Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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 3rd Grade Vocabulary & Comprehension

90% and above 4

80%-89% 3

70%-79% 2
69% or below 1  
Independently Reads a 3rd 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
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