Carnival Fun!!

Ellis Fall Carnival 2012






Housekeeping:

• Monday, September 24, 2012: Early Release/PLC
• Monday, September 24, 2012: Ellis Fall Carnival begins at 5:00 pm
• Friday, September 28, 2012: Personal Narrative Stories are due. Remember, they need to be neatly edited on ONE PAGE with your most beautiful penmanship.

Reading/Language Arts:


The Legend of Mulan


 

This week our story of focus is The Legend of Mulan. A legend is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation until the story we have at present. This story is about a courageous young woman who represents her family at a time of need. As we read the story think about the character Mulan and what she does that makes her so brave.












Math:
I believe we almost have it. Room #1 has been working on addition with larger numbers. We have learned three strategies to figure out the correct sum. These strategies are:
*New Groups Above
*New Groups Below
*Show All Totals
We will work on addition one more day, and then we will start subtraction of larger numbers. Again, there are strategies we will teach to ensure the students can subtract with success.

Science/Social Studies:
This week we will wrap up our unit of study on space. For the next 4-5 weeks after the conclusion of Science, we will begin our study of communities.

Questions of the Week:
1) Read the following statement. Is it a fact or an opinion?
** Mrs. Graham is the tallest teacher in the third grade.
2) How many syllables does this work have? STRAWBERRY
3) How would you divide this word into syllables using slashes or dots. For example
SANDWICH would be divided like this: sand/wich