11/21/19 Third Grade

11/21/19

Dear Families,
We have had a very productive week despite the unexpected snow day.  We have been so proud of how focused they have been through out all of our learning blocks.  Here is what we have been up to:

Writing:  Students worked on revising their drafts with a partner.  They did a great job of adding, subtracting, changing, or moving parts in order to make their piece better.  We are hoping to have these stories published by tomorrow!  Look for them to be coming home.

Reading:  We have been focusing on close reads about the first Thanksgiving.  Students are learning to find evidence in the passage to support their answers and the importance of rereading to find information.

Upcoming Events:
11/21   Thanksgiving Meal
11/27   No School
11/28   No School
11/29   No School

High/Low

High- the high schoolers came over

High- The high schoolers are coming back today and my brother will be here

High- in PE elective we made cards and cut carrots

High- Making cards and carrots in PE elective

High- we finished our spiderwebs in art elective

High-  the high schoolers are coming down to read again and my cousin is teaching PE

High- the people are coming today to read

High- the high schoolers are coming down

Low- playing in the snow

High- the high schoolers are coming down

High- we sang into the microphone in music elective

Low- I never can think of a low

High- we have the Thanksgiving dinner and the high schoolers are coming down

Low- my cousin isn’t coming to read and my family can’t come to the dinner

High- today is PE

Low- I didn’t get to do revising yesterday

High- my cousin Hayley might come read to us

High- my mom is coming to dinner

High- the high schoolers are coming down 

Low- my brother is not one of them

High- the high schoolers are coming down

Low- my family can’t come to the dinner

High- the high schoolers are coming to read

Low- my family can’t come

High- I have family coming to the dinner

High- there is snow

Low- my family can’t come to the dinner

High- my mom can’t come to the dinner but my dad is

High- The high schoolers are coming down and my brother is coming, my mom is coming to dinner

High- the Thanksgiving dinner

Low- my mom can’t come

High- Partner revisions

Low- I am going to miss the readers today

High- Partner revisions and the readers coming down from the high school

11/14/19 Third Grade

11/14/19

Dear Families,
What an unexpected short week!  We hope you are staying warm.  Here's a short update:

Writing:  Students are typing their first drafts and learning how to revise and edit on the computer.

Reading:  We have finished, The War with Grandpa, and are moving into a mini unit on 'close' reads.


Upcoming Dates:

11/27     No School
11/28     No School
11/29     No School

No High/Lows this week :)

10/31/19 Third Grade

Happy Halloween!
Kids came in very excited for our Halloween parade.  Be sure to check out the WES Facebook page for more pictures.  Here's what we have been doing:

Reading:  We started a new read aloud, The War with Grandpa.  Students are working on asking questions while they read to better understand the text.

Writing:  We have been brainstorming topics for our personal narratives.  Tomorrow students will be choosing their topic and will begin rehearsing their idea for their story.

Upcoming Dates:
10/31     Noon Dismissal
11/11     No School, Veterans Day
11/27     No School
11/28     No School
11/29     No School

High/Low

High- in wellness we got to test out different tastes

High- the Halloween parade is today

High- Library elective was yesterday and Ms. Moore was the robot and we were a team

High- in art elective we are making spider webs

High- the Halloween parade is today

High- we are putting together the band in elective

High- in music elective we got to use the drums and the electric guitar

High- we are doing the parade

Low- we are missing half of math

High- it’s Halloween

Low- this costume is hot

High- the Halloween parade is today

High- we started our spiderwebs in art elective

High- it’s Halloween

11/7/19 Third Grade

11/7/19

Dear Families,
What a week!  Here's an update:

Writing:  We have started typing our drafts of our personal narratives!  Students learned how to use a storyteller's voice instead of a newscaster's voice when writing.  We will work on revising and editing our drafts in order to publish our first writing pieces!

Reading:  We are continuing with The War with Grandpa and working on making connections to the text.  Students are then applying the strategy of making connections in their independent reading book.

Upcoming Important Dates:
11/11     No School, Veterans Day
11/27     No School
11/28     No School
11/29     No School

High/Low

High- we got to do Lexia this week

High- we started our personal narrative

High- we are drafting 

High- we started writing our storyteller’s/newscaster’s voice

High- we started our personal narratives

Low- some people were talking during the fire drill

High- I am almost finished my spider web in art elective

Low- I am not done

High- typing club

High- typing club

Low- in wellness we didn’t follow directions

High- we started personal narratives

High- we are on our personal narratives

Low- it’s going to snow

High- in art we are doing the barns

High- we started lexiacore5.com

Low- we got Mr. Smoller mad in wellness

High- we got to do our personal narratives

Low- it’s going to snow

High- I am almost on level 13 on Lexia

Low- in wellness everyone was disrespectful

High- we got to do Lexia

High- it’s starting to snow

High- we are starting new songs with the guitars

High- we are playing basketball in PE

Low- it’s about to snow

High- we are stating our personal narratives

High- we are starting bass guitar in elective

High- we are doing basketball in PE

Low- I forgot my water bottle this morning

High- I get to go read with someone with Gavin and play UNO

High- we got to start personal narratives

Low- people were being disrespectful in wellness

High- getting going on Lexia

Low- small group of students not using computers appropriately

High- we have started our personal narratives

Low-  We had a hard time following directions on the Chromebooks