We had a visitor!

As I am sure you are now aware, we had a visitor to SCS on Thursday, Tom Messner, the meteorologist on News Channel 5 in Plattsburgh.  Since we are studying weather, he joined us to talk about his job as a meteorologist and how he forecasts the weather.  The children had a great time learning some of the behind the scenes secrets of his job!  We continued with our exploration of weather this week by learning about the characteristics of the different climate zones: polar, desert, tropical, temperate, and continental.  After reading some nonfiction articles about these climate zones, the children worked in groups to generate the characteristics of the weather in that climate.  Which climate would your child like to travel to? They will use this information to do a project next week!

In math, we worked on telling time this week. The goal in third grade is to be able to tell time to the minute on an analog clock.  We practiced identifying times on a clock and practiced drawing the hands on a clock to show times.  We also worked with timelines and were introduced to the idea of elapsed time.  Next week, we will work on measuring mass and liquid volume.

Our nonfiction books in writer's workshop are coming along! This week we learned about elaborating and adding more details to the chapters.  One way this can be done is by using partner sentence. A partner sentence describes, explains, or gives and example of the sentence that comes before it.  We also learned how to write an introduction, grabbing the audience's attention and explaining what they will learn when reading the nonfiction book.

Miss Niles' class learned how to use Google Slides when Jeff Badillo, our technology educator visited this week.  Google Slides is a way to present information.  They are each working on a Google slideshow to accompany their nonfiction books.  Ask your child to show you his or her Google slide show so far!

We apologize for any confusion regarding Progress Reports.  The "send home" date has been changed and you will not receive your child's progress report until next Friday, February 3rd.  Have a great weekend!