Hi Families,
Welcome to another gorgeous week of "winter" weather!!
We will be working VERY hard as we enter into the month of February. As you know the International Festival is February 23rd, so the students will continue getting ready for that big event. The Valentine's Party this year is actually on February 14th. We also, have student-led conferences coming up on the 15th and 16th. And, we will end the month with our Reading State Assessments. Phew!! There is a lot to do this month!!
Reading
We will continue with Theme 8. Our strategy focus is still determining important information. We will take our theme test on Friday.
We are still using our small group time to practice strategies to help them take their reading state assessments.
Spelling
Our Rigby pattern will focus on word endings: -s, -ed, and -ing.
Our prefix pattern is: circ-, circum-, which means round or around.
Writing
Along with typing their reports, the students will learn how to write a bibliography for their reports.
In grammar, we will focus on singular and plural possessive nouns.
Math
Division!! The students are very excited to finally be learning about division. During Topic 7 the students will learn that divison is the operation used to find how many equal groups or how many are in each group.
Social Studies
Students will continue working on their cultural research report. Thank you for spending your time editing them this weekend. That will help our class time focus on typing the reports in a word document.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23-27
Hi Families,
I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. We have welcomed a student teacher to the class today. Her name is Brittany Gonser and she is completing her teaching degree through Rockhurst University. She will be here with our class through Spring Break and is excited to get to know the boys and girls.
Later this week, I will be sending home a literacy playbook that should be played each night in review for the Kansas Reading State Assessment. This should be studied as part of homework each night and brought back to school each day to look over. Here are some links to the study guide and some prefix/suffix matching and quizzes that should be practiced at home as well.
prefix/suffix matching http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=bleggett
prefix/suffix quiz http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=bleggett
reading state assessment video game http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_2/Meg49.htm
Math
We focused on analyzing data last week (mode, median, max, min, and range). This week, we will work on probability. We will take a test on both concepts Friday, January 27th. I will be sending home a review packet on Thursday for them to study at home.
Rigby Reading
We will begin Theme 8, Week 1 in Rigby. We will focus on determining importance (we will identify the main idea and details) and review fix-up strategies.
Spelling
The word study focus this week is homophones. The Rigby words this week are better, clean, done, hair, hare, maul, mall, paws, pause, raise, rays, sea, see, principal, and principle.
The challenge list is with the prefix intra- (within, inside) intracellular, intradermal, intragalactic, intramural, intranasal, intraocular, intrapersonal, intrapsychic, intrastate, and intravenous.
Social Studies
We will continue our study of celebrations of cultures by looking at traditions, holidays, education, foods, sports, and languages. We will work on our rough draft this week. Our third grade international festival will be on February 23.
Writing
We will begin our rough draft on our ancestor's culture and country from which they originated.
Have an awesome week with some nice weather! :)
I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. We have welcomed a student teacher to the class today. Her name is Brittany Gonser and she is completing her teaching degree through Rockhurst University. She will be here with our class through Spring Break and is excited to get to know the boys and girls.
Later this week, I will be sending home a literacy playbook that should be played each night in review for the Kansas Reading State Assessment. This should be studied as part of homework each night and brought back to school each day to look over. Here are some links to the study guide and some prefix/suffix matching and quizzes that should be practiced at home as well.
prefix/suffix matching http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=bleggett
prefix/suffix quiz http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=bleggett
reading state assessment video game http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_2/Meg49.htm
Math
We focused on analyzing data last week (mode, median, max, min, and range). This week, we will work on probability. We will take a test on both concepts Friday, January 27th. I will be sending home a review packet on Thursday for them to study at home.
Rigby Reading
We will begin Theme 8, Week 1 in Rigby. We will focus on determining importance (we will identify the main idea and details) and review fix-up strategies.
Spelling
The word study focus this week is homophones. The Rigby words this week are better, clean, done, hair, hare, maul, mall, paws, pause, raise, rays, sea, see, principal, and principle.
The challenge list is with the prefix intra- (within, inside) intracellular, intradermal, intragalactic, intramural, intranasal, intraocular, intrapersonal, intrapsychic, intrastate, and intravenous.
Social Studies
We will continue our study of celebrations of cultures by looking at traditions, holidays, education, foods, sports, and languages. We will work on our rough draft this week. Our third grade international festival will be on February 23.
Writing
We will begin our rough draft on our ancestor's culture and country from which they originated.
Have an awesome week with some nice weather! :)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
January 17-20
Hi Families,
We have a fairly normal week planned. Make sure to check out the list of REMINDERS at the side. There are a lot of dates to keep track of over the next couple of months.
Here's a look at what we are doing:
Reading- The students are practicing 'fix-up strategies' this week. When they don't know a word in the text they are reading, they can use fix-up strategies to help them understand new words more clearly.
In small groups, we will coninue to practice test preparation activities. We have been practicing reading short passages and answering the questions by finding them in the text. This is an important skill for them to practice because they often just want to answer quickly and move on, without checking their answers for accuracy. This is a great skill that you could practice with them at home, as well.
