This week is Spirit Week. An email to families went home last week describing each day. Here is a quick recap:
Monday – Pajamas
Tuesday – Camouflage or green
Wednesday – Dress Up
Thursday – Crazy Hat Day
Friday – Pumpkin Day – Wear orange
Also, the Third Grade is going bat crazy! We are going to be reading and learning all about bats. We are even going to transform our classroom into a bat cave.
We are having a fall party in our bat cave on Thursday. So, in addition to crazy hats, the children may want to dress in dark clothes. A big thank you to our class parents, Mrs. Au and Mrs. Overton, for arranging everything.
This is a testing week for ELA. Our story is Bat Loves the Night and the poem A Bat is Born. We will be focusing on the target skills “sequence of events” and “domain specific vocabulary”. We will also be looking at the strategy “questioning”. The vocabulary words are twitch, swoops, squeak, echoes, detail, slithers, snuggles, and dozes. The suffixes -able and -ible will also be part of the vocabulary. The spelling words are more, toast, easy, socks, Friday, stuff, paid, cheese, June, elbow, program, shiny, piles, sticky, each, both, comb, and holiday. In grammar, we are focusing on verbs. We are taking tests on comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and spelling this week.
In math, we have focusing on multiplication with the focus on equal groups. We are having a quiz Wednesday. Additionally, we are continuing with xtramath, and on a daily basis, we are focusing on skip counting. The more students work with the numbers, the more comfortable they will be when we transition to memorizing multiplication facts (not yet!).
In science, we are learning about bats, as well! We will be building a bat house in the classroom, and instructions will be given for anyone who would like to build one at home.
In religion, we are learning about the reformation. Our prayer video this week is Symphony by Switch.
Tests and Quizzes
Wednesday Math Ch 3 Quiz
Friday Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar and Spelling
Have a great week! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at [email protected]