This week in third grade! May 16th through 19th, 2016

CCSS Math:  Reviewing third grade math skills that we have covered so far in third grade-multiplication and types of problems, division, area, perimeter, fractions and graphing. Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division and story problems.

Homework:  Paper homework is done for the rest of the year.  I appreciate the support parents have given their children to practice the many skills they have learned this year.  I know it can be hectic to get homework done along with everything else in life but it truly helps the kids retain new learning. 

Nightly reading and recording minutes read on May Calendars.  April Reading calendars are due.  May reading calendar is now due.  It is worth 100 points.  

***Any missing reading calendars should be turned in this week at the latest.  Missing calendars are worth 200 points in the grade book and can lower a student's grade a whole letter grade or more. Fourth Quarter has March, April and half of May reading posted.

Share Days:

Monday, the 16th:  Diego and Jesse
Tuesday the 17th:  Preston and Sebastian
Wednesday the 18th:  Makenzie and Addi

Thursday the 19th:  Sydney and Aiden
Friday the 20th: No School
Monday the 23rd:  Hannah and Laken and Russell

Summer Birthdays:  If your child has a birthday after the last day of school (May 27th), we will take a moment to celebrate them on Wednesday, May 18th.  If your child has a summer birthday you can send in treats on Wednesday for them to share with their classmates.  We will go outside and pass out the treats and sing happy birthday to each student and then have a short recess.  We have 29 students in our class.

Read in Day!: Thursday, May 19th.  Reading is our big focus in third grade and we will enjoy a day of a lot of reading including some guest readers from the school who will come in and read to our class throughout the day!  Students can bring books from home to read if they would like to as well as a pillow and blanket or one stuffed friend to enjoy the relaxing reading day!  Everything should be able to fit in their backpack so they can manage getting to and from school.  

School Carnival!:  Thursday, May 19th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM the PFA will be putting on an amazing carnival for the school.  Please plan to attend and have a wonderful time!  There will be games, raffles and bigger rides/attractions!  See you there!  

Carnival help needed: The carnival is a fun event put on by our school's PFA.  They have asked each teacher to find volunteers to share some time to help out with the "attractions."  Ours is called the dingle hopper and looks fun!  I have spots for one hour or 30 minutes.  Please let me know if you can help out for 30 minutes or even 60.  Thank you so much!!!! 

Field Day:  May 26th from K-3 1:20 to 2:40 pm. If any parents are interested in helping during any of the field day activities please let me know.  Students do need help with some of the games and activities so more hands are always appreciated!!  Students will need to remember a water bottle and sunscreen for the afternoon activities outside.

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, May 17th: Pizza orders due.  $1 a slice

Wednesday, May 18th:  Summer Birthday celebration

Thursday, May 19th:  Read in day

Thursday, May 19th:  School Carnival from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Thursday, May 26th:  Field Day

Friday, May 27th:  Last day of school 

Final Scholastic Book order due by Tuesday, May 10th.  I  sent home a book order this past Thursday.  There are a lot of great books for summer reading!  Please use the link to right and our class code GWNL2 to order books or send in your order with cash or checks.  Thank you for supporting our classroom library as well!  I have used my points to purchase 38 new books this year!

This week in third grade! May 9th through 13th, 2016

Spelling list #12 was our last spelling list for this year.  Any test retakes will be finished up this week.

Words of the day this week: creative, flexible, include, and insist.

CCSS Math:  Reviewing third grade math skills that we have covered so far in third grade-multiplication and types of problems, division, area, perimeter, fractions and graphing. Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division and story problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week and fitting in IXL on any of those days will be highly beneficial. Thursday and Friday homework is IXL. It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!

Nightly reading and recording minutes read on May Calendars.  April Reading calendars are due.  

***Any missing reading calendars should be turned in this week at the latest.  Missing calendars are worth 200 points in the grade book and can lower a student's grade a whole letter grade or more. Fourth Quarter has March, April and half of May reading posted.

