The Week of October 30th through November 3rd, 2017
Spelling:
     List #5- /oo/ and /u/
fruit     cute     mule     stool     few     rules     new     knew     bedroom     musical     rescue     spoon     computer     moon     perfume

Review words:    height     silent     reply

Challenge Words:  barbecue     suitcase

*Spelling Test #5 on next Friday, November 10th, 2017.

Reading:

• We will finish our book, Journey to the Center of the Earth, on Monday.
• Start Daily 5 reading rotations.

Language Arts:

• We are using an October Packet to cover many grammar and parts of speech activities as well as math activities.  

Math: 

• Students will have math homework on Monday and Wednesday evenings this week.  It is a review of the lesson we will have worked on during Tuesday.  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.
• This week our homework will cover Lesson 16: Use the distributive property as a strategy to find related multiplication facts and Lesson 17:  Model the relationship between multiplication and division.

•  Math4Today Week 4:  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.  We do an assessment on Friday each week over the skills we covered in the weekly math page.
•   There will be homework on Monday and Wednesday.

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

Grades:  If you would like to look at your child's grades please use the Vision Charter link on the right side of this page and go to Portal.  If you do not have a username and password please call Amy Bowers at 208-455-9220 or email her at amybowers@visioncsd.org so that she can get that information to you.  This is the only place grades are posted.  Please let me know if you have any questions or any problems using Infinite Campus.

HOMEWORK:

• Monday, Math lesson #16 and Wednesday, Math lesson #17.
• Reading Calendars: This month we will start the Pizza Hut Reading Coupon program to accompany our reading homework minutes.  October reading calendars due by Friday, November 3rd. 
• 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 4 starred areas in third grade math on Tuesday and  Thursday.  The link to IXL is on the right side of this blog page and look for the starred assignments which are:
• IXL, In Third Grade Math, 
• Understand Multiplication:  E.8 Write multiplication sentence for number lines.
• Multiplication Skill Builders:  F.6  Multiply by 5.
• *Students who do their IXL homework will be given 5 points extra credit for completing the starred assignments.   

Dates to Remember:

• Tuesday, October 31st:  School-wide Novel:  Journey to the Center of the Earth dress up day!  Dress as a character from the book.  
• November 2nd and 3rd:  Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:00 pm.  Scheduled with the teacher.

The Week of October 23rd through 27th, 2017
Spelling:
     List #4- short and long o

coach     frog     though     vote     block     sold     hollow     own     fossil     cocoa     olive     option     stone     lollipop     oatmeal    

Review words:  sentence     reading     bread

Challenge Words:  telephone     octagon

*Spelling Test #2 on this Friday, October 27th, 2017

Reading:

• Working on elements of stories: plot, setting, characters.
• Our storybook focus story is Finding Winnie.  The true story of Winnie the Pooh.  We will focus on using context clues to understand new vocabulary as well as recalling and summarizing the story.  
• Continuing to read our school book, Journey to the Center of the Earth  and completing our Layers of the Earth booklets.

Language Arts:

• We are using an October Packet to cover many grammar and parts of speech activities as well as math activities.  

Math: 

• Students will have math homework on Tuesday evening this week.  It is a review of the lesson we will have worked on during Tuesday.  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.
• This week our homework will cover Lesson 15:
• Relating arrays to tape diagrams to model the commutative property of multiplication.

•  Math4Today Week 4:  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.  We do an assessment on Friday each week over the skills we covered in the weekly math page.
•   There will be homework on Tuesday evening on lesson 15.

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

Grades:  If you would like to look at your child's grades please use the Vision Charter link on the right side of this page and go to Portal.  If you do not have a username and password please call Amy Bowers at 208-455-9220 or email her at amybowers@visioncsd.org so that she can get that information to you.  This is the only place grades are posted.  Please let me know if you have any questions or any problems using Infinite Campus.

HOMEWORK:

• Math paper homework(10/24/17)  Lesson 15 on Tuesday evening and due Wednesday morning.
• Reading Calendars: This month we will start the Pizza Hut Reading Coupon program to accompany our reading homework minutes.  October reading calendars due by Friday, November 3rd. 
• 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 4 starred areas in third grade math on Tuesday and  Thursday.  The link to IXL is on the right side of this blog page and look for the starred assignments which are:
• IXL, In Third Grade Math, 
• Under Addition:  C.7  Add three numbers up to three digits: word problems.
• Under Understanding Multiplication:  E.7  Make arrays to model multiplication. 
• Under Three dimensional shapes:  EE.4 Shapes of every day objects #1
• *Students who do their IXL homework will be given 5 points extra credit for completing the starred assignments.   

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday, October 25th:  Field Trip to Nampa Civic Center to watch Peter Pan performance.  If you have not done so already, please return your child's permission slip to attend the performance along with $4.  
• Wednesday, October 25th:  Farmstead Corn Maze and Pumpkin Festival for Vision Charter School from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 31st:  School-wide Novel:  Journey to the Center of the Earth dress up day!  Dress as a character from the book.  
• November 2nd and 3rd:  Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:00 pm.  Scheduled with the teacher.

