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!!

Week of May 20th through 24th, 2019

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL!

Wow! This year has flown by! 

Monday 5/20:  Summer Birthday Celebration and biography presentations

Tuesday 5/21:  Show Off Day in Music Class.
Biography presentations and gathering up materials to bring home.

Wednesday 5/22:  Field Day from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.  Wear clothing for activities outside including shoes for running,etc.  Water bottles are encouraged and students may bring sunscreen if they want to.  

Thursday 5/23:  Awards day 
           8:20 am to 9:00 am Second and Third grades
           9:05 am to 9:45 am Kindergarten and First grades
           9:50 am to 10:30 am  Fourth and Fifth grades

Friday 5/24:  Last Day with early release at 1:40 pm

Report cards won't be sent home on the last day of school but will be mailed out by the school to the address we have on file.  If you have moved and need to update your address please call the office at 208-455-9220 so we can make sure to get your child's report card to you.  

Week of May 6th through 9th, 2019

Spelling:  List #27 /d/ and /t/  (Last spelling list)

Regular words:

spider    water     wanted     bottles      butter     middle     littlest      paddle      hurting     pudding     cattle      handle     letter      ladder     bitter  

Review words:  cardboard     ladybug     quicksand

Challenge words:  bandage      tasted

Alternative List #27 /d/ and /t/

spider     water     wanted     bottles     butter     middle     hurting     pudding letter      ladder    ladybug     tasted

 

Reading/ELA:

• Grammar:  Simple and Compound Sentences
• Presentations for biographies 
• Genres of books we have read this year.  
• Finish vocabulary books

Math:

          Topic 17:  Step Up to Grade 4 

• Monday:  17-1  Place Value Relationships
• Wednesday:  17-2  Mental Math:  Multiply by Multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000. 

• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings this week. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science: Science Fair Project Presentations on Thursday

Character Education Focus:  

• Our May focus is on Citizenship. 

Homework:

• Math homework:
• Monday:  Lesson 17-1  Place Value Relationships
• Wednesday:  Lesson 17-2  Mental Math: Multiplying by Multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000.

• Reading 
• We are done with reading calendars but I can still take any missing March or April calendars for grades.  Email, note or calendars signed are fine.

Countdown to the last day!

         We will pop a balloon each day to find out what fun activity we will do the following day.  Check emails each day to find out what we will be doing!  

Dates to remember:

• Science Fair:  May 16th 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm in high school gym for grades 2nd through 5th.  Every student needs to make their own project at home.
• Monday, May 20th:  Summer Birthday Celebration
• Wednesday, May 22nd:  Field Day
• Thursday, May 23rd:  Student Awards Day (2nd and 3rd grade awards at 8:20 am in the gym.
• Friday, May 24th:  Last day of School:  Early release at 1:45 pm

 Week of May 6th through 9th, 2019

We have one more day of testing for the iStation (IRI) and a four day week so we will resume our spelling list next week.  

Reading/ELA:

• Grammar:  Simple and Compound Sentences
• We read the biography on Helen Keller and students have chosen a biography they are interested in reading about.  This will be done in class.  Students who have not finished reading their book may end up bringing it home to finish.  We will start presenting the week of May 13th through 17th.  
• Vocabulary focus: Review for test 

Math:

          Topic 16:  Perimeter

• Monday:  Lesson 16-2  Perimeter and Common Shapes
• Wednesday:  Lesson 16-3 Perimeter and Unknown Side Lengths.

• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings this week. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science: How Can We Predict When It's Going to Rain?

• Social Studies:  Transportation Routes in a Town

Character Education Focus:  

• Our May focus is on Citizenship. 

Homework:

• Math homework:
• Monday:  Lesson 16-2  Perimeter and Common Shapes
• Wednesday:  Lesson 16-3 Perimeter and Unknown Side Lengths.

• Reading 
• April reading calendars are due now.  If you cannot find your child's reading calendar, you can write me a note with the amount of minutes they read for April or you can email me that information.  We will not be doing a reading calendar for May.  

Countdown to the last day!

         We will pop a balloon each day to find out what fun activity we will do the following day.  Check emails each day to find out what we will be doing!  

➤State Testing information:
     Third grade will do their final iStation (formerly IRI) this week.  They will  be tested on fluency, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary on chromebooks.  

