Next week, we will begin a new writing unit with a castle theme. We'll begin by reading an expository e book about castles on the Smart board. Mrs. Bergeron and I will also read aloud some fun stories with a castle setting. We will be examining the structure of these expository and narrative titles to see how they differ.
Next week, we'll continue to read mysteries in small groups. We've dug into our "case files" (envelopes) and have been reading to find clues and discover suspects. The children have been doing lots of writing! They wrote a guided opinion piece about the best kind of bicycle. Mrs. Bergeron and I also had them write two pieces independently: a narrative story and an expository piece about friendship. These writing samples will give us an idea of what the children remember from second grade. Later in the year, they'll have opportunities to attempt these types of writing again. It will be interesting to watch their growth as writers. Next week, we will begin a new writing unit with a castle theme. We'll begin by reading an expository e book about castles on the Smart board. Mrs. Bergeron and I will also read aloud some fun stories with a castle setting. We will be examining the structure of these expository and narrative titles to see how they differ. In math, we've been reviewing addition and subtraction fact families and solving one-step story problems involving addition and subtraction. We've also been practicing mental math strategies. Next week, we will begin learning how to round numbers to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred.
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In reading, we started a unit on character traits. So far, we have read Officer Buckle and Gloria in small groups. We discussed Officer Buckle's character traits and reread the text to find support for those character traits. Next, we read Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective with partners. After each chapter, partners paused in their reading to discuss a list of questions about that chapter. The class came to the conclusion that Nate the Great doesn't give up when he has a case to solve. He is a determined detective. Next week, we'll continue reading mysteries. Students will work in small, guided-reading groups to read a mystery. Each group will meet daily with me, an instructional assistant, or Mrs. Bergeron. (Mrs. Bergeron and I team-teach reading and writing.) As we read our mysteries, we will keep track of the detectives, the suspects, and the clues. We'll make predictions and read on to see if we were correct. We will also focus on character traits.
In addition to our character traits focus, we are reviewing strategies for reading longer words. Many third graders lack confidence with this skill, so we practice often. Students practice strategies when reading literature. At other times, they read and sort cards with multisyllable words. We've also started to "warm-up" at the beginning of our reading block by reading phonetic word lists with longer words. You can see a photo below of the list we used this week. Our school met its summer reading goal, so Mr. Gonzalez dressed as a scientist and read 11 Experiments That Failed to all of the third graders. After that, each student had the opportunity to do a science experiment. In the classroom, we have been learning about numbers in the thousands. We've been reviewing how to write four-digit numbers in standard, expanded, and word form. In reading, we have been working on making inferences. When you make an inference, you use your background knowledge and clues in the text to draw conclusions and figure out what's going on. Ask your child about the activity: "Whose pocket is it?"
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