Hello!
The first quarter report card went home yesterday in your child's Monday folder. Please review it, sign the cover sheet, and send it back to school
with your child. You can keep the report card for your records. I only need
the top sheet returned.
Wednesday is Halloween!! We will have a school
parade and class party that afternoon. Students will bring their costumes to
school and change into them just before the parade begins at 2:45. The
Halloween party will begin at 3:00, immediately following the parade. You are
all welcome to swing by the classroom to see your child and the other kiddos
dressed up for the holiday! Don't forget to send in your supplies if you signed up to help with the party. Here is the link to signup genius if you forgot what you were supposed to bring! :) www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409084BAEAC2E5-halloween
Prairie Ridge is celebrating Red Ribbon Week
this week! Here is the schedule for spirit days:
Monday- Wear
sweats
Tuesday- Wear red, white and blue
Wednesday- Crazy Sock Day (and
bring Halloween costume to change into later)
Thursday- Twin Day
Friday-
Pajama Day
Here is what we will be doing in class the rest of the
week:
Reading- As we move to our next reading theme, Every Vote Counts, the
students will practice creating images as they read.
Writing- We will
publish our last piece and will also
write a fun Halloween story.
Spelling- The pattern for the spelling lists
this week is 'adverbs'. Adverbs are words that describe a verb. They often
end with -ly.
Social Studies- The class has nominated 4 of our very own
students to become class president. Grace, Ashley S., Max and Rheagan were nominated as candidates in our class election. I am very proud of all of my kids as they were responsible when nominating their classmates. They had to write one or two sentences stating qualitites as to what makes that person a good candidate. I read so many wonderful comments about several of our kids, not just the final four candidates. The students are working on a campaign to
represent one of these 4 nominees. The class election will take place on
Wednesday. After our class president is elected, he or she will then represent
our class in the 3rd grade election, which will be held on election
day next Tuesday!
Math- We will begin a new topic on multiplication this week. The kids are very excited!
Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!!
I just made a new Voki. See it here:
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
October 15-19
We are nearing the end of the first quarter! Can you believe how fast it has gone? This Thursday marks the last day of the quarter.
Students have this Friday(19th) and next Monday(22nd) off from school due to teacher in-service days.
Here is a look at this week's plans:
Reading- Students will begin learning about the "law" in our next theme. They will be learning how to 'monitor understanding' of what they read. A great way for them to practice this strategy is to have them complete the phrase, "I am not sure I understand..." about the text that they read.
Spelling- Our spelling pattern this week is contractions. Students will practice which letters to remove from the two words that combine to make a contraction and where to place the apostrophe. The test will be on Thursday.
Writing- Students will continue working through the writing process with their personal narratives about their first loose tooth.
Math- We will take our Topic 3 test tomorrow. If you would like to help your child prepare for the test, a review will be coming home tonight for homework. The remainder of the week will be spent on telling time to the half-hour, quarter-hour, and minute. Students will also take the official timed tests for addition and subtraction this week.
Social Studies- Our Rigby theme goes right along with our current social studies theme, just in time for elections. Students will get a second helping of government during social studies this week.
SCIENCE REMINDER: Solar Houses are due next Tuesday!! Not only does your child need to have a solar house constructed from a shoe box, but they also need to have a write-up that goes with it. This can be either typed or handwritten. See the rubric for all of the criteria for the write-up.
Have a great week!!
Students have this Friday(19th) and next Monday(22nd) off from school due to teacher in-service days.
Here is a look at this week's plans:
Reading- Students will begin learning about the "law" in our next theme. They will be learning how to 'monitor understanding' of what they read. A great way for them to practice this strategy is to have them complete the phrase, "I am not sure I understand..." about the text that they read.
Spelling- Our spelling pattern this week is contractions. Students will practice which letters to remove from the two words that combine to make a contraction and where to place the apostrophe. The test will be on Thursday.
Writing- Students will continue working through the writing process with their personal narratives about their first loose tooth.
Math- We will take our Topic 3 test tomorrow. If you would like to help your child prepare for the test, a review will be coming home tonight for homework. The remainder of the week will be spent on telling time to the half-hour, quarter-hour, and minute. Students will also take the official timed tests for addition and subtraction this week.
Social Studies- Our Rigby theme goes right along with our current social studies theme, just in time for elections. Students will get a second helping of government during social studies this week.
SCIENCE REMINDER: Solar Houses are due next Tuesday!! Not only does your child need to have a solar house constructed from a shoe box, but they also need to have a write-up that goes with it. This can be either typed or handwritten. See the rubric for all of the criteria for the write-up.
Have a great week!!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
October 8 - 12
I sure am enjoying these cooler temperatures that have finally arrived. As the air is getting cooler, remember to send your child with a light jacket to wear at recess.
