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Welcome to our class page! I am so excited to begin the 2025-2026 school year with our new classroom family! Please use this website to keep up with the latest updates in our classroom. You will find a general outline for weekly instruction below. Please keep in mind that instruction & homework may vary or change throughout the week based on student needs and understanding. 
 
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions! I look forward to working together this year to best support your child! We are going to have a great year!
 
 

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Math

This week, we will continue on module 5 which is all about fractions. We will focus on lessons 7, 8 and 9, which focus on identifying and shaded and non-shaded portions of a whole, representing a whole as fractions using a number bond, and writing fractions larger than one whole. On Friday, February 20th we will complete our Mod 5 Topic A/B Formative check.

 

Need help with homework? Search "Eureka Math, third grade, module 1 lesson ___" on YouTube :) Each day in class, we will be completing a portion (or all) of the problem set. Students are responsible for completing the corresponding homework pages for our daily lesson on Monday through Thursday each week. Please make sure your child is putting their workbook right back in their backpack after completing their homework. You will find all homework assignments written in their planner and on our class webpage.

 

 
Reading

Our focus skills this quarter are:

(RI 3.1)  I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. 

(RI 3.2) I can determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. 

(RI 3.3)  I can describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. 

(RI 3.4) I can determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text. 

(RI 3.7)  I can use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text. 

(RI 3.8)  I can describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text 

 

This week, we continue our third quarter essential question "How do people work together to make change?" We will be focusing on summarizing and identifying theme using the texts, "Kamala and Maya's Big Idea" and "Brave Girl".

 

 

SS

We will be beginning science this week with a focus on forces and motion.

 

 

Writing

 

Students will continue on literary analysis writing. We will write essays this week utilizing theme from the texts "Kamala and Maya's Big Idea" and "Brave Girl".

 
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This week's base is aud which means "hear". 

 

 
Important dates
 
Monday, February 16: NO SCHOOL President's Day
Tuesday, February 17: Hot Lunch
Wednesday February 18: Library
Thursday February 19: Theme Thursday- Disney Day
Friday February 20: Module 5 Topic A/B Formative
 
Wednesday, February 25: Library
Thursday, February 26: Theme Thursday- Favorite Band
Thursday, February 26: STEAM Night and Book Fair 5:30-7
Friday, February 27: 10s and 11s Multiplication Test
 
Theme Thursday
E Learning Schedule

 

*Governor Pat Quinn signed Erin's Law in January of 2013, which requires all schools in the state of Illinois to provide age appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education programs for students in grades Pre-K through 12. Our lessons  3rd grade students will begin the week of February 1st. The Chelsea Intermediate School Social Workers will be teaching each lesson in the child’s classroom. The "Think First and Stay Safe" program will be the curriculum utilized for these lessons with a focus on Child Lures.