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Friday, December 21, 2018 Friday, December 21, 2018 Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 5, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2018 | Winter Concert and Party Early dismissal, 2:30PM Winter Break Return to School |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
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App Dev: Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop
The App Dev team is currently working to design the UI (user interface) for our app by creating design prototypes in Keynote. Next week, we will take a look at each design, and see which parts of each we like best. The team also decided on a logo and name for our app: we are calling it Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop, and making it a follow-up to last year's app, Mood Monster's Yoga Workshop.
The Chat: How can coding make the world a better place?
The essential question this week was, 'How can coding make the world a better place?' We had a terrific conversation with Eric Johnson, software engineer for a local company. Unfortunately, we must re-tape the closing, so it could not be published today. We will publish it Monday!
Veteran's Day Assembly
It is so important to recognize and thank the men and women who dedicate their lives to serving the United States. The best assembly of the year is Lincoln's Veteran's Day assembly because the students get the opportunity to learn from and honor our local veterans.
Math:
We finished our unit on data and measurement this week, and are moving into Unit 3- Travel Stories and Collections: Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System. This unit focuses on understanding and extending knowledge of place value and the number system to 1,000, and adding and subtracting accurately and efficiently. It centers on the Operations and Algebraic Thinking strand of the Common Core State Standards, which develops students’ ideas about counting and quantity, place value and the structure of the base-10 number system, the meaning of operations with whole numbers, the development of computational fluency, and generalizations about numbers and operations.
Reader's workshop: focusing on
the Narrative Reading Progression
We finished our Mystery unit this week with the students learning to apply what they've learned about reading mysteries and applying it to all fiction. We worked on the following strands of the Narrative Learning Progression: Envisioning/Predicting, Monotoring for Sense, Fluency, Orienting, and Retelling/Summary/Synthesis.
The Narrative Reading Progression is an excellent tool you can use to help your child become a better fiction reader. It is easy to use at home, too: the progression tells what your child should focus on and be able to do by the end of Third Grade.
After the Thanksgiving break, we will begin the information reading unit.
The Narrative Reading Progression is an excellent tool you can use to help your child become a better fiction reader. It is easy to use at home, too: the progression tells what your child should focus on and be able to do by the end of Third Grade.
After the Thanksgiving break, we will begin the information reading unit.
Writer's workshop
We are moving to a different focus for our information writing next week: the students will be applying what they've learned about writing for a long project and applying it to short projects like articles, speeches, and other short texts.
This week, students worked on finishing up a their long informational text by 'teaching' their text to other students in the class. Students practiced teaching students the important points of their topic by using techniques like boxes and bullets or main idea/details.
This week, students worked on finishing up a their long informational text by 'teaching' their text to other students in the class. Students practiced teaching students the important points of their topic by using techniques like boxes and bullets or main idea/details.
Plants, animals, and the environment
Students continue to explore the question, 'When the environment changes, do the types of plants and animals that live there change?" We participated in a Google Hangout with Tori Linder, Director of the Path of the Panther Project. The project focuses on identifying the land protection and wildlife crossings needed to keep the Everglades connected to North America and save a future for the Florida Panther.
Visitng the 2nd Grade Living History Fair
The students loved visiting the Grade 2 Annual Living History Fair in Mr. Rodgers's and Ms. Jenkins's classrooms. It was great to listen to the proud 2nd Graders talk about their families.
Winter Concerts and Party:
Friday, December 21, 2018
Believe it or not, Winter Break is only 5 weeks away! Of course, before vacation we will be celebrating winter with our holiday concert and classroom parties! The concert schedule is below, and I will pass on information about our classroom party soon.
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
Upcoming events
Wednesday, November 21 - Friday, November 23, 2018 Friday, December 21, 2018 Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 5, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2018 | Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL Winter Concert and Party Winter Break Return to School |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade
This week, The Chat welcomed special guest Andrea Ingram, The Davee Vice President of Education and Guest Services at the Museum of Science and Industry to help us discuss, "Can the past help us understand the future?"
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Don't forget to subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows!
The students are learning the ins and outs of having a weekly production. It is fast-paced and requires a lot of creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. The students learned (kind of the hard way) this week that effort equals success. Experiencing failure is an important part of learning.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Don't forget to subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows!
The students are learning the ins and outs of having a weekly production. It is fast-paced and requires a lot of creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. The students learned (kind of the hard way) this week that effort equals success. Experiencing failure is an important part of learning.
