It's hard to believe that we will start November this week! The last round of parent conferences will be this week and students will have an 11:45 dismissal on Tuesday. It has been great getting a chance to sit down with each of you and discuss your child and the curriculum.
This week...
Special activities
On Thursday, we will have a Halloween party in the afternoon. The party is for students only. Thanks to all who are sending in supplies and food! This Friday, November 1st, is picture day.
Reading
This week, we will continue to use poetry to work on fluency. Students will each come home with a stanza from a Halloween poem on Monday. Please have your child read this stanza aloud to you/your family each night to practice. They do not need to memorize it. We will be reciting the poem on Halloween as a class! We are starting a new reading unit, Characters. In 2nd grade, students mainly focused on character traits and actions. In 3rd grade, we will explore characters on a deeper level. We will talk about character change and motivation. November reading calendars are due this Friday, November 1st.
Writing
We are writing a "last draft" of our first personal narrative. We have been working on trying to avoid writing "grocery lists" of what happened in the memory and writing more like a storyteller. This means not just writing what's happening, but including how the narrator thinks and feels about what is happening. We are also working on organizing our writing into paragraphs. In the next part of the personal narrative unit, students will write another personal narrative, more independently, using the skills we have been working on.
Math
We finished Unit 2 last week. On Monday, students will get back this test and will correct it. Please sign and return by Friday. We are currently working on Unit 3, Adding and Subtracting 2 and 3 Digit Numbers.
Science/Social Studies
In Science, we are working on the planting unit. Students planted Wisconsin Fast Plants last week and are enjoying watching them grow! We will observe the plants and practice "thinning" as we learn more about the growth process this week. In Social Studies, students are making maps of their bedrooms to practice making map keys, cardinal directions and map scales.
Homework: 10/28-11/1
Math-Monday: reteach 3-4 Wednesday: reteach 3-5
Reading-Read and record each night; November reading calendar due Friday; practice reading stanza aloud Monday-Wednesday
Writing-Tuesday-One page writer's notebook entry on any topic
Spelling-Look, Say, Name, Cover, Write, Check each night; practice test on Thursday night
No homework on Halloween! Have fun!
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