3rd Grade Thinkers!
September 17, 2019
**Family Learning Team Meeting**
Students made commercials inviting you to our FLTM's. We will be sharing them on our FB as well! During our FLTM you will learn about our 3rd grade curriculum. It will also be the premier of our Community Heroes movie! Your children do not need to attend.
3rd-grade Family Learning Team Meetings:
Monday, September 30th at 4:00 p.m. in Mrs. Simac's room
Tuesday, February 11th at 4:00 p.m. Location to be announced.
Virtues
Being responsible means others can trust you to do things with excellence. You accept accountability for your actions. Wen you make a mistake, you offer amends instead of excuses. Responsibility if the ability to respond ably and to make smart choices.
Discuss responsibility with your child at home. You may want to ask them, "What are some things that you are responsible for at home? At school?" You can even discuss what parents and adults are each responsible for.
Thanks for your support!
"Community Heroes" Outreach
ELA
Dear Family Member:
This week our class will focus on stories and storytelling. We will also talk about what we can learn from stories and their characters.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.
Word Workout
- Words to Know: synonyms Your child will use one of the list words in a sentence. Then you will repeat the same sentence and substitute a word with a similar meaning for the list word. You’ll take turns doing this until you’ve used all the words.
- Spelling/Phonics: short a, i Read the words to your child. Have your child raise one or two hands to show what sound he or she hears in a word.
Comprehension: character
Your child will read a story about three squirrels and figure out the character traits of each squirrel. Then your child can circle the words beneath each character’s name that describe the character.
Math
Science
In class your child will be presented with a list of action verbs like “drag,” “lift,” “press,” and asked to decide whether they are pushes or pulls. You can help support your child’s learning by continuing this at home. Try applying it to actions that might be of personal interest, like the actions involved in a favorite sport (a throw, a hit, a slam dunk, a tackle, etc.).