Mrs.

Branche’s Third Grade Class

Newsletter for January

Reading Workshop:

➢ Units of Study – Nonfiction Text Features

➢ Read and comprehend text independently and proficiently
➢ Individual reading assessments

Writing Workshop:

➢ Complete Informational Text Unit Of Study

➢ Introduce Unit of Study: Opinion/Persuasive Unit Of Study
➢ Editing for capital letters, punctuation and spelling

Math:

➢ Unit 5 – Use multiplication facts

➢ Multiply with facts 2,3,4,5,6,7
➢ Algebra: Describing patterns using a multiplication table & strategies
➢ Distributive property
➢ Unit 5 Test
➢ Intro. Unit 6: Understanding Division
➢ Connecting division to multiplication

Word Study:

➢ Verbs (review nouns)

➢ Word Lists of spelling words
 ➢ Vocabulary for social studies and science
➢ Wordly Wise vocabulary activities

Social Studies:

➢ Landform readings
➢ Unit of Study: China
➢ China reading and writing in center activities

Science:

➢ Physics of Sound

Handwriting:

➢ The cursive letters y, i, j, k

Important Information:

➢ School is closed on Monday, January 16th in honor of the work of

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

➢ Report cards for the second marking period will be sent home at the
beginning of February.

➢ We will be going on a field trip on Tuesday, January 10th to the

bowling alley in Riverhead. Please make sure that you have
submitted a signed permission slip for your child.

➢ We will be enjoying pizza during the month of January for our Friday
lunch. It is $2.00 a slice. Please pay by Thursday. You are welcome
to pay ahead for the month if you would like to. There are four
Friday’s during the month of January.

➢ Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or

concerns. My e-mail address is jbranche@springsschool.org.