3rd Grade Newsletter
January 12, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Continue writing all about nonfiction books
- Edit and revise their all about nonfiction books
- Use text features to help read and better understand a nonfiction text
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what nonfiction books are you reading?
- Talk about the difference between fiction and nonfiction
- Have students share their “all about” nonfiction topic and/or writing
Math
What are we learning?
- Create and solve practical multiplication and division problems
- Represent multiplication and division in a variety of ways
- Explore the relationship between multiplication and division
Home/School Connection
- Discuss equal groups in real life experiences
- Describe how numbers can be divided equally in real life experiences
AAP Math
What are we learning?
- Read, write and identify place value from thousands to millions
- Create and solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers
- Estimate and determine sums and differences of whole numbers 999,999 or less
Home/School Connection
- Ask, how do you say this number (when given a really big number)?
- Ask, what word problem can you write using really big numbers? Will you use addition or subtraction in your word problem?
- Ask, can you round this big number to the nearest hundred? thousand? hundred thousand? million?
Science
What are we learning?
- Describe and organize the events of different cycles in nature like the water cycle, moon phases and the seasons.
- Define and compare energy resources
Home/School Connection
- Ask, when do we see cycles in our lives?
- Ask, what happens in the water cycle?
- Ask, what are the phases of the moon?
Social Studies
What are we learning?
Continue thinking about economics
Home/School Connection
- What are some economic choices you have made?