Science Fair:
    I sent home the science fair packet before Spring Break as a guide to help you help your child with their science fair project.  The packet does not need to be turned in, only your child's finished science fair project covering the scientific process.  Projects can not be stored so please do not send to school until Friday, May 16th.  

• Projects are worth 100 points and each student is expected to do one and present it in class.  Grading will be 100% for doing the project and presenting or 0% for no project.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  

Dates to remember:

• iStation (IRI) testing through the 9th. 
• NO SCHOOL: Friday, May 10th. 
• Starting in May:  Sharing Days, schedule will be sent in emails.
• Science Fair:  May 16th 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm in high school gym for grades 2nd through 5th.  Every student needs to make their own project at home.
• Wednesday, May 22nd:  Field Day
• Thursday, May 23rd:  Awards Assembly.  I will let you know what time our class will go as soon as I know.
• Friday, May 24th:  Last day of School:  Early release at 1:45 pm

 Week of April 29th through May 3rd, 2019

Due to ISAT testing there will not be a spelling list or test this week.  

Reading/ELA:

• Grammar:  Simple and Compound Sentences
• Informational Writing unit.
• We read the biography on Helen Keller and students have chosen a biography they are interested in reading about.  This will be done in class.  
• Vocabulary focus: Review for test 

Math:

          Topic 16:  Perimeter

• Monday:  Understand Perimeter 
• Homework will be on Monday evening this week. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science: How Can We Predict When It's Going to Rain?

• Social Studies:  Transportation Routes in a Town

Character Education Focus:  

• Our April focus is on Citizenship. 

Homework:

• Math homework:
• Monday:  Lesson 16-1 Understand Perimeter

• Reading 
•  Homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• March  Reading Calendars were due Monday, April 1st, 2019. Please turn in March reading minutes. March is the last month for the Pizza Hut Book It program.

➤State Testing information:
     Third grade will begin their ISAT testing on April 24h and complete the testing by May 2nd.
Here is the schedule we will follow:
               *April 24th (Wednesday): ELA CAT Test.--Completed
               * April 25th ( Thursday): ELA PT Test --Completed
               * May 1st (Wednesday):  Math PT Test
               *May 2nd (Thursday): Math CAT Test

HELPFUL INFORMATION

CAT (Computer Adaptive Test) means that the test will adapt to how the child is answering questions so that it will provide a measure of the child's understanding of third grade standards, somewhat like below, average, above average.
 PT (Performance Task) means students will answer a set of questions that are centered on a common theme or problem.
➦If you have further questions about ISAT you can go to this site for helpful information for parents: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/parents/

 We need your help and here's why and how: 
     ** The testing information is very important to teachers and the state but we want our kids not to worry that this test measures them as a person so please support and encourage them to do their best and show what they know and that's it.  It will not be the determining factor of promotion to fourth grade.
     **Please have them get a good night's sleep the night before each test.  I know this can be hard with sports and other things going on but it is super important to their stamina during testing.
     **Snacks- I think the biggest thing the kids look forward to with testing is getting to have some snacks with them to munch on as they test.  The school will provide a cheese stick, mints and crackers and I will buy some mint gum and fruit snacks as well. You can send snacks with your child also but we ask that they are not just sugar or liquid as the sugar won't help the body regulate and attend and the liquid could spill and ruin chrome books.
     **I am so proud of the kids and I am looking forward to seeing how much they have grown and learned this year! I will be there to cheer them on and make this a stress free experience! 

Science Fair:
    I sent home the science fair packet before Spring Break as a guide to help you help your child with their science fair project.  The packet does not need to be turned in, only your child's finished science fair project covering the scientific process.  Projects can not be stored so please do not send to school until Friday, May 16th.  

• Projects are worth 100 points and each student is expected to do one and present it in class.  Grading will be 100% for doing the project and presenting or 0% for no project.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  

Dates to remember:

• ISAT Testing-Math: Wednesday, May 1st and Thursday, May 2nd.
• NO SCHOOL: Friday, May 10th. 
• Starting in May:  Sharing Days, schedule will be sent in emails.
• Science Fair:  May 16th 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm in high school gym for grades 2nd through 5th.  Every student needs to make their own project at home.
• Wednesday, May 22nd:  Field Day
• Friday, May 24th:  Last day of School:  Early release at 1:45 pm