Math: Please take sometime to review the formative assessment coming home tonight. I suspect you'll see how the last couple of weeks has finally led us to the point where we can write expressions using variables and complete function tables...who would have thought 3rd graders would be doing this! The best part is they really seem to understand the concept of variables and balancing equations. Please remember - it's not as much the answer I'm looking for; rather, it's the process that is most important going forward. We expect to take the unit assessment a week from tomorrow so make sure you're still practicing the multiplication facts on a nightly basis!

Language Arts: Tonight you should expect to see a summary come home about an article in our latest TFK. A couple points of to keep in mind while reviewing it with your child:

1. Make sure you understand my feedback so next time you can apply it!
2. Don't overlook the importance of the title and headings when determining what the author is most trying to communicate.
3. Any detail in the summary MUST support the main idea you identified!
4. Use the summary checklist to make sure you are meeting the expectation/criteria.

Please sign their summary and have it returned in their binders.