We had our Solar Cookout yesterday! The baked apples were a big hit! Although it didn't get warm enough outside for the cheese to melt on top of the nachos, the kiddos had a great time preparing them. They sure learned a lot about the process of creating and using a solar cooker as well. Thank you so much to all of you who either donated items for this project, to those who were able to join us on Friday to help assemble the cookers and to those who joined us Monday to help the kids with the nachos. I really could not have done that without all of your help!!!!!
Here is a look at this week:
Reading
We will be completing Theme 3 on Friday with a vocabulary quiz. The students have been practicing how to infer the meaning of text when they are reading.
Spelling
The pattern this week is consonant digraphs. The digraphs that will appear in the spelling words are: sh, ch, th, and wh. The test will be on Friday.
Writing
The students will continue writing their personal narrative about losing a tooth. Be sure to ask them about the story we read together, Trevor's Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth.
Math
The students will be using subtraction in a variety of ways. They will learn how to use it in an expanded algorithm, model subtraction, subtract using 3 digit numbers, subtract across zeros, and how to draw a picture to help them solve problems.
Science
We will begin studying weather later this week.
Social Studies
We will complete our 3-dimensional communities.
We had our Solar Cookout yesterday! The baked apples were a big hit! Although it didn't get warm enough outside for the cheese to melt on top of the nachos, the kiddos had a great time preparing them. They sure learned a lot about the process of creating and using a solar cooker as well. Thank you so much to all of you who either donated items for this project, to those who were able to join us on Friday to help assemble the cookers and to those who joined us Monday to help the kids with the nachos. I really could not have done that without all of your help!!!!!
Here is a look at this week:
Reading
We will be completing Theme 3 on Friday with a vocabulary quiz. The students have been practicing how to infer the meaning of text when they are reading.
Spelling
The pattern this week is consonant digraphs. The digraphs that will appear in the spelling words are: sh, ch, th, and wh. The test will be on Friday.
Writing
The students will continue writing their personal narrative about losing a tooth. Be sure to ask them about the story we read together, Trevor's Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth.
Math
The students will be using subtraction in a variety of ways. They will learn how to use it in an expanded algorithm, model subtraction, subtract using 3 digit numbers, subtract across zeros, and how to draw a picture to help them solve problems.
Science
We will begin studying weather later this week.
Social Studies
We will complete our 3-dimensional communities.
Monday, October 1, 2012
October 1-5
Thank you all so much for attending parent teacher conferences. I really enjoyed having the chance to speak with each of you about your child last week. I hope that you were able to share some positive feedback with him or her after we met.
This week is Bully Prevention Week at PRE. Here is the schedule of events for the week:
Today we are walking out on bullying, so wear your favorite fitness gear and sneakers! First thing, right after announcements, we will have our second annual bully walk. The students will walk around the perimeter of the school and playground to make a bully free barrier. Please make sure your students know the reason behind it!
To show that we are too bright to bully, wear bright clothing today! I will also be giving students a bookmark with this year’s bully theme on it.
"Our school is Bully Free!" To show pride in making our school bully-free, wear your favorite PRE spirit wear!
This week is Bully Prevention Week at PRE. Here is the schedule of events for the week:
Monday, October 1 – "Words Hurt, so…Choose them Kindly!" All classroom teachers will get a word bubble, your class is in charge of brainstorming a list of kind words – if you could get these to me by the end of that day that would be awesome! I want to get them on display, so they can be a reminder to kids all week. I will assign a few letters to each class to brainstorm – that way we don’t have a bunch of word bubbles with the same words on them!
Tuesday, October 2 – "Team up against bullying!"
Today we want everyone to show they are teaming up against bullying by wearing their favorite team jersey or t-shirt!
Wednesday, October 3 – "Walk out on Bullying!"
Today we are walking out on bullying, so wear your favorite fitness gear and sneakers! First thing, right after announcements, we will have our second annual bully walk. The students will walk around the perimeter of the school and playground to make a bully free barrier. Please make sure your students know the reason behind it!
Thursday, October 4 – "I’m too Bright to be a Bully!"
To show that we are too bright to bully, wear bright clothing today! I will also be giving students a bookmark with this year’s bully theme on it.
Friday, October 5 –
"Our school is Bully Free!" To show pride in making our school bully-free, wear your favorite PRE spirit wear!
Reading-
We will begin Theme 3 today, What is Light? Students will practice the reading strategy "inferrring" during this theme. When you infer, you use your own ideas to help you understand what you read.
Spelling-
The spelling pattern this week is when the long vowel sound is created by adding a silent 'e' at the end of a word. This is also called the VCe pattern(Vowel, Consonant, silent e).
