The Week of December 11th through 15th, 2017

Spelling: List #7  /oi/

toys     annoy     point     noise     boy     broil     joyful     join     soil     

destroy     loyal     avoid     voyage     coins     voice    

Review Words:  fruit     rescue     computer  

Challenge Words:  enjoyable     poisonous

• Spelling Test will be Wednesday, December 20th

Reading and Language Arts:

• Continuing our new chapter book, Mouse and the Motorcycle.
• Grammar Rule 12:  A verb tells what is happening to the noun.  Three types of verbs:  action verbs such as ran and went; linking verbs such as am, is, are, was, were; and helping verbs such as will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, did.
• Reading skill focus:  inference, prediction, details and conclusions.

Math:  

• Lesson 5:  Count by units of 7 to multiply and divide using number bonds to decompose.  For example:  We can figure out the product of 7 x 6 by decomposing one of the sets of 7 into 7 x 5 + 7  by solving 

                                    35 + 7 = adding 35 + 5 = 40 + 2 = 42

                                                                      ∕  ∖

                                                                    5    2

• Homework on Monday night.
• Lesson 6:  Using the distributive property as a strategy to multiply and divide using units of 6 and 7.  

                                       5 x 7            3 x 7          (5 x 7) + (3 x 7) = 35 + 21= 56

                                  7  7  7  7  7       7 7 7          so, 8 x 7 = 56       

• Homework on Wednesday night.

Science:  

• Earth's Rotation and Time 
• Who set the first clock?

Social Studies:

• Learning about the 5 regions of the US starting with the Midwest Region.

Homework:

• November Reading Calendar was due Friday, December 1st.  Remember that 400 minutes a month or more receives full credit (100%) in the grade book.

• Math homework on Monday night (lesson 5) and Wednesday night (lesson 6).

• Practice Spelling words from List #7 /oi/ sounds--lists will be sent home on Monday, December 11th and the test will be next week on Wednesday, December 20th.  There is also a list at the top of this blog post.

• We will be doing IXL in class so students will not be assigned IXL for homework but I encourage students to do one to two activities in Math and Language Arts on the days we do not have paper homework to continue practicing their important third grade skills.

Christmas Party: Thursday, December 21st from 9:45 am to 11:30 am.

     We need some things for our party and if you can help with any of the listed things below that would be so wonderful and so appreciated! You can email to let me know what you would like to help with:

       **7 adult helpers to help with the center activities. (nothing hard, I promise)

       **29 plain sugar cookies for kids to decorate at one center

       **4 cans of frosting to decorate cookies (red, green, white (we can also use food            coloring).

       **decoration sprinkles, candies, etc for the cookies.

       **29 juice boxes/bags or juice and cups.

       ** paper plates  (29)

       ** paper napkins  (29)

       ** plastic spoons (29)

It will be a lot of fun and we hope some of you can come and help us to keep our party running smoothly.  Thank you so much!

Dates to Remember:  

• Thursday, December 21st:  Class Christmas Party 9:45 am to 11:30 am, our classroom room 121.  
• Christmas Break December 22nd through January 7th.  
• December Reading Calendar due by Tuesday, January 9th, 2018.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.