The week of March 29th through 31st, 2017

➤ Spelling list #11 will start next Monday, April 3rd. 

➤ Reading and Language Arts:
          ➦Reading a few more chapters from our class book, Trumpet of the Swan, and answering comprehension questions.  
          ➦Finishing our packet on parts of speech.
          ➦Using time order words to use in our writing.
           ➦Working on third grade reading, language arts and math skills in our morning work.
          ➦Finishing our vocabulary packet.

➤Math:
           ➦Reviewing our end of year third grade math assessment as a class. This will take us several days to complete.
          ➦Working on multiplication fact fluency.
           ➦Math facts games.

➤Homework:
           ➦We will not have any paper homework this week as it is short.  
           ➦Students should work on multiplication fluency on IXL. At least 30 minutes of practice between Wednesday and Friday.  
          ➦Reading at home or on MyOn and record your minutes read on the calendar.  
          ➽March reading calendars are due by April 3rd, Monday.  They are worth 100 points.

➤Dates to remember:
          ➦There are no pizza orders or pizza this week.  
          ➦There has not been any mention about the snack shake reopening.
          ➦Report cards will be sent home this week.  Please contact me if you have any questions about your child's report card.  

➤Snack is every day at 10:30 am.  Please send something small to nibble on so they will have energy to keep working all day.  

The week of March 13th through 17th, 2017

No Spelling list.  Since we will be gone for over a week we will wait until April 3rd to start the next one and we will review in class the words we have had over this quarter.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Working on Prefixes and suffixes and defining what they mean and how they change a root word.
• We started our next book today, E.B. White's Trumpet of the Swan.  We also started our comprehension and vocabulary packet that we will use with the book.  I hope the kids have as much fun reading this book as I have reading it ! 
• Working on vocabulary word of the week:  justify:  To prove something is right or reasonable.

Math:

• Math 4 Today. 
• Reviewing third grade math skills
• CCSS:  Lesson 10  Compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips.

Homework:

• February Reading calendars were due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday: Students have a quick math paper using the number line. Should only take 5 minutes.
• Tuesday:  No homework or IXL- Music Program night
• Wednesday:  Students will have Lesson 10 paper homework that is due the following day. (5 points)
• Thursday: students will do 30 minutes of IXL on Fractions. Look for the yellow stars on W.20 and W.21.  
• 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.
• Second and Third grade Music Program is on Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 pm in the high school gym.
• Students are allowed to dress up nicely or dress up in a music era like 1950's rock and roll, country, Motown,etc.
• Krew's Crew tshirt orders are due to the school no later than Friday, May 17th. An order form is attached to an email I will send.
• Hoop Dance registration forms and money are due no later than Friday, May 17th.  You can choose Monday or Tuesday as Mrs. H Evans will have a beginners group and an intermediate group going on both days.  She did a demonstration for us and it was so awesome! 
• These are the days we have left to make up from the snow days
•  April 21st and May 5th.
• Spring Break is March 20th through 28th, 2017.  Back to school Wednesday, March 29th.  
• 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 March 6th through 10th, 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:

• 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 subjectis plural, the verb must be plural.  For example:  Most apple treesbloom in April.
• Parts of Speech Grammar Packet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Article Adjectives, adverbs and types of sentences. 
• Working on Prefixes and suffixes and defining what they mean and how they change a root word.
• Finishing our class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and our comprehension booklet that goes with it.  We will be watching the movie when we finish the book.
• Working on vocabulary word of the week:  request

Math:

• Math 4 Today. 
• Reviewing third grade math skills
• CCSS:  Lesson 7:  Identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as fractions.    
• CCSS:  Lesson 9: Identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as fractions.    

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 were 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.Fractions W.16, W.17, W.18, and W.19
• 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.
• Second and Third grade Music Program is on Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 pm in the high school gym.
• 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 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.