This week in third grade!  December 14th through 18th, 2015

• We will not start a new spelling list this week.  
• Math 4 Today test on Thursday.
• Grammar practice and vocabulary.

Decorating Santa's new suit! 

Thank you for sending in all kinds of wonderful materials for the kids to decorate a new suit for Santa!!

Santa's suit has accidentally shruck in the dryer and we are helping Mrs. Clause get a new suit put together for Santa and we will be working on writing about our design and trying to persuade Mrs. Claus to choose one of our designs!

Homework:  We will have math homework on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  If your child hasn't turned in their reading calendar for November they need to do so by Friday. They will lose 20 points out of the 200 for being 2 weeks late but it is better than a zero.

Music performance on Thursday:

• Our elementary music program is this Thursday the 17th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene located at 601 16^th Ave. S.Nampa.
• Students needed a battery operated candle to use for one of the songs.  If you have not been able to get one let me know.  Also they have lots of them at the Dollar Tree by the Caldwell Walmart. Mrs. Ellis needs to have everyone bring their candle by Tuesday. 
• Students can wear dressy clothes for the performance and also arrive at least by 5:45 pm to get set up.  
• Any other questions 

Calendar:

• Tuesday: Pizza money due to order pizza for Wednesday.  $1 for cheese or pepperoni.
• Thursday the 17:  UGLY Sweater Day!  Rock your most creative, festive, cute or ugly sweater to celebrate the holiday season!
• Thursday the 17th 6:00 pm- Elementary Christmas Music Program
• Friday the 18th:  Star Wars Dress Up Day!  
• Friday the 18th:  Class Christmas Party from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm.
• Christmas break the December 19th through January 3rd.  
• December Reading Calendars due by January 5th.

The week of December 7th through 10th, 2015

Spelling words for the next two weeks:  List #5

backpack        awake        workbook        cupcake        spoke

quake             dislike        sunblock         check            flock

strike            brake         click               cook              lock

High Frequency Words (must know)

there             each           your               these             would

Spelling Test Thursday, December 10th

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week.  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 December Calendar is also important homework as well as practicing spelling words.

Share Days:
Monday the 7th:  Preston
Tuesday the 8th:  Sebastian
Wednesday the 9th:  Makenzie
Thursday the 10th:  Addi
Friday the 11th:  No School
Monday the 14th:  Sydney

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, December 8th:   Pizza orders due
Thursday, December 10th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack Shack open. 

Thursday, December 17th:  Christmas Musical Program at 6:00 pm at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene in Nampa.  

Friday, December 18th:  Class Christmas Party at 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. A volunteers and food list needed will be sent in a separate email. 

December 19th through January 3rd:  Christmas Break-No School

The week of November 30th through December 4th, 2015:

Spelling words for the next two weeks:  List #5

backpack        awake        workbook        cupcake        spoke

quake             dislike        sunblock         check            flock

strike            brake         click               cook              lock

High Frequency Words (must know)

there             each           your               these             would

Spelling Test Thursday, December 10th

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.  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 December Calendar is also important homework as well as practicing spelling words.

Share Days:
Monday the 30th:  Anthony
Tuesday the 1st:  Ravyn
Wednesday the 2nd:  Hunter
Thursday the 3rd:  Diego
Friday the 4th:  Jesse
Monday the 7th:  Preston

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, December 1st:   Pizza orders due
Friday, December 4th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack Shack open. 

Thursday, December 17th:  Christmas Musical Program at 6:00 pm at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene in Nampa.  

Friday, December 18th:  Class Christmas Party at 12:30 pm.  A volunteer/supplies needed letter will be sent home with students on Wednesday, December 2nd.  

December 19th through January 3rd:  Christmas Break-No School.

The week of November 16th through 20th in Third Grade

Reading:  We are enjoying our class book, The Mouse and The Motorcycle.  We are looking up vocabulary from the book in the dictionaries.  We will finish it this week and watch the movie and do a comparison.  We are working on reading a passage and answering questions in varying levels of difficulty from direct answers to inferring what the information is telling us. 

