Academic Updates: I hope you all had a great April break and were able to spend some time with family and friends. This week we’ve been working our way back into our usual academic routines. We’ve also added a bit more SBAC practice throughout the week so that the students feel ready for our full SBAC assessment in two weeks. Mrs. White has been very helpful, coming into the third grade classrooms during ELA time to have discussions around test taking tips, and comprehension tricks. The students worked well together and were able to create their first Performance Task writing piece about astronauts. They were then able to watch a NASA video about the life of an astronaut. We also had some time to create our Opinion Writing letters to Ms. Meberg about if they could have any pet in the world for the classroom, what would it be and why. We had some very persuasive writers working to convince me that we should have a pet llama or manatee. So creative! 3M earned two privileges from before break, and were able to participate in some Arts and Crafts work, including some origami animal creations. Next week we will move into talking more about immigration in general, the role Ellis Island played in our country’s history, and how it affects us today. Keep up the hard work everyone! Upcoming events & Reminders:
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Academic Updates: This week was a busy Health Week, with many visitors, activities, privileges, and tasty treats, ending with the movie ‘Wonder!’ The students started the week off by creating a yogurt and granola breakfast for themselves. We also had another author visitor this week, Sarah Stewart Taylor, of the book series Expeditioners. She even gave us a sneak-peak of her next book, that hasn’t even been published yet! This week we also had Chelsea from the Upper Valley W.I.S.E. program visit to talk to the class about our feelings and strategies to help regulate strong emotions. We did this through a fun fortune teller exercise, which you can see pictures of on the classroom web page. During ELA, we read the first part of Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, about a third grader from Russia trying to fit in with her school in America. We had some great discussions about immigration and continued our discussion on European Settlers as well. During this time we went over vocabulary. We also used our “inferring” skills during our SBAC practice with Mrs. White. The students did an excellent job with this! We will keep practicing our reading comprehension skills to get ready for early May. Finally, during Social Studies/ Forest Friday, we learned about why the same type of plant can be found on different continents. We even made makeshift “falling seeds” to test out our various theories, trying not to land on the ‘zone of darkness!’ Upcoming events & Reminders:
Academic Updates: We had a fun-filled week, with privileges and new learning! We completed our first Amber Brown book, and have started our second one in the series, You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox Amber Brown. The students seem to really enjoy these books, and in some ways can relate to the problems the third grader faces. We’ve had some fantastic discussions around character development, and the students were able to create “Postcards” for Amber’s best friend Justin who moved away in the story. They did an excellent job thinking from Amber’s perspective, adding details from the text and asking believable questions related to her personality. Mid- week, 3M celebrated their full token jar privilege with a fort and pajama day. There are some great pictures on our classroom webpage of students creating their forts and reading in them. The students have been working hard in both classes, and receiving many golden Wild Cards for all of the empathetic things they do, and the extra kind choices they make with peers. During Reading we have been using the program ‘Readworks’ to practice our reading comprehension skills. We are practicing more and more skills to get us ready for SBAC, and will begin to delve into the specific program activities with Mrs. White, Hartland’s reading specialist. We also have Health week starting on Monday! ** Please send your child in with the permission slip for ‘Wonder’ for Disability Awareness Day on Friday, (otherwise, they will watch the other movie, a Dolphin Tale) Upcoming events & Reminders:
** If you would send your child in with extra headphones, it would be greatly appreciated, as we are missing many from our classroom set. Disability Awareness Week/ Health Week:
** feel free to join in and wear these colors next week! Monday - Green Tuesday - Orange Wednesday - Red Thursday - Purple Friday - (Wildcat) Blue |
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