Newsletter for the Week of Oct.17-21

3^rd Grade News

Issue 9                                                                                                                                               October 17, 2016

Last Thursday, students and teachers had fun participating in an Olympic Games and Greek food tasting party.  Thank you for your contributions to help make our day a success!

Please continue to encourage your child to read nightly at home. The more we read, the better we become at reading. Students may also get on their RAZ kids accounts and IXL.com (via Quick Links on the PES homepage) to practice reading and math skills. If your child forgets their login information, feel free to contact their reading or math teacher.

*Impact Aid forms sent home today must be returned by November 4th. 

           

IMPORTANT DATES: 

*October 17 -- End of 1^st Quarter

*October 20 -- Fall Picture Day

*October 24 -- Report Cards

*October 28 -- Fall Carnival

	REMINDERS
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday	Thursday Folders, Picture Day
Friday	Reading Test, Spelling Test

  

What are we working on in class?

Reading – Last week, we were working on finding the main idea and supporting details within a story. Students learned how to use the main idea and details to better understand what they are reading.

While we continue to practice main idea and details, this week students are also looking at nonfiction books and learning about their special text features.  Students are learning about:  table of contents, photographs and captions, glossary, index, bold and italic print, headings and more.  Students will also be learning about the difference between facts and opinions.

Math – During math this week, we will begin to study multiplication.  Students will see how multiplication is “repeated addition” and how it relates to “skip-counting.”  They will learn how to draw arrays as a simple way of showing the multiplication problem.

Science- This week, we are beginning a unit on matter.  In this unit, students will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties.  We’ll be learning the different states of matter and how matter can change states.