Friday, November 1- Friday, November 8

Important Reminders:
Nov. 8 - 2:00 Fridays begin

Nov. 11-15 - Scholastic book fair

Nov. 13 - No school/parent-teacher conferences K-12 please schedule a time through the front desk. I'm available at CTA all day.

Nov. 27 - 9:30AM Thanksgiving/Chanukah program K-4 (this is a TIME CHANGE!)

Nov. 28-29 - no school, Thanksgiving holiday

dress down dates Nov. & Dec.: 11/15, 12/6, 12/20

Homework:

math:
your child has either:
 (a) addition/subtraction practice w/regrouping
 (b) a subtraction page where your child has to figure out & fill in the missing digits

spelling:
long a & short e: cheap, dream, restaurant, sweet, speak, least, reach, speed

NO EXCUSES: be, been             BONUS: addend

idiom of the week: piece of cake it means: something very easy to accomplish

Your child should complete 3 menu-choice activities for next Wednesday. UNLESS he/she has an assignment sheet that indicates he/she is to write words 3x each on the attached paper and complete any other 2 assignments.

General Classroom Information:
Some of our greatest challenges in third grade are understanding what directions are asking us to do. We don't always know how to use examples to help us figure out what is being asked of us. So, I encourage you to have your kids read directions  on everything from homework to  boxes of pasta or recipes  that you cook.  Generally, when you are out in the world, have your child explain what it is that they are supposed to do and how they know (which words tell them).
At some point reading directions and following them will be important for students. So, when they answer questions in their own way or don't complete something entirely, those answers, even if technically "correct", will be counted as incorrect and marked against them.

You can also have them estimate and round numbers when you are at the grocery store. Have them round prices to the nearest dollar (have them look at it like a ten or hundred) and estimate how much something will cost. So, for example, you are going to buy 3 items that cost $ .89, $3.49 and $2.99. Your child should be able to tell you that 89 rounds to 100, 349 rounds to 300 and 299 rounds to 300, so the estimate would be 700, or $7.00.

These practical skills will go far in helping your child both inside and outside of the classroom.

As always, text or email me with any questions or concerns!

Friday, Oct.25 - Friday, Nov. 1

homework:
Please return H&I folders & homework by
WEDNESDAY  10/30

Math:
 This week your child is practicing  2-digit and 3 digit addition and subtraction with regrouping. Please encourage him/her to show the work they do to solve the problems. Math is more than arriving at the "correct" answer.

Spelling Test 11/1:
long a short a
gain, glass, last, athletic, pain, safe, sale, steak
no excuses:  about, answer
bonus: equator
Idiom: need __(something)__ like a hole in the head - to not need anything at all

Reading log:
continue to read & fill in minutes!


A PEEK AT THE WEEK:
Reading:
We continued with our fairy tale genre this week so that we could really capture the elements of this genre and also to keep the content consistent while we work on rotating efficiently and being productive independent workers.

Math:
This week we reviewed 2-digit and 3- digit subtraction with regrouping. Many of us are struggling with the concepts of regrouping, showing work and lining up the correct place values. In math, when one number is wrong the entire problem is wrong. It is important to go slowly and show how we arrive at answers so that when the math becomes more complicated, we are accustomed to the problem solving process.

Social Studies:
We are still learning about geography. We are learning to read lines of latitude, longitude. We are also learning the differences between political & physical maps, cities, states, countries, and continents.