The week of February 27th through March 3rd, 2017

Spelling List #10 double consonants:

New Words:  
spill     berry     happy     really     messy     lettuce     carrot     puzzle
traffic     pizza     errand     litter     address     collect     happen   

Review words:  however     about     flower

Challenge words:  successful     necessary

Test for list #9 will be on Friday, March 10th, 2017

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #13  The verb in a sentence must agree with the subject of the sentence.  If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular.  For example:  Our apple tree blooms in April.  If the subject is plural, the verb must be plural.  For example:  Most apple trees bloom in April.
• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Continuing our new class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and our comprehension booklet that goes with it.
• Working on vocabulary word of the week:  accurate

Math:

Lesson 5 homework

• CCSS:  Lesson 6-  Build non-unit fractions less than one whole from unit fractions.  
• Mountain Math packet
• Math 4 Today. 
• Reviewing third grade math skills
• CCSS:  Lesson 5-Partition a whole into equal parts and define the parts to identify unit fractions numerically.  

Lesson 6 Homework

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  (5 points each)
• February Reading calendars will be due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on Fractions.  Look for the yellow stars.
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration week:  It's Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd and the National Read Across America Celebration as well. So we thought it would be fun to participate in the following ways:

• Tuesday:  "Sock"ceed in Reading!  (Wear wild socks!)
• Wednesday:  Seuss, So cool to read! (Wear sunglasses or cool hats)
• Thursday:  Dr. Seuss's birthday!  (Dress up like Dr. Seuss or character from his books. 
• Friday:  Curl up with a good book! (Wear Pajamas and if you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book you can bring it, too! 
• All school dress code modesty rules apply. Those not participating will need to wear school dress code.  
• This is what our classroom will be doing so please check your other children's classroom blogs and newsletters for information about how they will be celebrating.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Thursday, March 2nd: Dr. Seuss's Birthday.  See the activities for this week with Dr. Seuss above.  
• These are the days we have left to make up from the snow days
• March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Spring Break is March 20th through 28th, 2017.  
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.

The week of February 20th through 23rd, 2017

Spelling List #9 /f/ :

New Words:golfer     felt     farmer     full     feelings     family     cough     enough      roof     
rough     forgetful     fashion      photograph     tough     phrase     

Review words:  noise     destroy     voice

Challenge words:  paragraph     difference

Test for list #9 will be on Thursday, February 23, 2017

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #12 A verb tells what is happening to the noun. Action verbs:  show an action.  My dog ran away.  Linking verbs:  connect the subject to a noun or an adjective that describes it.  Most common are am, is, are, was and were.  Helping verbs: come before the main verb to tell about the action.  Some are- will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, and did.  (We didn't get to it last week;)
• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Continuing our new class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and our comprehension booklet that goes with it.

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Math 4 Today. 
• CCSS:  Specify and partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions by folding fraction strips and by drawing pictorial area models.

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  (5 points each)
• February Reading calendars will be due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on Fractions.  Look for the yellow stars.
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th for teacher inservice.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.

The week of February 13th through 17th, 2017

Spelling List #9 /f/ :

New Words:golfer     felt     farmer     full     feelings     family     cough     enough      roof     
rough     forgetful     fashion      photograph     tough     phrase     

Review words:  noise     destroy     voice

Challenge words:  paragraph     difference

Test for list #9 will be on Thursday, February 23, 2017

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #12 A verb tells what is happening to the noun. Action verbs:  show an action.  My dog ran away.  Linking verbs:  connect the subject to a noun or an adjective that describes it.  Most common are am, is, are, was and were.  Helping verbs: come before the main verb to tell about the action.  Some are- will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, and did.  (We didn't get to it last week;)
• Starting our new class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and starting our comprehension booklet that goes with it.

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Working on types of angles.
• Math 4 Today. 

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for language arts each day.  They will work on the packet sent home throughout the week and it is due on Friday.  (25 points)
• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  (5 points each)
• February Reading calendars will be due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on 3rd grade Math or 3rd grade Language Arts.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Valentine's Day information:

We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration in our classroom on Tuesday, February 14th.  I am sending a note home on Monday with your child with information as well as student names.  If you would like to send in any treats to enjoy during the party that is fine as well and we have 31 students.  Students will need to decorate a container at home to hold their valentines in from their classmates with their name well displayed. Please keep it at home until the week of Valentine's.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, Feb 14th.  We have cookies, plates and juice boxes already spoken for.:)
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.

The week of February 6th through 10th, 2017

Spelling List #8  /ow/ using ow and ou :

clown      cloud      crown      flour      flower      brown      sound      mouth
however      towel      trout      around      meow      shout      about      

Review words:  smile      arrive      confuse

Challenge words:  downspout      allowance

Test for list #8 will be on Friday, February 10th.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #12 A verb tells what is happening to the noun.  Action verbs:  show an action.  My dog ran away.  Linking verbs:  connect the subject to a noun or an adjective that describes it.  Most common are am, is, are, was and were.  Helping verbs: come before the main verb to tell about the action.  Some are- will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, and did.
• Continuing class novel:  Runaway Ralph and completing comprehension and vocabulary questions that pertain to the chapters.  

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Working on time and intervals of time.
• Math 4 Today. 

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for language arts each day.  They will work on the page sent home throughout the week and it is due on Friday.  
• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  
• January Reading calendars are due. Please send them in as soon as possible. A note or an email will work as well if you don't have the paper.
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on 3rd grade Math or 3rd grade Language Arts.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Book Order:

Books ordered should be here this week!

