Inside Third Grade
December 14-18, 2015
PLEASE NOTE the following
changes this week:
Teachers’ Corner:
It’s hard to believe that we are nearing the end
of
2015.
Often this is a time of reflection and goal
Friday- All 3 grade students will
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need to wear gym shoes today. The setting as the new year approaches. Today, our 3
students will be having a P.E. rotation graders are bringing home their Interim Reports. This
in the afternoon IN ADDITION to their is the perfect time to have reflective discussions with
usually scheduled P.E. day this week your child about what is working, and what areas
might need some retooling for the coming weeks.
to allow the teachers to plan for 3rd
Please know that not all areas on your child’s Interim
Marking Period.
Report have been taught or assessed at this point.
For example, most students will not have Opinion or
In 3rd Grade , we are:
Nonfiction Writing grades at this point in the marking
period as these are just now coming up in the
 Evaluating the usefulness of different texts
curriculum for Marking Period 2.
when answering research questions.
Last Friday, our students had the opportunity to
 Reading and recording information that
participate in the “Hour of Code” program. This free
answers questions about how our technology
opportunity allows people of all ages to learn how to
has changed over time.
use some of the planning, problem solving, and
 Asking and answering questions by
reasoning skills that computer programmers use as
specifically referring to a text to answer a
they create a game. If you are interested in learning
question.
more about this experience and perhaps try your own
hand at coding visit https://code.org/learn.
 Applying understandings of the distributive
Finally, we want to thank everyone who has
property when solving problems involving
donated
supplies and snacks to our classrooms. We
multiplication. (This was done as students
are
getting
a little low on Kleenex tissues with this
used the “Break Apart Strategy”—students
cold that is going around, so we are eagerly asking for
might find the area of a 9in. x 7in. rectangle
donations. Looking ahead, our healthy snack stash
by adding the product of 9 x 5 and 9 x 2, facts
with be barren after Winter Break. We would greatly
that are already known or quick to calculate.) appreciate any donations of “healthy” snacks such as
 Using root words as a clue to the meaning of goldfish, pretzels, etc. Thanks in advance!
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an unknown word(s).
Studying how the suffixes –less, -ness, and –
ful change the spelling of the root word
and/or its meaning in words we use every
day.
Comparing the observable properties of
objects before and after various processes
(heating or cooling) are applied.
Identifying the technologies used to produce
the desired properties of materials.
Asking testable questions and investigating
possible answers regarding what happens to
objects/materials when heating or cooling is
applied.
Important Dates to Remember:
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Dec. 14- Interim Reports and Red Monday
Folders come home today; folders due Tues.
Dec. 15- Reading Log WS due today; Suffix
Word Study packet assigned
Dec. 16- Math Quick Quiz today unless
otherwise noted in your student’s planner
Dec. 18- All 3rd graders will rotate through an
EXTRA Art, Music, and P.E. today.
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Dec. 22- Spelling/Word Study Due; Word
Study Quiz today
Dec. 23- Damascus HS Marching Band visits
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Dec. 24 - Jan. 3- Winter Break
Jan. 4- School resumes