Hello Friends and Families!
We had a jam-packed week following the vacation. Here are some updates from Room 108!
Thank You!
Thanks to Maura (Aviva's mom), Wendy (Rachel's mom), and Zazy (Joey's mom) for joining us on our trip to Central Square Friday! Hopefully you all received the pictures from Maura. We had a great time meeting the mayor and walking around the Square.
Things We Need
Snack
Homework
Just a friendly reminder that each student should be reading for 20 minutes every night at home. There is a reading log in the homework packet. Your child should fill in the log for every night he or she reads. If you have questions about this please feel free to ask!
Our Learning
This week we continued book clubs in Reading Workshop. Each group is reading a different biography and learning what makes biographies important and unique. We recently received the dates for our English-Language Arts MCAS. (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) This state test is given to all third graders. Our students will take the test on Wednesday, March 23 and Monday, March 28. Because this is the first time our students will take the test, we will explore what this "genre" of reading looks like. Over the next two weeks we will support our students by looking at what a test looks like, strategies for reading questions, etc. This is NOT a traditional test prep, rather it is an opportunity for our students to feel comfortable and familiar with a new type of reading they will be asked to do.
In Writing Workshop, we will wrap up our special place stories this week. Students will revise and edit their stories so they can be included in the field guide we are creating. Next week we will start our first draft of the field guide. Social Studies this week involved getting ready for the trip to Central Square. We brainstormed people, places, events, and other information we already knew about Central Square. We also explored a map of the area and identified important places and streets. We wrapped up with our successful trip. We all took the T to Central Square and after visiting with the mayor, we strolled through Central Square to look at some of the murals.
In Math we explored the concept of an array this week. An array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns. Students learned to identify and describe arrays. Then, they created their own arrays and noticed patterns. We learned that a square number is a number that, when made into an array, is a square. (For example, 9 is 3 rows of 3. Therefore, 9 is a square number.) We also noticed that some arrays could only had 1 row. We identified these as prime numbers. (For example, the number 17 can only be made in 1 row of 17. Therefore, 17 is a prime number.) Next week we will continue to look at arrays and learn to play some math games that use arrays.
*A special note. This week in homework there will be one less math sheet. This is because I will send home cards with students to create at home that will help learn their multiplication facts. This activity will take the place of one sheet of math homework. Directions for how to complete the cards will also be included.
We are keeping busy in Room 108! Thanks for all your support!
Sincerely,
Meg
We had a jam-packed week following the vacation. Here are some updates from Room 108!
Thank You!
Thanks to Maura (Aviva's mom), Wendy (Rachel's mom), and Zazy (Joey's mom) for joining us on our trip to Central Square Friday! Hopefully you all received the pictures from Maura. We had a great time meeting the mayor and walking around the Square.
Things We Need
Snack
Homework
Just a friendly reminder that each student should be reading for 20 minutes every night at home. There is a reading log in the homework packet. Your child should fill in the log for every night he or she reads. If you have questions about this please feel free to ask!
Our Learning
This week we continued book clubs in Reading Workshop. Each group is reading a different biography and learning what makes biographies important and unique. We recently received the dates for our English-Language Arts MCAS. (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) This state test is given to all third graders. Our students will take the test on Wednesday, March 23 and Monday, March 28. Because this is the first time our students will take the test, we will explore what this "genre" of reading looks like. Over the next two weeks we will support our students by looking at what a test looks like, strategies for reading questions, etc. This is NOT a traditional test prep, rather it is an opportunity for our students to feel comfortable and familiar with a new type of reading they will be asked to do.
In Writing Workshop, we will wrap up our special place stories this week. Students will revise and edit their stories so they can be included in the field guide we are creating. Next week we will start our first draft of the field guide. Social Studies this week involved getting ready for the trip to Central Square. We brainstormed people, places, events, and other information we already knew about Central Square. We also explored a map of the area and identified important places and streets. We wrapped up with our successful trip. We all took the T to Central Square and after visiting with the mayor, we strolled through Central Square to look at some of the murals.
In Math we explored the concept of an array this week. An array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns. Students learned to identify and describe arrays. Then, they created their own arrays and noticed patterns. We learned that a square number is a number that, when made into an array, is a square. (For example, 9 is 3 rows of 3. Therefore, 9 is a square number.) We also noticed that some arrays could only had 1 row. We identified these as prime numbers. (For example, the number 17 can only be made in 1 row of 17. Therefore, 17 is a prime number.) Next week we will continue to look at arrays and learn to play some math games that use arrays.
*A special note. This week in homework there will be one less math sheet. This is because I will send home cards with students to create at home that will help learn their multiplication facts. This activity will take the place of one sheet of math homework. Directions for how to complete the cards will also be included.
We are keeping busy in Room 108! Thanks for all your support!
Sincerely,
Meg
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