What's the Scoop in Room 3?

               **************MONTHLY PLANS*******
"January"   HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MATH-  We will continue to work on Multiplication concepts and begin 
associating it with division concepts
*Your son/daughter will be coming home with "fact rings" that they are to 
review and answer each night to keep thier facts fresh in their minds.  This 
will help your child with retaining and mastering their facts.

SOCIAL STUDIES - We will be studying the Native Americans of New York State.

SCIENCE - We will continue to study the food chain and complete further 
experiments to discover how the food chain processs works(ie.Owl pellets).

ELA - We will continue to be writing using the 6 Trait Writing Process along 
with several multisensory techniques to help the students take ownership over 
their writing.  They will be looking at and analyzing their own writing by 
using the Steps to writing so as to learn to produce well thought-out & 
organized essays.

READING - Some will be working in Wilson Groups for decoding, encoding, and
fluency on their individual levels.  In Addition, the students will be 
working on their reading comprehension based on books at their individual 
levels as well as developing independent reading skills to become more 
independent with their reading. 

**  Each student should read for 15 minutes and will complete a reading log 
each night **

SPELLING - The students will be given a weekly Spelling List along with daily 
spelling activities to assist with their development of spelling rules.


Enriching Community Service Projects - Each month the students as a class 
will choose a charity and a method of support for that specific charity.