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Third Grade Testing: Monday, May 9th:  Math performance Task Test for ISAT.  This will be the kids last test.  On this one they are asked to write explanations on how to solve a math situation.  Usually in story problem form with multiple steps and more writing (typing).  This test is generally shorter than the others we did this past week.  The kids have worked hard and tried their best and I am very proud of them!  I am anxious to see the results that come out in the summer. 

**Monday students may bring snacks for the test again.

Share Days:

Monday, the 9th:  Timber
Tuesday the 10th:  Gabe
Wednesday the 11th:  Anthony

Thursday the 12th:  Ravyn
Friday the 13th:  Hunter
Monday the 16th:  Diego

Carnival help needed: The carnival is a fun event put on by our school's PFA.  They have asked each teacher to find volunteers to share some time to help out with the "attractions."  Ours is called the dingle hopper and looks fun!  I have spots for one hour or 30 minutes.  Please let me know if you can help out for 30 minutes or even 60.  Thank you so much!!!! 

Field Day:  May 26th from K-3 1:20 to 2:40 pm. If any parents are interested in helping during any of the field day activities please let me know.  Students do need help with some of the games and activities so more hands are always appreciated!!  Students will need to remember a water bottle and sunscreen for the afternoon activities outside.

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, May 10th:   Pizza orders due.  $1 a slice

Friday, May 13th: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack

Thursday, May 19th:  School Carnival from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Thursday, May 26th:  Field Day

Friday, May 27th:  Last day of school 

This week in third grade!  April 25th through 29th, 2016

Spelling:  Words with Silent Consonants

knight     gnaw     doubt     thumb     wrong     sign     knock     climb     crumb     island     aisle     sword     whole     written     often     dishonest     rewind     unknown     raspberry     knowledge

Spelling Test on Thursday, May 5th.  

Words of the day this week: mechanic, recreation,  nourishment,  and persuade.

CCSS Math:  Reviewing third grade math skills that we have covered so far in third grade-multiplication and types of problems, division, area, perimeter, fractions and graphing. Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division and story problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week and fitting in IXL on any of those days will be highly beneficial. Thursday and Friday homework is IXL. It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on April Calenders.

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Third Grade Testing: We will start ISAT testing May 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the 12th.  Students will be allowed snack foods, no liquids, healthy foods would be best. Please leave sugary treats for after school.  A good night's rest before these tests will help them do their very best.  These kiddos have learned so much and worked so hard this year!  I am looking forward to seeing how much growth they have made!

Share Days:

Monday, the 25th:  Kim
Tuesday the 26th:  Jaegger
Wednesday the 27th:  Lily

Thursday the 28th:  Caitilyn
Friday the 29th:  Kaylea
Monday the 2nd:  Kenzi

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, April 26th:   Pizza orders due.  $1 a slice

Friday, April 29th: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack

This week in third grade!  April 18th through 21st, 2016

Report Cards:  If you have seen your child's report card for third quarter, please sign it and have your child bring it to school.  I will mark it off and send it back in case you want to save it or use it to go to businesses that offer a reward for grades.  

Spelling:  Doing some review of past spelling patterns in class so there won't be a new list this week.

Language: Rule 17 Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.  An adjective can tell three things:  what kind (furry monkey), which one (the second boy) and how many (several children).  

Words of the day this week: zest, doze, hesitate, and optimistic.

CCSS Math:  Reviewing third grade math skills that we have covered so far in third grade-multiplication and types of problems, division, area, perimeter, fractions and graphing. Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division and story problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week and fitting in IXL on any of those days will be highly beneficial. Thursday and Friday homework is IXL. It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on April Calenders.

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Third Grade Testing: We will be doing some testing to measure individual growth using the MAP test.  This test was given in the beginning of the year and sets a goal for the student based on their individual academic development.  Students may bring snacks to have while they do their test.  It usually takes between 45 minutes to an hour. 

