Thank you family and friends for joining us on our maker space/ literacy gallery day! The third graders worked so hard and were very happy with the turnout!
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Academic Updates: We’re officially done with our Winter Track My Progress! I know that must be a relief for the students. They did a nice job trying their best to stay on track during academic times. This week we’ve learned about Verb tenses during language. The students had the opportunity to show the class “actions” as we practiced explaining things like “he jumped” or “she clapped.” At Reading time, we worked on pulling evidence from the text to support a statement. We’ve been using this information that we know about the characters to create our own journals from the perspective of either Anna or Caleb in Sarah, Plain and Tall. The students have been very enthusiastic about making these, especially because we will get the chance to make the pages look “old” as our book takes place over 100 years ago. Our “Family Totem Poles” are coming along great! The third graders have really worked hard to create them. Both third grade classes filled up their token jar, and were able to celebrate in their own way. Upcoming events & Reminders:
*Please make sure your child brings a jacket to school. They do not have to wear their jacket for the entire recess, but they do need to bring it outside in case they get cold. The third graders got their morning workout in with Mrs. White showing us how to use Tabata in the classroom. This is a series of 20 second exercises with a break in between each interval. The students got really into it!
Academic Updates:
We’re right back into the swing of things after our Thanksgiving break! Moving into the second Trimester, we are working on understanding how to be a good group member and helpful learner in our classroom. We’ve had some great conversations about how to be kind to each other and what to do if someone is doing something they don’t like. We talked about making sure to be clear about what the student is doing that he/ she doesn’t like, asking them kindly to please stop, and explaining why. This has seemed to make a difference already! Academically, we’ve moved back into our Reading Centers, starting new spelling lists, and reading a new book as a class called Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. While we read out loud/ follow along, we’ve been focusing on learning new vocabulary words and understanding why the author made certain decisions about characters in the book. The students have done an excellent job inferring why the characters say the things they do. During Social Studies, we’ve continued to work on our Totem Pole projects, and learn more about the Native American tribes from different regions of the U.S. Upcoming events & Reminders:
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