It's going to be another great week in 3rd grade! Leader in Me: Write a classroom mission statement, begin classroom jobs, and organize and add to leadership notebooks. Writing: We will begin working on writing personal narratives. This week we will focus on brainstorming, drafting, and editing as we go. Reading: Begin working on how to summarize a story by including characters, setting, and most important events in the beginning, middle, and end. Math: Introduce division! We will work on understanding what it means to divide using many strategies such as repeated subtraction and sharing in equal groups. Social Studies: Regions in Missouri. Spelling: List 2 will go home with your child on Monday. Friday we will take a spelling test.
It's going to be a great week! ~Mrs. Strutton
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We had a great first week back! I am beyond excited to learn with this awesome group of kids! Here we come week 2. :) Leader in Me: Review the 7 habits and discuss having a growth mindset. Writing: Set up our writing notebooks, work on writing stamina, review sentence structure, and begin collecting writing ideas. Reading: Review choosing a good-fit book, compare real reading and "fake" reading, and learn how to build schema (background knowledge) before reading and why it helps comprehension. Math: Introduce multiplication! We will use a variety of strategies to "build" or "show" what multiplication really is (repeatedly adding the same number). After we get a solid concrete understanding of multiplication, we will start memorizing facts. Social Studies: Begin our Native American unit. Spelling: List 1 will go home with your child on Monday. Friday we will take a spelling test. Chromebooks: These will be going home each day with your child. I would recommend that they stay in backpacks unless they are being charged. We use the chromebooks every day for math lessons, listen to reading, and seesaw activities, so if they are left at home or not charged an alternative activity has to be given. Also, beware of water bottles or leaking lunch boxes while they share a backpack. We have found that Seesaw activities are difficult using only the trackpad on the chromebook. I would encourage you to send in a mouse (wireless and small) if possible to make certain activities easier. Jackets: As we get closer to fall, I would recommend sending a jacket with your child that can stay at school. Missouri weather is fickle and our air conditioning can be chilly. Discipline: I am using Class Dojo to give and take points this year, but I am not using the parent communication tools as we have been encouraged to stick with Seesaw. Mostly Dojo is acting as your child's point bank account. Each Friday they will be able to buy coupons with their points that allow them to do fun things, like sit at the teacher's desk, bring a stuffed animal to school, or bring show and tell. I subtly lay popsicle sticks on desks if a student is talking during a lesson so I don't have to stop teaching and embarrass them. A popsicle stick means 3 laps at recess. If there is an issue I feel I can't simply handle at school, I will email, Seesaw message, or call. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me about anything. Wish List: Here is a link to an Amazon wishlist for our classroom if you want to donate. I put scoop seats on the list because they are plastic and can be cleaned easily and would give kids a chance to move and rock. If you can find these seats somewhere else sold individually or cheaper please let me know. I could only find a set of 6 and they are pricey on Amazon, but I know the kids would love them. Also, there are quite a few books on the list. Most of them are from the Acorn books series. If you have a reluctant reader who struggles with typical chapter books, any book with the Acorn series mark in the top right corner would be awesome. They are easier to read and super engaging! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1ESVQ1BLGNLT?ref_=wl_share It's going to be a great week! ~Mrs. Strutton Welcome 3rd graders and families! I am so excited to spend the school year with you! This is our class blog. You will want to bookmark this website because I will use it to give you updates on what we are doing in the classroom. I am looking forward to meeting you at Meet the Teacher. This event will look different this year, as has everything else thus far! ;) I am asking up front that you have patience with me and everyone at East as we try to navigate this very unusual time. I will do everything I can to make this the best 3rd grade year for your child, but please know that some things may have to look different than they have in the past, like Meet the Teacher Night. We are doing the best we can! If you have Facebook, I would highly recommend joining the Willard East Facebook page. There are already answers to many of the questions you may have this year on that page. Here are some things I know: (sort of, for now ;))
I try to post to this blog what we are learning before Monday morning each week. I will probably post more often to begin the year and I will email you with the link to the blog whenever I put something new on here. Below are some upcoming events. I can't wait to meet my new kiddos next week! :) At 10:00 a.m.
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