The

Grade 3 Weekly
August 22-26,2016

This Weeks Focus

Email Communication

Email is my main form of communication. I

Language Arts

put together a parent group to email

This week we will begin implementing The

information weekly out to parents. Please

Daily 5, starting with Read to Self, including

make sure you fill out the Parent

3 ways to read a book, Picking a good fit

Information sheet so I have all of your

book, and checking for understanding. We will

information and have your child return it

also review nouns.

to me.

Math

Class Dojo

We will begin our first Math unit with

Please make sure you download Class

number grids. Students will be using them to

Dojo to be able to check your childs

increase or decrease numbers, and tell the

progress daily. Your child also has a

difference between two numbers. We will

login so they can login and change their

also go over our new Student Reference

avatar after you have signed up.

Books and math tools that we will be using

throughout the year.

Homework

Starting next week I will include homework

on the newsletter. Students will also write it
in their (temporary) agenda each day, including
some homework that may not be on the
newsletter if they did not finish their work in
class. Please check it with your child and sign
to show that youve seen it.

Unity of Inquiry (UOI)

Our first unit of inquiry is Madagascar and
Me. It focuses on Who We Are. We will
start by talking about what culture in,
including visible and invisible culture. Students
interview a family member about their

culture to learn more and share with our

class.