This week in third grade!  March 28th through April 1st, 2016

Spelling List #11:  Adding –ed &-ing to short and long

vowel CVC words

hoping     swimming     clipped     ruled     updated     disliked     striking     baking

swapped     grazing     hopping     riding     joking     chased     stepped

High Frequency Words

only     know     after     because     also

Language: Rule 16 Add ed to make the past tense of most verbs. Four examples:  add ed, drop silent e and add ed, change y to i and add ed, and irregular past tense like dig -dug.

Words of the day this week:  disaster, hardship, headquarters and reserve.

CCSS Math: Solve word problems involving area, finding areas by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.  Math4Today  Division problems, equivalent fractions, dividing shapes into fractional pieces, and word problems using multiplication and division.  

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday and Wednesday and IXL Math homework on Tuesday and Thursday this week.  It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on March  and April Calendars 

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Share Days:

Monday the 28th:  Ravyn
Tuesday the 29th:  Hunter
Wednesday the 30th:  Diego

Thursday the 31st:  Jesse
Friday the 1st:  Preston
Monday the 4th:  Sebastian

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, March 29:   Pizza orders due

Friday, April 1st: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack

Friday, April 1st:  Report for 3rd Quarter being sent home with students.

This week in third grade!  March 14th through 18th, 2016

No spelling list this week.  I don't want to start a list and then go on Spring Break so we will start list #11 the week we come back from Spring Break.

Language: The tense of a verb tells when an action occurs.  Present:  am eating, past: ate, future: will eat.

Words of the day this week:  disaster, hardship, headquarters, reserve.

CCSS Math:  Interpret are models to form rectangular arrays and finding the area of a rectangle through multiplication of the side lengths.  Math4Today  Using fractions to divide shapes, place fractions on a number line, compare fractions and multiplication problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday and Wednesday and IXL Math homework on Tuesday and Thursday this week.  It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on March Calendar is also important homework as well as practicing spelling words. If your child has not turned in their February calendar please return it as soon as possible to put in the grade book.  Thank you!

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Share Days:

Monday the 14th:  Jayda
Tuesday the 15th:  Gabe
Wednesday the 16th:  Timber

Thursday the 17th:  Anthony
Friday the 18th:  Ravyn
Monday the 28th:  Hunter

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, March 15th:   Pizza orders due

Friday, March 18th: Jeans Day for $1 and Snack

Thursday, March 17th:  2nd and 3rd grade program in the evening at 7 pm in high school gym.

Spring Break: March 21st through 25th

This week in third grade!  March 7th through 10th, 2016

Spelling words for the next two weeks:  List #10 Long Vowel E (-ey, ee, ea, -y)
daisy     scream     asleep     money     everyone     cheap     freedom     chimney     hairy     easy  
sneeze     alley     party     treat     screen     honey     shiny     dream     sheet     kidney
*****No high frequency words on this list.

Spelling Test this Thursday, March 10th

Language: The tense of a verb tells when an action occurs.  Present:  am eating, past: ate, future: will eat.

Words of the day this week:  opportunity, positive, advise, opponent` 

CCSS Math: Form rectangels by tiling with unit squares to make arrays. Draw rows and columns to determine the area of a rectangle, given an incomplete array.  Math4Today  Using fractions to divide shapes, place fractions on a number line, compare fractions and multiplication problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday and Wednesday and IXL Math homework on Tuesday and Thursday this week.  It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on March Calendar is also important homework as well as practicing spelling words. If your child has not turned in their February calendar please return it as soon as possible to put in the grade book.  Thank you!

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Share Days:

Monday the 7th:  Caitilyn
Tuesday the 8th:  Kaylea
Wednesday the 9th:  Kenzi

Thursday the 10th:  Colter
Friday the 11th:  No School
Monday the 14th:  Jayda

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, March 8th:   Pizza orders due

Thursday, March 10th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack

Thursday, March 17th:  2nd and 3rd grade program in the evening

Spring Break: March 21st through 25th