Language Arts:  Correcting grammar mistakes in daily language. Practicing spelling words
Mountain Language-variety of grammar and language practice.  Working on parts of a sentence and identifying the subject and predicate of sentences.

Spelling List # 4 Short O and Long O (o_e)

June          huge          shut          excuse          student          drum          rule

include          computer           ruler          jump          cute          use          club

*put

 (*means it doesn’t follow the rule)

High Frequency Words (must know)

from          were          what          said          have

Spelling List #4 is for two weeks.  The test will be on Friday, November 20th.

Math:   Math4Today:  Practicing rounding to nearest 10's and 100's, solving problems with three digit numbers using borrowing and carrying, story problems using addition and subtraction to find the missing piece, using graphs to find information using addition and subtraction.  Common Core Math:   Multiplying and dividing using multiples of 6's and 7's and breaking them down in two numbers that will easily equal 10 (decomposing--for example:  a 7 has addends of 1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3, 5+2 and 6+1).  Look for the problem set paper to help explain what we are working on or email me with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as I see your email. 

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.  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 on November Calendar is also so important homework as well as practicing spelling words.

Share Days:
Monday the 16th:  Kenzi
Tuesday the 17th:  Colter
Wednesday the 18th: Jayda
Thursday the 19th:  Gabe
Friday the 20th:  Timber
Monday the 30th:  Anthony

Dates to remember:

Tuesday, November 17th:  Pizza orders due
Friday, November 20th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack Shack open.

CANNED FOOD DRIVE:  Starting November 9th- send in your name brand, non-expired food to help support some of our Vision Families for a nice Thanksgiving!  No home canned foods or expired foods please. The class with the most food will win a pizza party!  Canned food drive ends on Wednesday the 18th.  

The week of November 9th through 12th in Third Grade

Reading:  We are enjoying our class book, The Mouse and The Motorcycle.  We are looking up vocabulary from the book in the dictionaries.  We are working on reading a passage and answering questions in varying levels of difficulty from direct answers to inferring what the information is telling us. 

Language Arts:  Correcting grammar mistakes in daily language. Practicing spelling words
Mountain Language-variety of grammar and language practice.  Working on parts of a sentence and identifying the subject and predicate of sentences.

Spelling List # 4 Short O and Long O (o_e)

June          huge          shut          excuse          student          drum          rule

include          computer           ruler          jump          cute          use          club

*put

 (*means it doesn’t follow the rule)

High Frequency Words (must know)

from          were          what          said          have

Spelling List #4 is for two weeks.  The test will be on Friday, November 20th.

Math:   Math4Today:  Practicing rounding to nearest 10's and 100's, solving problems with three digit numbers using borrowing and carrying, story problems using addition and subtraction to find the missing piece, using graphs to find information using addition and subtraction.  Common Core Math:   Multiplying and dividing using multiples of 6's and 7's and breaking them down in two numbers that will easily equal 10 (decomposing--for example:  a 7 has addends of 1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3, 5+2 and 6+1).  Look for the problem set paper to help explain what we are working on or email me with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as I see your email. 

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week.  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 on November Calendar is also so important homework as well as practicing spelling words.

Share Days:
Monday the 9th:  Lily
Tuesday the 10th:  Caitilyn
Wednesday the 11th:  Kaylea
Thursday the 12th:  Kenzi
Friday the 13th:  No school
Monday the 16th:  Colter

Dates to remember:

Monday, November 9th: Drawing for School Attendance!
Tuesday, November 10th:  Pizza orders due
Thursday, November 12th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack Shack open.  

CANNED FOOD DRIVE:  Starting November 9th- send in your name brand, non-expired food to help support some of our Vision Families for a nice Thanksgiving!  No home canned foods or expired foods please. The class with the most food will win a pizza party!

The week of November 2nd through 6th in Third Grade:

Reading:  Starting the class book The Mouse and The Motorcycle.  We will look at what a context clue is and how to use it to understand vocabulary words that are new and complex.  

Language Arts:  Correcting grammar mistakes in daily language. Practicing spelling words.

