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.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
I hope everyone had a safe and restful Thanksgiving...if you're like me, you need a rest after Thanksgiving festivities!
Math: You should now see a clear shift from our Hands-On Equations process to an application of variables/unknowns in equations. It is critically important that at this point, please discourage students from doing mental math to determine the value of the unknown - without an understanding of this fundamental, algebraic process they will struggle the the problems get more complex and the numbers grow in size! If nothing else, homework is about the process for the time being... This includes their worksheet tonight!
Language Arts: After weeks of determining importance, identifying the primary topic/main idea, and distinguishing supportive details from the rest of the content, we composed a summary today. Stay tuned for some summary work this week!
Math: You should now see a clear shift from our Hands-On Equations process to an application of variables/unknowns in equations. It is critically important that at this point, please discourage students from doing mental math to determine the value of the unknown - without an understanding of this fundamental, algebraic process they will struggle the the problems get more complex and the numbers grow in size! If nothing else, homework is about the process for the time being... This includes their worksheet tonight!
Language Arts: After weeks of determining importance, identifying the primary topic/main idea, and distinguishing supportive details from the rest of the content, we composed a summary today. Stay tuned for some summary work this week!
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