Ms. Coccia\’s Blog

Welcome parents! We are off to a great start in our second marking period. Thank you for all of your help in preparing students for their news cast roles. They did an excellent job. We had many elaborate costumes and creative props. I could tell students practiced their roles, as they were fluent speaking news reporters and anchors!

Here are some stories, strategies, and skills we will be working on in the second marking period:

Reading: We will be reading, “The Babe and I”, “Aero and Officer Mike”, “How Animals Talk”, and “Stone Soup.” We will have a visit from the Delaware State Police and his K9 during the week we read about Officer Mike! Please remember to encourage your child to restate their answers when they are answering quetions at home.

Writing: Students just completed their personal narratives and we are going to be working on an informative five paragraph essay next. Students are learning to make their sentences come alive by getting rid of “dead” words, using vivid verbs, and varying their sentence beginnings.

Math: We will be finishing up collecting data and begin some measuring using inches, centimeters, and yards. We will also be working with story problems in addition and subtraction.

Social Studies: Students will be learning about citizenship and government. Students will understand that positions of authority carry responsibilities and should be respected. Also that elected officials are expected to represent the interest of the people who elected them.

I am looking forward to a fun and learning-filled second marking period! Remember to check each Friday for your child’s weekly report.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please call me, email me, send in a note, or stop in! Thank you for all of your support!

Welcome Back to 2008/2009 school year. I am looking forward to working with my new group of third grade students.  There are many changes taking place this year and we are excited about them.

Check your child’s folder daily for all information about Room 3 and Pleasantville news.

S.M.A.R.T Kids Day is on Thursday, November 29, 2007

Students will participate in a varitey of interactive math and science activities.

Students will be getting S.M.A.R.T Kids Day T-shirts to wear.

If you have ANY supplies you are able to donate, please send them in with your child (list below).

Thank you!

aluminum foil, bubble wrap, cotton balls, egg cartons, empty paper towel or toilet paper rolls, packing peanuts, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, rubberbands, straws, string, styrofoam, tape, and yarn…

Reading – During the month of November, students in Room 3 will be reading the stories, ”Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome”, “Little Grunt and the Big Egg”, “The Stories Julian Tells”, and “The Talent Show”. Students will be participating in rotations to complete activities using Story Study, Word Work, AR, and Guided Reading.

 Writing – We will continue working on five paragraph essays and  learning how to make our writings come alive by using lively leads, voice, and details.  We will be working on the characteristics of persuasive writing.

Math – Students have been working with number sense and place value. They have been using several strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. We will now focus on collecting, organizing, and summarizing data. Students will learn how to create line plots and bar graphs,

Social Studies – In Social Studies we will continue to learn about Government. We have worked on a couple short skits to better understand terms such as judge, mayor, elect, court, and consequences. Students will be learning about taxes, private and public property, and Government services.

Word Wall Words - (October words) city, community, countries,  exciting, getting, laughed, pretty, prettier, prettiest, schools, to, too, two, and was (November words) beautiful, before, discover, enough, first, hopeless, journal, let’s, recycle, their, there, they’re, went, and went

 Please continue to check and sign students Friday Reports that go home each Friday. Thank you!!