Those of you who have today off, I hope you have something fun planned! :) Those of you at work like me, make the most of it! It is still a VERY nice January day!
Math- This week we will start to discuss time. We will continue to talk about money here and there. The kids are great at counting coins but we will continue to work with making change!
Reading-
This week we will read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.
Before chopping down a
huge Kapok tree, a woodsman falls asleep. While sleeping, he is visited by the
animals who inhabit the tree. They explain why the Kapok tree is important to
the environment. When the man awakes, he decides not to chop the tree down.
With this selection, we worked on the skill of cause and effect, looking deeply
into what would happen to the animals of the rain forest if all the trees were
cut down.
Text Talk- This week we will use The Great Kapok Tree again. Our text talk words will be different from our reading vocabulary words. So the kids will get a double dose of vocabulary from this text. Our text talk words are: ancestors, lulled, slithered, withered, defenseless, and intentions.
Social Studies-
The students are finishing up talking about the seven continents. I believe they just have Antarctica to discuss.
A few mid-year assessments left to complete:
I will give the
January time tests for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division the week of the 23rd. Goals for 3rd graders currently is 100
correct problems in 5 minutes on addition and subtraction (50 in 2 1/2
minutes) as well as 80 facts correct in 5 minutes on multiplication (40
in 2 1/2 minutes). Division is not currently being assessed for
reporting purposes, but I like to monitor their growth. It will be a
requirement 3rd trimester.
Mrs. Jodie Yuska
