The week of October 31st through November 4th, 2016

Monday the 31st:  Dress up as your favorite character from the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.  Students are allowed to dress up as any character from the book.  It does not have to be elaborate at all.  Face paint, hair coloring, wigs and masks.  No weapons of any kind even toy ones.  
We will watch the animated version of the movie and enjoy snacks while we watch. Thank you to the parents you have volunteered to send in some treats for the kids to enjoy during the movie.

Spelling:  Spelling List #5 focusing on long oo and long u
fruit     cute     mule     stool     few     rules     new     knew     bedroom     musical
rescue     spoon     computer     moon     perfume  

Review words:  height     silent     reply

Challenge words:  barbecue     suitcase

Test for spelling list #5 will be on Friday, November 11th.

Math:

CCSS:  End of unit 1 math assessment.  We will work on our first unit assessment in class.  

Mountain Math:  We have started using mountain math which covers 16 varieties of math skills each week.  There will be a math test on Friday that will assess their retention of math skills covered.  

Reading and Language:

Grammar Rule 6:  Plural nouns-add s or es. Most nouns just add s:  clocks, boats.  Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x, or z add es:  peaches, watches, foxes.  Nouns ending in a consonant followed by y-change y to i and add es:  babies,  cherries,   berries.

Vocabulary focus on words:  drought,  fragile,   prepare,    spectacular

Reading stories and answering comprehension questions in partner groups.  

Mountain Language:  We have started using Mountain Language to focus on grammar, capitalization, alphabetic order, sentence parts, punctuation and spelling.  A test will be given every other week to assess their retention of language arts skills.

Homework:

• Students will have paper math homework on Tuesday and Thursday.  They will have flashcards coming home with them to create and bring back to school.  They may make a set to keep at home as well.  
• IXL homework on Monday and Wednesday. IXL homework below-

     Monday:  Third grade- Estimation and Rounding P.1 and P.2 and Multiplication Fluency G.4.
     Wednesday:  Third grade-Multiplication skill builder F.6 and Subtraction D.4

• Nightly reading.  Please sign your child's October reading calendar and return to school by Friday.

Dates to Remember

Tuesday:  Pizza orders due for Wednesday lunch. (The senior class sells pizza every week to raise money for their class trip at the end of the year.  Students can purchase a slice of cheese or pepperoni for $1 each.  We collect the orders and money on Tuesdays and the students receive their pizza at their lunch time on Wednesday.  Students cannot purchase pizza on Wednesday.

Swimming at the YMCA this Friday, November 4th.  We have a lot of women for help but could really use a man to help in the boys' bathroom if anyone can.  We really appreciate the help!  We have 4 lessons left.  Please let me know if you can come help during the lesson.

Thanksgiving Break is November 21st through 25th- No school.

Reminder:  Please remind your child to bring a snack each day, especially those eating hot lunch as we eat very late in our day at 12:40 pm.  We stop each day at 10:20 am for a snack to keep ourselves fueled up for learning! 

The week of October 24th through 28th, 2016

Spelling:Here are list #4  Long o and short o
coach     frog     though     vote     block     sold     hollow     own     fossil     cocoa
olive     option     stone     lollipop     oatmeal     sentence     reading     bread 

Challenge words:  telephone    octagon

• The spelling test for list #4 will be on this Friday, October 28th.  

Math:

• CCSS-Applying the distributive property to decompose units, solving two step word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and assessing the reasonableness of answers (Does the answer make sense?  How do we know?).  For example:
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• Mountain Math- Multiple third grade math functions and practice.

Language:

• DOL (Daily Oral Language)- assessing sentences and changing errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar.

Reading:

• We are finishing the reading of our school-wide book celebration of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. We will work on vocabulary and comprehension as we read through the book.  On October 31st, we will celebrate this book by watching the cartoon version of the movie and dressing up as any character from the book.

