May 27-31

Greetings Parents,

Three more weeks of school...three more IMPORTANT weeks of school. We had a great time at Wet n Wild on Friday morning. The students will remember the slip n slide and the popsicles for sure! Even Ms. Jade and Ms. Jamie got in on the slip n slide. Don’t forget the Poetry share in two weeks on the 11th of June from 8:15-9:15 A.M.

Ask your third grader about their Passion Project...they are wonderful projects that are close to the hearts of your children...saving animals and trees, making ISKL more beautiful, and adding green space to our campus. Have a great last FULL week of third grade.

Reading This week students will continue to read wonderful poetry, using their ideas to spark new ideas in their own poems. Poetry is wonderful to read out loud and we will be doing this a lot this week and next.

Writing This week students will continue to write new poems in their poetry journal focusing on daily lessons surrounding poetry conventions. They will be starring their favorite ones...thinking about which poems will make their poetry share on June 11.

Math Students will continue to work on fractions. This week they will work on ways to recognize and show that equivalent fractions have the same size, though not necessarily the same shape.

Science Students will continue to investigate the Maglev Train and how unbalanced forces cause the train to come down. We are finishing up our unit on forces soon.

Week of May 13th. Please complete 2 activities and bring in to share on Friday, May 17th.

Math: Mr. Morefield is moving to Prague. He told his third graders that he has sold ⅔ of his furniture. Ms. Blair said that she has sold ¾ of her furniture. Who has sold the most furniture? Show how you know this using two rectangles.	Language Arts: Ask your parents about some poems they remember when they were young and see if you can change it and make it your own poem. Be prepared to share it with the class.	Language Arts: Write a fictional account of how the Maglev train rises and falls on the track. Use your imagination while thinking about some crazy ways that train could “float.”
Math: Practice your fact fluency (multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction) Flashcards, online, games, worksheets	Science: Write a paragraph explaining how the now-famous maglev train rises and falls on the track.	Other:  Write a story about your favorite memory of grade three...who was there? What do you remember? How did you feel?

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

May 23rd

May 23rd, 2019

Greetings Parents,

We hope everyone had a wonderful LONG weekend. And guess what… It’s already Thursday! We have a very short week ahead of us. Today we are all going outside to celebrate some outdoor education. We will be heading to the grass field and the new pond to do some art and some poetry (our new writing unit in grade 3). Tomorrow (Friday) is our Swim Carnival. We will be Wet n Wild on Friday morning!

Save the date: On Tuesday, June 11th  from 8:15-9:15 a.m., Grade Three will host a Poetry Parent Share. We look forward to seeing you then!

Reading This week students will continue to explore all the different types of poems. We will investigate famous poets as well as student poetry from around the world.  Students will continue to read poems and notice the way the author’s craft their poems and try out those moves in their own poems.

Writing Students will write poems trying a few different ways of breaking up their lines, choosing where they put words and how they use white space.

Math Students will continue to work on fractions. Students will be comparing fractions using the greater than and less than signs, < = >. They will continue to work on ways to recognize and show that equivalent fractions have the same size, though not necessarily the same shape.

Science Students will continue to investigate the Maglev Train and how unbalanced forces cause the train to come down. The students loved making the paper clips float in t mid air and then trying to make them move WITHOUT touching them. Students will continue to investigate and conduct trials to look at magnetic force and distance.

Dear Grade 3 Parents,

In our new unit of Poetry, we want to share, value and learn from you! Please share your favorite poem (from your country, any language would do) into a new slide from our class slideshow (Google slides) that we are sharing with you. Copy/paste or type the poem and add a photo that connects with this poem. It can be a poem from your childhood, your child's favorite poem, a current poem, a nursery rhyme, or song. Anything that represents your family!

Please choose a poem with your child so that you can read it together and talk about its meaning to your family before he/she shares with the class.

Students will take turns in class to share them, appreciate them and find connections with other countries and languages.

Open the link to add your selected poem.  Thank you!

The Grade 3 Team

No HOME LEARNING THIS WEEK!

Except Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.