• Third Grade Rm 207

    Instructor: Wilke, E.

Announcements

  • Newsletter 11/21-11/23

      Dunn’s Corners School Westerly, RI         November 21-November 23, 2016 Mrs. Wilke, Mrs. Bontempo, Mrs. Watson’s Classrooms   This Week in Grade Three students will: Complete  Wordly Wise Unit 1 Assessment Learn about Informational Text in Reading Learn about Informational Text in Being a Writer Complete Multiplication Assessment in Math Explore Evaporation in Science Reminders: Please use the golden transportations form when making changes to your child’s weekly transportation. Please complete Reading logs and make sure they are completed, signed and returned each night. Now that it is colder, please make sure your child is dressed to stay warm. No school Nov. 24 & 25. Happy Thanksgiving!  Gobble…

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  • Weekly Newsletter 10/3

    Dunn’s Corners School Westerly, RI         October 3-7, 2016 Mrs. Wilke, Mrs. Bontempo, Mrs. Watson’s Classrooms   This Week in Grade Three students will: Learn about soft c, soft g Apply narrative elements to a narrative text Complete Junior Great Books in Reading Revise Personal Narratives in Being a Writer Program Continue to Investigate Addition Strategies in Math Discover how water reacts with earth materials in Science Reminders: Please use the golden transportations form when making changes to your child’s weekly transportation.  Please complete Reading logs and make sure they are completed, signed and returned by each day. Walkathon postponed until October…

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  • Weekly Newsletter 12/26

    Dunn’s Corners School Westerly, RI         Sept. 26-30, 2016 Mrs. Wilke, Mrs. Bontempo, Mrs. Watson’s Classrooms   This Week in Grade Three students will: Learn about silent e words  in Fundations Complete Model Lessons for Close Reading in our ACT program Begin Junior Great Books in Reading Write Personal Narratives in Being a Writer Program Investigate Addition Strategies in Math Discover in what direction water flows in Science   Reminders: Please use the golden transportations form when making changes to your child’s weekly transportation.  Please complete Reading logs and make sure they are completed, signed and returned each night. Picture Day Sept. 30. Thank you to all families that attended Open House. It was great fun and wonderful meeting all of…

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  • Third Grade Overview

    Grade Three Overview Dunn’s Corners School Grade 3 Welcome to grade three! We are looking forward to an exciting year working with your child. We hope to form a partnership with you with open communication in order to achieve a common goal: that your child will have a happy and successful year of learning and growth. Please email us, call us at school, or send in a note to share your concerns with us, to let us know what is working well, or if you have any questions. We will try to respond in a timely manner. We hope that this will be a special year as we work together for your child’s success. Please read through this packet and keep it for future reference. It will give you a brief overview of the third grade curriculum and also explain some of our practices and procedures. Dunn’s Corners School Behavior Expectations: •Be Respectful •Be Responsible •Be Safe Reading: All elementary grades in the district are now teaching reading utilizing the reading workshop model. Students receive a reading mini lesson followed by a period of guided practice and a period of reflection. Reading groups follow the workshop period in which skills are further applied to rich literature.  Common Core Units of Study for Units of study in Reading for grade 3 are: ·      Narrative Elements ·      Informational Elements ·      Analysis of Informational Texts ·      Analysis of Literary and Narrative Texts ·      Poems, Plays, & Powerful Language ·      Opinions Please ·      Synthesizing Narrative Texts: Author Studies Monthly reading instruction utilizing Junior Great Books occurs. These text engage students in inquiry based instruction and involves much rich discussion. Students read stories multiple times to analyze the text and revise answers. Sustained silent reading in class and at least 20 minutes of nightly reading at home ensures that each child reaches the national reading goal. Please make sure reading logs are filled in n

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