A Sneak Peek At Our Week

Writing:  Early in the week, students will be given extra opportunities to practice elaborating their thinking and providing inferences while writing reading responses.  They will also revise and edit their peers' work.  Towards the end of the week students will learn how to conclude their extended response.  

Reading:  Today students learned different genre characteristics of myths and legends and on Tuesday will learn about different allusions found in mythology.  Later this week, and which will also extend to the next, students will focus on comparing and contrasting different elements of fables, folktales, and myths.  

Math:  Students completed the final lesson of Unit 5 today, which focused on comparing large data and numbers.  On Tuesday they will complete a study guide in class and on Wednesday students will correct their study guide, practice IXL, and take the Unit 6 pretest.  The Unit 5 test will be on Thursday and students will begin Unit 6 on Friday.  Information about Unit 6 can be found on the third grade website!

Science:  This week, students will discover how both metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are formed.  The Rocks & Minerals assessment will be Thursday of next week.  

Quarter Project Information:  Today information about students Quarter 3 Literacy project went home!  Students will be writing a hybrid story told from the perspective of a rock.  They will ultimately create digital stories telling their "rock's story".  Parts 1 and 2 of the project will be completed at home, and Part 3 (the PowerPoint and digital story) will be completed  in the classroom.  Information about this project can be found on the Quarter 3 page of the third grade website!

Important Dates:

• SN Game Night - 2/11
• NO SCHOOL, Lincoln's Birthday - 2/12
• Q3 Project, Part 1 - Due 2/20