Grade 3C had a busy, exciting week launching our first Who We Are unit, diving into non-fiction texts, and exploring place value!
Unit of Inquiry: Human Body & Healthy Choices
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Gallery Walk: Students kicked off the unit by rotating through images and models of the human body in small groups, sharing observations, and asking big questions.
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Skill Building: This hands-on activity let students share prior knowledge while sharpening their communication, thinking, and self-management skills.
Literacy: Non-Fiction Features
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Explored key differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.
- Looked at finding the main idea in a short text and sequencing events in order.
Mathematics: Place Value
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Explored how numbers are represented in standard form, expanded form, word form, and using base ten blocks.
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Deepened our understanding of the value of each digit within a number.
Classroom Community
- Discussing which jobs would be helpful for our classroom and giving that responsibility to the students.
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Continued creating a warm, welcoming, and supportive Grade 3C environment.
Family Thank You
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Thank you to all Grade 3C families who joined us for the Parent-Teacher Orientation!
- We appreciated hearing your thoughtful questions and concerns and will follow up in our Sunday newsletter.
