Mrs. Maureen Fabick
Third Grade
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Welcome to Mrs. Fabick's Class
Classroom Update, May 13, 2008
A few dates to keep in mind for the month of May:
- May 15 – Unit 9 Math Assessment
- Week of May 19 – Personnel Safety Video
- Week of May 19 – Reading Theme Assessment
- May 23 – No School for students
- May 26 – No School – Memorial Day
- June 3 – Solar System Wax Museum
Math -
The following skills and concepts will be assessed on the
Unit 9 Checking Progress:
- Solve a multidigit multiplication number story
- Use lattice or partial-products method to solve multidigit multiplication problems
- Order fractions
- Calculate perimeter and area of a shape
- Make reasonable estimates
- Use equal grouping to model division
Reading
Our new reading theme is titled What a Day! The theme focuses on the concept that each day is unique, with its own special character and experiences.
Tested skills include:
- Making predictions
- Making judgments
- Making inferences
- Identifying cause and effect
- Categorizing and classifying
- Using context clues to identify the meaning of words.
Read Aloud
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is our new read aloud selection. Reading skills will focus on making predictions, making inferences, and drawing conclusions.
Writing
Reasoning skills are being sharpened as the children write a persuasive essay.
Science
In case you didn’t hear, the butterfly larvae have arrived! Through observation children will
o Identify and label the four stages of development for a butterfly,
o Correctly sequence those stages of development,
o Label the parts of an insect, and
o Compare and contrast the differences between caterpillars and butterflies.
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Last updated 2008/05/13 13:57:50 EDT
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