Spelling- Our spelling patterns for the week are:
Rigby list- multiple-meaning words
Prefix list- "inter-" meaning among or between
Test will be Friday.
Math- We completed our study on time last week. This week we will be learning how to find the median (middle number), mode(most often) and range(difference between maximum and minimum) from a set of data. We will also learn that the MAXIMUM is the largest number in a set and the MINIMUM is the smallest number in a set.
Social Studies/ Writing- We will finish the note taking portion of our research project for the International Festival. The students are learning about their cultures by researchng the traditions, holidays, education, foods, sports, and languages.
Have a great week!
We have a fairly normal week planned. Make sure to check out the list of REMINDERS at the side. There are a lot of dates to keep track of over the next couple of months.
Here's a look at what we are doing:
Reading- The students are practicing 'fix-up strategies' this week. When they don't know a word in the text they are reading, they can use fix-up strategies to help them understand new words more clearly.
In small groups, we will coninue to practice test preparation activities. We have been practicing reading short passages and answering the questions by finding them in the text. This is an important skill for them to practice because they often just want to answer quickly and move on, without checking their answers for accuracy. This is a great skill that you could practice with them at home, as well.
Spelling- Our spelling patterns for the week are:
Rigby list- multiple-meaning words
Prefix list- "inter-" meaning among or between
Test will be Friday.
Math- We completed our study on time last week. This week we will be learning how to find the median (middle number), mode(most often) and range(difference between maximum and minimum) from a set of data. We will also learn that the MAXIMUM is the largest number in a set and the MINIMUM is the smallest number in a set.
Social Studies/ Writing- We will finish the note taking portion of our research project for the International Festival. The students are learning about their cultures by researchng the traditions, holidays, education, foods, sports, and languages.
Have a great week!
Monday, January 9, 2012
January 9-13
Welcome to the New Year!!!
It was so great to get back into the swing of things last week after having such a nice holiday break. I loved having the kiddos back and I can tell they are all rested and ready to take on the 2nd half of 3rd grade.
State assessments will be here before we know it and we will be spending a lot of time over the next 2 months preparing for them. This will be the very first time these students take a state assessment, therefore we will be working very hard in order to get the students ready to take them.
Reading Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders February 28-March 1.
Math Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders March 27-29.
Please try not to schedule appointments for these days.
Report cards will be coming home today. Please sign the cover sheet and return it to school with your child.
Also, Mrs. Ronchetti has a fun field trip planned to the symphony with the 3rd graders. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school with $2.
International Festival:
Today in Monday folders, you will find a letter that will give you some information about the International Festival. The boys and girls will be in responsible for researching and learning about their own culture and/or heritage. This information will be presented at our International Festival which will be held on February 23.
Reading:
We will be starting Theme 7, On Moving Ground, this week. Students will learn and practice fix-up strategies while they read. Small Group focus for the next month will be on state assessment preparation, rather than novel and small-book work.
Spelling:
The pattern for the week will be: synonyms and antonyms. The prefix pattern for the week is "-dis", whihc means not or none.
Math:
This week we will learn about "Time".
Social Studies:
We will begin researching for our International Festival. The students will learn notetaking skills and will gather information about the culture they are studying on notecards.
It was so great to get back into the swing of things last week after having such a nice holiday break. I loved having the kiddos back and I can tell they are all rested and ready to take on the 2nd half of 3rd grade.
State assessments will be here before we know it and we will be spending a lot of time over the next 2 months preparing for them. This will be the very first time these students take a state assessment, therefore we will be working very hard in order to get the students ready to take them.
Reading Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders February 28-March 1.
Math Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders March 27-29.
Please try not to schedule appointments for these days.
Report cards will be coming home today. Please sign the cover sheet and return it to school with your child.
Also, Mrs. Ronchetti has a fun field trip planned to the symphony with the 3rd graders. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school with $2.
International Festival:
Today in Monday folders, you will find a letter that will give you some information about the International Festival. The boys and girls will be in responsible for researching and learning about their own culture and/or heritage. This information will be presented at our International Festival which will be held on February 23.
Reading:
We will be starting Theme 7, On Moving Ground, this week. Students will learn and practice fix-up strategies while they read. Small Group focus for the next month will be on state assessment preparation, rather than novel and small-book work.
Spelling:
The pattern for the week will be: synonyms and antonyms. The prefix pattern for the week is "-dis", whihc means not or none.
Math:
This week we will learn about "Time".
Social Studies:
We will begin researching for our International Festival. The students will learn notetaking skills and will gather information about the culture they are studying on notecards.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
December 12-16
Happy Holidays!!! This will be a very fun and eventful week here at school. We have lots of holiday activities planned as well as, finishing up some important learning for the 2nd quarter.
That's right, Friday is the last day of the 2nd quarter! Can you beleive we are halfway through the year already?! Report cards will come home after winter break.
Our holiday party will be Thursday at 3:00.
