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.