Week 20

We continue to work fast and furiously in

third grade. Your children are working their brains to the max - we couldn’t be happier!

In math this week we have been focusing on the Distributive Property of Multiplication. We will focus on this, and more, next week too. Miss Pouliot is doing a great job!

In writing we’re building our foundation of knowledge about the structure of writing an informational book. We will not be doing too much research yet, as the focus is more on building the knowledge of how to plan out this type of writing. Ask your child what they are creating an informational book about! Maybe you could brainstorm some fun facts to add to your child’s book.

NWEAs are complete and I am working on meeting individually with your child to create personal goals for the end of year tests. We are looking at Fall and Winter scores. I’ve printed out their student profile which tells me what areas they need to focus on to boost their score in the spring .Your child will then have a plan of their own of what their specific goals are and how to achieve that goal. Every child will also have individualized IXL topics to work on. I’m hoping to have met with all kids by next week. Be on the lookout for this to come home. Your child would love to talk about their goals with you!

Our focus in reading is currently looking at texts to figure out the author’s point of view. We learned that point of view is the author’s perspective. They are doing a great job!

We traveled to two new states this week - North and South Carolina. Miss Pouliot did a wonderful job presenting these two states to the kids. During the Geography Bee on Thursday, our kids were giddy as they knew a bunch of the answers regarding states! Way to go kiddos!

Mr. Pearson is hosting a superbowl party next Friday. There will be a food sign up coming around and we’re in need of volunteers from 1:45-2:45!

PLEASE be studying multiplication facts with your child. We are moving along and their ability to multiply fluently will very much help them with the remainder of the year’s math topics.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Mrs. Haulk and Miss Pouliot