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What’s new in Room 216?
MRS. O’CONNOR’S 3RD GRADE CLASS
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“Queen Addy” and her friend
were practicing the properties
of addition while playing
this math game!!
Grippy was a huge hit in our
classroom this week! We were
super excited about our visitor!
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We finished the book The Quirks: Welcome to
Normal! We practiced how to write a book review and
worked on figuring out how to write a well informed
opinion about a book. Mrs. O’Connor began meeting
with groups of students to assess fluency and check out
what books we are reading during independent reading
time. Tell someone at home what you are reading!
Math Workshop was tricky for many of us this
week! We relied on our perseverance and flexibility
habits to help us understand that learning strategies to
do mental math is not always easy at first! Try solving
this problem in your head: 46 - 27. HINT: Try turning
27 into the closest landmark/island/group of 10 number
before you start to solve the problem!
In Writing Workshop and Word Study we focused on:
nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives. Can you write
the past and future tense of the verb “stop?” How can
using pronouns help to make your reading and writing
more interesting?
Tell somebody about the website “Wonderopolis!”
What did you explore on it this week?
Upcoming Events &Reminders:
FALL FESTIVAL: The Pinney Fall Festival is Friday,
October 9th from 6:00-8:30 at Leeds Farm.
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: If you have not
signed up for a conference but would like to meet with
me on October 21st or October 27th, please send me an
email and I will let you know which times are still
available!
HARVEST PARTY: 3rd Grade will celebrate their
Harvest Party on Oct. 29 from 2:15-3:00.
NO SCHOOL: There will be no school on Friday, October
30th!
Related Arts Schedule:
Monday: Library
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Art
Friday: Library
Have a good weekend!