Weekly Updates 1/19-1/22

NEWS/EVENTS

• A big thanks to all that could make it to our Circle in the Square performances! A special thanks to Amy, Rachel, and Sofia for joining us as chaperones. The kids worked hard, and their plays were amazing.
• Young artist fliers were sent home last Friday.
• The Third Grade science fair is taking place Friday January 29th from 8:50-9:35 (open to participating student families)
• Our next Family Friday will take place Friday February 5th.

HOMEWORK

Word Study Groups:

• Humble: Sort 5
• Determined: Sort 29
• Ambitious: Sort 28

Tuesday- Write new word sorts in Word Study Notebook, Math Group HW, Read and jot for 30 minutes

Wednesday- Finish publishing Baby Literary Essays (if not finished already)

Thursday- Glue word sorts, study for spelling test, Math Group HW, Read and jot for 30 minutes

Friday- Math Group HW, reading response

CURRICULUM

Reading- This week we are launching a new reading unit- Research Book Clubs! Throughout this unit students will cycle through two research clubs learning about and studying specific animals. Tomorrow we are launching new reading partnerships and clubs.

Writing- Towards the end of last week students used a variety of checklists and tools to revise and edit their selected Literary Essays for publishing. Today they were given 50 minutes to start the publishing process, and are asked to complete publishing Wednesday night. Later this week we are starting our next writing unit- "Changing the World." We are writing speeches to address changes needed!

Math- Students are continuing to learn strategies for calculating area such as tiling, the length x width= area formula, and using the distributive property to decompose/partition rectangles into smaller partial products and add them together.

Social Studies- This month (and until our February break) we are doing a case study of Nigeria, and are exploring how the culture, land, and economy impact life in Nigeria. We will cycle through centers focusing on reading, comparing/contrasting, studying artifacts, examining maps, and analyzing statistics.