Exciting News
Our third grade class led our Fish Assembly on Friday. All students made announcements individually or with a group. A special thank you to Rane and Emiliano for sharing their writing with the school. WE had many stories to share, but the mile run announcement of names did not allow us time to have more students read. WE WERE ROCK STARS FOR A MORNING!

WKCE TESTING BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 FOR SOME OF MY STUDENTS IN ROOM 101W.OUR SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS for the others: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31-AM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1-AM, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5-AM. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON READING ON THESE DAYS.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6-AM, WEDNEDAY, NOVEMBER 7-AM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8-AM-THE FOCUS WILL BE MATH ON THESE DATES. Please encourage your child to do their best, sleep and eat well, and come to school ready to learn.
MATH: 

·         Practiced addition and subtraction regrouping two and three digits numbers

·         Rounding to the nearest ten

·         Story problems using addition and subtraction, showing work and verbally explaining.

On Tuesdays, we will have MM test on fluency of subtraction. Fridays’ MM test will be addition or multiplication depending where your child is. They will need to complete both addition/multiplication and subtraction as Homework over the weekend.  Please look at our Mitchell Blog under library to find many web sites that focus on math skills. 
READING: 

·         Students made an anchor chart on what to do when meaning breaks down as they read.

·         I modeled and they came up with fix-up strategies.

·         They read to identify main ideas and make predictions in their GR books..

WRITING:

• Using the 5 W’s to add details to stories(who, why, when, where, what)
• Worked on prewriting and rough drafts on topic: First Day of School
• Review Contractions
• INQUIRY:
• Students brainstormed list of resources to use when inquiring about new topics
• Worked on note taking
• Used computer lab to explore where to find topics about governmentNEWS UPDATES: 
• October 24-Halloween Dance 6-8pm
• Keep bringing to school box tops, Campbell’s soup labels, etc...
• NO SCHOOL for students on Thursday and Friday (25^th and 26^th)
• November 1-PTA Food Drive
• Wednesday, October 24 -2^nd and 3^rd will participate in Fall Activities with Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Germain, and Mrs. Franz’s classes.

Flat Stanley Visits with Vance, Polina, and Hasson's Family!!