Snapshot # 1 (Week of 8.27.18)

Math

Topic 1: Understand Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers

Students will be leaning about: 

• Multiplication as Repeated Addition

• Multiplication on the Number line

• Arrays and Multiplication

• The Commutative Property

• Division as Sharing

• Division as Repeated Subtraction

Your kids learned how to navigate our Math program’s online features called Practice Buddies. Practice Buddies are completed to reinforce and practice the skills we are learning each day in math. Students complete one Practice Buddy lesson at school, then complete a different Practice Buddy lesson at home for homework Monday thru Thursday evenings. We love this program because it allows students to seek question help and practice important math skills each day.

Reflex Math Program: student accounts will be activated soon.

Language Arts

Reading Street Story: When Charlie McButton Lost Power

Students will be learning about: 

• Literary Elements: character, setting, theme and plot

• Comprehension Skill: applying background knowledge to a text

• Conventions: homonyms & context clues for vocabulary words

• Spelling: Unit 1 Week 1: words with spelling pattern VC/CV

• Writing: narrative essays

Content Integration Keyboarding begins for 3rd graders in the computer lab in one week.

Brain BoostersThird graders attend special classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays for Brain Boosters. Students rotate through the following classes this year:

• Creativity Computer Lab taught by Mrs. Lindsay Christensen

• Playworks (P.E. based program) taught by Mrs. Leesa Mansouri

• Music taught by Mrs. Katie Rasmussen

• Library taught Mrs. Janis Kearl and Mrs. Annette Evans