Third Grade News
with our Terrific Third Grade Teachers
Meet Your Teachers:
​Jennifer Tucker: jenntucker@iss.k12.nc.us
Megan Sanders: Megan_Sanders@iss.k12.nc.us
Barbara Pfahler: bpfahler@iss.k12.nc.us
Lara Readling: lreadling@iss.k12.nc.us
Emily Moore: Emily_Moore@iss.k12.nc.us
Christina Ruyle: christina_ruyle@iss.k12.nc.us
​Meg Mabry: Margaret_Mabry@iss.k12.nc.us
The Week of: May 20th - 24th
What's Going on in the Classroom:
Reading Nook:
Magnetic Reading: Completed for the year 🙂
Idiom of the Week:
- Let the cat out of the bag: to tell someone a secret you weren't supposed to tell or share
- Review
Nightly Reading/Homework: Please read 20-30 minutes nightly.
- Can be fluency passages sent home and comprehension sheets.
The Literacy at Home for 3rd grade is FILLED with resources to help at home.
Don't forget to start building your reading stamina. Start by reading 20-30 minutes each night and grow from there. This will help prepare for EOGs at the end of the year.
Additional Literacy Support:
Math:
Math
Focus:
- EOG Review
Test & Quizzes: Usually Fridays (or by teacher discretion)
Science and Social Studies (PYP)
Human Body
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PYP Corner: Think about how you can be Reflective this month!
Current Events:
Upcoming Due Dates for Current Events:
Make sure to have the article printed. If you can't print the article, send it to your child's teacher before Friday.
Websites You Can Use for Current Events:
EOG Review:
Standard: RI3.8
Key Words:
- determine
- author
- author's message
- author's claim
- detail
- comparison
- cause/effect
- sequential order
Essential Skills:
- Identify facts and details the author has cited as evidence to support his points.
- Identify how one sentence is connected to the sentence before and after it (i.e., sequence).
- Understand how a concept continues from one paragraph to another.
- Understand cause and effect and comparisons.
Question Stems:
- What is the author's message/claim?
- What details or facts support the author's claim?
- How was the text written? (Comparison, cause/effect, or sequential order)
- How does the author connect the ideas in each of the paragraphs to the topic of the text?
- How does this sentence connect with what we read earlier?
- What organizational pattern was used to write this text?
- Did the photographs help you understand the author's meaning? How?
To Do:
Other Helpful Websites:
Choice Boards for Virtual Days
Coddle Creek Elementary: An IB World School
Website: https://coddlecreek.issnc.org/
Location: 141 Frank's Crossing Loop, Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone: 704-439-1550
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoddleCreekElementary