The week of March 29th through 31st, 2017

➤ Spelling list #11 will start next Monday, April 3rd. 

➤ Reading and Language Arts:
          ➦Reading a few more chapters from our class book, Trumpet of the Swan, and answering comprehension questions.  
          ➦Finishing our packet on parts of speech.
          ➦Using time order words to use in our writing.
           ➦Working on third grade reading, language arts and math skills in our morning work.
          ➦Finishing our vocabulary packet.

➤Math:
           ➦Reviewing our end of year third grade math assessment as a class. This will take us several days to complete.
          ➦Working on multiplication fact fluency.
           ➦Math facts games.

➤Homework:
           ➦We will not have any paper homework this week as it is short.  
           ➦Students should work on multiplication fluency on IXL. At least 30 minutes of practice between Wednesday and Friday.  
          ➦Reading at home or on MyOn and record your minutes read on the calendar.  
          ➽March reading calendars are due by April 3rd, Monday.  They are worth 100 points.

➤Dates to remember:
          ➦There are no pizza orders or pizza this week.  
          ➦There has not been any mention about the snack shake reopening.
          ➦Report cards will be sent home this week.  Please contact me if you have any questions about your child's report card.  

➤Snack is every day at 10:30 am.  Please send something small to nibble on so they will have energy to keep working all day.  

The week of March 13th through 17th, 2017

No Spelling list.  Since we will be gone for over a week we will wait until April 3rd to start the next one and we will review in class the words we have had over this quarter.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Working on Prefixes and suffixes and defining what they mean and how they change a root word.
• We started our next book today, E.B. White's Trumpet of the Swan.  We also started our comprehension and vocabulary packet that we will use with the book.  I hope the kids have as much fun reading this book as I have reading it ! 
• Working on vocabulary word of the week:  justify:  To prove something is right or reasonable.

Math:

• Math 4 Today. 
• Reviewing third grade math skills
• CCSS:  Lesson 10  Compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips.

Homework:

• February Reading calendars were due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday: Students have a quick math paper using the number line. Should only take 5 minutes.
• Tuesday:  No homework or IXL- Music Program night
• Wednesday:  Students will have Lesson 10 paper homework that is due the following day. (5 points)
• Thursday: students will do 30 minutes of IXL on Fractions. Look for the yellow stars on W.20 and W.21.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Second and Third grade Music Program is on Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 pm in the high school gym.
• Students are allowed to dress up nicely or dress up in a music era like 1950's rock and roll, country, Motown,etc.
• Krew's Crew tshirt orders are due to the school no later than Friday, May 17th. An order form is attached to an email I will send.
• Hoop Dance registration forms and money are due no later than Friday, May 17th.  You can choose Monday or Tuesday as Mrs. H Evans will have a beginners group and an intermediate group going on both days.  She did a demonstration for us and it was so awesome! 
• These are the days we have left to make up from the snow days
•  April 21st and May 5th.
• Spring Break is March 20th through 28th, 2017.  Back to school Wednesday, March 29th.  
• 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.

The week of March 6th through 10th, 2017

Spelling List #10 double consonants:

New Words:  
spill     berry     happy     really     messy     lettuce     carrot     puzzle
traffic     pizza     errand     litter     address     collect     happen   

Review words:  however     about     flower

Challenge words:  successful     necessary

Test for list #9 will be on Friday, March 10th, 2017

Reading and Language Arts:

• Grammar Rule #13  The verb in a sentence must agree with the subject of the sentence.  If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular.  For example:  Our apple tree blooms in April.  If the subjectis plural, the verb must be plural.  For example:  Most apple treesbloom in April.
• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Working on Prefixes and suffixes and defining what they mean and how they change a root word.
• Finishing our class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and our comprehension booklet that goes with it.  We will be watching the movie when we finish the book.
• Working on vocabulary word of the week:  request

Math:

• Math 4 Today. 
• Reviewing third grade math skills
• CCSS:  Lesson 7:  Identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as fractions.    
• CCSS:  Lesson 9: Identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as fractions.    

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  (5 points each)
• February Reading calendars were due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on Fractions.  Look for the yellow stars.Fractions W.16, W.17, W.18, and W.19
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Second and Third grade Music Program is on Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 pm in the high school gym.
• These are the days we have left to make up from the snow days
• March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Spring Break is March 20th through 28th, 2017.  
• 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.