Grade Three May/June Newsletter
It sure has been a busy time here in third grade! We are almost done taking the SBAC test on the computer! The students have learned how to navigate through an on-line testing situation. We imagine the most important thing is how do you pace yourself so you can work hard, but not too quickly, and still finish on time? We are relieved that for this year our students are taking their time and are reading carefully!
We will be taking a coach bus to the Pequot Museum on June 6th. Permission slips have gone home and please send them in before their due date. Thanks in advance! Another wonderful event that is coming up is our trip to Squire’s Tavern and the Lighthouse Trail. This trip will take place on June 11th (Permission slips will go home in June. There is no rain date for this event.) We will divide the classes up and will go to Squire’s Tavern and the Lighthouse Trail. When all the students have finished with both historic sites, we will then have lunch. Each student will need to bring a bag lunch for that day.
We are still switching for social studies and geography. Mrs. Cardascia is teaching a unit on Eastern Woodland Indians, while Mrs. Santoro is teaching geography until the end of the year.
In our math classes, we are ending the year by reviewing multiplication facts to improve our fluency. We also spent time in May working on area and perimeter. Time, fractions, and division will be other topics that we work on as the year comes to an end.
In our Writer’s Workshop we have been working diligently to adapt fairy tales. At this point, we are starting to understand the elements of a fairy tale and write our own, original fairy tales. In the end, our goal will be to publish in a book; a fairy tale or “fractured” fairy tale that we have composed, edited, and revised.
In Readers’ Workshop we continue to read informational text as well as narrative. We have spent time comparing and contrasting two fiction texts, two nonfiction texts, and also fiction and nonfiction. Our goal is to read carefully in order to comprehend key details from the text. We can use what we’ve learned to answer comprehension questions, complete compare and contrast activities, and produce evidence to write responses to the text.
We hope you have enjoyed receiving our monthly newsletters this year. This will be our last newsletter of the year. Periodic notes or emails will go home as reminders of upcoming events between now and June 22nd. Have a terrific summer everyone!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cardascia and
Mrs. Santoro
It sure has been a busy time here in third grade! We are almost done taking the SBAC test on the computer! The students have learned how to navigate through an on-line testing situation. We imagine the most important thing is how do you pace yourself so you can work hard, but not too quickly, and still finish on time? We are relieved that for this year our students are taking their time and are reading carefully!
We will be taking a coach bus to the Pequot Museum on June 6th. Permission slips have gone home and please send them in before their due date. Thanks in advance! Another wonderful event that is coming up is our trip to Squire’s Tavern and the Lighthouse Trail. This trip will take place on June 11th (Permission slips will go home in June. There is no rain date for this event.) We will divide the classes up and will go to Squire’s Tavern and the Lighthouse Trail. When all the students have finished with both historic sites, we will then have lunch. Each student will need to bring a bag lunch for that day.
We are still switching for social studies and geography. Mrs. Cardascia is teaching a unit on Eastern Woodland Indians, while Mrs. Santoro is teaching geography until the end of the year.
In our math classes, we are ending the year by reviewing multiplication facts to improve our fluency. We also spent time in May working on area and perimeter. Time, fractions, and division will be other topics that we work on as the year comes to an end.
In our Writer’s Workshop we have been working diligently to adapt fairy tales. At this point, we are starting to understand the elements of a fairy tale and write our own, original fairy tales. In the end, our goal will be to publish in a book; a fairy tale or “fractured” fairy tale that we have composed, edited, and revised.
In Readers’ Workshop we continue to read informational text as well as narrative. We have spent time comparing and contrasting two fiction texts, two nonfiction texts, and also fiction and nonfiction. Our goal is to read carefully in order to comprehend key details from the text. We can use what we’ve learned to answer comprehension questions, complete compare and contrast activities, and produce evidence to write responses to the text.
We hope you have enjoyed receiving our monthly newsletters this year. This will be our last newsletter of the year. Periodic notes or emails will go home as reminders of upcoming events between now and June 22nd. Have a terrific summer everyone!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cardascia and
Mrs. Santoro