Spelling:
List 1: short and long a
mask track stamp stage grade they batch chance graph trade
raise eight safety wrapped laugh ramp crane flame
Challenge words: magical station
**Spelling Test for List #1 is on this Friday, September 8th. Practicing words at home a few times before the test is beneficial.
Reading:
- As we adjust to our pacing we have had to push a few things to this week so we will be finishing up our literature lesson using the book, Picture Day Perfection. We have some vocabulary to finish up and then take our comprehension quiz. We worked on writing our summary of the book using the (SWBST) Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy.
- We have been enjoying our class read aloud, Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Such a fun book to talk about characters and setting.
Language Arts:
- We will be working on grammar Rules 1 & 2. Rule 1 focuses on the subject noun and predicate of a sentence and how every sentence must have these two elements. Rule 2 talks about the different types of sentences and punctuation for them. Declarative-stating something and ends with a period. Exclamatory shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point. Interrogative is a sentence that is in the form of a question and ends with a question mark. Imperative sentence are giving a command or directions and ends with a period.
- We will also use our Daily Language page to work on correcting sentence errors.
- We will do some Shurley English jingles and work on the first few lessons dealing with parts of speech.
Math:
- This week we will start our Math4Today weekly lessons, there are ten boxes covering 6-7 different math skills such as adding two and three digit numbers, subtracting numbers, naming shapes, story problems, using data graphs and beginning multiplication. There will be an assessment each week but this first one will be done together as a class.
- We have two lessons in our Green Math books. There will be homework on Tuesday evening for lesson 3 and Thursday evening for lesson 4.
- Lesson 3's Objective: Interpret the meaning of factors—the size of the group or the
number of groups as well as making number bonds. For example:
- Lesson 4: Objective: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the size of the group in division. For example:
Art:
- We are finishing our paintings in the style of Joan Miro who was a Surrealist and Abstract style artist. I am very excited to hang them in the hallway!
- We are also focusing on the art element of Line. We used line as our main focus in our paintings.
Character Focus: Trustworthiness
- We will read the story, The Sultan and the Seeds and discuss the ways trust was or was not built through the story.
Snack: We don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm so I am encouraging everyone to bring a snack for our morning snack break at 10:30 am
HOMEWORK:
- Students will have math homework on Tuesday and Thursday evening. It is a review of the lesson we will have worked on during those days. It is important for long term learning to complete the homework after learning new information. We go over the Problem Set page together as a class and they are supposed to bring that home with them to help them remember how to do the problems as well as help parents see how we worked on the problems so that parents can support their child with their math homework. I give 5 points for each homework and they do add up quickly in the grade book so it is important for practice and for grades to complete and return homework. I do not grade for correct vs incorrect answers. We go over the homework in class together the next day to check for understanding and work on any problem areas.
- Reading Calendars: I am sending home the September calendar so students can record their reading minutes for the month. They will be due October 2nd and are worth 100 points in the grade book for reading 400+ minutes for the month. If for any reason the calendar gets lost, I can accept a note or email from parents with the number of reading minutes for their child. I do encourage that the paper itself be turned in at the end of each month to support growing responsibility and accountability for the students whenever possible.
- IXL homework will be marked with a yellow star and are homework for the nights we do not have paper math homework. This week students need to complete the 2 starred areas in third grade math on Wednesday. The link to IXL is on the right side of this blog page and the starred assignments are:
- IXL, In Third Grade Math, under Numbers and Comparing:
- *Students who do their IXL homework will be given 5 points extra credit for completing the starred assignments.
Scholastic Book Orders: I will be sending home book order catalog pages from Scholastic this week. If you would like to order books online you can use the Scholastic link on the right side of this blog page. Our class login name is GWNL2. If you would like to use checks or cash you can send it with your childs' book orders and I will place the order. Checks are made out to Scholastic not me and one check works for multiple catalog pages.
ORDERS DUE Monday, September 11th.
- Friday, September 8th: Spelling test on List #1.
- Monday, September 11th: Scholastic Book orders due.
- Thursday, October 5th: Picture Retakes. Photo packets should be arriving very soon. If you would like to get your child's picture retaken, the original photo packet will need to be returned on or before October 5th to the teacher. If you decided to order pictures after seeing the proof, there is a link on the photo page to order.
- Monday, September 11th: Student Government sponsored skate night at the Rollerdrome from 6-8 pm.
- Tuesday, September 12: Helping your 2nd - 3rd grader learn to read well 6-7 p.m. VCS GymTuesday, September 19: STEM Night 5-7 p.m. come join the fun and learn about drones!
- Monday, October 2nd: September Reading Calendar due.
- Fall Break is October 9th through 13th,2017.
- November 2nd and 3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:00 pm. Scheduled with the teacher.
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