<span style="color: #ff0000">Important Days to Remember:</span>

<span style="color: #ff0000">Friday, October 23</span><sup><span style="color: #ff0000">rd</span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000">:  Staff Development Day:  NO SCHOOL</span>

<span style="color: #008000">Dear Parents/Guardians,</span>

<span style="color: #008000">Last Friday, I attended a 3</span><sup><span style="color: #008000">rd</span></sup><span style="color: #008000"> grade ISAT Writing Session.  It was VERY INFORMATIVE.  I am summarizing the information I learned and sending home a rubric for you to see how the students will be assessed in their writing.  You will receive this information this week.</span>
<p align="center">Instruction</p>

<span style="color: #800000">Literacy:</span>

<span style="color: #800000">In Reader’s Workshop, we will work on the expectations of their Reader’s Journals.  Students will have an assigned day to write me a letter.  In this letter, students will discuss their books that they are reading independently.  This is just one way that I am able to monitor what they are reading and if they comprehend the text.  During Reader’s Workshop, students will be working on the Daily 5.  They can choose to Read-to-Self, Read-to-Someone, Work on Writing, or Word Work.  During this time, students will be pulled into small groups to learn Word-Solving Activities that they can on work during the Word Work portion of the Daily 5.  Students will learn to spell words through sorting, building, locating, reading, and writing new words.  They will not be tested through the traditional method, but will have to know the correct spelling of the words they have chosen.</span>

<span style="color: #800000">I will send home a weekly AR report.  Students MUST take an AR test weekly.  Unless there is a technically difficulty, students will receive the reports every Monday.</span>

<span style="color: #ff0000">Mathematics:</span>

<span style="color: #ff0000">This week, we are working on lessons 2.4-2.6 in Math.  These activities focus on Number Stories with Addition and Subtraction.  On Fridays, students will play Math games that reflect the lessons taught.  A big concern with the class is improving computation skills.  We will do an activity called MAD MINUTE MATH.  This is where students are timed to improve computation skills.  They will have to complete a math sheet within 3 minutes initially, but will eventually move down to 1 minute.  These will not be graded.</span>

<span style="color: #800080">Science:</span>

<span style="color: #800080">In Science, students will work on building a thermometer.  They will learn the parts and investigate what happens with the thermometer when heated and cooled water interact with it.</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Social Studies:</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Students will continue to work on map skills.</span>

<span style="color: #666699">Thank you for all that you do!</span>

<span style="color: #666699">Please email me at </span><a href="mailto:ssprasad-hei@cps.edu"><span style="color: #666699">ssprasad-hei@cps.edu</span></a><span style="color: #666699"> if you have any questions or concerns.</span>