There is a minimum day on Friday. Students will dismiss at 12:10.
School resumes on Jan.5th for students
Spelling Bee
This year the 3rd graders are being included in the school Spelling Bee. We will have our class spelling bee tomorrow, Tuesday, to determine who the two students will be that will represent our class. I gave the boys and girls a packet of spellling words about 2 weeks ago. That is the packet they need to study not only for the class bee, but the school-wide spelling bee, as well.
Reading
We completed our recycling theme last week, so instead of beginning a new theme and only getting halfway through it, we will spend this week practicing a variety of reading strategies while we enjoy some holiday literature.
NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!
Math
Money is focus for the week. This is not part of our math program but is an important concept for the students to learn. There will NOT be a math test this week.
Science
We will finish studying inventors and inventions this week.
I would like to wish you a safe and joyful holiday season with your families!! See you all in the new year!!
That's right, Friday is the last day of the 2nd quarter! Can you beleive we are halfway through the year already?! Report cards will come home after winter break.
Our holiday party will be Thursday at 3:00.
There is a minimum day on Friday. Students will dismiss at 12:10.
School resumes on Jan.5th for students
Spelling Bee
This year the 3rd graders are being included in the school Spelling Bee. We will have our class spelling bee tomorrow, Tuesday, to determine who the two students will be that will represent our class. I gave the boys and girls a packet of spellling words about 2 weeks ago. That is the packet they need to study not only for the class bee, but the school-wide spelling bee, as well.
Reading
We completed our recycling theme last week, so instead of beginning a new theme and only getting halfway through it, we will spend this week practicing a variety of reading strategies while we enjoy some holiday literature.
NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!
Math
Money is focus for the week. This is not part of our math program but is an important concept for the students to learn. There will NOT be a math test this week.
Science
We will finish studying inventors and inventions this week.
I would like to wish you a safe and joyful holiday season with your families!! See you all in the new year!!
Monday, December 5, 2011
December 5-9
Hi Families,
The 3rd grade presidential election has concluded! Our class is thrilled to announce that our very own Cole Knappen will be not only our class president, but the 3rd grade president as well! Congratulations Cole! We are all so proud of you!
We have a chilly week ahead of us, and a busy one too! Please make sure your child has a jacket with them for recess. Until the temperature drops below 20 degrees, we will be taking the students outside.
The 3rd grade music performance is this Thursday. Your child needs to be at school on Thursday evening by 6:40 to get ready for the 7:00pm performance. They should be dressed in their Christmas best. For the school performance they are expected to wear a red, green or white shirt. Please email Mrs. Ronchetti if you have any further questions. KRonchetti@usd232.org
Reading
We will finish up our theme about Recycling on Friday with a Theme Test. This theme has been used simultaneously with social studies so that we can learn about reducing, reusing, and recyclying in more detail. On Wednesday, there will be a special presentation given to the entire 3rd grade by Mr. Miller. He works for Deffenbaugh and has some great information he can teach the children about helping our environment.
Spelling
The patterns for the week are:
Rigby list- syllables
Prefix list- "un-" which means 'not'.
Writing
We will be reviewing friendly letter writing this week and will begin drafting special letters to Santa.
Math
We will be completing our geometry unit this week with the final test on Thursday. We will begin the week by practicing problem solving strategies and play a fun jeopardy review game to practice for the aseessment.
Science
Inventions have made our world a better, easier place to live. We will spend these last two weeks before winter break learning about special inventions and inventors.
Have a great week and stay warm!!
The 3rd grade presidential election has concluded! Our class is thrilled to announce that our very own Cole Knappen will be not only our class president, but the 3rd grade president as well! Congratulations Cole! We are all so proud of you!
We have a chilly week ahead of us, and a busy one too! Please make sure your child has a jacket with them for recess. Until the temperature drops below 20 degrees, we will be taking the students outside.
The 3rd grade music performance is this Thursday. Your child needs to be at school on Thursday evening by 6:40 to get ready for the 7:00pm performance. They should be dressed in their Christmas best. For the school performance they are expected to wear a red, green or white shirt. Please email Mrs. Ronchetti if you have any further questions. KRonchetti@usd232.org
Reading
We will finish up our theme about Recycling on Friday with a Theme Test. This theme has been used simultaneously with social studies so that we can learn about reducing, reusing, and recyclying in more detail. On Wednesday, there will be a special presentation given to the entire 3rd grade by Mr. Miller. He works for Deffenbaugh and has some great information he can teach the children about helping our environment.
Spelling
The patterns for the week are:
Rigby list- syllables
Prefix list- "un-" which means 'not'.
Writing
We will be reviewing friendly letter writing this week and will begin drafting special letters to Santa.
Math
We will be completing our geometry unit this week with the final test on Thursday. We will begin the week by practicing problem solving strategies and play a fun jeopardy review game to practice for the aseessment.
Science
Inventions have made our world a better, easier place to live. We will spend these last two weeks before winter break learning about special inventions and inventors.
Have a great week and stay warm!!
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