Third Grade Newsletter for December
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Third Grade Newsletter for January
|Important Reminder |
|School will be closed on January 16, 2011 |
|Reader’s Workshop |
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|This month’s focus will be on Reading Nonfiction / Expository Texts and… |
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|Introducing readers to expository nonfiction |
|Nonfiction structure and text features |
|Identify that expository information can be found in a boxes-and-bullets format |
|Break apart or chunk text information to hold onto the main idea…using post-its |
|Understanding key ideas and details, and differentiate between the main idea and the supporting details in a text |
|Reading for the “gist” while building the foundations for summarizing |
|Look for a “pop-out sentence” that could summarize the content of a paragraph or a passage |
|Wonder, understand and realize that expository texts enable the reader to analyze and draw conclusions on thinking while using |
|evidence |
|Learning new vocabulary and being able to speak like an expert on a nonfiction topic |
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|Writer’s Workshop: |
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|January we will focus on: Informational Writing and we will: |
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|Study published informational writing books to imagine how we can create our own |
|Grow potential topic ideas in our notebooks, wondering what we would teach other people if we had the opportunity |
|Write about some of our best topic ideas, to see how much we really know and how interested we really are in each |
|Select one topic to work with and take to publication, based on our previous knowledge and interest-level |
|Make a plan using various strategies, such as: creating a table of contents to think about, big topic ideas and smaller ideas to fit|
|inside them, bulleted lists, idea webs, topic and sub-topic boxes, dividing a topic into chapters, and more |
|Think about HOW we write, not just WHAT we write. |
|Explore the structure of informational writing (Table of Contents, Introduction, Topics and Sub-Topics, Headings, Bold Words, |
|Pictures/Diagrams, Captions, Conclusion, Glossary) and apply it to our own writing |
|Make cross-curricular connections with Social Studies and Science |
|Apply persuasive or opinion writing techniques to some parts as we convey factual information |
|Use transition words to move from detail to detail, to connect ideas from sub-topic to topic, and make sure paragraphs flow |
|Revise for interest, accuracy, and strong or powerful language and edit for writing mechanics |
|Celebrate our hard work! |
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|Information Texts: |
|Time For Kids |
|X-Zone Series |
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|Additional Resources for home practice: |
|*Doing any traveling this January, or have you traveled recently? Have your child keep a diary account! |
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|*Have your child revisit the Holidays with a “How-To” guide about: How-To celebrate _______; How-To make the perfect _______ meal; |
|How-To Decorate for ______ - the possibilities are endless! |
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|*Create a Family Magazine for the month of January – each member of the family can contribute a different article around a theme you|
|choose together. |
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|Math |
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|In the month of January our third grade students will be learning and reviewing the following topics in Math: |
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|Multiplication and Division (continued from December) |
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|Graphing (bar graphs & pictographs) |
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|Geometry (label/identify and create these items) |
|- lines |
|- line segments |
|- points |
|- rays |
|- angles (acute – less than 90˚, right angles - 90˚, obtuse – greater than 90˚) |
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|- 2 dimensional figures – polygons (a closed figure with straight sides) |
|- triangle |
|- quadrilateral (square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid) |
|- pentagon |
|- hexagon |
|- octagon |
|- nonagon |
|- decagon |
|(be able to identify # of sides & angles of each polygon) |
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|Customary Units of Measure |
|- feet, inches |
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|Perimeter – distance around an object |
|- measure ALL sides in units |
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|Area – the space inside of an object |
|- count ALL tiles inside in square units |
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|Other key things to remember and practice: |
|- Please practice with multiplication flash cards to learn multiplication facts |
|- Please practice addition and subtraction with regrouping and zeros. |
|- Please practice standard form (621), written form (six hundred twenty one), and expanded form (600+20+1) of numbers through 9,999|
|at home. |
|- Please practice algebra problems at home |
|(i.e. 15 + n = 27 or n + 11 = 35 or 14 + 25 = n) |
|(i.e. n – 15 = 6 or 26 – n = 4 or 46 – 31 = n) |
|- Please continue to practice flashcards – addition, subtraction, & multiplication) |
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|Additional resources you can use to practice math skills at home with your child: |
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|- Math/Grade-3 |
|- Exercises.html |
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|- skills-3rd-mathbuilders.htm |
|- grade3.htm |
|- 3rd-grade-math.html |
|- ipad.htm (Iphone, Ipod & Ipad apps for kids) |
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|When chores and homework are done, |
|try this for some educational, video game fun: |
|(if you have these games, these are the activities your child can try on them) |
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|Nintendo ds |
|- Brain age – calculations, voice calculation, time lapse (challenge) |
|- Brain age 2 – sign finder, clock spin (challenge), change maker (challenge) |
|- Learn Math |
|- Math Blaster |
|- Brain Quest Grades 3&4 |
|- Junior Brain Trainer Math Edition |
|- Logic Machines |
|- Personal Trainer: Math |
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|Nintendo Wii |
|- Big Brain Academy – All of the games are good skill practice but the COMPUTE section focuses on number skills specifically. |
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|IPod/IPad/IPhone |
|In the App store search: 3rd grade math |
|(prices for apps range from free-$2.99) |
|Some good apps are: |
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|- Basic Math w/ multiplication - Cloud Math |
|- Math eggs - Math Wizards |
|- Math Missing Numbers Attack - K12 money |
|- Number Math - Counting coins |
|- Math Series (patterns) - Montessori Place Value |
|- Math Attack - Grade 3 Math |
|- Coin Math - Column Addition |
|- Telling Time - Column Subtraction |
|- What Time? - Trade-first subtraction |
|- Brain Math - Multi Smart |
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|Social Studies |
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|Citizenship and Geography |
|This month we will be continuing… |
|~ exploring the three types of communities (rural, urban and suburban) that we can live in and the characteristics of each. Which kind do|
|you live in? Take a walk around Franklin and find evidence! |
|~ We will be talking about how the members of a community make it work. What communities are you a part of and how do you help? |
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|Internet Activities and Websites: |
| ~ continent identification game |
|kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u1/index.html ~ interactive communities game |
|Check out Franklin Township online and see what you can find! |
|Science |
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|Weather |
|~ Where is Water Found on Earth?-The properties of water change based on where the water is located. (oceans, lakes, rivers, |
|underground sources, glaciers, fresh water, groundwater) |
|~ What is the Water Cycle?-Trace a droplet of water through the water cycle. (evaporation, condensation, precipitation) |
|~ What is Weather?-Discuss how weather can be observed and how land air and water absorb the Sun’s energy at different rates. |
|(atmosphere, oxygen, weather, temperature, anemometer) |
|~ How do clouds form? |
|~ What do different types of clouds mean to weather patterns? |
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|Interesting Websites and Activities: |
|Websites: |
|This is a link to the NASA website. You can check out some interesting and informative cloud diagrams to learn about the |
|different types of clouds. |
|This is a link to the Weather Channel website . You and your child can observe precipitation and temperatures and |
|create a data table to note the cloud patterns that relate to the different types of weather. |
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