The Week of December 18th through 21st, 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:

• We finished watching our movie, Mouse and the Motorcycle and discussed similarities and differences,  
• Most students finished their Mouse and the Motorcycle unit packets.
• Reading skill focus:  inference, prediction, details and conclusions.
• Holiday themed reading activities.

Math:  

• We will not introduce any more new math until the Christmas break is over.  
• Holiday themed math activities.
• IXL practice over the break makes a world of difference if you have time to squeeze it in.

Interim Testing:

We will be doing some testing this week called the Interim Assessment which is like the spring ISAT third graders will take.  This would be a practice and would be helpful for the kids to see what logging in is like and what the test looks like.  This information will help us see how the students are doing academically and will provide some insight on what we need to focus more time on.  If students want to bring snack during this test that is fine as long as it is not something that can spill or needs to be warmed up as we do not have a microwave.

***We have a need for headphones or ear buds.  Please talk with your child about their headphones as some are missing and some don't work any more.  We need them for testing and for chrome book times.  Your child knows if they have headphones and if they do indeed still work currently.  Thank you! 

Homework:

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

• Practice Spelling words from List #7 /oi/ sounds--lists was 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.
• No math homework this week.

• 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.