Writing-
Students will be practicing their friendly letter writing as they write letters to pen pals. The pen pals that we will have this year are from the Derrick Thomas Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. We will also be writing to another very special pen pal, Addisen, who moved to Texas last week!
Math-
We will begin Topic 3 this week, Using Place Value to Add and Subtract. The lessons this week will be adding with an expanded algorithm, adding 3-digit numbers by showing a model, adding 3-digit numbers, and adding 3 or more numbers. We will also be reviewing skills from Topic 2 and restesting later this week.
Science-
We will be preparing Solar Cookers on Thursday. This will require you to send in $0.50 to purchase the pizza box and a few other items as well. Please check your child's Monday folder for a list of things that we are in need of to help us make solar cookers. Our plan is to have a solar cookout on Friday, however, the weather looks a little chilly and we may need to postpone it until next week. We still plan on preparing the cookers Thursday regardless of when the cookout will be. Please let me know if you are able to supply us with one of the items on the list, and make sure to send it in by Wednesday this week. Thanks!
Social Studies-
Students are working in groups to create 3-dimensional models of rural, urban and suburban communities.
Monday, September 17, 2012
September 17-21
Hello!
We will be taking a Community Walk next Tuesday! We will be walking through the neighborhood and to our local McDonald's restaurant for a treat. Your child will be encouraged to bring no more than $5 so they can buy themselves a treat. I will not be holding onto their money for them. They will use this as a learning experience on how to order and pay for themselves.
Picture Day is on Wednesday! If you are ordering pictures you should send in the order form by Wednesday.
Common Core Night is Wednesday evening from 6:00-7:00. If you plan on attending and haven't sent in your RSVP, then please let me know so we have enough space. Thanks! :)
Parent Conferences are next week! I can't wait to meet with each of you to set some goals for the year and to discuss your child's progress with you.
Reading
We are continuing to make connections and ask questions about the text we read. Ask your child to create a few connections and "I wonder..." questions after he or she reads from a book, and check to see if they can answer their own questions. Small reading groups began today!
Spelling
The spelling pattern this week contains word families. Each of the words in the list will contain one of these endings: -ay, -an, -ip, -old, -ack, and -own. The spelling test will be on Friday.
Math
This week we will be practicing our mental math skills as well as rounding and estimating numbers.
If your child is struggling with homework and you are not sure how to help, please encourage them to bring their textbook home so that you can reveiw the lesson with them. This might help some frustration that your child may be havingwith homework.
Writing
We will be writing a special poem this week. Biopoems are poems that describe ourselves and our characteristics. They should be finished in time for you to read at conferences.
Social Studies
We are still studying communities and will review the differences between urban, rural and suburban communities.
Science
We will continue learning about solar energy by experimenting with sun beads and the effectiveness of UV strengths in various sunscreens.
We will be taking a Community Walk next Tuesday! We will be walking through the neighborhood and to our local McDonald's restaurant for a treat. Your child will be encouraged to bring no more than $5 so they can buy themselves a treat. I will not be holding onto their money for them. They will use this as a learning experience on how to order and pay for themselves.
Picture Day is on Wednesday! If you are ordering pictures you should send in the order form by Wednesday.
Common Core Night is Wednesday evening from 6:00-7:00. If you plan on attending and haven't sent in your RSVP, then please let me know so we have enough space. Thanks! :)
Parent Conferences are next week! I can't wait to meet with each of you to set some goals for the year and to discuss your child's progress with you.
Reading
We are continuing to make connections and ask questions about the text we read. Ask your child to create a few connections and "I wonder..." questions after he or she reads from a book, and check to see if they can answer their own questions. Small reading groups began today!
Spelling
The spelling pattern this week contains word families. Each of the words in the list will contain one of these endings: -ay, -an, -ip, -old, -ack, and -own. The spelling test will be on Friday.
Math
This week we will be practicing our mental math skills as well as rounding and estimating numbers.
If your child is struggling with homework and you are not sure how to help, please encourage them to bring their textbook home so that you can reveiw the lesson with them. This might help some frustration that your child may be havingwith homework.
Writing
We will be writing a special poem this week. Biopoems are poems that describe ourselves and our characteristics. They should be finished in time for you to read at conferences.
Social Studies
We are still studying communities and will review the differences between urban, rural and suburban communities.
Science
We will continue learning about solar energy by experimenting with sun beads and the effectiveness of UV strengths in various sunscreens.
Monday, September 10, 2012
September 10-14
The students did an awesome job last week as they completed their MAP tests!! I am so proud of them and the hard work that they put into taking the tests. This was the first time these kiddos ever tested on computers for a long period of time. They did a great job concentrating, staying focused and trying their best on all three tests. I will share and review individual results with you at parent confences in a couple weeks.
