Week of February 11-15

 

On Tuesday, we will have people from a local dentist office, come speak to the students about healthy ways to take care of their teeth.

Valentine’s Day is on Thursday! Our class party starts at 1:30. If your child is bringing in Valentine’s, PLEASE make sure they are not addressed to the students. They can just write their name in the from section. We have 25 students in the class.

 Thank you for donating to the treasure chest! We have filled our treasure chest goodies!

Math:

We have started chapter 21-metric measurement. We will not have a chapter test, but rather a quiz over the material on Tuesday 2/12. There is a study guide in their Math folder of things to review. Next week will also be our final week of multiplication tests before we start division facts. The final multiplication test will be cumulative. That will be on Friday, 2-15.

Reading: 

We have finished reading Seal Surfer unit. We will spend next week continuing with prefix/suffixes, but mainly focus on suffixes. We will also be working in our ISAT coach books to prepare for ISAT’s. 

Spelling: 

No spelling this week, due to prefix/suffix.

English:

We are finally finished with verbs! That was a long unit! We will be taking a break from our textbooks and starting autobiographies. This will be about a week and a half long. The students will be writing an essay about themselves. We will start by working on each individual paragraph, then we will write the rough draft, and then finally the final draft. Please have a discussion this weekend about the day they were born, the city and hospital they were born, and maybe some details on their life from newborn to about 5.

Social Studies:

We will be testing on Chapter 3 culture on Tuesday, 2-12. Each person should have their textbooks at home. We made a study guide out of their notes and quizzes from this chapter. The textbook can come back to school on Tuesday. This was a favorite Social Studies lesson for the students and me! I got to learn so much about each child!

Science:

We took a break from Science due to culture day, so this week we will continue with lesson 3.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Week of February 4-8

 

We have a lot going on this week...

Monday we will have a presentation at 9:30 about President Lincoln.

Tuesday will be the district Spelling Bee at 10:00.

Culture day will begin on Tuesday and continue through Friday.

Thank you for donating to the treasure chest! We have filled our treasure chest goodies!

Math:

We are done with chapter 6 data. We will start Chapter 20-US customary units. We will also be working on times 6, 7, and 8 this week. The times test will be on Friday.

Reading: 

We have finished our books buddies reading and project. They have turned out great. Next week we will start the story Seal Surfer in our textbook. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Thursday, Feb. 7, over the words.

Spelling: 

We will be taking a break from Spelling and working on a unit of prefixes and suffixes. This will continue for a few weeks, so there will not be Spelling homework or a test. There will be other sorts of homework.

English:

We will be finishing up our verbs unit this week. The unit test will be on Friday, Feb. 8. Please be reviewing at home there are 12 lessons that the students will be tested on. Pages 90-140 in the textbook will be great review.

Social Studies:

We will continue working on chapter 3-Culture. The culture day presentations start Tuesday. It is a good idea for the students to have note cards to use the day they have their presentations. They will be graded on both their oral part of the presentation as well as the poster/other extra items.

Science:

We will continue chapter 14-heat, light, and sound.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Week of January 28-February 1

 

There will be a half day on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Prairieview will be let out at 11:00.

The third grade spelling Bee will be on Monday, January 28.

 Thank you for donating to the treasure chest! We have filled our treasure chest goodies!

Math:

We are testing on Chapter 6-data on Tuesday, January 29. We will also be working on our times 4, this week. There will be no Math on Wednesday.

Reading: 

The students have finished their book buddies books. I will collect their packets for an overall grade. I encouraged the students to take their packets home this weekend and check that they have complete sentences and at least 3 sentences for their predictions. Next week, they will work with their partners in completing a written book report. This will be done in class all week. If it is not complete at the end of Friday, it will be homework. The project is due on Monday, February 4. 

Spelling: 

We will be working on list 16. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday. 

English:

We are continuing our verbs unit. This week we worked on lesson 7. Next week, we will focus on 8, 9, and 10.

Social Studies:

We will continue working on chapter 3-Culture. Each student was given a day that they will present to the class. The week of the presentations will be February 5-8. The students should all at least have a poster representing the country they came from as well as some real pictures or internet pictures. It is a good idea for the students to have note cards to use the day they have their presentations. They will be graded on both their oral part of the presentation as well as the poster/other extra items. 

Science:

We will continue chapter 14-heat, light, and sound. 

Have a wonderful snow filled weekend!

Week of January 22-25

 

There is no school on Monday, January 21 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

We have our Class Spelling Bee on Wednesday, January 23. The list was sent home to practice for the bee. The last two people standing will proceed to the third grade spelling bee.

 Thank you to the students who donated to the treasure chest this week! We are running low on treasure chest items, so if you are doing some cleaning and purging this weekend and fins something to donate, we would love it!

Math:

We have started chapter 6-data and graphs. We will continue with this chapter and the test over chapter 6 will be the following week. I believe last week I said we will be studying X3; that will be this week. The multiplication test will be on Friday 1/25/13

Reading: 

We have started book buddies. Each student has been paired up with another student according to a “good fit book”. The students filled out a calendar and have been reading a chapter or more a day in class. Then they fill out a prediction/summary packet on what they read. They have been doing a great job with this so far. We will continue book buddies this week finish the books on Friday.

Spelling: 

We will be working on list 15. The Pretest is on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 1 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday. There will be one less assignment this week because of the day off.

English:

We are continuing our verbs unit. This week we worked on lesson 4 and 5. Next week, we will focus on 6 and 7.

Social Studies:

We are continuing chapter 3-Culture. Each student was given a day that they will present to the class. The week of the presentations will be February 5-8. The students should all at least have a poster representing the country they came from as well as some real pictures or internet pictures. It is a good idea for the students to have note cards to use the day they have their presentations. They will be graded on both their oral part of the presentation as well as the poster/other extra items. 

Science:

We started chapter 14-heat, light , and sound. We will continue with this chapter throughout the week.

Have a wonderful 3 days off!

Week of January 14- January 18

We made it through one week of the New Year! Woo Hoo!

We have our Matter Matters presentation on Monday. It will be a wonderful end to our interesting unit on Matter!

We also have a practice Spelling Bee on Wednesday, January 16. This will be a practice for the class bee on Wednesday, January 23. 

 Thank you to the students who donated to the treasure chest this week! If you would like to donate to the treasure chest, that would be very helpful.

Math:

We have been reviewing this week as we returned from break. On Tuesday we will start chapter 6-data and graphs. There will not be Math on Monday due to the Matter Matters presentation. We will also focus on our times 3’s. The multiplication test will be on Friday 1/18/13.

Reading: 

We will be continue our focus on The night of the Pufflings. Our skill we will be working on is fact and opinion. There will be a vocab quiz on the words on Monday, January 14. 

Spelling: 

We will be working on list 14. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

English:

We have started our verbs unit! We have completed lessons 1 and 2 and will be focusing on lesson 3-5 this week.

Social Studies:

We have started chapter 3-Culture. This chapter will include learning about different cultures as well as why people moved to the U.S.A. You can expect to see things coming home about culture day next week.  

Science:

This past week we have been doing a lot of fun and interesting projects to wrap up our matter unit! This week we will start Chapter 14-heat, light and sound!

I hope everyone had a wonderful two weeks off and enjoyed spending quality time with your families!

Have a nice weekend!