A Sneak Peek At Our Week ...

Word Work:  The affixes that students will focus on this week are: -ing (the result of an activity) and -ed (past tense).  All affixes that are being instructed are a review of third grade affixes that will be found on the state test.  

Writing: Students will continue practicing writing extended responses for math problems this week as well.  On Thursday, students will review similes and metaphors and use both types of figurative language to create poems about topics related to Valentine's Day.  

Math:  On Monday students will play a review game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" for Unit 6, and check their study guides.  On the following site, Unit 6: Division; Measure of Angles, both the review game and corrected study guide will be uploaded Monday evening.  On Monday, your child will also be bringing home a Unit 6 IXL Practice checklist (also found on the website).  Based on in-class assessments and exit cards from prior lessons, I will be marking which skills your child should focus on practicing.  This will be a great resource for students to use!  On Wednesday, they will take their Unit 6 Test and on Thursday and Friday we will begin Unit 7, covering lessons 7.1 & 7.2.  The Unit 7 Family Letter and other resources can be found on the third grade website: Unit 7: Fractions & Their Uses; Chances & Probability.  

Read-Aloud: After spending a significant amount of time previewing the text Holes, students came up with BIG IDEA QUESTIONS based off of their predictions and questions.  These are questions that students will "hold onto" and "follow" throughout the text by tracking and noting evidence as we read. 

Reading:  This week your child will continue to practice writing extended responses to reading selections.  We will also look closely at different types of response samples, analyzing what writers did well and what they need to work on.

Social Studies:  For the culminating project of Unit 3: Chicago Today, students will be creating a brochure on the city.  Students will have at least one work day per week to work on this project.  The final brochure will be due March 1st.  This week, student learning will focus on explaining how Chicago's government is organized and describing the roles of Chicago's mayor, city council, and other local officials.  

Important Dates Ahead:

• 2/12: NO SCHOOL
• 2/14: Students will pass out Valentine's Day cards
• 2/15: Quarter 3, Part 1: Rock Research & Information Page Due
• 2/20: Donations need to be turned in for the St. Jude's Math-A-Thon Fundraiser