3rd Grade Newsletter

October 20, 2020

By 3rd Grade Team
3rd Grade
October 20, 2020

Language Arts

What are we learning?

  • Brainstorming fiction writing ideas
  • Developing problems and solutions for fiction writing
  • Writing comes from real experiences
  • Describe characters in reading
  • Think about character feelings and why they act the way they do

Home/School Connection

  • Describe a story idea, the problem, and solution
  • Describe a character from a book you are reading

Math

What are we learning?

  • Ways to show multiplication including pictures, arrays, number lines, and equations

Home/School Connection

  • Discuss equal groups in real life experiences
  • Describe how arrays show equal groups

AAP Math

What are we learning?

  • Basic multiplication facts and the related division facts 
  • Create and solve multiplication and division problems

Home/School Connection

  • Ask your child to describe these words: 
    • multiply
    • factor
    • product
    • divide, division, divided by, divided into  
    • equal, equivalent
    • groups
    • repeated addition
    • repeated subtraction

Science

What are we learning?

  • Ladybugs, life cycles, habitats, and ecosystems

Home/School Connection

  • What does a scientist do?
  • Describe an ecosystem different from the one around your home

Social Studies

What are we learning?

  • Digital Citizenship- what makes a strong online community?

Home/School Connection

Discuss how to be a respectful and contributing member of an online community

Click here to see what students are learning in Specials!