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3rd Grade Update! Week of 9/24

Dear Parents,
Here is our weekly update for the week:

HOMEWORK REMINDER:
Your third grader should continue with daily reading and math fact practice. Your child should have the 5s, 2s, and 10s multiplication facts in their folder. Please make sure the yellow multiplication folder stays in the blue Homework folder so it can go back and forth to school and home. Consistent practice is crucial as we move on in our math lessons. Look for the 9s facts to come home this week.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER:
If you are still planning to order, you may still do that tonight. I will submit the order this week so let me know if you are planning to order, but are unable to do that tonight. Thanks!

School Picture Day is on Thursday. 

WALK-A-THON:
Please look for information to come home today regarding the Walk-a-thon. Support from you, your friends and family, is greatly appreciated. This is our main fundraiser for our school! More information can be found on our SCHOOL BLOG.
PLEASE NOTE: 3rd grade walks 9:45-10:30am. I believe the page that was sent home listed a different time.

Popcorn Day: 
Popcorn Day is on the final Friday of the month.  This is made possible by YOU – your donations at Open House funded the purchase of the popcorn/oil.  Parent volunteers come in each Friday to pop the popcorn and deliver it to classrooms.

EAGLE’S Spirit Day:
Friday is Eagle’s Spirit day in celebration of the homecoming football game. Everyone is encouraged to wear blue and gold to support the team on game day.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
As you see school work coming home there may be  a number grade (3,2,1) on some of them. See below to find out what this means.
Use this as a guide:

3- proficient

2- progressing

1- beginning

 

Thank you!!  🙂

 

For Your Information

Dear Parents,
As you see work coming home there may be  a number grade (3,2,1) on some of them. See below to find out what this means.
Use this as a guide:

3- proficient

2- progressing

1- beginning

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Thank you, Ms Van Arkel

Social Studies Quiz on Tuesday

Our social studies unit contains short assessments throughout the unit so you may find that these are happening frequently.
Tuesday’s quiz will cover the landforms and bodies of water in Michigan that we have been learning about in class. Please help your child to name the landforms and bodies of water and be able to give an example.
Landforms:
Islands:  Ex: Mackinac Island, Beaver Island
Mountains:  Ex- Huron Mountains, Porcupine Mountains
Peninsulas: Ex- Upper Peninsula, Lower Peninsula
Sand Dunes: Ex- Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Bodies of Water: 
Bays: Ex- Saginaw Bay, Grand Traverse Bay
Lakes: Ex- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Rivers: Ex- Grand River, Au Sable River
Waterfalls: Ex- Tahquamenon Falls

Thank You!

Dear Parents,

As you see work coming home there may be  a number grade (3,2,1) on some of them. See below to find out what this means.

Use this as a guide:

3- proficient

2- progressing

1- beginning

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Thank you, Ms Van Arkel

Reminder

The map project is due tomorrow! Please help your third grader remember to double check the rubric and turn it in on time tomorrow. 

In social studies today we reviewed how people change and adapt to our environment in Michigan. We will have a check up quiz on Friday. The review will be sent home today.

Our math assessment will be tomorrow (Thursday). Please take some time to review multiplication facts with your third grader.

 

Thank you,

Ms Van Arkel

3rd Grade News!

Tomorrow we will have our plant adaptation assessment. We have been reviewing the last few days and did a review game today. A review page was sent home today.

I am planning on having the unit 5 math assessment on Thursday. This will cover counting money, comparing and ordering numbers, graphs, and rounding to the nearest 10 and 100. We will review the next few days.

Remember to send in the $2.00 for the holiday party as well as the gift for the gift exchange. Boys bring a boy gift and girls bring a girl gift. Please do not spend more than $5.00. Thank you!

Spelling words were sent home last week. Please practice the words at home.

until, form, food, keep, children, always, now, often, once, people

3rd Grade Update!

Here’s what’s going on in 3rd Grade:

Look for a note about the Fact Fluency program coming home. This will begin on Monday, the 28th. Watch for practice plans to come home and please help your third grader to practice math facts. Thanks!

Math: We are currently practicing rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. We are also working on counting money and have started reading tables and using them to answer math problems. Please help your child practice counting money at home.

Writing: We are finishing up our personal narrative writing pieces and will work on essays next.

Social Studies: We recently took the Geography Unit assessment and will be moving on to Economics in Michigan. In our social studies units there are several checks for understanding (assessments) after many of the lessons. We always review for these and often a review sheet is sent home to study.

Science: We have been learning the parts of a plant and their functions. We will be reviewing tomorrow and Monday and I plan on having the assessment on Tuesday the 29th. Have your child draw a plant and label all the parts we’ve learned. Ask them what each part does and why it is important for the plant. We will be moving on to plant adaptations next.

Reading: As readers we are working on making inferences. We use the clues the author gives us and then make inferences about characters. We imagine the details of the story and the things the author didn’t say. Our inferences help us understand the character and the story better.

Thank you for all your support!       Miss Van Arkel  🙂