Classroom Update: October 3, 2016

It was so nice meeting many of you Thursday evening at Curriculum Night! Below, you will find updates on what we are studying across the curriculum. 

In social studies, we learned about Arlington landmarks including Old Schwamb Mill, the Robbins Library, the Jason Russell House, the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum, and the Minuteman Bikeway. Students chose one of these noteworthy places, and made a postcard telling interesting facts about it.

In reading, we continue to practice foundational reading skills including building independent reading stamina, finding textual evidence, and writing summaries. We are maintaining reading logs to keep track of the books that we are reading.

In math, we are practicing rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. We continue to strengthen our understandings of addition and subtraction strategies. This week, we introduced a new math tool called TenMarks. TenMarks is an engaging and motivating math program that incorporates all major third grade math topics.

In writing, students continue to draft their personal narrative pieces, incorporating the strategy of "showing, not telling." I'm enjoying reading each of their creative stories!