Nov. 5-9

It has been another busy week in grade 3 as we dove into our non-fiction reading and writing units. We ended the week with a wonderful field trip to FRIM and learned a lot about patterns and the different living and non-living elements in that diverse ecosystem. A HUGE thank you to our parent volunteers for helping make it a smooth trip. If you were one of our AMAZING parent volunteers and took pictures on your phone, we would love to add them to the folder of the field trip. You can add them to the folder I  shared with you, or send them to me via email. We would love to include them in our blog posts.

This week is a shorten week with no school on Tuesday in celebration of Deepavali!

There will be no after school activities on Monday due to the expected Deepavali traffic.

Friday will be our International Festival Flag Parade – This is an annual event at ISKL and students are encourage to wear clothing that represents their culture and wave flags in the parade.

This week we begin on Day 7

Reading Students will organize the bits of information in a nonfiction text into categories.  They will also teach others what they’ve learned from their nonfiction texts, paying close attention to the main ideas and supporting details.

Writing They will make plans for how to organize their information writing and try different organization structures on for size. Writers look at the different parts of an information text paragraph, breaking them apart and identifying their purpose. They will write an informational paragraph.

Math Students will continue to practice a variety of addition strategies to find the sum of 3-digit numbers. They will also be solving real world problems involving addition and measurement.

Science Students will look for commonalities among components of biomes in different locations, as well as adaptations that plants and animals make to these different biomes. They will begin to study food chains/food webs to think about the interconnectedness of living and non-living elements in an ecosystem.

November 5^th  – November 9^th

Math: Jesse practices the trumpet for a total of 165 minutes during the first week of school. He practices for 244 minutes during the second week. a.               Estimate the total amount of time Jesse practices by rounding to the nearest 10 minutes. b.              Estimate the total amount of time Jesse practices by rounding to the nearest 100 minutes.	Language arts: Make a list of things that strong informational authors include in their writing.	Language arts: Read an informational book and take research notes as you read. You can organize the notes into boxes and bullets. Then you can teach your new understanding to an audience.
Math: Practice your fact fluency (+ or - facts to 20) ·       Flashcards, online, games, worksheets, or game.	Science Design  your own ecosphere or closed terrarium. Draw and label your design in the home learning journal. If possible, make it!	Other: Go outside for a walk, observe the different biotic and abiotic (living and non-living) elements on your walk.

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

Oct. 29-Nov. 2

Week of October 29th- November 2nd

Good Morning,

We had a busy week in G3 finishing up our narrative reading and writing units. Students are encouraged to continue writing personal narrative stories at home and bring them to class to share. Students had a special  opportunity to celebrate with grade one students as they finished up their writing unit. Both grades shared their writing and gave feedback to each other. The rooms were buzzing with excitement as budding authors shared!

On Wednesday, students will be able to dress up in their Halloween costumes (no weapons and no masks). While there will not be any specific parties, students do love to see the different and creative costumes. You may wish to have your child bring in their school uniform to change into as sometimes those costumes are not comfortable to wear all day.

This Thursday (3MM, 3JA, and 3Jh) and Friday (3JI, 3JG, and 3BM), students will be going on a fieldtrip to FRIM (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia). They will need to bring a home snack, as we will be eating our snack at FRIM. Children also need to bring: sunscreen, water bottle, hat, bug spray/repellent and wear closed toe shoes (it might be muddy). For those of you that are chaperones, please be at school by 8:00. Parents will ride on the bus with the students. We should arrive back at ISKL around 11:45.

This week will begin on Day 2

Reading This week we will transition toward information/nonfiction reading, with the first focus being on finding the main ideas of the text and text structures. Students will be accessing their prior knowledge of this genre and tapping into topics of interest.

Writing The informational writing unit will be taught in conjunction with our information reading unit. Although this is not a unit where the focus is on researching to write, rather the students will use informational writing strategies as they compose texts about subjects they already know well. This week will give the students the chance to show what they already know about the genre. Students will also begin to develop plans for how to organize their writing.

Math We will continue to use rounding as an estimation strategy by introducing rounding to the nearest 100. Students will continue to show different ways of proving their thinking by using a number line, using benchmark numbers, and finding halfway numbers. As always the parent learning connection has ideas for you in math and reading/writing here.

Science  This week w Students will look for commonalities among components of biomes in different locations, as well as adaptations that plants and animals make to these different biomes. They will begin to study food chains/food webs to think about the interconnectedness of living and nonliving elements in an ecosystem.

October 29^th – November 2nd - Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Show an adult how to add 3 digit numbers. Write down and solve  2-3 problems in your home learning journal.	Language arts: Make a list of things that strong informational authors include in their writing.	Language arts: Read a favorite nonfiction book. Summarize one or more sections of the book using boxes and bullets. Then you can teach your new understanding to an audience.
Math: Play a math game that you have learned in class.	Science: Write down and explain to an adult what are some common features/characteristics of all biomes.	Other: Play a musical instrument. If you do not have any instruments, make your own!

Remember:

• Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.