Week of September 8th-12th

It's time to start our first full week of third grade! We had a wonderful first two days getting to know each other and getting used to classroom procedures. We are going to have a great year! Here are a few pictures! Continue to scroll down for the curriculum overview for the week.

This week...

Reading
The students did a nice job of selecting books last week. We talked about easy, just right and challenging books and how to use the Five Finger Rule to choose a just right book. This week students will begin recording their daily reading. We will be recording it here at school and they will record it at home. They will get a double sided recording sheet with home on one side and school on the other. Students should fill this out each night at home after they do their reading. We will also start weekly poems. Students will get a poem every Monday. They need to read the poem aloud each night to practice reading fluency. We will choose 2-3 students every Friday to read the poem aloud. They do not need to memorize it.

Writing
We are beginning our first unit this week, narrative writing. We will start the week by setting up writing notebooks. Students should bring items to decorate their notebooks on Monday.

Math
We will begin our first unit this week, place value. We will also be setting the class up on xtramath.org. Many students did this last year. You will be getting a note explaining this. Students should practice math facts on xtramath.org 3 times a week for 15 minutes.

Spelling
We will be completing a spelling inventory to create a list of priority words for each child.