Inside Third Grade
November 9-13, 2015
In the Common Core Curriculum we are:
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Use the poetic terminology (line, stanza)
in reference to the parts of a narrative
poem.
Asking and answering inferential
questions when referring to the text.
Determining the theme of a play or short
story (a life lesson that the characters
can/did learn which can be applied to
“real” life).
Identify cause/effect relationships.
Representing multiplication situations
and products using models, pictures,
arrays, and equations.
Using models, pictures, and arrays to
show situations where we might need to
divide a group into equal parts and
representing it as an equation.
Brainstorming topics for narrative stories
and using a pictorial storyboard to
organize our ideas.
Writing descriptive sentences to
elaborate on an idea (from our narrative
storyboards).
Discussing and identifying ways that
bystanders can help in a bullying
situation.
Classifying goods and services, and
explaining our decision.
Teachers’ Corner:
This is our second year to have Chromebooks in the Third
Grade, and the first year for the current students to have 1:1
access to the technology daily at school. During the first marking
period, we have:
-learned how to log into our Google accounts
-download an approved app from the MCPS Chrome Store
-created a document using Google Docs and Google Slides
-recorded a story using Voice Recorder
-log into our Google Classroom sites, add classes, complete
classwork, and turn it in (Please don’t panic if you see a “late”
assignment when looking at the assigned work on Google
Classroom before November; we, teachers, were learning how to
use this app, too.)
Your child can log into these accounts from home to share
their work with you and/or to access apps and links to websites
we use in class (from Google Classroom) including online books
at the Tumblebooks site. Ask your child to show you what we’ve
been learning. Just be mindful-- we aren’t experts yet.
Important Academic Dates to Remember:
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Nov. 9- Red Monday Folders come home today
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Nov. 10- Signed Monday Folders due
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Nov. 11- Math Quick Quizzes today and practice
worksheet due; Early Dismissal/ Parent Conferences
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Nov. 12- Early Dismissal/Parent Conferences
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Nov. 16- Red Monday Folders come home today.
Please sign and return on Tuesday.
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Nov. 17- Reading Log due today
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Nov. 18- Math Quick Quizzes today and practice
worksheet due
Things to Ask Your Child:
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How do you know when you need to
multiply? How do you know when to divide?
What do you think I should ask / share with
your teacher at our conference? Why?
How have you used the Chromebooks in
your classroom? If we log into your Google
Classroom account, would you show me
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how you get to Tumblebooks?
How do you prefer to find the answer to a division
problem—an array, model, or picture? Why?
As you start Marking Period, what do you think you
could do better? How can we (your teacher and I) help
you in meeting this goal?
What homework do you have tonight? Show me.