3rd Grade Newsletter
January 26, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Readers determine the main ideas or the purposes of the text
- Learn language to report and describe information
Home/School Connection
- Identify functional texts (signs, recipes, instructions, flyers, etc.) found in real life situations and discuss their purpose
Math
What are we learning?
- Represent multiplication and division in a variety of ways
- Explore the relationship between multiplication and division
- Identify, describe, create, and extend patterns found in objects, pictures, numbers and tables
Home/School Connection
- Discuss equal groups in real life experiences
- Describe how numbers can be divided equally in real life experiences
- Discuss patterns in real life settings
AAP Math
What are we learning?
- Begin to develop an understanding of decimal numbers
- Read, write, draw, show decimals to thousandths place
- Round decimals to the nearest whole number
- Compare and order decimals
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what do these math vocabulary words - decimal, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, whole, digit mean?
- Discuss the difference between the pronunciation and spelling of tens/tenths, hundreds/hundredths & thousands/thousandths
- Ask, when you see a decimal number, what do you look for to help you round that to the nearest whole number?
- Ask, how do you compare 2 decimal numbers? How do you know which one is greater/less?
Science
What are we learning?
- Continue thinking about conservation of natural resources
- Continue thinking about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
Home/School Connection
- Ask, when do we see cycles in our lives?
- Ask, why is conservation important?
Social Studies
What are we learning?
Ancient China
- Geographical features impact daily life
- People adapt to meet their needs
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what are some geographical features of Ancient China?
- Ask, how did people adapt to survive in Ancient China?