Hi Families,
Can you believe we are already in April? It will be summer time before we know it.
Today in Monday folders you will find a permission slip for our community walk to Scoops later this week. Please sign that form and return it to me by Wednesday.
Also, the EnVision program does not have a fact practice component with it. So many teachers at the school are beginning to use a website called Xtra Math to help their studetns practice their basic facts. I sent home a sheet for every child in their Monday folders that provides you information on how to set up an account for your child. Please use the code on that sheet to help you get your child logged in and started on their fact practices. The website is http://www.xtramath.com/.
Reading-
The students will be reading and learning about the Solar System in our next theme. The reading focus for this theme is "Inferring Conclusions".
Each reading group is reading a book or novel at their reading level. We are working on developing vocabulary and comprehension skills during our small group time.
Spelling-
The Rigby pattern this week is: adjectives.
The suffix list this week is: -less, which mean 'without'.
Writing-
We will begin drafting a Persuasive Essay later this week. The students will be taken through the steps of the writing process as they create a persuasive paper.
Science-
We are beginning a unit about "Matter" this week. Students will learn about the 3 types of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
Have a great week!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
March 26-30
I cannot believe we have already reached the last week of March! This weather has been amazing, hopefully it stays like this! :)
You will find report cards in Monday folders. Please sign and return the top sheet only.
*Friday, March 30th is Pajama Day!!*
Math
This week, we will be taking our math state assessments on Tuesday-Thursday. Please make sure your child get a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast. We will take them from 12:00-1:30.
Spelling
Students will learn a new spelling pattern this week, which I sent home in Monday folders, however, because of assessments I will not be testing the students on this list!
Reading
We started new books in reading groups last week and will continue reading in them this week. We will focus on using context clues to understand the meaning of unknown words and making connections to the text.
Writing
We all successfully finished our published autobiographies. We sent them off to be printed on Friday, so hopefully they will come back soon! :)
Science/S.S.
We will complete our unit on Force and Motion this week.
Have an amazing week! Enjoy the weather!
You will find report cards in Monday folders. Please sign and return the top sheet only.
*Friday, March 30th is Pajama Day!!*
Math
This week, we will be taking our math state assessments on Tuesday-Thursday. Please make sure your child get a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast. We will take them from 12:00-1:30.
Spelling
Students will learn a new spelling pattern this week, which I sent home in Monday folders, however, because of assessments I will not be testing the students on this list!
Reading
We started new books in reading groups last week and will continue reading in them this week. We will focus on using context clues to understand the meaning of unknown words and making connections to the text.
Writing
We all successfully finished our published autobiographies. We sent them off to be printed on Friday, so hopefully they will come back soon! :)
Science/S.S.
We will complete our unit on Force and Motion this week.
Have an amazing week! Enjoy the weather!
Monday, March 19, 2012
March 19-23
Hi Families,
It is the beginning of our last quarter together! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by! I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe spring break! We have another busy few weeks coming up! :)
REMINDER for Dr. Suess's Spirit Days:
Friday, March 23= Red and Blue Day
Monday, March 26=Twin Day
Friday, March 30= Pajama Day
Math
Math State Assessments will be next week March 27th-29th! In preparation we will be having math boot camp this week to review all the concepts they will be tested over. Please have your child continue to study the math playbook!
Reading
This week we will start Theme 9 in Rigby. This theme discusses how we make and distribute goods and services. We will be focusing on making connections and comparing/contrasting information. We will also be starting new reading books and novels this week in our reading groups! I am excited to have the kids dive into books and really enjoy reading!
Spelling
This week in Rigby our spelling words are all nouns. The Rigby list is: boat, farm, airport, bamboo, cavern, cloud, clown, cluster, giant, sponge, person, fable, buzzard, author, and piano. For the challenge list we will be studying the prefix mis-: misbehave, mischievous, miserable, misfortune, misjudge, mislead, misspell, mistake, mistreat, and misunderstand.
Writing
We will continue to work on our autobiographies. There will be a permission form that will be in your child's Monday folder giving permission for them to publish their book. Please sign it and return it to me this week.
Social Studies/ Science
This week we will continue to do experiments on sound and force and motion. The students will identify that the source of sound is vibrations and be able to discriminate between various pitches. We will also begin to observe that a force is applied to make objects move or stop moving.
Have a great week!
It is the beginning of our last quarter together! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by! I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe spring break! We have another busy few weeks coming up! :)
REMINDER for Dr. Suess's Spirit Days:
Friday, March 23= Red and Blue Day
Monday, March 26=Twin Day
Friday, March 30= Pajama Day
Math
Math State Assessments will be next week March 27th-29th! In preparation we will be having math boot camp this week to review all the concepts they will be tested over. Please have your child continue to study the math playbook!
