This Week in Third Grade~~September 2nd through 6th, 2019

Please read through our plans for this week, as well as, homework information/due dates and dates to remember.

Spelling:  List #C-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
Need to Know Words:  able     date     pay     past     ate**The first spelling list was sent home on Thursday 8/29/19.  This list will be for the week of September 3rd through 6th.  On Tuesday, 9/3 students will do a pretest on the first list words.  Students who score 100% on the pretest won't have to take the test on Friday the 6th.  
***Students will use Spelling City to practice spelling words.  Once they have their login information they will be able to access this from home.  

ELA:  English Language Arts:

• Grammar- -Verbs
• Reading--Character Traits
• Vocabulary--assemble, grumble, calculate, elegant, and privilege.  WOW Word- prearrange.  We will cover 5 vocabulary words in class.  The WOW words are focusing on prefixes and suffixes.  
• Writing--Introduction to Personal Narrative writing.  Students will put together their Writing Journals and will work on a piece of writing to begin the unit.

Math:

• We are starting our enVision Math program.  It is common for the homework to take a little longer in the beginning as students get used to the program, flow and the style of questioning. Homework will be on every Tuesday and Thursday and is due the following day for 5 points in the gradebook.  Homework is a very important part of learning and retaining all that they are learning in class.  
• Tuesday, September 2nd:  Lesson 1-1  Multiplication as Repeated Addition.  *Homework page
• Thursday, September 4th:  Multiplication on the Number Line. *Homework page

Science:

• Students will save Bobby  and learn why it is hard to make new inventions.
• Students will create a lunchbox out of specific materials and test the strength of their lunchbox with cans of soup. This will be a STEM activity and will be tied to the book, First Day Jitters.

Technology: 

• Students will become familiar with the different websites we will use in class and how to find the links on our class blog page.  

Snack:

• We will stop each morning at 10:15 am to have a snack since our lunch is so late in the afternoon.  (12:38 pm) Please help your 3rd grader remember to grab a snack so they will be able to continue there focus.  

Homework:

• Reading Homework:
• I will send home the September Reading calendar on Thursday, August 29th. This is to be kept at home and all of the nightly reading recorded on it.  At the end of the month, the calendar will need to have a parent signature and total of minutes read and students need to turn it in with 5 days after the month ends.  Third grade students are required to read at least 400 minutes a month which works out to be about 20 minutes nightly for 20 days a month minimum.  This also goes in the grade book.
• Math Homework:  
• Tuesday, September 2nd:  Lesson 1-1  Multiplication as Repeated Addition.  *Homework page
• Thursday, September 4th:  Multiplication on the Number Line. *Homework page
• Spelling Homework:
• Study spelling words for list #C-1 Long and short a.  Test will be on Friday.

• Specials: 
• Music and PE will be meeting more than once a week.  The schedule is to the right, on our class blog page.  Please encourage your child to dress in appropriate clothing and shoes for the PE days. 

Dates to Remember:

• Monday, September 2nd:  No School (holiday) 
• Friday, September 20th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Tuesday, October 1st:  September Reading Calendar due (within 5 days) 
• Friday, October 4th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Thursday, October 17th:  End of 1st quarter
• Friday, October 18th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Monday, October 21st through 25th:  No School (Fall Break)
• Thursday, October 31:  School-wide book celebration.  Book--Peter Pan
• Friday, November 8th:  Parent Teacher Conferences (scheduled and drop in times will be determined closer to the date.

This Week in Third Grade August 26th through 29th, 2019

Please read through our plans for this week, as well as, homework information/due dates and dates to remember.

Spelling:
**The first spelling list will be sent home on Thursday 8/29/19.  This list will be for the week of September 3rd through 6th.  On Tuesday, 9/3 students will do a pretest on the first list words.  Students who score 100% on the pretest won't have to take the test on Friday the 6th.  
***Students will use Spelling City to practice spelling words.  Once they have their login information they will be able to access this from home.  

