Module C

Upcoming Events

• Oct. 26- Family Dance Night (6-8pm)
  Just a reminder that tickets for Family Dance Night are being sold before and after school. Tickets are a dollar each and are being sold in bundles of 10. (Bundles may be split!) Tickets are used to buy items such as popcorn, hot dogs, water, tattoos, hair dye, face painting, glow sticks and cotton candy. Admission is free! Dancing is free! Come out for a great night! Get your tickets ahead of time so you don't have to stand in line Friday night!
• Donations of box tops & short Pringle cans for upcoming projects.

.In this Communities module, students become active members of a fictitious community. Students learn all about the development, rules, laws, and decisions community members make and develop an understanding about how communities have changed. In addition, students will read with curiosity, checking what they already know while confirming, revising, or adding to their current schema. Students will participate in building a nonfiction matrix to learn more about urban, rural, and suburban communities. They will specifically focus on the city of West Fargo. Students will VISUALIZE, CONNECT, and QUESTION to practice the skill of ANALYZING using a variety of non-fiction texts about communities. Writer’s Workshop continues with a narrative focus, revising through adding adjectives and vigorous verbs, fixing common homophones, and further developing skills to use dialogue.

I CAN STATEMENTS
READING

• I can read informational texts with accuracy, fluency and comprehension. (RI.3.10, RF.3.4)
  
• I can answer questions about a topic by finding text evidence. (RI.3.1)
  
• I can determine the main idea and details in an informational text. (RI.3.2)
  
• I can use text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes) to locate information. (RI.3.5)
  
• I can use search tools to locate information about a topic quickly. (RI.3.5)
  
• I can use menus and icons on digital sources. (RI.3.5)
  
• I can explain the meaning of content-specific vocabulary. (RI.3.5)
  
• I can use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and words in a text to check my understanding. (RI.3.7)
  
• I can write short pieces about information and personal experiences related to the topic. (W.3.7)
  
• I can explain a research topic quickly and efficiently. (W.3.7)
  
• I can engage in collaborative conversations about informational texts. (SL.3.1)
  
• I can write short research pieces. (SL.3.2)
  
• I can report on a topic using appropriate facts and details and visual information. (SL.3.4)
  
• I can use my schema and gather information about communities. (W 8.)
  
• I can create a research matrix by sorting evidence into categories. (W.8)
  SOCIAL STUDIES
  

• I can describe current events in sufficient detail using print and electronic media. NDSS.3.1.4
  
• I can identify similarities and differences among people and the communities they live in. NDSS.3.6.2
  
• I can identify roles that individuals play in various groups. NDSS.3.6.1
  
• I can identify rights and responsibilities of a citizen in a community. NDSS.3.4.1
  
• I can identify needs and wants. NDSS.3.3.2
  
• I can identify how communities have changed from past to present. NDSS.3.2.2
  
• I can identify the physical characteristics of West Fargo. NDSS.3.5.1
  WORD STUDY
  

• I can read and record irregularly spelled words. (RF.3.3, L.3.2)
  
• I can break words into syllables.
  
• I can identify inflectional endings added to base words.
         
        

Third Grade Updates

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Oct. 7- No School (Professional Development for Teachers)
• Oct. 8- Library books are due
• Oct. 11- Picture Retakes
• Oct. 12-Book Orders Due
• Oct. 15 & 16- Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Oct. 18 & 19- No School
• Oct. 22- Cherrydale Fundraiser Delivery Day/Pick-up 2:45-6pm in the lunchroom.
• Oct. 26- Family Dance Night (6-8pm)

Hello Parents,

Our first conferences for the school year will be held on October 15 and 16.  You will sign up for your conference online at http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/osgood.  An email was sent October 1 with the instructions for selecting your conference time.  There will be one conference per student for all parents/guardians to attend.  Please call the school office at 701-356-2190 with any questions.  We look forward to meeting with you!
In reading, we are making text connections between realistic fiction and real life. We are also identifying character traits by their actions, words, and feelings. For writer's workshop, we will continue writing personal narratives and embed our grammar skills into our writing (commas, quotation marks, adjectives and verb tense).

We started unit 2 in math this last week. I have included all of the standards we will be working on below. We will continue to review telling time, rounding to the nearest ten & hundred and multiplication/division. Please practice these skills at home as well. In science, we are designing a renewable windmill machine and we will solve problems in different ways using a variety of materials. We are also learning how scientists use patterns to make predictions about weather and natural disasters.

Vocabulary we are learning:

• Overcome
• Persevere
• Resolve
• Study
• Analyze

UNIT 2: NUMBER STORIES AND ARRAYS

ND Math Standards
• 3.OA.1 Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 x 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 x 7.

o Interpret multiplication in terms of equal groups by drawing arrays or equal groups to match number stories.
• 3.OA.2 Interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8.

o Interpret equal grouping and equal sharing situations by drawing arrays or other representations.
• 3.OA.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities. E.g., by using drawing and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

o Solve number stories in situations involving equal groups and arrays by representing the stories with drawing, repeated addition, or skip counting.

• 3.OA.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 x 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

o Fluently multiply using strategies for all products of one-digit numbers and 1, 2, 5, and 10.
• 3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental compensation and estimation strategies including rounding.

o Make sense of and represent number stories involving addition and subtraction.
• 3.NBT.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

o Add and subtract within 1,000 using tools along with strategies based on place value and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Pajama Day Tomorrow

Hello Parents,
Our class earned ten owl feathers so we will be celebrating tomorrow with pajama day. Thanks!