Homework:  

• We will have paper math homework on Tuesday and Thursday.  Your child receives 5 points for working on their homework and turning it in at the beginning of the next day.
• Reading nightly for 20 minutes or at least 400 minutes for the month of October.  Reading calendars for October are due on November 1st.
• IXL Math homework on Monday and Wednesday.  At least 20 minutes of third grade math practice before moving on to any other IXL practice.  

Date to Remember:

Book Celebration: Monday, October 31st we will celebrate finishing our school novel study of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe!  We will watch the animated movie version and enjoy some treats.  If you would like to send in a treat for the kids to enjoy during the movie that would be wonderful and very appreciated. 

 Here is a list of suggested items: 

• paper plates     napkins     juice boxes or juice     cookies     cheese and crackers     other treats.

Tuesday:  Pizza orders due for Wednesday lunch. (The senior class sells pizza every week to raise money for their class trip at the end of the year.  Students can purchase a slice of cheese or pepperoni for $1 each.  We collect the orders and money on Tuesdays and the students receive their pizza at their lunch time on Wednesday.  Students cannot purchase pizza on Wednesday.

Swimming at the YMCA this Friday, October 28th.  We have a lot of women for help but could really use a man to help in the boys' bathroom if anyone can.  We really appreciate the help!  We have 5 lessons left.  

Parent Teacher Conferences- Thank you to all of the parents who took the time to come in and visit with me about your wonderful children!  If I did not meet with you yet, please contact me for a time so we can touch base quickly (10-15 minutes).

Reminder:  Please remind your child to bring a snack each day, especially those eating hot lunch as we eat very late in our day at 12:40 pm.  We stop each day at 10:20 am for a snack to keep ourselves fueled up for learning!  

The week of October 3rd through the 5th, 2016

Spelling:Here are list #3 words:  (Focusing on long i and short i)pilot     write     inch     reply     lines     bigger     brick     river     given    silent
fine    whisper     rhyme     iron     height     grade     safety     they    

Challenge words:  multiply     divide 

The test for Spelling List #3 will be this Wednesday, October 5th.

Math:

• Math 4 Today- Week 6 working on skip counting using a number pattern. For example-14,21,28,____, 42, ______.  Rounding numbers to nearest 10 and 100, Story problems using 2 steps: addition and subtraction,Addition and subtraction problems with 3 digit numbers using borrowing and carrying.
• Multiplication within 100 and Division with in 100.  
• Working on Flashcards for multiplication facts.

Language:

• Grammar Rule 5:  Singular and plural nouns.  For example:  puppy and puppies (drop the y and add ies to make it plural).
• Proper Nouns and common nouns- identifying them in sentences.

Reading:

• We finished Charlotte's Web and will be putting our projects together and enjoying the cartoon movie version to compare the book and the movie.
• We are starting our school-wide book celebration of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. We will work on vocabulary and comprehension as we read through the book.  On October 31st, we will celebrate this book by watching the cartoon version of the movie and dressing up as any character from the book!  

**Scholastic Book Orders are on their way here.  I hope they will arrive before Fall Break.  

Homework:  This week students should try to do 30 minutes of IXL at least 3 times over this week.  No paper homework will be sent home this week.

Date to Remember:

Tuesday:  Pizza orders due for Wednesday lunch. (The senior class sells pizza every week to raise money for their class trip at the end of the year.  Students can purchase a slice of cheese or pepperoni for $1 each.  We collect the orders and money on Tuesdays and the students receive their pizza at their lunch time on Wednesday.  Students cannot purchase pizza on Wednesday.

No swimming on Friday, October 7th or October 14th 

Parent Teacher Conferences will be 19th through the 21st after school.  I will send a sign up email with times available for parents to sign up.  I look forward to getting a chance to sit down with each of you and talk about your wonderful children and what they are working on and their learning goals for this year.

Reminder:  Please remind your child to bring a snack each day, especially those eating hot lunch as we eat very late in our day at 12:40 pm.  We stop each day at 10:20 am for a snack to keep ourselves fueled up for learning!