With the last week of September upon us it's time to exhale and realize we survived a hectic, at times confusing, and rigorous time of the year! Thanks for working hard at home to make the beginning of 3rd grade a success so far...
After spending time getting our individual pictures done first thing this morning, we had a mini review of data analysis in math class prior to taking the pre assessment. We will discuss our plan tomorrow in class but so far I can see that we need some practice with scales, labeling graphs, and determining mean/median/mode of data. As for tonight, I need many of the students to review their quizzes with their parents and return to me tomorrow. Please remember - all of the bolded items are 4th grade challenge concepts.
In reading we read a non fiction text about Solar Power to explore distinguishing important information from interesting information. We will continue with this during the next few days. In groups, everyone was assigned to reread their story tonight that we worked on in class today. Tomorrow, they will begin working on this week's RRJ response which will pertain to our whole group lesson on importance or elements of the plot, specifically, identifying the specific solution that solves the main problem. My Junior Great Book groups listened to their story on tape today and worked on the creative writing component of our packet. I will meet with both of these groups tomorrow to hold a shared inquiry discussion which is a highlight of this instructional model.
In Social Studies we continued our discussion of renewable natural resources from this morning in LA and watched a video about wind, solar, and water energies.
Remember - Spelling is due on Friday!
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