Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful track out. We are back for the homestretch of 3rd grade.
A few notes:
- Our rescheduled field trip is on for Tuesday, May, 16th. Please send a packed disposable lunch and drink with your child. We will leave the school right at 9:00 and return by 12:30 -1:00.
- Shopping list: If you are out and about we are in need of yellow #2 class pencils and highlighters- thin. All donations appreciated.
- The school is still looking for proctors for testing. If you are available and interested please contact Ms. Benton [email protected] .
We will have fun but lots of work ahead of us during this last part of the year. In reading we will put together what we know and learn to annotate informational text. In Daily 5, we will begin book clubs with chapter books. Look for nightly homework for reading. The kids will bring home their reading journals nightly to keep up on the assignments. They will also have a list of expectations and a calendar to help them. Please help them remember to pack their book and journals every night in their book bags. It is imperative that they come back to school each day. We will start this on Wednesday 5/17/17.
In math we students will focus on Telling Time. Students need to tell elapsed time using an analog (Face) clock. I recommend that you cover up digital clocks and make your child the family time keeper. Ask questions such as: "What time is it?, Dinner will be in 25 minutes, what time will we have dinner? You have 1 hour and 1/2 until soccer practice, what time will you go? You need to go to bed at 9:00, how much more time do you have to play?"
EOG PREP
A big focus when we return is to get ready for EOGs. We will have three more weeks of regular curriculum and then two weeks of review before the exams. Skills we ALL need to work on in general:
Math-
- Finding missing side of rectangle when given the area OR the perimeter and length of one side.
- Finding combined area AND perimeter of two rectangles put together (rectlinear figure) without using blocks/grid.
- Recognizing equivalent fractions. For example: which figure shows 1/3? The choice may be a 2/6 shaded figure.
Language Arts-
- Stamina in reading…. We need to take short mental breaks and then continue to focus. Work on increasing reading time at home.
- Understand vocabulary using context clues. This can be worked on nightly with reading. Look at the book, ask meaning of one word, and then “how do you know”? How does the student use the clues support the meaning?
Getting Ready for the EOGs
- During the final three weeks, students will have a weekly homework review packet for math. Take note of what your child misses or skills of which he/she needed support. Review these
skills frequently. - Continue to practice nightly on multiplication and division fluency.
- Read long to support stamina. Talk to your child about the book.
- Visit the “Otter Parent” page of this website. Go to the “McGraw Hill
Education link” Here you will find practice tutorials and independent practice
pages for all of the Language Arts standards. - Visit EOG sample test links and take practice tests. Note items that
your child had trouble with so that you can practice those skills with your child..
READING http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog/sampleitems/reading
MATH http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog/sampleitems/math - Visit recommended math games websites to sharpen skills where needed.
- Target skill review on missed items on math review homework.
Important Dates: 5/16 Oak View field trip 6/19 ELA EOG 6/20 Math EOG 6/30 Last day of school | What are we learning? Math: Telling time, with emphasis on elapsed time. Measurement Language Arts: Book Clubs, close reading Writing: Writing informational text: we are experts! Social Studies: Economics Science: human body |