App Dev
We've been working very hard this week on learning to code using Swift Playgrounds. Not only are the kids learning to code, but they are working to ideate a useful product! It is hard and serious work.
The team decided that the main goal of our app is to help kids lead a healthier life. The app will focus on nutrition and food, exercise, and mental health/wellness. The team made some decisions about how they want to do this, but we've yet to determine a name or begin the design process. The next few months are critical in our app development process.
The team decided that the main goal of our app is to help kids lead a healthier life. The app will focus on nutrition and food, exercise, and mental health/wellness. The team made some decisions about how they want to do this, but we've yet to determine a name or begin the design process. The next few months are critical in our app development process.
Writing: connecting ideas and facts
Our writers have been practicing implementing different structures, as well as balancing the addition of facts and ideas in their informational writing. We also practiced researching facts using books and reputable websites.
Students are also learning to incorporate strategies such as compare/contrast, pros/cons, cause and effect, and more into informational writing. Students are working to elaborate, using graphic features like checklists, definitions, questions, and more to engage the reader.
Students are also learning to incorporate strategies such as compare/contrast, pros/cons, cause and effect, and more into informational writing. Students are working to elaborate, using graphic features like checklists, definitions, questions, and more to engage the reader.
Reader's workshop:
Red herrings and hidden clues
As we work through the last lessons of our reading unit on mysteries, students have been having a lot of fun learning about red herrings and trying to find hidden clues. Reading mysteries has been a terrific way for us to extend our fiction reading unit, and the kids and I have enjoyed it a lot.
Third Grade is a big shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn', and students need all the practice they can get. At conferences, we will talk about what skills and strategies your child is ready to learn next. Comprehension strategies (retelling, character traits, plot development, identifying motive, author's purpose, etc.) are all great things to practice with your child at home. Although we read a lot at school, please help you child by encouraging reading at home.
Third Grade is a big shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn', and students need all the practice they can get. At conferences, we will talk about what skills and strategies your child is ready to learn next. Comprehension strategies (retelling, character traits, plot development, identifying motive, author's purpose, etc.) are all great things to practice with your child at home. Although we read a lot at school, please help you child by encouraging reading at home.
Math
This week's focus was analyzing data by creating line plots. Students had fun measuring their using feet and inches, then plotting the data. Next week, we will continue to learn about data, measurement, and line plots by measuring the length of the classroom, how far a Third Grader can jump, and how far a Third Grader can blow a pattern block. Then, we will plot our data on line plots and analyze our findings. Next week, we will finish Unit 2, and move into Unit 3 (Travel Stories and Collections) after conferences.
How can you help your child with math at home? Did you know that you can log into your child's math portal to play math games, see what your child is learning, and view math words and ideas videos/work? Ask your child for his/her password, then log into Pearson Realize with him/her. Have your child show you around, and view the concepts we are studying in class! Please feel free to ask me any questions.
How can you help your child with math at home? Did you know that you can log into your child's math portal to play math games, see what your child is learning, and view math words and ideas videos/work? Ask your child for his/her password, then log into Pearson Realize with him/her. Have your child show you around, and view the concepts we are studying in class! Please feel free to ask me any questions.
Student-led conferences
We are preparing for student-led conferences next week! This is a great time for your child to take ownership of learning, and share his or her successes, struggles, and goals with us in a supportive environment.
Since this is the first experience with student-led conferences for most, we are keeping it simple and relaxed: students will share and discuss work, set goals, and talk about his or her learning experiences so far in Third Grade. We (the adults) should be open and supportive, and discuss ways we can assist and or facilitate learning. It will be a very positive experience! Bringing your child is not mandatory, but it is very much encouraged.
Since this is the first experience with student-led conferences for most, we are keeping it simple and relaxed: students will share and discuss work, set goals, and talk about his or her learning experiences so far in Third Grade. We (the adults) should be open and supportive, and discuss ways we can assist and or facilitate learning. It will be a very positive experience! Bringing your child is not mandatory, but it is very much encouraged.
Halloween fun
Upcoming events
Friday, November 2 - Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Thursday, November 8, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 Wednesday, November 21 - Friday, November 23, 2018 Friday, December 21, 2018 Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 5, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2018 | Lincoln School Book Fair Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led) Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led)- NO SCHOOL Non-attendance Day- NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL Winter Concert and Party Winter Break Return to School |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90