3rd Grade Superstar News
November & December 2015
Brooke Grove Elementary School
Ms. Katzen, Mrs. McClellan, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Podor & Mrs. Konefal
Homework
November is the start of BGES Go for the
Gold school-wide reading incentive
program! Please support your child(ren)’s
efforts to “become a millionaire” by
identifying a time and place, each day,
where they can read. Seeing you read or
reading together would be a wonderful way
to help our students become life-long
readers
November and December Highlights
Students will use their understanding of narrative
poetry to pen their own poem-focusing on a time in
their lives when they had to face the unknown
As we move closer to the holiday, students will try their
Words of the Month
This quarter students will be evaluating how
they think and what helps them think. They
will be focusing on their metacognition
(thinking about how they learn) and using
this information to be successful in school.
In Social Studies, students will talk about the
natural/physical and human-made features
of Montgomery County and Maryland. This
understanding will help when they begin
research for the writing project, which
focuses on how technological advances have
changed in response to changing needs of
people.
hand, again, at informational writing with an informative
piece based on a technology that has improved over
Thank you to Students...
time and, therefore, changed lives.
Students have begun multiplying and diving one digit by
…for coming to school ready to learn.
one digit numbers. As they become more fluent with
their basic facts, students are expected to solve word
and your school.
problems with an unknown factor or divisor.
time.
…for showing respect for yourself, your classmates
…for being responsible and completing homework on
Important Upcoming Dates
Reminders
Encourage your children to study
their basic multiplication facts each
night and read for at least 20
minutes.
11/9-11-13
Book Fair
11/11-11/12 Parent/Teacher Conferences
Half Days for students
11/25
Half Day
11/25-11/29 Thanksgiving Break
12/24-1/3
Winter Break