Reading
This week we will start Theme 9 in Rigby. This theme discusses how we make and distribute goods and services. We will be focusing on making connections and comparing/contrasting information. We will also be starting new reading books and novels this week in our reading groups! I am excited to have the kids dive into books and really enjoy reading!
Spelling
This week in Rigby our spelling words are all nouns. The Rigby list is: boat, farm, airport, bamboo, cavern, cloud, clown, cluster, giant, sponge, person, fable, buzzard, author, and piano. For the challenge list we will be studying the prefix mis-: misbehave, mischievous, miserable, misfortune, misjudge, mislead, misspell, mistake, mistreat, and misunderstand.
Writing
We will continue to work on our autobiographies. There will be a permission form that will be in your child's Monday folder giving permission for them to publish their book. Please sign it and return it to me this week.
Social Studies/ Science
This week we will continue to do experiments on sound and force and motion. The students will identify that the source of sound is vibrations and be able to discriminate between various pitches. We will also begin to observe that a force is applied to make objects move or stop moving.
Have a great week!
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 5-9
Hi Families,
I am so excited for this NORMAL week of learning!!
This Thursday is the last day of the 3rd quarter! Students do not have school on Friday. Spring Break is next week. School resumes on March 19th.
We have 2 weeks of review time left before we take Math State Assessments. 3rd grade assessments are scheduled March 27-29.
We will bid farewell to Mrs. Gonser at the end of this week. She will be working in the Turner school district for the remainder of the school year for her second student teaching placement. She has done a WONDERFUL job with your children and has really enjoyed getting to know each of them.
R-E-W-A-R-D
The students have gone and done it again!!! They have earned another reward party. We will combine this party with a Farewell party for Mrs. Gonser on Thursday afternoon. The students have elected to have a game party. They are allowed to bring a snack to share and any electronic/card/board games that they would like to play.
Reading
We will complete Theme 10 this week, Money Matters. Our reading focus for this unit has been identifying the author's purpose for writing.
We will also resume our regular small reading groups this week.
Spelling
The spelling pattern this week is "action verbs".
The SUFFIX pattern thsi week is "-able" which means 'able to be'.
Tests will be given on Thursday. The lists will be in Monday folders.
Math
We will complete Topic 15 about Liquid Volume and Mass with our test on Thursday.
Social Studies
We have been studying economics and this week we will finish this unit by using a fun website that will help the students learn about starting a business.
Writing
We have completed our graphic organizers for our Autobiographies. This week we will be writing out each page of our autobiographies into paragraph form.
Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
I am so excited for this NORMAL week of learning!!
This Thursday is the last day of the 3rd quarter! Students do not have school on Friday. Spring Break is next week. School resumes on March 19th.
We have 2 weeks of review time left before we take Math State Assessments. 3rd grade assessments are scheduled March 27-29.
We will bid farewell to Mrs. Gonser at the end of this week. She will be working in the Turner school district for the remainder of the school year for her second student teaching placement. She has done a WONDERFUL job with your children and has really enjoyed getting to know each of them.
R-E-W-A-R-D
The students have gone and done it again!!! They have earned another reward party. We will combine this party with a Farewell party for Mrs. Gonser on Thursday afternoon. The students have elected to have a game party. They are allowed to bring a snack to share and any electronic/card/board games that they would like to play.
Reading
We will complete Theme 10 this week, Money Matters. Our reading focus for this unit has been identifying the author's purpose for writing.
We will also resume our regular small reading groups this week.
Spelling
The spelling pattern this week is "action verbs".
The SUFFIX pattern thsi week is "-able" which means 'able to be'.
Tests will be given on Thursday. The lists will be in Monday folders.
Math
We will complete Topic 15 about Liquid Volume and Mass with our test on Thursday.
Social Studies
We have been studying economics and this week we will finish this unit by using a fun website that will help the students learn about starting a business.
Writing
We have completed our graphic organizers for our Autobiographies. This week we will be writing out each page of our autobiographies into paragraph form.
Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Monday, February 27, 2012
February 27-March 2
Hi Families,
Hope you all had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend! Hopefully it will stay around for awhile! :) It's a big week for 3rd grade as we will begin our Kansas Reading State Assessments. They will take place Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 12:00-1:30 (or longer if anyone needs extra time). Please make sure your child receives a good night sleep and eats a healthy breakfast each day this week. There will be NO homework until Thursday evening, there will also be NO SPELLING this week due to testing.