The Week of October 16th through 20th, 2017
Spelling:
     List #4- short and long o

coach     frog     though     vote     block     sold     hollow     own     fossil     cocoa     olive     option     stone     lollipop     oatmeal    

Review words:  sentence     reading     bread

Challenge Words:  telephone     octagon

*Spelling Test #2 on this Friday, October 6th, 2017

Reading:

• We finished Charlotte's Web and have half of the movie left to watch.  The students each made a dodecahedron (12 sided shape) that covers comprehension from the book.  
• Our storybook focus story is Finding Winnie.  The true story of Winnie the Pooh.  We will focus on using context clues to understand new vocabulary as well as recalling and summarizing the story.  
• We are starting our School Wide Book Celebration book:  The Journey to the Center of the Earth.  On October 31st, students can dress up as a character from the book!

Language Arts:

• We are using an October Packet to cover many grammar and parts of speech activities as well as math activities.  

Math: 

•  Math4Today Week 4:  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.  We do an assessment on Friday each week over the skills we covered in the weekly math page.
• We have two lessons in our Green Math books.  There will be homework on Monday evening for lesson 13 and Wednesday  evening for lesson 14.

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

• Students will have math homework on Monday and Wednesday evening this week.  It is a review of the lessons 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.
• This week our homework will cover Lessons 11 and 12. 

• Lesson 13:  Interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of 3.  

• Lesson 14:  Skip-count objects in models to build fluency with multiplication facts using units of 4.  

Grades:  If you would like to look at your child's grades please use the Vision Charter link on the right side of this page and go to Portal.  If you do not have a username and password please call Amy Bowers at 208-455-9220 or email her at amybowers@visioncsd.org so that she can get that information to you.  This is the only place grades are posted.  Please let me know if you have any questions or any problems using Infinite Campus.

HOMEWORK:

• Math paper homework:  Lesson 13 on Monday and Lesson 14 on Wednesday. Due the following days.
• Reading Calendars:  September Reading Calendars were sent home at the beginning of the month. They will be dueOctober 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 4 starred areas in third grade math on Tuesday and  Thursday.  The link to IXL is on the right side of this blog page and the starred assignments are:
• IXL, In Third Grade Math, 
• Do 20 minutes of IXL, your choice, on Tuesday and again on Thursday to get extra credit.
• *Students who do their IXL homework will be given 5 points extra credit for completing the starred assignments.   

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday, October 25th:  Field Trip to Nampa Civic Center to watch Peter Pan performance. I need one more volunteer to go with our class.  If you are interested please let me know.  I have one parent already.  ** I need one more parent volunteer to go with us.  It's Free! 
• Wednesday, October 25th:  Farmstead Corn Maze and Pumpkin Festival for Vision Charter School from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 31st:  School-wide Novel:  Journey to the Center of the Earth dress up day!  Dress as a character from the book.  
• November 2nd and 3rd:  Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:00 pm.  Scheduled with the teacher.

The Week of October 2nd through 6th, 2017

Spelling:
     List #3- short and long i

pilot     write     inch     reply     lines     bigger     brick     river     given

silent     fine     whisper     rhyme     iron     height     grade     safety     they

Challenge Words:  multiply      divide

*Spelling Test #2 on this Friday, October 6th, 2017

Reading:

• We are enjoying our class novel, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White and building or dodecahedron comprehension shape.  We should be finished this week so we can start our Book Celebration book:  Journey to the Center of the Earth.
• Our storybook focus story is Pinduli by Janell Cannon.  We will use this story to focus on vocabulary words, comprehension, describing characters, and adjectives.  

Language Arts:

• 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: 

•  Math4Today Week 4:  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.  We do an assessment on Friday each week over the skills we covered in the weekly math page.
• We have two lessons in our Green Math books.  There will be homework on Tuesday evening for lesson 11 and Thursday  evening for lesson 12.

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

• Students will have math homework on Tuesday and Thursday evening this week.  It is a review of the lessons 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.
• This week our homework will cover Lessons 11 and 12. 

• Lesson 11:  Model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagrams.

• Lesson 12: Interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of 2. 


• Reading Calendars:  September Reading Calendars were sent home at the beginning of 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 4 starred areas in third grade math on Tuesday and  Thursday.  The link to IXL is on the right side of this blog page and the starred assignments are:
• IXL, In Third Grade Math, 
• Under Estimation and Rounding:
• P.2  Rounding.
• Multiplication Skill Builders:
• F.5 Multiply by 4's.
• Under Time:
• T.1  Match clocks and times.
• T.2  Match analog and digital clocks.
• *Students who do their IXL homework will be given 5 points extra credit for completing the starred assignments.   

Grades:  If you would like to look at your child's grades please use the Vision Charter link on the right side of this page and go to Portal.  If you do not have a username and password please call Amy Bowers at 208-455-9220 or email her at amybowers@visioncsd.org so that she can get that information to you.  This is the only place grades are posted.  Please let me know if you have any questions or any problems using Infinite Campus.

HOMEWORK:

Dates to Remember:

• Monday, October 2nd:  September Reading Calendar 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.
• Fall Break is October 9th through 13th,2017.
• Wednesday, October 25th:  Field Trip to Nampa Civic Center to watch Peter Pan performance. I need one more volunteer to go with our class.  If you are interested please let me know.  I have one parent already 
• Wednesday, October 25th:  Farmstead Corn Maze and Pumpkin Festival for Vision Charter School from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 31st:  School-wide Novel:  Journey to the Center of the Earth dress up day!  Dress as a character from the book.  
• November 2nd and 3rd:  Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:00 pm.  Scheduled with the teacher.