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