Hello!
Our animal research papers are well under way. The third graders have turned three pages of information into the beginning three paragraphs of their paper. You can see that all the students are taking what they know about paragraph writing and what they learned during our essay unit and are using it in their new pieces. It's amazing how much we all are learning about all these animals, too!
In math we are still focusing on seeing patterns in multiplication and seeing the relationship between multiplication and division. We learned about grouping numbers in parentheses [5+(6*3)] and how adding zeros to the factors effects the product (ex. 2*3=6, 20*3=60, 200*3= 600, etc.). Next we should be testing on Unit 7 by Friday.
During read aloud, we have been looking into the genre of fantasy. I read "Dragon Slayers Academy: The New Kid in School" to the kids this week and after the story talked about what makes it a fantasy and how it's different from other genres. This coming week we are going to be reading the second book in the same series! The kids are really enjoying this genre!
Reminders:
-Conferences are coming up this week on the 20th and 21st. I have emailed every parent with a time/date confirmation. If you did not receive an email, I did not receive your conference request sheet. Please fill that out and return it to school so that we can schedule a time to meet!
-Our field trip is coming up on Wednesday, March 27th to the Detroit Historical Museum. All permission slips and payment were collected and we are ready to go!!
Have a great weekend!!
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