The First Week of February

Reader's Workshop- We have completed our Mystery Unit. The students are just putting the finishing touches on their final projects for their mystery book groups. This week we will begin a unit on Biography. We will work on taking notes this week. Each day we will read a short biography together and decide the most important details of our person's life. We will end the week by creating timelines.

Math-We have completed our work with division and time. This week we will take a test on division and move on to fractions. Our study of fractions will span a few weeks. This is one of the major shifts in the common core standards. We will begin our fraction study with a look at equivalent fractions. 

   We will also be working on a mini-unit on perimeter. The students will be learning how to find perimeter and the different units that can be used to measure perimeter. Please continue to study math facts at home. The more automatic the facts become the easier our math is to complete.

Science-Our next Science unit is the Solar System. This unit is a major research project for third graders. We will begin our work with a basic study of the solar system, asteroids, meteors, meteorites and the sun. While we are learning about the solar system we will also be practicing how to go back into a text and find information.

Writing-We are working on completing our drafts of our Informational Writing. The students each have at least five chapters. We began by organizing our Table of Contents and subtopics within each chapter. Then the students began to draft. By the end of the week we will be editing and revising our work.