Our class has added new members to our family as well. I would like to welcome Serenity and Josie to our class. It has been a great week getting to know the girls and helping them learn our class routines.
We have a very busy week ahead of us in third grade. In math we will be finishing up our reteaching and extension activities, then retesting over chapter 3. I will also be introducing multiplication. As we start multiplication, now is a great time to be making fact cards or starting to practice memorizing multiplication facts. There are some great computer resources available to practice these facts. Check out the student links page on our website, I have several sites there for the kids to practice math in an interactive way.
In social studies we will be finishing our Tonganoxie brochure, and we have started our unit on government. Students will be learning about the different branches of the government this week, with a focus on the executive branch.
This week in reading we will be reading a folktale called The Harvest Birds. We will compare this story to the companion folktale in our basal reader. The main comprehension skill will be focusing in on describing the characters and the moral that is being taught in the folktale.
On Friday we will be celebrating Halloween in our classroom from 8:30-9:00. Beth Eaton has graciously volunteered to plan the morning for us. Thank you Beth!
Enjoy the rest of your evening!
Missy Miller