Thank you for sending in a white t-shirt. The kids were excited to decorate their "team jersey" for our annual KSA Super Bowl. The class decided on our team name--the Canadian Cheeseballs!! GO CHEESEBALLS!
Please consider sending in non-perishable items for the 5th grade food drive for St. Mary's food kitchen this week. Thank you in advance.
Math
This week, we will begin Topic 15, focusing on liquid volume and mass. We will cover customary units of capacity, metric units of capacity, units of mass and units of weight this week.
Writing
We will begin writing autobiographies this week. We will be publishing the autobiographies into a hard bound book. You will recieve one book free and you option of purchasing more than one.
Some of the 3rd graders will be purchasing one of their books and sending them to Ethiopia Reads. Ethiopia Reads is a program that sends books to fill libraries in Ethiopia. You do not need to donate a book to this program. If you have any gently used books that you would rather donate to this program, we will certainly accept those as well. It is an exciting opportunity for our children to be a part of something like this and be able to help kids across the world.
If you would like to purchase a copy of your child's autobiography you may do so by filling out the form that I will be sending home later this week. If not, please just sign the form and return it! Thank you and let me know if you have any questions about this.
Social Studies
We began studying vocabulary for our Economics unit last week. We will continue learning about Economics for the next two weeks.
Have a fabulous week!
Hope you all had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend! Hopefully it will stay around for awhile! :) It's a big week for 3rd grade as we will begin our Kansas Reading State Assessments. They will take place Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 12:00-1:30 (or longer if anyone needs extra time). Please make sure your child receives a good night sleep and eats a healthy breakfast each day this week. There will be NO homework until Thursday evening, there will also be NO SPELLING this week due to testing.
Thank you for sending in a white t-shirt. The kids were excited to decorate their "team jersey" for our annual KSA Super Bowl. The class decided on our team name--the Canadian Cheeseballs!! GO CHEESEBALLS!
Please consider sending in non-perishable items for the 5th grade food drive for St. Mary's food kitchen this week. Thank you in advance.
Math
This week, we will begin Topic 15, focusing on liquid volume and mass. We will cover customary units of capacity, metric units of capacity, units of mass and units of weight this week.
Writing
We will begin writing autobiographies this week. We will be publishing the autobiographies into a hard bound book. You will recieve one book free and you option of purchasing more than one.
Some of the 3rd graders will be purchasing one of their books and sending them to Ethiopia Reads. Ethiopia Reads is a program that sends books to fill libraries in Ethiopia. You do not need to donate a book to this program. If you have any gently used books that you would rather donate to this program, we will certainly accept those as well. It is an exciting opportunity for our children to be a part of something like this and be able to help kids across the world.
If you would like to purchase a copy of your child's autobiography you may do so by filling out the form that I will be sending home later this week. If not, please just sign the form and return it! Thank you and let me know if you have any questions about this.
Social Studies
We began studying vocabulary for our Economics unit last week. We will continue learning about Economics for the next two weeks.
Have a fabulous week!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
February 21-24
Hi Families,
Thank you so much for attending your child's conference! It's a team effort to make sure your children are learning as much as they can to reach their fullest potential. I truly appreciate all of the support you are giving them at home to help them prepare for the upcoming state assessments. I know they'll do GREAT!
REMINDERS!!
Please send a food dish with your child on Thursday, February 23rd. Your child should come to school dressed in clothing that portrays their ancestor's country for the all school International Festival which will showcase their hard work over the past few weeks!
Please send a plain, white t-shirt by Friday, February 24. We will design our own team jerseys for our KSA Super Bowl!
Reading
We will begin with Theme 10 this week and will carry it out over the next three weeks. Our strategy focus is reviewing author's purpose along with comparing and contrasting information. We are stretching it out over the next few weeks as we are not allowed to do any other reading on the days the students take their state reading assessment. We will still use our small group time to practice strategies that will help them on their assessments.
Spelling
Our Rigby words this week are brother, food, inside, atlas, sneeze, index, contents, data, edge, lunch, penny, summer, title, source and information. Our prefix pattern is: trans-, which means across or through. Our words are transatlantic, transcontinental, transcribe, transect, transfer, translate, translucent, transparent, transpiration and transport. The test for both lists will be on Friday.
Writing
The students will be writing an autobiography for their published book this year. We will begin those after our International Festival this week. Look for more information regarding this soon! :)
Math
Division!! The students did a fabulous job on our first division test. We are currently studying fact families with division and multiplication facts. We will have a test over Chapter 8 next week.
