Welcome!

Welcome to Room 20 News.  We have had a terrific start to the new year.  We have been busy engaging in get to know you activities, learning the routines of third grade, as well as beginning academics.  I hope you will check in often to see pictures from the classroom, and to learn about what we are doing, and how you can help your child have a successful year.

In Reader'sWorkshop we have been learning to choose just right books, and building stamina within our books.  Here is a link to the visual we used to discuss choosing just right books.  In Writer's Workshop we are writing summer memory stories that we will share with you on Curriculum Night next week.  In Fundations, we are reviewing concepts from previous years including closed syllables and reading and writing words with digraphs and trigraphs.

In math we are building a strong understanding of place value.  Some of the vocabulary words that are important to this unit include:

Digits - The symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, used to write numbers.

place value - The value of the place a digit has in a number.  Example: In 150, the place value of the digit 1 is hundreds.

standard form - A number written in a way that shows only its digits. Example: 385

expanded form =-A number written as the sum of the values of its digits. Example: 2,476  2000 + 400 + 70 + 6

word form - A number written in words. Example: 125 5 one hundred twenty-five

round - To replace a number with another number that tells about how many or how much.

We will be studying the solar system in science.  Be sure to check out the links on this blog to help your child learn more about the solar system. 

In Social Studies, we will begin the year learning about Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Wampanoag people.

I am looking forward to meeting you all at Curriculum Night next Wednesday!