November News From Room 15

Hello, Third Grade Families!

Third graders have completed another busy week!  We have finished our reading unit on “Building a Reading Life”, which has focused upon developing good reading habits and strategies, and developing our skills in identifying the elements of fictional text.  Next week, we will conduct our pre-assessment before starting our second reading unit of study. In this unit, students will explore the text structures of informational text.  Please encourage your child to make this shift in their at-home reading as well. They may certainly continue to read those wonderful stories and fantasies, but we appreciate it if you will help your child to delve a little deeper into the joys of nonfiction!

 

In math, we are continuing our study of multiplication concepts and skills. This week students were engaged in activities that challenged them to use arrays in order to solve problems. They discovered that there are many strategies that will lead to a correct answer, although some are more efficient than others. In Number Corner, we have learned about liquid measurement, computation, multiplication strategies, and geometric shapes.

 

Our writers continue to work on skills related to sentence and paragraph structure, and using appropriate grammar, usage, and mechanics.

In social studies, we have learned about being President of the United States.  We learned about the President’s responsibilities as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Chief Executive, Head of State, and Director of Foreign Policy.  We read and had discussions about current candidates and former presidents.

 

Parent/Student/Teacher conferences will be held on November 20^th and 21^st. Please be sure to use the Pick-A-Time system to sign up for your conference.  I look forward to discussing your child’s progress! If you need help with using the system, please call Rose at 652-7400.

The Chamberlin Thanksgiving Food Drive is nearly finished.  Please send in donations of non-perishable food items (canned fruits and veggies, bread or muffin mixes, pasta and sauce, peanut butter and jelly, etc…) by Thursday, November 17^th. 

 

Remember that next week is Spirit Week. Here’s the schedule:

·         Monday is Color Day.  Third graders wear something purple.

·         Tuesday is Sports Day.  Wear any sports team clothing.

·         Wednesday is Mismatched Day.  Wear clothes that don’t match.

·         Thursday is Flannel Day.  Wear any type of flannel clothing.

·         Friday is Chamberlin School Spirit Day.  Wear South Burlington clothes or colors (blue and gray).

 

 We are in need of disinfecting wipes for our desks and boxes of soft tissues. Please send in a package if you have an extra to spare.  Thank you!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keelin M. Simpson