Kulik’s Korner

Every Child Everyday

Week of March 9, 2020

Readers Workshop The students will tool for them to use to keep them orga- start the sentences as well as a period.
start their character unit. They will nized.
continue to compare setting, characters,
and lessons learned between the two book
club books that they are reading in class Planner
and at home. They will end their week Please check your child’s planner each day. • Mystery Reader- Please sign up to be a
with Scholastic News and their read in Have your child tell you about their day and mystery reader in the Class Tag App.
stuffed animal and beach towel read in on have them tell you what homework they
Friday. have. They are responsible to ask you to
Writers Workshop sign their planner. This is a tool for them
Students are starting to learn how to to use to keep them organized. Wax Museum information is being sent home
write a literary essay. They are learn- Spring Conferences. today. Please have your child pick a person
ing the claim statement, three body par- Please sign up of conferences that are March that has influenced Michigan by March 5th.
agraphs and conclusion. The students are 19th and, 24th. The sign up for conferences The person cannot just be born in Michigan.
using evidence from the passages. We on Class Tag. If they do not pick a person by March 5th,
created our first literary essay as a Fluency Reads they will be assigned one. There is a list of
class. This will help them reference while people that your child may select from on the
they are writing their own. Please read have your child read the passage assignment sheet as well as all the note taking
Math out load with you every night so that they in-
crease their fluency. They can time them-
organizers. If they can prove to me that a
We will have our unit 5 math test on person has influenced Michigan and he or she is
March 13th and common assessment Mon- selves to see how many words they increase.
not on the list they are more than welcome to
day, March 16th. The test will be over Writing select that person if I approve. The students
Elapsed time, telling time by the quarter
and half past, and measurement.
Students are expected to write in complete need to be completing their research at this
Social Studies
sentences with a capital letter to start the time and preparing their speeches.
sentences as well as a period.
Students had the Oakview Choir sing to-
day during social studies. Students will Planner
continue to learn about how Michigan was Please check your child’s planner each day.
Please see the website for important
settled. They will learn about the lum- Have your child tell you about their day
dates.
bering industry and trading in Michigan. and have them tell you what homework
they have. They are responsible to ask
Spelling you to sign their planner. This is a tool
This week the students have last weeks for them to use to keep them organized.
spelling list. . themselves to see how many words they in-
Planner crease.
Please check your child’s planner each
day. Have your child tell you about their Writing
day and have them tell you what home- Students are expected to write in com-
work they have. They are responsible to plete sentences with a capital letter to
ask you to sign their planner. This is a

Third Grade Fun

Homework Reading
Your child is responsible to read 5 We are in need Important Reminders
of pencils. If
nights a week for 15 minutes. Please • Your child is always welcome to take home books
encourage your child each day to read. from our classroom library to read at for their
you are able to reading logs.
• Please send in a healthy snack for your child
donate pencils to to have during the morning.
the classroom • Students are welcome to bring their kindles to
class for reading purposes only. Please keep in
that would be mind that they are responsible for their safe
keeping. We are not responsible if they get lost
wonderful. or broke.