3RD GRADE Weekly Newsletter

Math: We will continue exploring quadrilaterals! Students will investigate and identify the properties of quadrilaterals; identify parallelograms, squares, rectangles, and rhombuses; recognize the relationships between angles in a quadrilateral; and identify, sort, classify, and draw quadrilaterals with the same attributes.

ELA: Unit Essential Question: Why do people explore the sea?
Content Framing Question: How does Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas build my knowledge of the ocean?
What do I notice and wonder about The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau?

Monday-Tuesday: Students will reflect and identify key details that support the central message in Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas.
Wednesday-Friday: Students will gather questions before, during, and after reading The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau.

Goals for the unit:
• Identify how artists and writers use domain-specific elements to express ideas.
• Explain how scientists observe the ocean carefully to learn more about it.
• Explain why squids and sharks are important to the sea’s ecosystem.
• Explain how people develop technology to solve problems.