Social Studies
This week is the big week! We have our International Festival on Thursday, February 23. There will be an all school assembly from 10:00-10:45 in the morning. A sampling of various foods from our countries and a chance for the different grade levels to learn more about our countries will take place in the afternoon. The students will showcase their hard work from 2:15-3:30 in the cafeteria. Thanks so much for all of your help with this big undertaking. We couldn't have accomplished it all without YOU!
Thank you so much for attending your child's conference! It's a team effort to make sure your children are learning as much as they can to reach their fullest potential. I truly appreciate all of the support you are giving them at home to help them prepare for the upcoming state assessments. I know they'll do GREAT!
REMINDERS!!
Please send a food dish with your child on Thursday, February 23rd. Your child should come to school dressed in clothing that portrays their ancestor's country for the all school International Festival which will showcase their hard work over the past few weeks!
Please send a plain, white t-shirt by Friday, February 24. We will design our own team jerseys for our KSA Super Bowl!
Reading
We will begin with Theme 10 this week and will carry it out over the next three weeks. Our strategy focus is reviewing author's purpose along with comparing and contrasting information. We are stretching it out over the next few weeks as we are not allowed to do any other reading on the days the students take their state reading assessment. We will still use our small group time to practice strategies that will help them on their assessments.
Spelling
Our Rigby words this week are brother, food, inside, atlas, sneeze, index, contents, data, edge, lunch, penny, summer, title, source and information. Our prefix pattern is: trans-, which means across or through. Our words are transatlantic, transcontinental, transcribe, transect, transfer, translate, translucent, transparent, transpiration and transport. The test for both lists will be on Friday.
Writing
The students will be writing an autobiography for their published book this year. We will begin those after our International Festival this week. Look for more information regarding this soon! :)
Math
Division!! The students did a fabulous job on our first division test. We are currently studying fact families with division and multiplication facts. We will have a test over Chapter 8 next week.
Social Studies
This week is the big week! We have our International Festival on Thursday, February 23. There will be an all school assembly from 10:00-10:45 in the morning. A sampling of various foods from our countries and a chance for the different grade levels to learn more about our countries will take place in the afternoon. The students will showcase their hard work from 2:15-3:30 in the cafeteria. Thanks so much for all of your help with this big undertaking. We couldn't have accomplished it all without YOU!
Monday, February 6, 2012
February 6-10
Hope you all had a fabulous SUPERBOWL weekend!
If you get a chance to donate something to our PTA class basket we would really appreciate it! Our theme is "Creative Kids". Thank you!
I sent out a sign-up email earlier today for the International Festival. The committee would like for you to sign-up for food by next Thursday.
Math -
We will be finishing Topic 7 unit this week. The class will review for the test on Wednesday and take the test on Thursday. The next topic we move into will be covering the relationship between multiplication and division. We will be learning fact families and I have reminded the kids to practice their multiplication facts at home as this will help their division too!
Reading -
This week will be State Assessment Reading Boot Camp. Each teacher will review a specific skill that pertains to the reading state test. The topics reviewed will be compare/contrast, test-taking strategies, text features, main idea, prefixes/suffixes, retelling and context clues.
The students will be given a homework assignment Tuesday through Monday based on one of these concepts.
Spelling -
There will be no spelling this week because of the reading boot camp! :)
Social Studies/Writing -
We will continue to work on our country research paper this week. We will really focus on the final touches such as bibliographies, cover pages, and the format of the paper.
Have a great week! :)
If you get a chance to donate something to our PTA class basket we would really appreciate it! Our theme is "Creative Kids". Thank you!
I sent out a sign-up email earlier today for the International Festival. The committee would like for you to sign-up for food by next Thursday.
Math -
We will be finishing Topic 7 unit this week. The class will review for the test on Wednesday and take the test on Thursday. The next topic we move into will be covering the relationship between multiplication and division. We will be learning fact families and I have reminded the kids to practice their multiplication facts at home as this will help their division too!
Reading -
This week will be State Assessment Reading Boot Camp. Each teacher will review a specific skill that pertains to the reading state test. The topics reviewed will be compare/contrast, test-taking strategies, text features, main idea, prefixes/suffixes, retelling and context clues.
The students will be given a homework assignment Tuesday through Monday based on one of these concepts.
Spelling -
There will be no spelling this week because of the reading boot camp! :)
Social Studies/Writing -
We will continue to work on our country research paper this week. We will really focus on the final touches such as bibliographies, cover pages, and the format of the paper.
Have a great week! :)
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