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What’s new in Room 216?
MRS. O’CONNOR’S 3RD GRADE CLASS
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In Reading Workshop we spent time using text features
(headings, titles, subtitles, bullet points/information in a
list and visual aids to help us understand a topic. We read
an informational passage about the purpose and use of a
hand lens. Can you write a sentence that would explain the
main idea of this selection?
PARENTS ROCK!
Thanks so much for
making sure your child
was well rested and
ready for the CogAt test
this week. Many of the
students talked about
discussions your family
had about the practice
test we did in class on
Tuesday. Your continued
support is AWESOME!
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In Writing Workshop we continued to apply a variety of
sentence structure to our writing. We practiced coming up
with “Rubber Band” sentences! These are single sentences
that can answer: who/which, when, what kind and where
about a given topic. Make a “Rubber Band Sentence” for
this statement: The dog barked.
In Math Workshop we continued to think about dividing
however, we extended this to not only include diving
objects into equal groups, but dividing objects/models into
equal parts. We worked on associating models, symbols and
words to fractional parts of a whole region. Can you tell
someone at home what these words mean: numerator,
denominator and unit fraction.
In Social Studies we continued to study Economics! We
talked about the needs and wants of a community. We
made a list of the services and goods that we thought were
needs and wants for our community, Dublin - Ohio.
Upcoming Events &Reminders:
BEACH PARTY: Our class will be getting Spring
Break started a little early with a classroom beach
party next Friday (3.18)!! For more details, be
sure to read the flyer that was included in the Take
Home Folder this week!
SPRING BREAK: Because of Spring Break, there
will be no school March 21st - March 25th.
Have a great weekend!
Related Arts Schedule:
Monday: PE
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Library
Thursday: Music
Friday: PE