It is already the 4th week of school. We are off to a very good start. We will not have math homework tonight because we finished it in class today. Remember students are to read half of their story on Monday night, half on Tuesday night, the first half again on Wednesday night, and the last half again on Thursday night. They can read the whole thing if they would like. Read it out loud. This helps third grade with fluency as well as with comprehension.
We started reading groups today. This will be practice for a couple of days, then students are held accountable for workbook pages not completed during seat work time. This might mean some workbook pages will be coming home for homework. Those students that work hard will have time to complete the pages in class.
Our rocks and minerals AMSTI kit arrived Friday. We are looking forward to the fun activities that we will be participating in for the next few weeks.
Some review questions for today: 8/30/10
How do you know if a story is realistic or fantasy?
What are two strategies we learned today that can help us solve a math reading problem?
Answers will be in tomorrows blog. I hope you all remember
MaryCalvert participated in a gymnastics competition in Birmingham this weekend. She said she had fun and placed pretty high. If any of you have outside activities you are involved in you would like me to post about just let me know.
Until tomorrow,
Mrs. Powell