9-10-20

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9-10-20

Science

Student continue to learn about engineers go about solving problems. We have learned about researching problems, testing solutions, and looking for how solutions might fail.

Math

Third grade students are working on estimating sums in math. Students continued to work on rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.

                                                                   Reading/Language Arts

This week students read the fantasy story "The Trial of Cardigan Jones" by Tim Egan. In this story, students read about a moose accused of stealing a pie from a pig.  The moose is put on trial to determine his guilt or innocence. The judge listens to all the facts before deciding the fate of the moose. The comprehension skill focused on this week was drawing conclusions. Students learned about using a dictionary as the vocabulary strategy. The phonics skill covered long vowel words that end in silent e (VCe pattern). Students learned about four types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory) as the grammar skill.

Included in this week's take home folder is the Lesson 1 weekly reading assessment results. Each week students will be assessed over the vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and grammar skill covered throughout the week. This test is taken online.  Adjustments in testing will be made due to the students' scores.

Class Meeting

During the next third grade class meeting (9/18/20), students will be discussing the importance of names. In order for each student to participate, students will interview a parent/family member about how they got their name. Included in the take home folder this week is "The History of My Name" family interview research form. Third grade students ask the questions and write the answers down on the paper.

Important Dates

Friday, September 11th-Iowa/Iowa State Spirit Day ($1)

Thursday, September 17th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Friday, September 25th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development Day)