The Week of October 1st through 5th ,2018

Spelling: List #5 Long oo and Long 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
Need to Know words: such     push     funny     trust     true

**Test will be on Friday, October 5th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test on Friday.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on Verbs
• Character Traits:  Looking at Characters in stories and identifying character traits used.
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are:  convince, swiftly, rely, rare, and precise
• Our WOW word will be: powerful
• Our novel is Wonder by R.J. Palacio.  I am reading this aloud to the class. 
• We will also be starting Robin Hood as our school-wide book selection for October.  Students will be able to dress up as characters from the book, Robin Hood on October 31st! Don't be afraid to be creative! 

Math:

• This week our lessons will be on the math practices and problem solving. We will be looking at the steps we would need to make to solve word problems involving multiple operations to solve the problem. 
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the gradebook for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Oct 1st:  Lesson 2-6  Model with Math
• Wednesday, 3rd:  Reteach and vocabulary review as well as skill review for assessment on Topic 2 which will be done in class on Friday.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• Reading calendars for September are due by Friday, Oct 5th.  

Dates to remember:

• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break
• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 26th:  Harvest Festival from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood. Party information will be sent in October.
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm.  I will send sign up information in October.

The Week of September 24th through 28th, 2018

Spelling: List #4 Long and Short 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
Need to Know words:  gone     soap     above     road     rode

**Test will be on Friday, September 28th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home.  Students who pass the pretest with 100% will not have to take the test on Friday.

Reading/ELA:

• Nouns and verbs focus. 
• Character Traits:  Looking at Characters in stories and identifying character traits used.
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are:  pause     gasp     ancient     observe     brief
• Our WOW word will be: colorless focusing on suffix
• Our novel is Wonder by R.J. Palacio.  I am reading this aloud to the class. 

Math:

• This week our lessons will be on the identity property of 1 and 0 as well as multiplying by 10..  
• Homework will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the gradebook for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, 24th:  Lesson 2-3 Identity Property of 1 and 0.  Multiplying by 1 and 0.
• Tuesday, 25th:  Lesson 2-4 Multiply by 10
• Wednesday, 26th:  Lesson 2-5 Multiplication facts 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• Kindness Challenge;  Students were given a Kindness Challenge Checkoff sheet on Friday.  The goal is to have them do the kindness actions listed on the paper or write in new ones and turn it in by Thursday, September 27th to receive their Kindness Recognition Award!

Dates to remember:

• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break
• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 26th:  Harvest Festival from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood. Party information will be sent in October.
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm.  I will send sign up information in October.

The Week of September 17th through 20th , 2018

Spelling: List #3 Long and Short i
pilot     write     inch     reply     lines     bigger     brick     river     given     silent
fine     whisper    rhyme     iron     height
Review words:  grade      safety     they
Challenge words:  multiply      divide
Need to Know words:  wish   

**Test will be on Thursday, September 20th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home.

Reading/ELA:

• Asking Questions when reading a text.
• We will continue our vocabulary focus.  Hopefully you will start hearing these words added to their vocabulary!  Since we are just getting used to this process we are not moving through the words as quickly.  We will have an assessment on the 12 words we have learned 
• Our words this week are:  assemble     grumble     calculate     elegant     privilege.  
• Our WOW word will be: prearrange
• Our novel is Wonder by R.J. Palacio.  I am reading this aloud to the class.

Math:

• This week our lessons will focus on two, five and nine as factors.  
• Homework will be on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the gradebook for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Chromebooks:  Learning about the different education programs that are linked on our class blog page and practicing math and ELA standards for third grade.

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Tuesday, September 18th:  Topic 2, Lesson 2-1 Two  and five as factors. 
• Wednesday, September 19th:  Topic 2, Lesson 2-2  Nine as a factor.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.

Dates to remember:

• September 21st:  NO SCHOOL for Teacher In-service
• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break

The Week of September 10th through 14th, 2018

Spelling: List #2 Long and Short E
wrench     hello     yellow    bread     kept     better     sentence     eggshell     medal      metal     remember     reading     peaches     peace     piece
Review words:  east     west     many
Challenge words:  special     beanstalk 
Need to Know words:  unless     fell     express     next     ever

**Test will be on Friday, September 14th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home.

Reading/ELA:

• Asking Questions when reading a text.
• We will continue our vocabulary focus.  Hopefully you will start hearing these words added to their vocabulary!  
• Our words this week are:  assemble     grumble     calculate     elegant     privilege.  
• Our WOW word will be: prearrange
• Our novel is Wonder by R.J. Palacio.  I am reading this aloud to the class.

Math:

• This week our lesson focus will be on Multiplication as Repeated Addition.  
• Homework will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the gradebook for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework. 
• Math Test on Friday over lessons 1-1 through 1-6.  We will review on Thursday.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Chromebooks:  Learning about the different education programs that are linked on our class blog page and practicing math and ELA standards for third grade.

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
•  Monday, September 10th:  Topic 1, Lesson 1-4 The Commutative property.
• Tuesday, September 11th:  Topic 1, Lesson 1-5 Division as sharing
• Wednesday, September 12th:  Topic 1, Lesson 1-6  Division as Repeated Subtraction.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.  

***Picture Day is this Friday!  If you would like to order your child's picture order online you can log on to mylifetouch.com and use our school code:  ID118783Y0 for Vision Charter School.

Dates to remember:

• Friday, September 14th:  Picture Day! 
• September 21st:  NO SCHOOL for Teacher In-service
• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break

The Week of September 4th through 7th, 2018

Spelling: List #1 Long and Short A
mask     track     stamp    stage      grade     they      batch     chance     graph     trade
raise      eight     safety      wrapped      laugh   
Review words:  ramp     crane     flame
Challenge words:  magical      station 

**Test will be on Friday, September 7th this week!

Reading/ELA:

• Asking Questions when reading a text.
• We will continue our vocabulary focus.  Hopefully you will start hearing these words added to their vocabulary!  
• Our first words will be:  fragile, research, defend, specific, pledge.  
• Our WOW word will be: rediscover
• Building our stamina in reading continuously for at least 15 minutes without talking or leaving our spot.  The kids made it 15 minutes already!! 

Math:

• Starting our new math curriculum--enVision Math!  
• This week our lesson focus will be on Multiplication as Repeated Addition.  
• Homework will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the gradebook for homework returned and completed.  

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Chromebooks:  Learning about the different education programs that are linked on our class  blog page and practicing math and ELA standards for third grade.

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework on Tuesday, September 4th,Wednesday, September 5th, and Thursday, September 6th.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.  

Dates to remember:

• Friday, September 7th:  Scholastic Book orders due.
• Friday, September 7th:  True Blue Character Day!  Dress in blue to participate.
• Friday, September 14th:  Picture Day!
• September 21st:  NO SCHOOL for Teacher In-service
• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break