks, we will focus on several comprehension skills as we read our new book.

In social studies, we will begin a new unit on Colonial America. For the next few weeks, we will learn about the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. We will have a special in-house field trip based on Colonial America on Thursday morning!

In math, we will learn about geometry. We will focus on the various attributes of shapes and learn how to classify them according to their attributes. Some key vocabulary words to understand are: attributes, quadrilateral, parallel, and right angle. We will be focusing on the following shapes: square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, and trapezoid.

We're looking forward to another great week in 3rd grade!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's smiling faces tomorrow morning!

Please save the following dates on your calendar:

Wednesday, March 13th, 12:30 pm, Early Dismissal

Thursday, March 14th, STEM Day **Please have your child wear his or her gray and white Addison shirt given out at the beginning of the year**

Thursday, March 14th, 6:00 pm, International Night

Wednesday, March 20th, Kindergarten Registration

Thursday, March 21st, Report Cards sent home

Monday, March 25th -Friday, March 29th (at noon) Book Fair

Wednesday, March 27th, 5-8 pm, Bruster's Night

Thursday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, PTA/Foundation meeting and 3rd grade Performance

Friday, March 29th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Here's a look at our learning this week:

We will write one more opinion writing piece this week. The students have written several opinion pieces this quarter with help, but now it's time to show what all they've learned by independently writing. We will be looking for a clearly stated opinion with supportive reasons & examples, transition words, an introduction and conclusion, as well as correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

During reading this week, we will be integrating our health standards. The students will be reading and learning about the circulatory and respiratory systems of the human body.

Your child should have brought home a study guide on Early Exploration last week. We studied at school in preparation for our test Monday. After that, we will move on to our science standards about pollution and conservation. We will be going to the science lab for an activity called, "Who Polluted the Hooch?" (as in the Chattahoochee River) We will also learn about the importance of reduce, reuse, and recycle. This Thursday is STEM Day at Addison and the 3rd graders will be creating a portable garden out of recyclable materials! Thank you to those who have sent in materials for this project!

In math, we will continue our work with word problems. Our goal is to be able to solve 2-step word problems with any of the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). This is such a hard concept for many students, but we will continue to persevere! We have been working on slowly reading the problem one sentence at a time to really understand what we are being asked to do.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Laura Kloos

 

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! This crazy Georgia weather has certainly kept me on my toes. Please be sure your child has a heavy coat for the next couple days as it looks like we'll be back to winter temps.

Parents: We are still in need of some recyclable materials for an upcoming STEM project. Please send in any cardboard, plastic bottles, milk containers, toilet paper or paper towel rolls, egg cartons, or anything else you would normally put in the recycle bin. Thank you for your help with this!

Please save the following dates on your calendar:

Tuesday, March 5th, 5:00-8:00 pm, Papa John's Night

Wednesday, March 6th, Walk to School Wednesday

Friday, March 8th, 6-8 PM, 4th and 5th grade Dance

Tuesday, March 12th, 5-8 pm, Zaxby's Night

Wednesday, March 13th, 12:30 pm, Early Dismissal

Thursday, March 14th, STEM Day

Thursday, March 14th, 6:00 pm, International Night

Wednesday, March 20th, Kindergarten Registration

Thursday, March 21st, Report Cards sent home

Monday, March 25th -Friday, March 29th (at noon) Book Fair

Wednesday, March 27th, 5-8 pm, Bruster's Night

Thursday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, PTA/Foundation meeting and 3rd grade Performance

Friday, March 29th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Here's a look at our learning this week:

In writing, we will continue our work with opinion writing. We will be writing about our favorite restaurant. We will work on developing convincing reasons with supportive details. We are also working on using transition words to help the flow of our writing. 

In reading, we will work on comprehending cause and effect situations in texts. Some key words to understanding cause and effect are:

In social studies, we will wrap up our unit on explorers with a visit to the Learning Commons. We will code ozobot robots to retrace the routes of early explorers! Ask your child about this activity later in the week!

In math, we will work on word problems. Our goal is to be able to solve 2-step word problems with any operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division). We will review 1-step word problems first and then ease into the more challenging 2-step problems. 

Have a GREAT week!