Valentine's Day information:

We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration in our classroom on Tuesday, February 14th.  I am sending a note home on Monday with your child with information as well as student names.  If you would like to send in any treats to enjoy during the party that is fine as well and we have 31 students.  Students will need to decorate a container at home to hold their valentines in from their classmates with their name well displayed. Please keep it at home until the week of Valentine's.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, Feb 14th.  We have cookies and plates already spoken for.:)
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.

The week of January 30th through February 3rd, 2017

Spelling List #8  /ow/ using ow and ou :

clown      cloud      crown      flour      flower      brown      sound      mouth
however      towel      trout      around      meow      shout      about      

Review words:  smile      arrive      confuse

Challenge words:  downspout      allowance

Test for list #8 will be on Friday, February 10th.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #11 Possessive pronouns tell who or what owns something.  They replace possessive nouns.  For example:  some possessive pronouns come before the noun--  our home  my best friend.  Some possessive pronouns stand alone--yours    mine   Is this book yours?
• Continuing class novel:  Runaway Ralph and completing comprehension and vocabulary questions that pertain to the chapters.  

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Working on time and intervals of time.

Homework:

• Students will have paper math homework on Tuesday and Wednesday. Time intervals using number lines as well as practicing a small number of skills.
• Reading and record on January reading calendar. Calendars are due by Friday, February 3rd.
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on 3rd grade Math or 3rd grade Language Arts.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  
• I will be sending a note with your child's MyOn username and password please read it and talk with your child about it.

Book Order:

I sent a set of scholastic book orders last Monday.  Orders are due by Monday.  If you would like to order you can use the order form on the scholastic book orders and send it in to school with cash or a check to Scholastic or you can use your credit card/debit card by going to Scholastic using the link to the right and using the classroom code GWNL2.

Valentine's Day information:

We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration in our classroom on Tuesday, February 14th.  I am sending a note home on Monday with your child with information as well as student names.  If you would like to send in any treats to enjoy during the party that is fine as well and we have 31 students.  Students will need to decorate a container at home to hold their valentines in from their classmates with their name well displayed. Please keep it at home until the week of Valentine's.  

Dates to Remember:

• Scholastic Book orders due by Monday, Jan. 30th by 8:00 pm.
• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, Feb 14th
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.

The week of January 17th through 20th, 2017

Spelling List #7  /oi/ sounds like oil
toys     annoy     point     noise     boy     broil     joyful     join     
soil     destroy     loyal     avoid     voyage     coins     voice
Review Words:  fruit     rescue     computer
Challenge Words: enjoyable     poisonous

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language packet
• Grammar Rules #1-10 review and test on Friday the 20th.
• Learning about Myon our new online reading library!
• Starting our next class book, Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary.

Math:

• Reviewing math facts we have learned, working on number sense and number lines.
• Mountain Math packet

Homework:

• We are working with a new program called Myon which is full of books for students to read and I would like the kids to choose a book on their reading level from their Myon reading library list to read at home this week and this counts for reading homework as well.  Their username and password will be sent home on an index card.
• Practicing math facts with flashcards. Sending home a set of facts to cut out and glue or tape onto index cards and keep at home to continue practicing.  Glue the card on the front and write the answer on the back. Use a pencil to write the answers. Do a set each night or as many as you want.  Take your time so they will be usable throughout the year. Double check your answers with your parents or multiplication table.
• Reading calendars for December are due. (100 points).

Dates to Remember:

• Tuesday:  Order pizza for Wednesday's lunch.  $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese. 
• Due to snow days we will not have every Friday off so please check our class blog schedule or school newsletter to see the adjusted schedule each week. We will have school Friday, January 27th.
• Snack for our morning break at 10:30 am.  

The week of January 4th through 6th, 2017

Spelling list #7 will start next week on Monday the 9th.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language packet
• Grammar Rules #1-10 review and test on Friday.
• Learning about Myon our new online reading library!
• Starting our next class book, Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary.

Math:

• Reviewing math facts we have learned, working on number sense and number lines.
• Mountain Math packet

Homework:

• We are working with a new program called Myon which is full of books for students to read and I would like the kids to choose a book on their reading level from their Myon reading library list to read at home this week and this counts for reading homework as well.
• IXL homework on Wednesday will be Multiplication Fluency G.9 Multiplication Tables up to 10.  
• Reading calendars for December are due. (100 points).

Dates to Remember:

• No pizza for elementary this week.  
• No school on Friday, January 13th.  Parent Teacher conferences scheduled for this day.  Scheduled conference times will be between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm and walk in/drop in conferences times from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.  I will contact you if we need to have a scheduled conference.  If you do not get a conference request from me you can come to the open times (5-7) or request a scheduled time (12-4).  
• We will be having every other Friday off from now through the end of the school year.  Please visit our school website to view the calendar.  There is a picture link to the right on our blog page.  Our January days off from school are:  January 13th for Parent Teacher Conferences and work day, January 16th (Martin Luther King Day) and January 27th for Teacher work day/staff training.
• Snack for our morning break at 10:30 am.  

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break and are excited to start a new year!  We sure have had a lot of snow this season!!  I am looking forward to seeing the kids tomorrow and amazed that we are already half way through our third grade school year!!  We had a lot of fun with our elf, Holly, before Christmas and she has headed back to the North Pole!  Also, thank you so much for the help at the Christmas party and the supplies sent in to enjoy at our cookie decorating table!! The kids had a wonderful time thanks to all of you!!!