November 16, 2018

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

November 16, 2018

ELA   Students will focus on the reading skill cause and effect, while we finish our study of myths. They will also be practicing their fluency in Reader's theater as they read myths.

Our grammar focus will be on plural nouns.

Make sure to read for 20 days (20 min each day) and record it in the November Reading Log.

SPELLING  New sorts will go home on the Monday after Thanksgiving break.  

SOCIAL SCIENCE  We will continue our unit on Balancing Forces. When we return from Thanksgiving break, we will begin the lesson Explaining Forces and the Train. Students will be observing forces in chain reactions.

MATH  We began Unit 2, An Introduction to Multiplication. Students are working with the addition strategies of repeated addition and skip counting, and the multiplication strategies of doubling, doubling and halving. They will learn to multiply with arrays and number lines. There will be a multiplication checkpoint quiz on Tuesday, November 27.

XTRA Math:

Teacher email: szurales@ccsd66.org.

Pin: Is written in their assignment notebook. 

If your child should forget their Student Book or their Home Connections workbook at school, they can go into my google math classroom from a home computer and print the page they will need to complete for homework.

IMPORTANT DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Reminder:  Our Downers Grove field trip is Monday. Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather as we will be outside walking for some of our tour. Also, if your child did NOT order pizza, make sure you send a throw away lunch with them.

11/19 - Downers Grove Field Trip - Dress for the weather
11/21 - 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break
11/27 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Multiplication Checkpoint Quiz