Friday October 23, 2015
Reading/ELA
We continue to work through theme 3. Five new vocabulary words were introduced this week-check out the ELA / vocabulary page! Students continue to work on inferring as a comprehension strategy and review the ask questions strategy. We will have our theme progress test next week.
Math
Students participated in a Mimio Vote activity today during math. It uses technology in the classroom similar to the kind of computer based assessments they will be expected to take in the future. They really enjoy using the Mimio Vote and it's important they become comfortable using this technology. We will continue to work in unit 2 next week discussing strategies for addition and subtraction of multi digit numbers. It is so very important you work with your child on the basic addition and subtraction facts 0-20. They should be able to answer these facts within 3 seconds. We will be having our unit 2 math test on Monday November 2.
Science
'We just completed the chapter Types of Plants. Students took the chapter test today. Next week we will begin our social studies block. Students will be learning about physical geography which ties directly in with science as well. Students are working on an experiment to see if Lima bean seeds can grow with only water and sunlight. We will continue to observe and collect data next week.
Religion
The third grades went to the main church on Wednesday morning to pray the Rosary with Mrs. Vitulli and their teachers. We are making Rosary booklets illustrating the events of the different Mysteries of the Rosary. Students have completed session 4 discussing how we trust God and others in our lives. We learned how Mary and Joseph trusted God. We will discuss session 5 next week completing unit 1. There will be a unit 1 assessment the week of November 2 covering sessions 1-5.