An AMAZING Read Week!

Wow!  We have had an AMAZING Read Week!  Our class was so incredibly lucky to have so many wonderful readers! I forgot to take pictures during some of our readers (sorry!) but I did put together a collage of some of our fun this week.  Thank you to everyone who was able to work coming in and reading to us into your schedule.  The kids loved hearing and seeing everyone.  Thank you to everyone who helped with costumes for the different theme days and support reading at home!  We are incredibly lucky to have such supportive and wonderful families at RBE!

Reading
We talked a lot about books this week and we had so many to choose from! :)  I was so impressed by the kiddos when they were talking about books and using all the different concepts that we have covered during the school year.  Next week, we will be reviewing writing summaries and story elements.

Writing
We began working on our opinion writing unit.  The students had to form an opinion about what their favorite book that was read to them each day and support their opinion with 3 reasons.  We talked again about that powerful evidence word of "because" and the importance of giving evidence to our reasons.  An example, instead of saying, "The book was funny," saying "The book was funny because the (then tell what happened in the book."  Opinion writing is our big writing unit during third trimester.

We also continued to develop our friendly letter skills.  We started writing to a pen pal classroom in Kansas City.  We are excited about this!!

Math
We will be finishing up our subtraction unit before spring break (current plan is to test on Tuesday, March 22).  Next week we will be continuing to practice solving subtraction problems (we are carrying this over into money) and solving word problems (addition or subtraction).  We took a math quick check every day as a measure for me to see what the kiddos have retained from the beginning of the year.  I will be using these checks to pull small review groups during the next 2 weeks; however, please look over these quick checks (3 are coming home in Friday Folders) and if there is a skill that your child is struggling on spend a few extra minutes practicing.

I am really proud of how hard students are working on their math facts.  We had several students pass another test today!  We are wanting students to know their addition and subtraction facts within a snap.  If your child is still on addition please add a few extra minutes each night help them learn these facts.  Knowing your addition and subtraction facts is an expectation that 3rd grade teachers have for their students.

Coats/Jackets
Please send your child with a coat or jacket even if the temperature is going to be warm.  Both of our recesses are in the morning and it can still be fairly chilly (especially if it is windy) and the kiddos sometimes get cold.

Spring Picture Day
Spring Picture Day is Wednesday, March 16.  Information on spring pictures came home in a previous Friday Folder.

Can you believe that we only have two more weeks until Spring Break?  I hope that your family has a wonderful weekend!