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Monday, February 19th
- No School – Winter Break
Tuesday, February 20th
- No school – Winter Break
Wednesday, February 21st
- Language Arts NWEA
- Guyot Special Class: Media Literature (Library)
- Kalis Special Class: Physical Education (Gym)
- Warneck Special Class: Media Technology (Computers)
Thursday, February 22nd
- MSTEP Homework Packet #10 due 2/22/24
- Guyot Special Class: Music
- Kalis Special Class: Media Technology (Computers)
- Warneck Special Class: Art
Friday, February 23rd
- Edmentum Reward: Pajama Day!
- Edmentum Trophies due
- MSTEP Vocabulary Week 13 Quiz
- Guyot Special Class: Physical Education (Gym)
- Kalis Special Class: Art
- Warneck Special Class: Media Literature (Library)
English Language Arts
Since this is a three day week, we will be working on a vocabulary strategy and a grammar concept. We will be discussing and utilizing the vocabulary strategy of context clues. This strategy helps the students to decipher unknown meanings of words. In turn, knowing the meaning of words also helps build comprehension of texts. Our grammar concept for the week is commas. These two concepts will be practiced informally through in class activities and then informally assessed with EdPuzzles on Thursday and Friday.
**MSTEP Homework Packet**
This homework assignment was sent home Thursday, February 8th. Please stress the skills of reading the passages and looking back in the story to answer the questions. Thank you!
MSTEP Homework Packet #10 due 2/22/24
**Edmentum**
Third grade’s focus is earning trophies as students navigate their individualized learning path. Students are encouraged to earn 2 trophies in the area of reading, 1 trophy in math, and 1 trophy in language arts. Trophies are earned by completing a Progress Check with 80% or higher. Students know how to check if they met their trophy goal.
Math Chapter 12: Understand Time, Liquid Volume, and Mass
Dear Family,
In this chapter, your student is learning how to understand time, liquid volume, and mass. The lessons address how to tell time to the nearest minute and measure elapsed time. The lessons also address how to understand, estimate, and measure liquid volumes in metric units and masses of objects. The vocabulary terms for this chapter are: elapsed time, time interval, liquid volume, liter (L), milliliter (mL), mass, gram (g), and kilogram (kg). Do you and your student enjoy biking or walking outside? The next time you and your student head outdoors, bring along a notepad, a wrist watch (with an analog face), and a 1-liter water bottle.
• Start your adventure by telling and measuring time. If you have begun
walking or biking, ask your student to make note of your starting time
using the wrist watch. Ask, “What is another way to say the time?” Your
student can reply, “___ minutes after ___” or “___ minutes before ___.”
• After time has elapsed, ask your student to look at the watch once more.
Ask, “How long have we been biking (or walking)?” Encourage your student
to use the analog clock to count the minutes or to use a number line to find
the elapsed time.
• Take out your 1-liter water bottle. Ask, “Which units should you use to
measure the liquid volume of this bottle, liters or milliliters?” Encourage
your student to explain his or her reasoning. During your outdoor
adventure, keep an eye out for containers or areas that hold liquid, such as
rain barrels or ponds. Continue asking your student to choose a unit of
measure.
• Point out different objects such as picnic tables or leaves. Ask, “Which
units should you use to measure the mass, grams or kilograms?” Ask your
student to explain his or her reasoning. Then challenge your student to
estimate the mass!
By the end of this chapter, your student should feel confident with the learning targets and success criteria. Encourage your student to think of other contexts for estimating and measuring time, liquid volumes, and masses. Build your student’s understanding of time, liquid volume, and mass during your next outdoor adventure!
Environmental Interpretive Center Field Trip 
The third grade classes will be taking a field trip to the University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center.
Kalis & Warneck on Tuesday, February 27th, 8:45am-11:20am
Guyot on Wednesday, February 28th, 8:45am-11:20 am
It is very important that you arrive to school on time. We will leave Arno at 8:45, and return to Arno around 11:20 to be back in time for lunch.
We will be learning how to identify different types of trees, how to tap syrup from maple trees, and activities related to this experience. This field trip does require a hike through the woods, so please send your child to school with winter snow boots, winter coat, hats, gloves, and scarves.
Chaperones should meet us at University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center at 9:00am.
The Environmental Interpretive Center is located on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-Dearborn). The Center is on the corner of Fair Lane Drive and Monteith Boulevard.
The address is 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
Parking is available in the 3rd level of the Monteith Parking Structure adjacent to the Center. Parking is free at this location.
Below is a map to help direct you to parking and our final destination.
Pictures of the Week
