Every Friday students will brainstorm a list of the activities and lessons we learned throughout the week. I will chart their ideas on a graphic organizer, which will be sent home with the journals on Friday. I encourage you to ask your child about what we have been learning in school to reinforce his or her understanding. Students will use these ideas to write a letter home each week about one or two of their favorite lessons. In third grade, this takes a LOT of practice! We work on our letter writing skills for the entire school year. Please read and respond to these letters if possible. Students look forward to hearing from you and it is a great way to model writing a friendly letter, which is a component of the 3rd grade curriculum. The journal also provides an opportunity for you to see your child’s writing progress throughout the year.
P.S. The reflection notebooks should have come home in your child's backpack this afternoon. You didn't receive the graphic organizer because we were having many technical difficulties at Eliot. We'll try again for that next week. :o)
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