The students did an awesome job last week as they completed their MAP tests!! I am so proud of them and the hard work that they put into taking the tests. This was the first time these kiddos ever tested on computers for a long period of time. They did a great job concentrating, staying focused and trying their best on all three tests. I will share and review individual results with you at parent confences in a couple weeks.
Parent Conferences- Parent Conferences are a few weeks earlier this year, Sept. 26 and 27. If you have not signed up for a conference yet, you will need to sign up for a conference time through our Prairie Ridge website. Here is the link: http://www.usd232.org/education/components/form/default.php?sectiondetailid=33036&
Lap-A-Thon is this Friday. Make sure your child wears tennis shoes. The third grade will be walking/running from 10:50-11:30. Please feel free to join us at this time. :)
Book Orders- I sent home book order forms in Monday folders last week. I will be collecting orders until Wednesday. You may also order online if you wish. Let me know if you have any questions at all. Thanks for supporting your child's reading with Scholastic!
Reading- We began Theme 2 today, Life in Many Places. The reading strategy that we will practice for the next two weeks is "Asking Questions." We will continue to review making connections as we progress through the various reading strategies. I will complete benchmarking this week and will begin meeting with small reading groups next week.
Spelling- The spelling pattern for this week is consonant blends. All of the words will contain one of these blends: cr-,dr-, gr-, pr-, and -st. The spelling test will be on Friday.
Math- We will take our first math test tomorrow on Topic 1. The students have a practice test for homework tonight. On Wednesday, we will begin Topic 2. This week the students will learn about the meaning of addition and subtraction, as well as have the opportunity to practice using mental math to add numbers.
Social Studies- We will continue learning about communities, specifically, the differences between the 3 types of communities- rural, suburuban and urban.
Science- This week we will be making sun prints. We will also determine the temperature differences between several earth materials like dirt and sand when they are exposed to the sun.
Have a great week!!
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