Grade 3 Curriculum Update for the Week of April 27

Reading	Reading and Social Studies will be closely connected this week. Students will read and summarize biographies  They will identify a changemaker and explain how he or she has helped improve his or her community.
Writing	The class will begin another 5-paragraph persuasive essay. They will up the level of their writing by thoughtfully choosing topics and review research skills.
Math	Students will recognize and show that equivalent fractions  have the same size, though not necessarily the same shape. They will generate equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models  and the number line.
Social Studies	The class will look at changemakers and how they make positive differences in their communities.
Portuguese	PLA: Ortografia: G ou GU e leitura da biografia do Louis Braille PAL: Students will do some review on routine verbs and read books on Elefante Letrado
PE/Music/Art	PE: Virtual PE assessment on flipgrid (create an agility course), Star Wars workout, super yoga. Music: Make a video on FlipGrid of your performance of a “Listening and Hand Signs” exercise. Art:  Shadow Puppet Challenge

How to Reduce the Stress of "Homeschooling" on Everyone

Parents-
The number of articles and news reports and studies on the impact of COVID-19 on our now home-based education are increasing every day, and as counselors we try to sift through the noise in order to find those that are most helpful.

Attached here is an article from Berkeley's Greater Good Institute, which we have found to be a valuable resource.

The information is short, measured, and helpful to remind ourselves as we push forward into Week 6 of Graded's Distance Learning.

The three pieces of advice given are:

1. Simplify: Relax your homeschooling and productivity standards to a level appropriate for a worldwide pandemic
2. Structure: Keep calm and structure on
3. Support: Get ahead of the meltdowns (and teach critical social-emotional skills, too!)

Please know that you can contact the Lower School counselors with any problems, issues, or concerns that you have- We are all in this together, and we look forward to hearing from you-

Kevin Kooienga
Lower School Counselor, Grades 3-5

Grade 3 Curriculum Update for the Week of April 22

Reading	Students will review their understandings from last week regarding biographies. They will focus more closely on character traits.
Writing	Writing will focus on giving thoughtful and constructive feedback on our writing and that of others. We will be participating in a virtual Grade 2 Writing celebration and also work on our video speaking and presenting skills.
Math	Students will look at fractions as a number on the number line. They will practice representing fractions on a number line diagram.
Social Studies	There will be no Social Studies posted on Google Classroom this week.
Portuguese	PLA: Edição e revisão da biografia de alguém da família; leitura da biografia de Ida Pfeiffer. PAL: Students will be working with verbs in the past to talk about their weekends and routine verbs in the present to talk about things they do everyday.
PE/Music/Art	PE: Workouts for your soul and body as well as agility exercises that can be done with materials found at home. Music: Reading Music - Lines and Spaces Art: Surface texture test

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Sweet Tooth? Bake Brownie Brittle Cookies on Tuesday!

Grade 3 Curriculum Update for Week of April 13, 2020

Reading	We will read "to learn" biographies by determining the main idea and details. The class will analyze the chronology of biographies using a timeline, identify cause and effect relationships between subjects and historical events and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Writing	Students will draft their persuasive 5-paragraph essays. They will introduce the topic they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Students will share their writing with peers and practice giving thoughtful feedback.
Math	The class will continue their work on fractions. They will add to their understanding by looking at unit fractions and their relations to the whole. They will begin comparing unit fractions and specifying the whole.
Science	Students will inquire into the question: what is a changemaker? They will also consider the difference between rights and responsibilities.
Portuguese	PAL: Students  will talk about their weekends, and work on routine verbs, using the song “Pequeno Cidadão”. They will also read a book on Elefante Letrado on Friday, and make a padlet post about their favorite book on Elefante Letrado. PLA: Uso da letra G
PE/Music/Art	PE: PE virtual project - Create your own game  and post a video on flipgrid (1st assessment), workouts, jump rope challenge (collect plastic bags or socks to make your own jump rope - if you do not have one). Music: Reading Music - Treble Clef - Spaces Art: Painting with coffee

Grade 3 Recess Every Wednesday!

Grade 3: Curriculum Update for Week of April 6, 2020

Reading	Grade 3 will be starting our new unit on biographies! We will be practicing and reviewing a variety reading strategies to learn about changemakers.
Writing	This is the beginning of our persuasive writing unit. To start, students will build their speaking skills communicating a problem, proposing solutions and begin to organize their thinking. They will also analyse persuasive speeches made by changemakers.
Math	We will start our new unit on fractions by partitioning shapes into equal parts. For example, the class will partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape.
Science	This is the final week of our Science unit. This week, the students will complete a final project that shows what they know about simple machines, complex machines  and forces.
Portuguese	Unidade Biografias  Escrita da biografia de alguém da família Leitura recomendada na plataforma Elefante Letrado PAL: Practice the assigned song and vocabulary; do the recommended online reading.  Portuguese is assigned on Monday. However, students are expected to complete work each day (10-15 minutes per day). Please review Portuguese Google Classroom instructions carefully.
PE/Music/Art	PE: We will have a bit of yoga, fitness and dancing this week. Music: Reading Music - Treble Clef - Lines Art: A drawing challenge