3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian: Great First Day!

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Great First Day!

I am going to quickly try and make a blog post while the students are at PE today for 20 minutes. So it may be short and sweet but here are some key points:

1. We are having a fabulous day! The students are wonderful, polite, and have shown me that they will be fabulous 3rd graders! I think I shocked them by starting the day with a fun activity in which they got to throw a koosh ball at the smart board, which they thought was great on the first (couldn't believe I would have them throw something at smart board). I am getting to know each of them very well. We also spent some time getting to our student blog pages and starting to blog. Lots of great things happening in 3B.

2. Please remember to return all papers that were sent home at Open House as soon as possible. Remember your 3rd grade student will not get his/her iPad until he/she has an apple ID and password.
3. Remember that your child will be taking home a folder titled "Important Papers Folder" every night and is expected to return that every morning.

And finally, I will send information home tomorrow on how to follow 3B on my blog, the students' blogs, Twitter, as well as Facebook. Stay tuned!

Thanks for a great start to the year!

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AnonymousAugust 24, 2014 at 9:47 AM
Dear Mrs. Kerian and Awesome 3rd Graders!
I am so excited that our 3rd grade class is blogging and sharing information with the world about great things they are learning! Did all of you know, that I only started blogging last year! In other words, my first blog was posted when I was 49 years old! How cool and smart are all of you?!!! Thank you for sharing with me! I am so excited to read your words and comment on your adventure in 3rd grade! Have a great week!
Mrs. Jurgensen (Mrs. J.)
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Inferencing: Experienced readers make inferences as they read. Readers use what they already know and think about what they have read to construct meaning. The reader should ask themselves, "What I already know in my brain" and "What did I just read or see?" to make an inferences that is not stated by the author of person.

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Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from what you have read. Readers determine important information, make inferences, and visualize when summarizing. We use the graphic organizer of "Somebody....Wanted....But....So.....Then....". "Somebody" is the character. "Wanted" would be the what the character wanted. "But" would be the problem. "So" would be how the problem was solved, and "Then" would be the resolution or end.

Predicting:When a reader predicts, they use information from the text along with their own knowledge and experiences to make thoughtful or informed guesses about what will happen in the text. When your child is reading at home, encourage them to stop and share predictions he/she may have as they are reading.

Identifying Text Structure: Recognizing how a piece of writing is organized can help readers understand what is happening. There can be different ways a text is structured.

* Sequential - in order

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When reading at home, discuss how the text is organized and structure.

Ask and Answer Questions: Experienced readers ask questions about the text in order to understand what they are reading. Asking questions helps readers visualize, monitor comprehension and determine important information. Answers to these questions may be found in the text, or put together from the reader's own experience. At home, parents can encourage students to stop and ask questions while they read and recognize when answers are within the text or needed to be answered by own experience.

Paraphrasing: When readers paraphrase, they tell main ideas using their own words. This helps them check their understanding of what they have read. At home, parents can encourage their student to read a selection, flip the book over, and tell them main ideas from their reading in their own words. Flip the book back over and read another section or page before flipping it over again and paraphrasing his/her reading.

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