The week of December 5th through 9th, 2016

Spelling List #6:  Words with Silent e:
smile     note     skate     cube     plate    arrive     globe     stripe     flame     rose     white     pancake
beware     confuse     become    

Review words:  though     option     lollipop

Challenge words:  extreme     escape

**Spelling test for list #6 will be on this Friday, December 9th, 2016.


Math:
CCSS:  Applying the distributive property and the fact 9 = 10-1 as a strategy to multiply.
      For example:   9 sixes = 10 sixes - 1 sixes  to solve 9 x 6.    
9 x 6 = 10 x 6 minus 1 x 6 which equals 60-6 = 54, so 9 x 6 = 54.

CCSS:  Interpret the unknown in multiplication and division to model and solve problems.           For example:  Eliza finds a bag of marbles and runs to share them with 8 of her friends  She's so excited that she drops the bag and loses 18 marbles.  How many marbles will Eliza and her friends get?  72-18 = m  m=54   so 54 divided by 9 = 6  Eliza and her friends will each get 6 marbles.

Mountain Math:  We will practice a variety of third grade skills throughout the week in class using mountain math.

Reading and Language:

Grammar Rule 10:  A Possessive noun tells who or what owns something. For example:  For singular nouns- add an apostrophe and s ('s)  Kate's.  For plural nouns that end in s- add an apostrophe (')  bees'.  For plural nouns that do not end in s- add an apostrophe and s ('s)  men's.

Vocabulary focus on words:  annual,  commence,  increase,  orbit.

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.

We are reading Roald Dahl's, The BFG.  It has been a lot of fun and so many "Giant" vocabulary words that make us laugh!

Homework:

• Students will have paper math homework on Tuesday and Thursday focusing on the lessons we do in class. 
• IXL homework on Monday and Wednesday. IXL homework has a yellow star next to them on the website but I will also list it here.  IXL homework below- 
• Under Data and Graphs please do U.8 Create Line Plots
• Under Geometric Measurements please do FF.4 Find the area of figures made of unit squares.

• Nightly reading. The November reading calendars were due this  past Friday, December 2nd.  Students who read 400 minutes or more will receive full credit and a pizza coupon. Please return your child's minutes with your signature.

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.

Monday, December 19th:  Elementary Christmas Program at 6:00 pm at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene.  

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!