Thank you to all of you who came to Curriculum Night. It was great meeting you and chatting with you! I feel so lucky to have this group of students this year. They are all incredibly sweet and show a high interest in learning. I am excited to see how much they grow this year! Take a look at what we have been up to! Math We started off math by reviewing place value. Last year second graders focused mainly on the ones place and the tens place. In third grade, we add the hundreds place. Students used base ten blocks to to help identify different numbers and be able to represent numbers in different ways. For example: Standard Form: 234 Expanded Form: 200 + 30 + 4 Unit Form: 200 hundreds, 3 tens, and 4 ones We are trying to solidify the idea of 5 tens = 50 and not 5. It is a very common mistake. How can I help my child at home? Have them identify different numbers! For example... Ask them what number is 4 hundreds, 3 tens, and 7 ones? OR What number is 5 hundreds, 12 tens, and 14 ones? Writing We started the year by writing whatever the students wanted to write. :) Students brainstormed ideas of what they could write about by thinking of important people, places or activities they enjoy. After a week of working on our writing stamina, we started to brainstorm true stories. Students thought of stories that connected with different feelings. We also thought of times we did something for the first time and times we did something for the last time or a time when we learned something. Students will spend a couple more days generating ideas and then choose their favorite to eventually turn into their personal narrative. Reading We worked on different ways we could make reading be the best this year. For instance: Finding a good reading spot Talking about books, not just reading them Finding a way to share books we love Finding the right book at our reading level I have been assessing students to figure out their current reading level. Eventually all students will have a giant pink bookmark showing their reading level and current goal they are working on. How can I help my child at home? Sit down and read with your child. Please :) It is SO beneficial if they have someone to talk to about their books. Third grade is a big reading year. It is no longer learning to read it is reading to learn and it is being able to support your thinking with evidence from the text. Ask your child questions about their book and what did they read in their book that made them think that? We will be working on these important skills (comprehending, predicting, and summarizing) below because they help students understand what they are reading in their books. If they can't answer these their book is most likely above their reading level. Social Emotional Learning As I mentioned at Curriculum Night, the number one factor of raising a child who is less likely to struggle with anxiety, depression, or be more healthy, and intelligent had nothing to do with academics but with eating a meal around the dinner table. The Atlantic Monthly found that our culture is experiencing more negative effects physically and psychologically on families and kids because of the lack of meals around a table. This year my challenge to your family is to share at least one meal around the table a week. Below is the link of the article I shared at Curriculum Night.
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/taking-back-the-family-dinner-how-we-created-a-mealtime-renaissance/2019/08/19/b3d8c4e8-82ee-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html If you open the link on your phone or google Taking Back the Family Dinner on your phone, it is free to read.
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