ELA:  English Language Arts:

• Grammar- -Nouns 
• Reading--Character Traits
• Vocabulary--fragile, research, defend, specific, pledge and WOW Word- rediscover.  We will cover 5 vocabulary words in class.  The WOW words are focusing on prefixes and suffixes.  
• Writing--Introduction to Personal Narrative writing.  Students will put together their Writing Journals and will work on a piece of writing to begin the unit.

Math:

• This week we will be doing some reviewing of addition and subtraction using single and double digits.  Students will have homework on Tuesday and Thursday.  Homework is do the following school day.  5 points is given for students who turn in their homework on time and this score goes in the grade book.  These points add up quickly.  
• We will start our enVision math program on September 3rd.  Students will work on the concepts in class and will work on the same ones that evening at home.  Homework will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Your child will need guidance to learn to complete these pages but will become familiar with the routine and will learn so much throughout the year.  

Science:

• Students will create a lunchbox out of specific materials and test the strength of their lunchbox with cans of soup. This will be a STEM activity and will be tied to the book, First Day Jitters.

Technology: 

• Students will become familiar with the different websites we will use in class and how to find the links on our class blog page.  

Snack:

• We will stop each morning at 10:15 am to have a snack since our lunch is so late in the afternoon.  (12:38 pm) Please help your 3rd grader remember to grab a snack so they will be able to continue there focus.  

Homework:

• I will send home the September Reading calendar on Thursday, August 29th. This is to be kept at home and all of the nightly reading recorded on it.  At the end of the month, the calendar will need to have a parent signature and total of minutes read and students need to turn it in with 5 days after the month ends.  Third grade students are required to read at least 400 minutes a month which works out to be about 20 minutes nightly for 20 days a month minimum.  This also goes in the grade book.
• Math Homework will be sent home on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Students need to work on all problems and try to do their best.  This homework will be do the following school day (Tuesday homework due Wednesday morning) (Thursday homework due Friday mornings or Monday mornings on weeks we do not have school on Friday.  
• Homework this week:
• Tuesday:  2 digit addition with carrying.
• Thursday:  2 digit subtraction with borrowing.

Specials: 

• Music and PE will be meeting more than once a week.  The schedule is to the right, on our class blog page.  Please encourage your child to dress in appropriate clothing and shoes for the PE days. 

Dates to Remember:

• Thursday, August 29th:  Scholastic Book orders due (link to the right)
• Friday, August 30th:  No school (teacher in-service)
• Monday, September 2nd:  No School (holiday) 
• Friday, September 20th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Tuesday, October 1st:  September Reading Calendar due (within 5 days) 
• Friday, October 4th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Thursday, October 17th:  End of 1st quarter
• Friday, October 18th:  No School (teacher in-service)
• Monday, October 21st through 25th:  No School (Fall Break)
• Thursday, October 31:  School-wide book celebration.  Book--Peter Pan
• Friday, November 8th:  Parent Teacher Conferences (scheduled and drop in times will be determined closer to the date.

The week of August 19th through 23rd, 2019

Welcome to Third grade!!  It was so nice to meet you on Thursday!  

I am so excited to see my 29 new favorite people tomorrow!! 

Many of you brought in your student information pages on Thursday but if you are still working on them it would be wonderful to have them turned in on Monday if possible.

Our schedule will be full of reading, math and writing for the first 4 hours of our day.  Lunch will be at 12:38 pm and we will stop and have a snack and a little exercise outside at 10:15 am for 15 minutes.  We will have Music on Mondays, Wednesdays and every other Friday. We will have PE on Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday. We will have Spanish class on Mondays and Technology class in the classroom.  

I will email a link to our class blog page each week and this is where you will find all of our information about what we are learning in class, any homework including the due dates, and any other information that will be important for you to have.  To the right of this post you will see many icons for links that we use in the classroom. Most of them will also work at home in case there is work that didn't get finished in class.  

Please contact me anytime.  If there is anything you think would be helpful for me to know about your child or any thing at all, please don't hesitate to contact me. 

If you have not turned in how your child will go home on Monday, the first day of school, as well as, regular transportation schedule going home, please email me as soon as possible.

I can't wait to see those little faces tomorrow!!