Inside Third Grade
March 14, 2016
We are working on:
Teachers’ Corner:
We are starting to wrap up our whole class
focus with fractional representations using
manipulatives like fraction strips, number lines,
and area models (i.e. pictures). During the last
week, we have taken this one step further to
compare fractions and record our comparisons
using the appropriate symbols for greater than (>),
less than (<), and equal. Your child has utilized
several websites to assist in this learning
progression which are now posted on their Google
Classroom website for Mathematics. Please take
some time to utilize these websites whenever you
are looking for additional practice or support with
homework.
We are noticing that our snacks are getting low.
At this point, we will be out of snacks by
Wednesday/Thursday. If you are interested in
donating gold fish, Cheeze Its, pretzels, etc. for our
snacks, we would greatly appreciated it. We are
also getting low on tissues; is seems that colds and
allergies are taking a toll on our stash.  Again,
we thank you for any support in these areas.
Next Marking Period, we will be sending home
information about our only out-of-school field trip
in Grade 3. As we mentioned at Back to School
Night in September, the trip on May 24th to the
Baltimore Museum of Industry in Baltimore’s Inner
Harbor is a costly. Last year, the cost was $47.00,
and we anticipate this year to be similar in final
cost. The cost is a sum of the museum’s fee and
the charter school bus (MCPS policy dictates we
must take a charter bus when traveling outside of
our local area). There are a few scholarships
available to help defray the cost of the trip; please
contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Starr if you
feel the cost is a burden. We know it is early, but
wanted to let you know should you wish to have
your child start saving towards the trip’s cost.
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Asking questions to check our understanding
of a text topic.
Recounting stories using key details.
Explaining how events in the story build on
each other.
Analyzing and recording our opinions about
characters as part of a literary analysis using
read aloud, small group, and independent
reading books.
Stating opinions and justifying them with
supporting and detailed reasons.
Writing informational writing with hooks,
main idea sentences, multiple supporting
details, and concluding sentences.
Writing realistic narrative stories with story
elements (characters, setting,
problem/solution) that have a theme that
directly relates to the problem.
Identifying, classifying, and utilizing
temporal words (time-related) and spatial
words (setting/location-related) in example
texts, novels, and within our own writing.
Labeling and comparing fractional parts, and
noticing the relationships between a
denominators and the size of a pieces when
both from the same size whole.
Comparing the culture of others to our own.
Important Dates to Remember:
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Mar. 16- Math Quick Quiz today
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Mar. 22- Reading Log due;
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Mar. 23- Math Quick Quiz today
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Mar. 24-April 2- No school for students