Academic Updates: We’ve had a week full of Reading and Writing Workshops. During Writing, we focused on our Information Chapter books. We’ve continued to practice using our elaboration skills, by either adding more details or including transition words like “also, because, and for example” into our writing. Many of the students have already started to type up their writing pieces. Reading centers have been filled with conversations about the Civil Rights Movement and activists like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. We read the books Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney and If a Bus Could Talk: A Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold. Both third grade classes had fantastic questions and in-depth conversations about this time period. We then compared/ contrasted the two books, talking about the theme, characters, and setting. During centers, we also started practicing our next spelling patterns, and are continuing to work on our fluency by thinking about the way we read out loud. Attached is a calendar for the months of January and February. As a grade, we do not give any required homework, but it is expected that the students try to read a little each night. These calendars can give you some fun ideas to incorporate literacy in your day! Upcoming events & Reminders:
*(you can also see their "Power of Yet" t-shirts we made)
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Happy New Year Everyone! We’ve had a busy two weeks back, and have already accomplished a lot, in spite of the many half days, snow days, and extra activities going on. During Centers, the students have completed their first information writing pieces about “How to build a snowman.” The students focused on picturing each step and talking it out as a way to brainstorm before writing their draft. This helped a lot! Fluency was recently our new addition to the Literacy Centers, where the students read a variety of passages, while thinking about not only WHAT they are reading, but HOW they should read it, with expression, pausing at punctuation, etc. During Writing, we are continuing through the Writing Process for our Information Writing pieces on their topic of choice. We’ve worked on separating each question they have about the topic onto a separate page, and making sure to take notes as we read. Social Studies is filled with information reading as well. The students are in the process of brainstorming ways to create their Native American villages based on their tribe and the information they’ve learned about each culture. Upcoming events & Reminders:
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