Week of 3/6/2017

Ahoy!

Welcome to another week in 3rd grade! After a crazy week last week, we are settling back into our rhythm! Here is what we are doing this week...

Reading:
This week we are starting a new text titled Deep Down and other Extreme Places to Live. The kids are very interested in this text. While we are reading our focus is to find the main idea (what it is mostly about) of each section, and to use text features to help us comprehend the text.

Also, as a class we are focusing on increasing our reading fluency; our ability to read accurately with expression. Once a week you will see your students fluency passage from the last week come home. The bottom of the page shows the increase in words read in one minute each day of the week. In order to support your child's fluency at home you can take those passages and practice reading fluently each day of the week. Record how far your child made it each day in one minute. After 5 days send it back and I will give your child $15 Blairwin bucks for the extra practice. 

Math:
This week our focus is on telling time and measurement. We will be exploring the U.S. Customary system and Metric system of measurement. We are focusing on length, mass, and volume. Please be practicing multiplication fact fluency at home with your child. If you need flash cards please email me! It is very important that our students are becoming fluent with their multiplication facts through x10.

Writing:
The focus this week is on the 3 different types of informational writing; procedural, report, and explanatory. By the end of the month our students will begin writing a large explanatory piece. Until then there will be many chances for them to practice!

Spelling: Test on Friday.
paper
place
near
now
something
hard
because
sentence
what
don't
through
until
think
better
without
your
their
were

Homework Journal: It is a great feeling to be able to help someone in need. Would you rather help at a homeless shelter or a hospital? Explain.

Mystery Questions:
1) Who was St. Patrick and when was he born?
2) What is the official flower of Ireland?
3) What is the symbol of Ireland?
4) In Dublin, Ireland what days do they celebrate the St. Patrick's Day Festival?
5) How many people in America are part Irish?
6) Where in the U.S. is a river temporarily dyed green in honor of St. Patrick's Day?

Dates to Remember:
3/10- Last day for Jump Rope For Heart
3/14- PALS meeting
3/27-3/31- Jungle Week

Thanks,
Miss Irwin