Ms. Deming’s Weekly Newsletter
December 14, 2015
Our Field Trip to Historic Rosedale
Plantation
Happening This Week…
Reading
This week we will continue with our
nonfiction reading unit. This week the
students will learn how to read a
historical nonfiction text and answer
questions relating to cause/effect
and time. Students will also take an
assessment on this skill on Tuesday.
Students will learn on Wednesday
how to distinguish their point of view
from that of the author’s. On
Thursday and Friday students will
learn how to read two texts on the
same topic and compare and contrast
the main ideas and key details.
Students will have an assessment on
these two skills after break. Their
unit test will also be after break.
Science- This week we will finish our force and
motion unit. Students received a study guide in
their Thurs. folder last week that is due Wed.
Their test will be on Thursday.
Social Studies- We will continue with our unit on
citizenship. This week the students will continue
to learn about local government and gov. services.
Notes from Ms. Deming 
-There will be no spelling this week due to winter break.
Spelling will resume after winter break. Please just focus
on vocabulary this week on lesson 5 since their test is on
Friday. Also, there will be no vocabulary the week after
break. After every 5 lessons I like to do a review and
have students create newspapers using their vocabulary
words from the first 5 lessons. Vocabulary will resume 2
weeks after break!
-The book fair is going on all this week. If your child
wants to buy books, send them to school with money.
They will NOT be permitted to go without an adult in the
morning. They will go right after lunch. Thank you!
-SPIRIT WEEK is this week! There was a paper sent in
your child’s Thursday folder that explains what each day
is. Please refer to that sheet if your child wishes to
participate.
- The 2nd and 3rd grade winter concert is this Thursday.
Students should be at their classroom at 6 (no earlier).
Parents should drop off their child and go get a seat in
the gym. The performance begins at 6:30 p.m. Students
should dress in their best attire for the performance.
Parents will be picking up their child back in the
classroom after the show. Please be prompt when picking
up your child.
To efficiently manage classroom items on the wish
list, a sign up genius was created. The link is:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0e4baeaa
22ab9-deming. Please check it weekly!
Important Information and Reminders
Math
Students will continue working on our
multiplication unit.
Pathway 1: Solving multiplication
using pictures, repeated addition,
skip counting, and arrays
Pathway 2: Multiplying a 1 digit
number by a multiple of 10,
Identifying patterns in the
multiplication table, identifying
unknown multiplication equations
Pathway 3: Multiplication Properties
(commutative, associative,
distributive)
Pathway 4: 1 and 2 step
multiplication word problems
*Students who finish all pathways will
be working on a PBL**
Writing
We will be starting our nonfiction writing
unit. Students will be writing nonfiction
writing pieces in class that include text
features. The lessons in this unit should
help students with their second quarter
at home project. This week students will
select a topic to write about, identify 3-4
main ideas for their paragraphs and begin
writing their paragraphs.
Grammar
This week the students will learn about
compound sentences. They will learn
that you can join a compound sentence
together by using a comma and the
words and or but, Students will have a
mini grammar assessment on Friday.
Important Dates to know…
-12/14 – 12/18 Scholastic Book Fair in media
center
-12/15 Winter math MAP testing 1:00-2:30
-12/17 Winter Concert for grade 3 (students
should meet in their classrooms at 6 p.m. The
concert begins at 6:30).
-12/18 Cluster Expo
-12/18 December birthday celebrations @
3:00
-12/18 Student gift exchange (optional to
participate) & Holiday Party
-12/21 – 1/3 No School Winter Break
Vocabulary Dates:
-List 5 words introduced 12/7 and 12/8 and
test 12/18
Spelling Dates:
No spelling until after break!
Assignment Due Dates this week:
12/16 (Wednesday) Force and Motion science
study guide due
Test & Quiz Dates this week:
12/15 (Tuesday) Reading informal assessment
on RI3.8 reading technical, scientific, and
historical texts and being able to answer
questions related to cause/effect and time.
12/17 (Thursday) Force and Motion Science
Unit Test
12/18 (Friday) Lesson 5 Vocabulary Test
12/18 (Friday) Grammar Quiz on Compound
Sentences (we did not get to last week)
New Items Needed
-white 8x11” paper
-Disinfectant wipes