In reading this week, students worked on crafting written responses to books. In their writing, students cited evidence from the text to support a claim. In word study, students continue to practice the "1-1-1 Doubling Rule." A 1-1-1 word consists of one syllable, one short vowel, and one consonant after the vowel. Examples of 1-1-1 words include bat, rob, hit, and run. The 1-1-1 Doubling Rules states, "When adding a vowel suffix (eg. -ing, -ed, -er, -est) to a 1-1-1 word, double the final consonant." Therefore, when adding the suffix -ing to the word "run," the "n" is doubled to make "running." This is one of the big topics in our third grade spelling program so we'll continue to revisit it.
In writing, students are enhancing their personal narratives with elements like dialogue. We learned about proper ways to punctuate quotations. Look at for a notice on an upcoming Writers' Celebration, an event to share our writing with families.
We had a blast on our trip to Plimoth Plantation. After creating our murals last week, we've now concluded our unit on the Wampanoag; however, we're reading about the first thanksgiving in preparation for the holiday in a couple of weeks. Next, we'll be starting our first science unit of the year on motion and matter.
In math, we're finishing up our unit on subtraction strategies. This week, we reviewed the subtraction strategies of "Subtracting in Parts" and "Adding Up." Our next math unit will be multiplication.
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