We have a short week this week as we are have a day off on Friday. Next week, we will be testing using the Smarter Balance test. One format of the test is that I teach a lesson that one day, and then the following day, the students will take a test. It is an online test.
We have finished the NWEA MAP spring tests with the exception of a few make-up tests. I am thrilled with each kiddos growth, and I am very proud of how hard they have worked this year to learn. I will share the results from these tests as soon as I have them. Please keep in mind that the scores are but a small snapshot of who your kiddo is as a learner. I have stressed with them that it is ONE way to assess what they know, but not the only way.
Many of the things that we are learning this week are a carryover from last week:
Reading: Continue to compare and contrast various extreme environments, make inferences based on reading
Vocabulary: habitat, adaptation, and migrate
Spelling: Words ending in "er" and "le"
Writing: Develop the story line of our fiction chapter books by brainstorming various ways for the main character to solve the problem
Math: Draw irregular quadrilaterals, continue with traits of polygons by introducing games, continue multiplication and division math facts
Art: Finish the "Longest Line and Monochromatic Polygons" project
Have a great week,
Miss Kimpton
Miss Kimpton's Third Grade: This blog is created for students and their families to stay connected with our school day. It will be updated weekly with learning goals and activities, school happenings, and pictures. Check it weekly!
Monday, April 27, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
April 20 - 24
We have quite a few changes this week!
First, this is our last week with Miss Whiteman as our student teacher. She will be in and out of the classroom this week while she observes other classes. The kiddos have really appreciated and learned from Miss Whiteman, and we are sad to see her go. It is not the same around here without her!
Also, the daily homework assignment has changed for the evening. The students, as always, will be asked to read nightly. This, of course, makes practicing their spelling words more difficult without the guided work of a worksheet. They can do many things to practice their words: have mock spelling tests, sort by spelling patterns, write the words in sentences, sort by the number of letters or beginning letters, write them in various colors, etc.
Here is a peak at our learning for the week:
Reading: The students are beginning Unit 6: Extreme Environments. They will be learning about various environments and the adaptations that plants and animals have in order to live in those places.
The strategies that they will be using this week to understand their reading is previewing, skimming and scanning, comparing and contrasting, and asking and answering questions.
Vocabulary: habitat, adaptation, migrate
Spelling: Words with "ough" and "augh"
Writing: Develop the story elements and order of events for their fiction narratives. We will be turning these into fantastic little chapter books!
Math: Explore polygons and, more specifically, quadrilaterals. The students will learn about the traits of squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, and trapezoids. Later in the week, we will be making a set of tangrams.
Math Review: Multiplication/Division facts
Thank you!
Miss Kimpton
First, this is our last week with Miss Whiteman as our student teacher. She will be in and out of the classroom this week while she observes other classes. The kiddos have really appreciated and learned from Miss Whiteman, and we are sad to see her go. It is not the same around here without her!
Also, the daily homework assignment has changed for the evening. The students, as always, will be asked to read nightly. This, of course, makes practicing their spelling words more difficult without the guided work of a worksheet. They can do many things to practice their words: have mock spelling tests, sort by spelling patterns, write the words in sentences, sort by the number of letters or beginning letters, write them in various colors, etc.
Here is a peak at our learning for the week:
Reading: The students are beginning Unit 6: Extreme Environments. They will be learning about various environments and the adaptations that plants and animals have in order to live in those places.
The strategies that they will be using this week to understand their reading is previewing, skimming and scanning, comparing and contrasting, and asking and answering questions.
Vocabulary: habitat, adaptation, migrate
Spelling: Words with "ough" and "augh"
Writing: Develop the story elements and order of events for their fiction narratives. We will be turning these into fantastic little chapter books!
Math: Explore polygons and, more specifically, quadrilaterals. The students will learn about the traits of squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, and trapezoids. Later in the week, we will be making a set of tangrams.
Math Review: Multiplication/Division facts
Thank you!
Miss Kimpton
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
April 14 - 17
The following are our learning goals for the week:
Reading: This is the last week that we will be investigating heroes. To wrap up the unit, the students are working on using the vocabulary words, small reading books, and writing to tie the concepts together. They are also beginning to really focus on the main idea and supporting details of books.
Writing: The students are practicing writing summary sentences regarding books that they have read. They will also begin the process of creating their own short stories.
Spelling: Same double consonant
Cursive Letters: Each day, the students are practicing writing the cursive letters during Language Arts. So far, they have learned the letters l, h, k, and t.
Math: The third-graders are well into memorizing their various multiplication and division facts. They will be periodically checking out flash cards to practice at home if they so desire. They are in charge of keeping them safe and returning them to me the following day.
New concepts: Geometry! This week, the students will be learning the definitions of polygons and the names of the various polygons (triangle, quadrilaterals, pentagon, hexagons, octagons, etc.) They will also be exploring the various types of quadrilaterals and how they all relate to each other.
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