Wow!

It took having computer lab today, for me to realize it has been a while since my last post. I will update you on last week as well as this week all in one.

News of the week: Last week in brown envelopes you should have found your conference slip with the day and time to meet with me. If you didn't get one, please let me know. I also marked the planners that were turned in today. 

--Book orders are due for Nov/Dec on Wednesday 11/16, if you would like to order some as presents, please just let me know, and we will arrange for you to get them. 

--Conferences are 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Thursday 11/17, and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday 11/22

--Early dismissal next Tuesday 11/22

--No School November 23, 24, or 25

--School resumes on Monday, November 28

Math- The last two weeks we have been discussing and practicing division. We discussed how division is related to multiplication and is really just repeated subtraction. We skip counted by 2s and 5s to solve problems with those two numbers as the divisor. Today when we divided by 3 and 4, we used a number line to show how many groups of that number it took to reach the dividend.

Reading- Last week we read The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy. This is a story about a girl named Tanya. Her grandmother is making a patchwork quilt from scraps of clothing. Each scrap holds a special memory of their family. When the grandmother becomes ill, Tanya is the one who decides to finish the quilt. She inspires the rest of the family to help reach this task. This story was also our Text Talk book last week. The vocabulary words discussed were: anxious, compassion, dreaded, masterpiece, nurturing, and ruin. 

This week our story will be How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman. This story is about a girl, who's parents met while he was serving the country as an American sailor in Japan. Through trial and error, her mother a Japanese schoolgirl and her father, the American sailor learned to eat in each other's style, overcoming the feelings of insecurity in the process. 

Text Talk- This week we will read Everybody Cooks Rice by Peter J. Thorton. This is a story about a child who is sent to find a younger brother at dinnertime.  While walking into other people's houses the child is introduced to a variety of cultures and encounters the many different ways rice is prepared at the different households visited. The words we will study are: appetizing, boarder, community, diversity, grumbling, and gulped.

Science- Mrs. Clark has been working on various science projects with the kids last week, running through to this week. Please ask your child to describe their project as they are all very different! :) 

I look forward to discussing your child's progress with you soon! :)

Mrs. Jodie Yuska

Welcome to November!

News of the week: This morning we met to start scheduling conferences. Notes about your conference date and time will go home in brown envelopes next week. On the topic of conferences, here is a run down for what are the 1st Trimester expectations for 3rd grade. 

Reading-  Understands 3^rd Grade Vocabulary & Comprehension

90% and above 4

80%-89% 3

70%-79% 2

69% or below 1  

Independently Reads a 3^rd Grade Passage  - uses DIBELS score

Writing- 

* Able to develop number notes, simple statements, and a question statement

* Uses correct grammar

* Capitalizes beginning of sentences 

* Capitalizes proper nouns  

  * Uses correct punctuation at end of statements, exclamations, and questions

* Use conventional spelling for high-frequency words  

 

Math-

• Compare and order numbers through the hundred’s place
• Ordinal numbers and estimation 
• Rounding to the ten’s place and the hundred’s place 
• Addition and subtraction story problems with 1-2 steps 
• Fluency on an addition time test
  o   95 + facts in five minutes = 4
  o   85-94 facts = 3
  o   75-84 facts = 2
         o    83 or less facts = 1   
• Fluency on a subtraction time test
  o   95 + facts in five minutes = 4
  o   85-94 facts = 3
  o   75-84 facts = 2
        o 83 or less facts = 1

Math- This week we completed a multiplication review as many students were feeling uneasy with the concept of moving on to addition. Even when we do move on we will come back and review/ work on basic skills often! :)

Reading- This week we did not have a story from our Basal. Instead we worked on discussing the differences of facts and opinions.

Text Talk- This week we read Porkenstein by Kathryn Lasky. In the book, Dr. Smart Pig is tired of being lonely after the Big Bad Wolf has eaten his two brothers so he decides to invent a friend. After a few mistakes, he ends up with a large friend who helps him out. At the end they dress up and go trick-or-treating. Words we discussed are: creation, incredible, colossal, disbelief, creaky, and isolated.

Science- Students started their new science unit of Ideas and Inventions this week. This unit is all about using different ways to see things that you may not notice by just looking at it. Students will discuss rubbings, carbon printing (fingerprints), chromatography (color writing), and refelctions. 

Mrs. Jodie Yuska