Share Days:

Monday, the 18th:  Bryce
Tuesday the 19th:  Simon
Wednesday the 20th:  Mason

Thursday the 21st:  Emily
Friday the 22nd:  No School
Monday the 25th:  Kim

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, April 19th:   Pizza orders due

Thursday, April 21st: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack

This week in third grade!  April 11th through 15th, 2016

Report Cards:  If you have seen your child's report card for third quarter, please sign it and have your child bring it to school.  I will mark it off and send it back in case you want to save it or use it to go to businesses that offer a reward for grades.  

Spelling:  Doing some review of past spelling patterns in class so there won't be a new list this week.

Language: Rule 17 Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.  An adjective can tell three things:  what kind (furry monkey), which one (the second boy) and how many (several children).  

Words of the day this week: praise, admire, ponder, restrain.

CCSS Math:  Reviewing third grade math skills that we have covered so far in third grade-multiplication and types of problems, division, area, perimeter, fractions and graphing. Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division and story problems.

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week and fitting in IXL on any of those days will be highly beneficial.  It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on April Calenders.

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Share Days:

Monday, the 11th:  Aiden
Tuesday the 12th:  Hannah
Wednesday the 13th:  Laken

Thursday the 14th: Russell
Friday the 15th:  Dallin
Monday the 18th:  Bryce

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, April 12th:   Pizza orders due

Friday, April 15th: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack

This week in third grade!  April 4th through 7th, 2016
Spelling List #11:  Adding –ed &-ing to short and long

vowel CVC words

hoping     swimming     clipped     ruled     updated     disliked     striking     baking

swapped     grazing     hopping     riding     joking     chased     stepped

High Frequency Words

only     know     after     because     also

**Spelling Test on List #11 is on Thursday, April 7th.  

Language: Rule 17 Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.  An adjective can tell three things:  what kind (furry monkey), which one (the second boy) and how many (several children).  

Words of the day this week: route, surface, task, announce

CCSS Math:  Math review of multiplication, arrays, commutative property, multiplication triangles, division triangles, fact families and associative property.  Math4Today  Comparing fractional pieces, plotting whole numbers and fractions on a number line, dividing shapes into fractional units, irregular fractions, multiplication and division.  

Homework:  Students will have Math paper homework on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and fitting in IXL on any of those days will be highly beneficial.  It is so important for students to work on their homework and bring it with them the next day as we use it as a learning tool and go over it as a class the next day and it does not benefit students who have not attempted the work on their own first.  I appreciate the time you give to helping your child and the rest of the class be prepared for learning the next day!
Nightly reading and recording minutes read on April Calendars.  ** March Reading calendars are due now.  Please send in your child's signed calendar to receive full credit for March.

** Practicing multiplication facts using flashcards we made in class. (multiples of 1's through 12's) Starting timed tests in class. Very important to practice facts throughout the week.

IXL Information:  All students have received a username and password to log into IXL.  You can log in through this blog or if  search IXL make sure your child includes @visioncharter after their username to ensure that it ties into my class roster.  They have a free option that won't come up in my class roster.  This is homework as far as an invitation to practice as much as you feel is ok.  It is not for a grade but will help them prepare for their end of third grade tests as well as be more prepared for fourth grade.  It is a highly suggested addition to homework but not required. On nights when students don't have paper homework I will suggest that they do IXL that evening.  I will include it in the homework section.  

Share Days:

Monday, the 4th:  Sebastian
Tuesday the 5th:  Makenzie
Wednesday the 6th:  Addi

Thursday the 7th:  Sydney
Friday the 8th:  NO SCHOOL
Monday the 11th:  Aiden

Dates to remember:

Monday, April 4th:  Report cards for 3rd Quarter being sent home with students.

Tuesday, April 5th:   Pizza orders due

Thursday, April 7th: Jeans Day for $1 and snack shack