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Monday, November 10, 2008

Conference Week

This week, all students in my reading class will be reading The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. We spent the first day reading the story and writing a persuasive paragraph about who we think the stranger in the story is. Here are some links about the author.

Chris Van Allsburg

Vocabulary Game
The Stranger Powerpoint
Another Powerpoint
Author Study

In science, it is all about matter. We will be learning about the properties and 3 states of matter. We will spend a few days talking about matter and our state indicators before we get into a matter webquest.
Ohio Indicators
Describe objects by the properties of the materials from which they are made and that these properties can be used to separate or sort a group of objects (e.g., paper, glass, plastic and metal).
Explain that matter has different states (e.g., solid, liquid and gas) and that each state has distinct physical properties.

Conferences are Tuesday and Wednesday this week. If you need to schedule or change a conference, please contact me ASAP.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Election week

This week's reading selection is So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George.
So You Want to Be President powerpoint
WebQuest

We are beginning our unit on multiplication and division in math. According to the Ohio benchmarks and indicators in math, third grade students are expected to be fluent in knowing the single digit multiplication facts. This means that we will not spend much time on memorizing these facts as the students should already know them. If you find that your child does not have the facts memorized, please spend some time practicing the facts each day. I have listed various math links on the right side of this page.

Our focus in science will be matter.
Some sites to visit:
What is matter?
What is Matter?
States of Matter