Weekly Updates 11/9-11/13

NEWS/EVENTS

• It has been so lovely meeting with families over the past week for Parent Teacher Conferences. I look forward to chatting with many of you in the week to come!
• An important video consent form is going home this week to support Ms. Schwartz's work in our reading and writing workshops. She has the opportunity to videotape a minilesson for teachers around the city to use to support reading/writing workshops. Please return this form by Friday. If I do not hear from you, your child will not participate.
• The Third Grade Thanksgiving Play is right around the corner! The show is open to parents on Wednesday November 25th at 9:00.

Homework

Monday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, Math group HW, Practice Play song 2 times (play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZXTNoAL7g in background to help kids sing along)

Tuesday- Read and jot for 30 minutes tues/wed nights, Math group HW, Practice Play song 4 times (play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZXTNoAL7g in background to help kids sing along)

Thursday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, Math group HW, Practice Play song 2 times (play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZXTNoAL7g in background to help kids sing along)

Friday- Read and jot for 30 minutes, Math group HW, Practice Play song 2 times (play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZXTNoAL7g in background to help kids sing along)

CURRICULUM

Reading- This week readers are starting to consider the author's perspective while reading nonfiction texts. They do this by looking for descriptive words, titles, or phrases that leak the writer's stance.

Writing- This week we are going to work on integrating expert terminology into our informational books, and will start to draft introductions and conclusions for our books. We will continue to balance facts and descriptions.

Math- This week mathematicians are exploring the different ways products are interpreted in a multiplication problem. We are creating a running list of strategies to use when calculating. 

Social Studies- We are visiting U.S. centers highlighting the land, culture, economy, and history of our country, and are continuing to work on our jots to support our thinking in the Social Studies notebook.