Spelling List #3:        slide        rice       alike       spill       wife       mice       spider       beside                                                      size         polite        reptile        invite        dine        give*       forgive*                                 ( *means doesn't follow the rule).  
High frequency words:    when        where       why         how         who

Math:   Math4Today:  Practicing rounding to nearest 10's and 100's, solving problems with three digit numbers using borrowing and carrying, story problems using addition and subtraction to find the missing piece, using graphs to find information using addition and subtraction.  Common Core Math:  Multiplication and division with multiples of 0, 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as, multiples of 10. 

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening.  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 on November Calendar is also so important and fun! 
OCTOBER READING CALENDAR IS DUE NOW.

Share Days:
Monday the 2nd:  Bryce and Simon
Tuesday the 3rd: Mason
Wednesday the 4th:  Emily
Thursday the 5th:  Kim
Friday the 6th:  Jaegger
Monday the 9th:  Lily

Thank you, parents, for coming in to conference with me!  It was nice to see everyone and to talk about your wonderful children!  I appreciate your time! 

Dates to remember:
Tuesday, November 2nd:  Pizza orders due
Friday, November 6th:  Jeans Day for $1 and Snack Shack open.  
Monday, November 9th: Drawing for School Attendance!
CANNED FOOD DRIVE:  Starting November 9th- send in your name brand, non-expired food to help support some of our Vision Families for a nice Thanksgiving!  No home canned foods or expired foods please. The class with the most food will win a pizza party!

This week in Third Grade, October 26th through 29th, 2015

Reading: Continuing to read the "Jungle Book" and use our reading strategies to write responses in our reading journals.  Reading chapter books on their reading levels.  Working on comprehension and understanding a plot and sequence in a selected reading.

Language Arts:  Correcting grammar mistakes in daily language. Practicing spelling words.

Spelling List #3:        slide        rice       alike       spill       wife       mice       spider       beside                                             size         polite        reptile        invite        dine        give*       forgive*               ( *means doesn't follow the rule).  
High frequency words:    when        where       why         how         who

Math:  :  Math4Today:  Practicing rounding to nearest 10's and 100's, solving problems with three digit numbers using borrowing and carrying, story problems using addition and subtraction to find the missing piece, using graphs to find information using addition and subtraction.  Common Core Math:  Multiplication and division with multiples of 0, 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as, multiples of 10.  

No School for students this Friday, October 30th.

Homework:  Students will have Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.  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 on October Calendar is also so important and fun!

Share Days:
Monday the 26th:  Hannah 
Tuesday the 27th: Laken
Wednesday the 28th:  Dallin
Thursday the 29th:  Bryce
Friday the 30th:  No School
Monday the 2nd:  Simon

Dates to remember:
Monday through Thursday, October 26-29: Elementary Evening Scheduled Conferences
Monday, October 26  Skate Night at the Rollerdrome in Nampa. (Costume Party with Prizes)
Tuesday, October 27th:  Pizza orders due
Thursday October 29th:  Jungle Book Celebration Dress up day! Snack shack open 
Friday, October 30th:  No School for students.

JUNGLE BOOK CELEBRATION INFORMATION:  Students will be allowed to dress up as a character from the story "The Jungle Book" on Thursday, October 29th.  Rules for the costume are the outfit must be school appropriate-no leggings that are not covered by shorts or skirts, face paint is allowed,  masks are allowed as long as they are tied to the book character, shoulders must be covered.  
Treats for the celebration:  We will be watching the Disney version of the Jungle Book in the afternoon and treats would be wonderful!  If anyone would like to send in treats for the class to enjoy that would be great!  If your child has an allergy to specific things it may be helpful to send them with something special they can enjoy.  I will let everyone know about any treats I am told are coming.  Thank you in advance for helping us make our celebration delicious and fun! 
**So far I have a parent bringing in caramel corn and apple juice.  The party will start at 1:15 pm.

And Lastly...Conference Sign ups:  Parents should have received an email asking you to go to a link I provided to sign up for a 15 minute parent teacher conference on one of the days we are conferencing next week.  I have heard from most of the families but I have a some that have not signed up yet.  If you did not receive that email and link please let me know so I can get that information out to you.  The link will ask you to submit your child's name, your name and then to select one day and one time  that you could meet with me at the school to talk about your wonderful child.  I am really looking forward to meeting with everyone!  I love my class!!