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Weekly Update

Hello Everyone,

Please save the following dates on your calendars:

Tues., March 10th, Zaxby's Night

Wed., March 11th, 12:30 pm, Early Release Day

Wed., March 11th, Walk to School Wednesday - meet at Mary Drive

Thurs., March 19th, Report Cards posted on Parent View

Fri., March 20th, 6 PM, Talent Show

Sat., March 21st -8:00 am-Noon, Garden Clean Up Day

Please be sure your child knows how he or she is getting home this Wednesday since it is an early release day. If there is a change in your child's regular transportation, please send in a note with your child.

Here's a look at our learning this week in ELA:

In reading, we will revisit the skill of using context clues to understand the meaning of unknown words. This is a crucial skill when it comes to reading comprehension. If your child gets to an unknown word when reading at home, instead of just telling what the words means, encourage him or her to look for clues right before or after the word to help decide what it means. We will be reading about the respiratory and circulatory systems this week as part of our health standards. The complicated vocabulary we encounter while reading about these systems will require us to practice our context clues!

In writing, we will switch back to writing narratives, or stories with characters, a setting, dialogue, and sequence. We will read a short incomplete story and then add a middle and ending to it. We will focus on using dialogue with the characters in the story.

Our grammar focus will be on how to correctly punctuate dialogue. This is a tough skill for 3rd graders. Knowing where to put the commas can be tricky! Have your child go on a dialogue hunt in a book this week and encourage them to pay attention to how the punctuation is used in the dialogue. Here's a fun, quick video about quotation marks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bea_2ANKJ5o

Please remember to keep reading every night. Consistent daily reading is one of the best ways to improve reading skills. If your child does not have anything to read at home, please let me know and I'll make sure they bring something home to read.

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

Thank you, 

Laura Kloos

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

This week is Read Across America Week. Here is the schedule for dress-up days:

Here are a few other dates to save on your calendars:

Thurs., March 5th, 6-8 PM, International Night

Tues., March 10th, Zaxby's Night

Wed., March 11th, Early Release Day

Wed., March 11th, Walk to School Wednesday

Fri., March 13th, Mother/Son Dance

Thurs., March 19th, Report Cards posted on Parent View

Fri., March 20th, 6 PM, Talent Show

Sat., March 21st -8:00 am-Noon, Garden Clean Up Day

Fri., March 27th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast and Book Fair open in the Learning Commons

Mon., March 30th, STEM Career Day!

Fri., March 27th-Friday, April 3rd, Bedford Falls Book Fair in the Learning Commons

Here's a look at our learning in reading, writing, and grammar this week:

In reading, we will continue working on understanding the sequence of events in a text. We've been creating timelines based on the book, The Wild Robot. To practice this skill at home, ask your child questions about a book he or she is reading such as, "What happened right before or just after (insert an event from the book)?"

In writing, we will wrap up our work on opinion writing with a fun piece about indoor vs outside recess. We will read two short passages about recess and then form our own opinion about which type of recess is better.

We will wrap up our unit on conjunctions this week as well. As your child reads or writes at home, ask him or her if can find any conjunctions. Here is a link to several conjunction games for extra practice. https://www.turtlediary.com/games/conjunction.html

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

Thank you!