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ReadingCornerWearewrappingupourCharacterunitinreading.Studentsarespendingthelastfewdayspracticinghowtoidentifycharactertraitsandtosupportthetraitsthattheyidentifiedwithevidencefromthetext.Wewillendourstudywithalearningcelebration.Ourupcomingunitinreadingwillbenon-fiction.Inpreparationforthisunit,starttoencourageyourchildtobranchoutintoinformationaltextsiftheytendtobeareaderoffictionbooks.

Tosupportyourchildathome:

*Ask,“howcanyoutellthedifferencebetweenNonfictionandFictiontexts?”

*Whenreading,checkinbyasking,“Whatisthemainideaofthissection?Chapter?Howdoyouknow?”

Writer’sWorkshopWehavelaunchedanewunitinwriting!Thirdgradershavebeguntodraftpersuasivespeecheswherewriterswillwriteboldclaimssupportedbyreasonsandevidence.Studentswillcontinuetolearnthebasicstructureofopinionwritingandhowtoadequatelysupporttheiropinions.Studentsarebrainstormingideasaboutissuesthatmattertothem,aswellasnoteworthypeoplewhotheybelievedeservespecialattention.Studentswillselecttheirfirstopiniontopictodevelop,writelongandstrongabout,andeventuallypublish.Theywillthenspendtimegatheringevidencethatwillsupportandprovetheirtheses/claims.

Tosupportyourchildathome:

*Encourageyourchildtosupporttheirrequestswithreasonsandevidence.(Ithinkweshouldgotothepark(claim)becausethenwecanallgetsomemovement(reason).Forexample,thekidscanplaytagwhiletheparentsrun(evidence).

UpcomingDates

Friday,October25th:MulticulturalNightatBrent6pm Thursday,October31st:FieldtriptoDCmonuments9am-1:30pmClickheretosignthepermissionslipandcontactyourchild’sclassroomteacherifyouwouldliketochaperoneFriday,November1st–HealthandFitnessDay–UniformFreeDayMonday,November4thandTuesday,November5th–ProfessionalDevelopment,NOSCHOOLFORSTUDENTSAnnouncements/Reminders:*Don’tforgettopracticeweeklyspellinglistswithyourchildforspellingquizzesonMondays.*EncourageyourchildtousetheonlinemathprogramsXtraMathandZearntopracticeandreinforcemathfluencyandproblem-solvingskills.

*EncourageyourchildtoworkonthecorrespondingEurekamathlessonworksheetsinhis/herhomeworkpacket.

ThirdGradeNewsletterVolume6October25th_November8th[Date]

ScienceandSocialStudiesInSocialStudies,studentswillcontinuetodeepentheirunderstandingofthehistory,location,andmeaningofvariousmonumentswithavisitfromaNationalParkRangeronMonday,October28thandavisittotheNationalMallonthe31st.TheywilltranslatetheirknowledgeintoabrochureaboutthemonumentsofDC.Afterthat,wewillbeginourstudyofDCneighborhoodsandthequadrantsofDC.

Tosupportyourchildathome:*Continuetotalkabout,readabout,andvisitmonuments,memorials,andlandmarksinandaroundWashington,D.C.*ContinuetolookatmapsofDC(andanyothermapsyourchildisinterestedin)andmakeobservationsaboutwhatyousee.*TalkaboutD.C.’sfourquadrantsandtheirneighborhoods,andanyexperiencesthatyouandyourfamilyhavehadthere.

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brentthirdgraders

EurekaMathWearecomingtotheendofModule2wherewehavefocusedonmeasurementincludingelapsedtime,weight,andliquidvolume.Webegantothinkaboutmultistepwordproblemsinvolvingadditionandsubtractionaswell.Intheupcomingmodule,wewillreturntomultiplicationanddivisionwithunitsof0,1,6-9andmultiplesof10.

Tosupportyourchildathome:*Continuetopracticeskipcountingbymultiplesof3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.*Findanyopportunitytopointoutanalogclocksandaskyourchildtotellthetimetothenearestminute. *Lookoutformetricmeasurementexamplesinreallife(home,grocerystore,etc.)andaskyourchildtohelpconvertorcomparethemtoasmaller/largerunit.(Ex.Ifyouhavea700mLbottleoffruitjuice,ask,“Isthatmorethanorlessthanaliter?)

MustKnowSpellingWords:10/28:rhyme,rhythm,schedule,twelfth,swung,wrong11/4:history,country,category,library,mystery,poetry

WeeklyGrammarSkill:10/28:Pronouns-Apronounisawordthattakestheplaceofoneormorenouns.inasubject:I,you,he,she,it,we,theyinapredicate:me,you,him,her,it,us,them11/4:Namingyourselflastwhentalkingaboutyourselfandanotherperson:examples:JimandIplaysoccer. BillysitsatthesametableasTanyaandme.