The week of February 6th through 10th, 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 #12 A verb tells what is happening to the noun.  Action verbs:  show an action.  My dog ran away.  Linking verbs:  connect the subject to a noun or an adjective that describes it.  Most common are am, is, are, was and were.  Helping verbs: come before the main verb to tell about the action.  Some are- will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, and did.
• 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.
• Math 4 Today. 

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for language arts each day.  They will work on the page sent home throughout the week and it is due on Friday.  
• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  
• January Reading calendars are due. Please send them in as soon as possible. A note or an email will work as well if you don't have the paper.
• 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.  

Book Order:

Books ordered should be here this week!

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:

• 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.  We have cookies and plates already spoken for.:)
• 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.