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Welcome to Third Grade

Mr. Brungard and Mrs. Abels Dunkerton 3rd Grade Team
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Welcome to Third Grade!!!to Third Grade!!!

 

 

 
We were very glad to see that some parents are interested in the website and keeping it updated.  Please check back often to see upcoming events on our calendar, current academic news, and class photos! 



Dont forget
The Golden Rule:  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!    

Now that the weather is getting cooler, please try and enjoy some last minute time outside before the cooler fall weather falls upon us! 

 

 

DAILY FIVE
As an integral part of our Literacy curriculum, we will be introducing the "DAILY FIVE" to students.  Each week a new component will be introduced, practiced, and reinforced to encourage students to become independent readers, writers, and thinkers engaged in meaningful activities. 

Read to Self

We began our first few days building up our reading stamina and discussed our "URGENCY" and the "why" we read to ourselves!  Our classes have established guidelines and have been practicing and are up to 6 minutes of reading independently. 

The students have settled into the routine and practiced choosing "good fit" books.  

Read to Someone 

We will begin integrating this practice into our Daily 5 in the coming weeks.  Students will learn the guidelines for reading to someone else much like they learned to read to themself, with great focus and a goal of becoming a better reader.   Students will read together building fluency and understanding as they listen to each other read and question for comprehension.

Work on Writing

We have recently discussed the writing component to our Daily 5.  Students talked about the importance of writing and the various ways to practice writing.  This is an opportunity for students to simply relax and use any form of writing they choose whether it be a formal or friendly letter, a narrative essay about something of interest, a list of topics they enjoy, poetry, or a silly storyline.  We often miss chances for our students to practice what we have taught in regards to improving our writing.  The writing portion of the Daily 5 offers students the opportunity to carry over what they have learned in our whole group writing activities.

Word Work

Word work enables students to work individually with words they are learning in class.  Such words may include vocabulary words from a particular unit, or the spelling words we strive to spell correctly for future writing experiences.  Students will have the opportunity to work hands on with various materials forming the connections necessary for retention.

Listen to Reading

The last component of the Daily 5 is Listen to Reading.  We do NOT spend much time focusing on this component in the classroom. 

 
 

 

Just a reminder:  Book reports are always due the last tuesday of the month.  The students will have to do a book report in Sept, November, January, March, and May

Information will be coming home soon for Sept. book reports! 



Please make sure the book chosen is at their Lexile level!  You can check the lexile level of a particular title by going to lexile.com and entering the title.  If you are unsure of your child's lexile number, please ask your child's teacher and they can tell you. 

 

To find out the lexile of a particular book!

Red Book, Turning

Illustration: In the schoolyard

 

LET'S WRITE

3rd graders are encouraged to

1. Capitalize the beginning of sentences and pronouns.

2.  Vary how each sentence begins (not start each sentence with "I" or "my".

3.  Use sentence expanders like WHO--DID WHAT--WHEN--WHERE 

4.  Continue using correct punctuation at the end of their sentences.