3rd Grade Newsletter
March 23, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Readers notice that poems can look, sound, and feel different from other texts
- Poets make deliberate choices about the conventions, techniques, and language they use in their writing
- Poets share their poetry with an audience
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what techniques have you learned about writing poetry?
- Encourage students to share their poetry journals with you
- Ask, what poem are you punishing?
Math
What are we learning?
- Place value up to 6 digits
- Practicing addition and subtraction strategies including breaking apart numbers and using a number line
Home/School Connection
- Ask, when would you need to use addition and subtraction in your everyday world?
- Ask, when would you need to use estimation in your everyday world?
- Ask, how can you figure out the value of a number?
AAP Math
What are we learning?
- Identify and solve multiplication facts through 12 x 12, and the corresponding division facts
- Estimate and determine products and quotients of whole numbers
Home/School Connection
- Ask, when would you need to use estimation in your everyday world?
- Ask, when would you need to use multiplication or division in your everyday world?
Science
What are we learning?
- Investigate and understand simple machines and their uses
- Learn how simple machines make work easier
Home/School Connection
- Ask, where do you see planes, wedges, and wheels used in everyday life?
- Ask, how do they make life easier?
Social Studies
What are we learning?
Ancient Greece
- Explain how the contributions of ancient Greece continue to influence our world today (architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language)
- Explain how Ancient Greece had to adapt to their environment
Home/School Connection
- Ask, how did the Ancient Greeks contribute to life today?
- Ask, how did people adapt to survive in Ancient Greece?