Week of 2/20/2017

Ahoy!

I hope you all had a great long weekend! Here is what is going on in 3rd grade!

Reading: This week our focus is on finding the main idea of an informational article. Today we learned about how chicken nuggets are read. When finding the main idea it helps to think of who, what, when, where, and why. Once you can decide which of those are important you can usually find out the main idea. For example, today we decided that the what, who, and why were important and came up with the idea that the main idea for our article was: How McDonald's chicken nuggets are made.

Writing: The Athabascan writing pieces have been graded and will be given back to students this week. The main focus for this week is convention and quotation marks. Students will be finishing up a performance task as well this week.

Math: This is our last week of Unit 3. We have been learning the standard algorithm for addition and subtraction the last few days. We will be taking a unit assessment on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Spelling: (Test Friday)
study
picture
night
house
being
almost
around
light
new
Earth
off
first
don't
second
there
world
people
without

Homework Journal Prompt:
Music was first played on records. Then it was played on tapes, CDs, and now as digital music. Write about how you think music will be played in the future.

Mystery Questions:
1) What's the driest continent on the Earth?
2) What's the highest amount of rainfall ever recorded in 24 hours on Earth?
3) What's the record for yearly rainfall in Camas, WA?
4) What is the most consecutive days of rain recorded in Portland, OR?
5) What is the maximum speed of a falling raindrop?

Events to Remember:
2/27-3/3 Dr. Suess Week
3/1- Character Ed Assembly
3/3- Super Hero Spirit Day
3/3- Visit from Dr. Brester, local dentist.

Thanks again for all you do to help your child succeed!
Miss Irwin