The week of January 30th through February 3rd, 2017

Spelling List #8  /ow/ using ow and ou :

clown      cloud      crown      flour      flower      brown      sound      mouth
however      towel      trout      around      meow      shout      about      

Review words:  smile      arrive      confuse

Challenge words:  downspout      allowance

Test for list #8 will be on Friday, February 10th.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #11 Possessive pronouns tell who or what owns something.  They replace possessive nouns.  For example:  some possessive pronouns come before the noun--  our home  my best friend.  Some possessive pronouns stand alone--yours    mine   Is this book yours?
• Continuing class novel:  Runaway Ralph and completing comprehension and vocabulary questions that pertain to the chapters.  

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Working on time and intervals of time.

Homework:

• Students will have paper math homework on Tuesday and Wednesday. Time intervals using number lines as well as practicing a small number of skills.
• Reading and record on January reading calendar. Calendars are due by Friday, February 3rd.
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on 3rd grade Math or 3rd grade Language Arts.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  
• I will be sending a note with your child's MyOn username and password please read it and talk with your child about it.

Book Order:

I sent a set of scholastic book orders last Monday.  Orders are due by Monday.  If you would like to order you can use the order form on the scholastic book orders and send it in to school with cash or a check to Scholastic or you can use your credit card/debit card by going to Scholastic using the link to the right and using the classroom code GWNL2.

Valentine's Day information:

We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration in our classroom on Tuesday, February 14th.  I am sending a note home on Monday with your child with information as well as student names.  If you would like to send in any treats to enjoy during the party that is fine as well and we have 31 students.  Students will need to decorate a container at home to hold their valentines in from their classmates with their name well displayed. Please keep it at home until the week of Valentine's.  

Dates to Remember:

• Scholastic Book orders due by Monday, Jan. 30th by 8:00 pm.
• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, Feb 14th
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.