A Few Reminders:Individual Picture Day Fall picture day for Pattison Elementary is Wednesday, September 4th. You should have received a flyer for ordering in your take home folders. You may also visit the link below to prepay for your package online. https://www.prepayorders.com/school/pe4642 The Flyer Code is pe4642. Please have your student dressed in their best for their Fall photo on Wednesday. Field Day Shirts In your child's Tuesday folder, you will find their Field Day t-shirt order form. These shirts are such an important purchase! We were them for several occasions throughout the year. This year, you can place your order online or by sending your child to school with the order form an money. pattison19.itemorder.com/sale Parent Orientation Third Grade Parent Orientation is Tuesday, August 27th from 6:00pm-7:30pm. We are very excited to spend an evening talking all about third grade! Please remember that this event is for parents only! Reading & Writing
Word Study: This week, we will focus on synonyms and antonyms. Grammar and Conventions: This week, we will do a picture talk noticing the major parts of speech. At home, please review with your child the following parts of speech: noun (person, place or thing), verb (action word), adjective (word to describe a noun), and adverbs (word to describe a verb), Math & Science Math: This week in math we will be reinforcing our understanding of place value, and will be practicing how to compare numbers. We will be comparing numbers up to the hundred thousands, which takes some new skills and a lot of practice. Students will also review how to compose and decompose numbers, which helps reinforce their numeracy (or number sense). Your students will bring home a test review sheet on Thursday, which will be due on Wednesday, September 4. They will be having a test over place value and comparing numbers on Friday, September 6. DreamBox: Third grade students will be using DreamBox again this year. As you remember, DreamBox is a math practice app that both reinforces and builds skills. The program can determine where each user needs additional practice and customizes the interface for the user. In addition, teachers can and will assign lessons on DreamBox that tie into classroom work. To maximize student use at school, we are asking that each student bring a pair of headphones that they can leave at school. Inexpensive wired earbuds can be found online or at local ‘dollar’ stores. Please no wireless headphones! Science: We had a great time in science last week, including saving Fred the Worm from drowning. (Good teamwork skills in all of our classes!) Next week we will be continuing our study of Matter by exploring in depth the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas. See if your student can show you one example of each! Comments are closed.
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