9-22-14

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling: (Lesson 5)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We are continuing read our favorite novel “The One and Only Ivan”. We will do a lot of close reading which means we are digging deep into the text.   

We will start our descriptive writing unit! Eventually this will lead to a fun essay explaining why someone would want to buy your haunted house!

Social Studies:  We are finishing continents and oceans this week. The test will be on Tuesday 9/23.

Science: We will continue focusing on lesson 2, types of ecosystems as well as making our own ecosystem.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our first Math test on chapter one on Wednesday 9/24. The textbook was sent home and can be used for studying. Students can bring it back to school on Wednesday.

Important Dates:

9/25 - Early Dismissal

Week of 9/15-9/19

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling: (Lesson 4)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  This week, we’ll continue getting to know The One and Only Ivan, a mighty silverback gorilla.   We’ll be starting our anchor text, The One and Only Ivan this week.  

We will continue working with “The Sentence”. The unit 1 test is scheduled for September 17th. Students have brought their textbook home and can keep it at home until the test.

Social Studies:  We are all finished with directions. We will begin this week with continents and oceans.

Science: We have started ch. 4 ecosystems. We will be focusing on lesson 2, types of ecosystems as well as making our own ecosystem.

Math Class:  We HAVE our MATH CLASSES! We will be working with unit 1: Numbers this week.

Important Dates:

9/13 - Center Cass Community Day

9/25 - Early Dismissal

Week of September 8-12

Thank you to all those parents who attended our Curriculum Night. I hope it was informative. If you ever have a question or comment for me, please let me know!

We are truly getting into our 3rd grade curriculum and are starting quizzes and tests very soon. Watch the blog for news in each subject!   

Spelling: Second lesson of the year (Lesson 3)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  This week, we’ll get to know Ivan, a mighty silverback gorilla.   We’ll be
starting our anchor text, The One and Only Ivan.  

We have started our English lesson on “The Sentence”. The workbook will be coming home if the students have homework. Each lesson was pretested and some students will be “challenge” for certain lessons. You will see a (CH) in their assignment books if they are. The unit 1 test is scheduled for September 17th.

Social Studies:  We'll continue our focus on directions and the compass
rose this week.  There will be a short quiz on 9/11.

Science: We'll start our first unit on ecosystems (Chapter 4) this
week.

Math Class:  We should be determining your
child’s math teacher very soon!  In the meantime, our homeroom has been
working on the “Math Minute” and several of the Mathematical Practices.

Important Dates:

9/13 - Center Cass Community Day

9/25 - Early Dismissal