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This page is designed to keep students and parents informed with suggestions for promoting "Good Study Habits." I recently came across an article in the Fall 2006 publication of The Bridge, Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. There were some terrific suggestions for supporting struggling readers at home. I thought the suggestions could be particularly helpful as students are reading Book Report Books. § Have your child read aloud to you every night. § As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat. § When your child reads aloud to you and makes a mistake point out the word(s) she has missed and help her to read the word correctly. § After your child has stopped to correct a word, have him go back and reread the sentence from the beginning to make sure he understands what the sentence is saying. § Ask your child to tell you in his or her own words what happened in a story. § To check your child’s understanding of what he is reading occasionally pause and ask him questions about the characters and events. § Ask your child why she thinks a character acted in certain way and ask your child to support her answer with information from the story. § Before getting to the end of the story, ask your child what he thinks will happen next and why. Happy Spelling In Spelling we have a weekly test. Students can prepare for the test by reviewing their spelling words regularly during the week. This can often be accomplished simply through our Spelling homework assignments. Many students benefit from making and sorting flashcards that are color coded for the letter/sound patterns being learned each week (for example cat, bat, sat, and hit, sit, fit). English
Math It is very important that third graders master their basic addition and subtraction facts as well as their multiplication facts in order to progress in computation skills . For this reason, I encourage you to work regularly with your child in any way possible to reinforce the facts. Students can play games with playing cards, flashcards, dice etc. You can make up worksheets and time students for an added challenge. Additionally, there are internet sites with varieties of drill and practice activities that students enjoy. Some of these sites can be accessed through the links on my Links page.
At the end of each Math Chapter we have a Chapter Test. Students are
given a practice test that resembles the Chapter Test as homework just before
the test. In addition, we have a review in class on the day before the
test. Students can go online with your supervision to www.
edhelper.com. This is the internet site for
the publisher of our Math program as well. At this site you will find
activities that support our topic of study. Please contact me with
questions concerning navigating this site. Science and Social Studies
I am your child’s in-class support teacher for Science and Social
Studies. Mrs. Moor and I team teach in
these subject areas in the large group setting. We focus on one subject unit at a
time. For example, while we are
studying a topic in Science we are not studying Social Studies. Students are given a test at the end of
each unit. I will provide a “Study
Guide” within your child’s “Study Guide Folder” one week in advance of the
test. This will give your student
plenty of time to study over a period of days as opposed to “cramming” for a
test. I will do everything possible to
help your child to be successful on assessments. At times this could mean reading aloud the
test or giving the test in a one to one setting or small group setting. Our goal is to have students perform as independently
as possible and by practicing good study habits this is achieved. Again, please feel free to communicate any
concerns that you may have in regards to tests.
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