Weekly Times September 23, 2011

Headlines

Language Arts
Spelling – reviewing the spelling of common sight words and number words
Writing – Me Bag paragraphs and sharing, spelling sentences
Reading- reading about the layers of the Earth
Read alouds: The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Next week: preparing for World Food Day

Maths
Addition with carrying
Subtraction on a number line
Next week: Metric measures - length in meters, centimeters, millimeters, kilometers

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Layers of the Earth illustration in computer
Rocks and minerals - what's the difference (cookies)
Vocabulary
Classifying Rocks
Next week: plate tectonics

Fun song about the layers of the Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=Q9j1xGaxYzY&gl=US


Separating out different "minerals" from our "rocks" before eating them!

Weekly Times September 16, 2011

Dear 3B Parents and Students,
Welcome to our class blog! Every weekend there will be a new post called "Weekly Times." It is a list of "Headlines" about what we have been doing in class. The details are not filled in so that students may tell their parents about the week. Parents and students should look over the “Headlines,” talking about what they are and what we did in class over the week. This gives parents and students a chance to have a conversation about what has been happening at school. If any questions or confusion arise, please let me know. Thank you and enjoy the “Weekly Times”!

Headlines

Language Arts
Getting to know you activities and 3B Essential Agreements
Spelling – reviewing the spelling of common sight words and number words
Writing – All About Me, the summer, Our Hopes and Dreams, begining our Me Bag paragraphs
Reading- setting up the reading log, practicing writing a reading log letter, updating our reading levels by reading with the teacher
Read alouds: Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sacher

Maths
Place Value up to thousands
Adding on (counting on) by 1’s, 10’s and 100’s
Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
Review of basic addition facts to 20
Next week: addition and subtraction

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Making our cover page in our notebook
Sand and Soil investigations
Comparing the layers of the Earth to a hard-boiled egg
Fun song about the layers of the Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=Q9j1xGaxYzY&gl=US


Pictures of the 3B Scientists examining their hard boiled eggs

Announcements and Notices

Thank you for sending in all of the supplies we asked for. I look forward to seeing you all at our Class Meeting, which will take place on September 20, 2011

Feel free to email me anytime at courtney.beeton@ambrit-rome.com