Week 26
We have minimum days this week for parent-teacher conferences. WE eat lunch at school on minimum days and hot lunch is served as a sack lunch. Please make a note of the change in our dismissal time. School is dismissed at 11:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week.
I have contacted those parents who need a parent conference. Report cards will be issued to all other students next Monday, March 22.
Math update: We are beginning Chapter 9 which introduces multiplying two and three-digit numbers. Your child should have his or her multiplication facts memorized (at least to the 10’s) to improve speed and success in this chapter. Please work on memorizing your facts and use flashcards to practice if needed. Here are couple great websites to practice at home. www.mathfactcafe.com and www.multiplication.com
Thank you to Mrs. MacLaughlin for leading our class in our school auction art project. The three paintings looked amazing! Thank you to everyone who was at the school auction. I saw quite a few of you there.
We are taking our theme 5 theme skills test this week in language arts.
Calendar
March 17-19 Minimum Days for parent conferences dismissal at 11:10
March 17 Talent show tryouts in MP room 11:15
March 19 all school photo 8:10
March 22 report cards go home with students
March 26 book report cards
March 29-April 2 Spring Break (no school)
Great news! I input our Language Arts Benchmark tests into Data Director and 100% of our students were in the proficient category. The test is scored as far below basic, below basic, basic and proficient. There isn’t a category for advanced. This makes me very happy as we are getting closer and closer to the STAR test.
As a grade level in language arts we will be finishing up theme 5 voyagers. We will take our theme skills test next week. During the week of the 22nd through the 26th we will be focusing on readers writers workshop. We will be focused on reviewing for the STAR test from April 5th until the test. After the STAR test is over we only have 3 more stories left in our anthology and we will have completed everything in our Houghton Mifflin series for grade 3.
Begin chapter 9 multiplying with greater numbers
Monday, March 15 mental math multiplication patterns
Tuesday, March 16 estimating products
Wednesday, March 17 multiplying two digit numbers
Thursday, March 18 Diagnostic checkpoint, solve a simpler problem
Friday, March 19 choose the operation
Monday, March 22 multiplying three digit numbers
Tuesday, March 23 multiplying greater numbers
Wednesday, March 24 using money
Thursday, March 25 math review diagnostic checkpoint
Friday, March 26 math chapter 9 test
Spring break
Fractions and decimals at the same time each day practice long division
Monday, April 5 fractions as parts of a whole
Tuesday, April 6 finding equivalent fractions
Wednesday, April 7 comparing and ordering fractions
Thursday, April 8 fractions as parts of a set, reasonable answers
Friday, April 9 adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators
Monday, April 12 adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
Tuesday, April 13 understanding mixed numbers, draw a picture
Wednesday, April 14 diagnostic checkpoint, decimals in tenths
Thursday, April 15 decimals in hundredths
Friday, April 16 comparing and ordering decimals
Monday, April 19 adding and subtracting decimals, using money
Tuesday, April 20 Chapter Test
Begin chapter 12 Data, Graphs and Probability
Wednesday, April 21 Organizing Data, is an estimate enough
Thursday, April 22 line plots
Friday, April 23 reading graphs with ordered pairs
Week of the STAR test
Monday, April 26 make a graph
Tuesday, April 27 understanding probability
Wednesday, April 28 listing outcomes
Thursday, April 29 displaying probability data and making predictions
Friday, April 30 fair and unfair graphs (end of chapter 12)
