Temperance Elementary School
Third Grade
Mrs. Stinnett
946-2811
April 8, 2016
Dear Parents,
I hope that everyone had a delightful spring break! It’s hard to believe that we only have 38 days of school left and only about 3 weeks before our first SOL test! Our reading SOL test will be taken over 2 days: Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3rd. Our math SOL test will be the following week on Wednesday, May 11th and Thursday, May 12th.
Students are currently working on math SOL 3.6. The student will represent multiplication and division, using area, set, and number line models, and create and solve problems that involve multiplication of two whole numbers, one factor 99 or less and the second factor 5 or less (double digit multiplication). Students are also continuing to practice their multiplication facts 0-12 which is SOL 3.5. It is very important that students are able to recall these facts fluently. Students know to use the “criss cross method” and/ or repeated addition to check their work.
During our science block we are learning about science SOL 3.7(soil) and SOL 3.8 (plant life cycles).
Students are learning about social studies SOL 3.11. Students are learning about the basic principles that form the foundation of a republican form of government. We will be learning about several famous Americans including: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez. We will also learn about Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
During English, we have been reviewing homophones. We are also writing imaginative narrative pieces using thinking maps.
During our whole group reading, we are focusing on main idea for a whole piece of text as well as main ideas of a particular paragraph within a text.
In small group reading groups, students are either reading The Big Wave or, The Bridge to Terabithia.
Dates to Remember:
April 11th- Theater IV comes to Temperance!
April 14th- Art Show and Science Fair in the evening. Students are encouraged to complete a Science project at home and bring it in the morning of the 14th to set up for the evening event.
April 18th- Wyatt’s birthday
April 22nd- Spring Carnival in the evening (games, silent auction, cake walk, movie!) Third graders are asked to donate BBQ items for a silent auction basket. All students who contribute will receive a free popcorn ticket to be used at the event on the 22nd. Thank you Gavin, Reagan, Will, and Alexis for already sending in items! A reminder flyer is attached to this newsletterJ
Thanks,
Carla Fitzgerald Stinnett