Questions for the Week of April 21-25, 2014

Great job to all students on MAP this week!

Questions to ask your child from the week of April 21 - April 25, 2014:

In Reading:

What did you think of your Reading MAP test?  What was easy?  What was difficult?

What books have you read in preparation for "Battle of the Books"?

Who is in your Battle of the Books group?

In Word Study/Grammar:

What did you think of your Language MAP test?  What was easy?  What was difficult?

In Math:

How do you find the perimeter of a shape?

In Science:

What types of habitats have you learned about?  Give examples.

What types of animal adaptations have you learned about?  

Can I see your animal adaptation google presentation?

Are you going to try to find snails to bring to the classroom?

How will you take care of your snails?

How are the crayfish?

Questions for the Week of April 14 - April 18, 2014

Happy Good Friday and Easter!

Questions to ask your child from the week of April 14 - April 18, 2014:

In Reading:

What do good readers do when they try to answer a tricky question on a test?

Why do readers look out for tricky answer choices that *could* be the real answer?

What books have you read in preparation for "Battle of the Books"?

In Word Study:

How do you write a word sum?

What do you do to a base word that has a vowel at the end before you add a suffix beginning with a vowel?

In Math:

How can you solve a simpler problem in order to solve a given problem?

What is a generalization?

What generalizations can be made from a group of polygons?

In Science:

What is an adaptation?  

Why do animals have adaptations?

Questions for the Week of April 7-11, 2014

Questions to ask your child from the week of April 7-April 11, 2014:

In Reading:

What have you learned in preparation for MAP in a couple of weeks?

What types of "testing" vocabulary do you know?  (Passage, etc.)

What books will you start reading in preparation for "Battle of the Books"?

In Writing:

What poems may you like to write during your poetry unit?

What types of poems do you like best?

In Math:

What is a polygon?

How can you describe triangles?

How can you describe quadrilaterals? 

What shapes can you combine to make a hexagon?

In Science:

What structures do crayfish have? (Pincers, tail, etc.)

How can you tell if your crayfish is a male or female?

Questions for the Week of March 31- April 4, 2014

Welcome back from Spring Break!  I hope that everyone had a fun and relaxing time last week.  I *loved* Nepal and I hope to travel there again one day to hike in the mountains.  I *love* the mountains!!  I enjoyed seeing everyone at conferences a couple weeks ago, too.  Thank you for coming in and learning more about your child and his/her progress in Grade 3!  It has been a great year with time still remaining! :)

Please note that our class will have a field trip to the Jurong Bird Park on Monday, April 28.  More details will come home in the Friday Folder and I will ask for chaperones soon.  We will need 6 chaperones, so thank you in advance for helping out!

Here are the questions from the week...

Questions to ask your child from the week of March 31-April 4, 2014:

In Reading:

• What have you learned about poetry so far?
• How is poetry similar to music?
• How can poetry "make music" with line breaks and white space?
• What comments did you get from Ms. Carrier about your mystery assessment?

In Writing:

• What did you write about in your Writer's Notebook this week?
• How has your handwriting been lately?

In Math:

• What math vocabulary have you learned this week?
• What do you know about lines, line segments, parallel, and perpendicular lines?
• What have you learned about angles?

In Science:

• What are your crayfish like? 
• How do you take care of the crayfish?
• What structures do crayfish have? (Pincers, tail, etc.)

Have a great weekend!