Parent Conferences- Parent Conferences are a few weeks earlier this year, Sept. 26 and 27. If you have not signed up for a conference yet, you will need to sign up for a conference time through our Prairie Ridge website. Here is the link: http://www.usd232.org/education/components/form/default.php?sectiondetailid=33036&
Lap-A-Thon is this Friday. Make sure your child wears tennis shoes. The third grade will be walking/running from 10:50-11:30. Please feel free to join us at this time. :)
Book Orders- I sent home book order forms in Monday folders last week. I will be collecting orders until Wednesday. You may also order online if you wish. Let me know if you have any questions at all. Thanks for supporting your child's reading with Scholastic!
Reading- We began Theme 2 today, Life in Many Places. The reading strategy that we will practice for the next two weeks is "Asking Questions." We will continue to review making connections as we progress through the various reading strategies. I will complete benchmarking this week and will begin meeting with small reading groups next week.
Spelling- The spelling pattern for this week is consonant blends. All of the words will contain one of these blends: cr-,dr-, gr-, pr-, and -st. The spelling test will be on Friday.
Math- We will take our first math test tomorrow on Topic 1. The students have a practice test for homework tonight. On Wednesday, we will begin Topic 2. This week the students will learn about the meaning of addition and subtraction, as well as have the opportunity to practice using mental math to add numbers.
Social Studies- We will continue learning about communities, specifically, the differences between the 3 types of communities- rural, suburuban and urban.
Science- This week we will be making sun prints. We will also determine the temperature differences between several earth materials like dirt and sand when they are exposed to the sun.
Have a great week!!
Parent Conferences- Parent Conferences are a few weeks earlier this year, Sept. 26 and 27. If you have not signed up for a conference yet, you will need to sign up for a conference time through our Prairie Ridge website. Here is the link: http://www.usd232.org/education/components/form/default.php?sectiondetailid=33036&
Lap-A-Thon is this Friday. Make sure your child wears tennis shoes. The third grade will be walking/running from 10:50-11:30. Please feel free to join us at this time. :)
Book Orders- I sent home book order forms in Monday folders last week. I will be collecting orders until Wednesday. You may also order online if you wish. Let me know if you have any questions at all. Thanks for supporting your child's reading with Scholastic!
Reading- We began Theme 2 today, Life in Many Places. The reading strategy that we will practice for the next two weeks is "Asking Questions." We will continue to review making connections as we progress through the various reading strategies. I will complete benchmarking this week and will begin meeting with small reading groups next week.
Spelling- The spelling pattern for this week is consonant blends. All of the words will contain one of these blends: cr-,dr-, gr-, pr-, and -st. The spelling test will be on Friday.
Math- We will take our first math test tomorrow on Topic 1. The students have a practice test for homework tonight. On Wednesday, we will begin Topic 2. This week the students will learn about the meaning of addition and subtraction, as well as have the opportunity to practice using mental math to add numbers.
Social Studies- We will continue learning about communities, specifically, the differences between the 3 types of communities- rural, suburuban and urban.
Science- This week we will be making sun prints. We will also determine the temperature differences between several earth materials like dirt and sand when they are exposed to the sun.
Have a great week!!
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
September 4
Hello!
Welcome to another week of 3rd grade! We are off to a great start and have a busy 4-day week ahead of us. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Assessments- MAP testing begins in 3rd grade! This is a district tool that is used to help us evaluate the progress of our students from year to year. Students will take MAP assessments in the fall and in the spring every school year from 3rd grade through 12th grade.
Our class will take their very first round of these tests this week- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The students will take 3 tests: reading, math and language arts so there will be one each day. I will review the results from this first round of testing with you at parent conferences at the end of September.
Reading-
We are continuing with Theme 1, Community Spirit. We will keep practicing how to make connections with the text that we read. Small reading groups will begin in a couple of weeks.
Spelling-
The spelling pattern for this week is "beginning consonant sounds". The lists contain words that begin with the consonants b, d, f, m and v. Your child's list was sent home with them in their homework folder and should be written in their agenda this evening. The final test will be on Friday.
Math-
We are still learning about place value this week. We will be comparing numbers, ordering numbers and using an organized list to represent given information in a problem.
Writing-
Students will prewrite ideas for their story and write a first draft.
We will continue reveiwing nouns and verbs this week, as well.
Science and Social Studies-
We are learning about how the sun is the main source of the solar energy we recieve on earth. We have several activities planned for this unit in which sunlight is required. Therefore, we may go back and forth between science activities and social studies based on the sunlight's cooperation.
We will begin learning about our community in social studies. By the end of the week, students should know where they live-- on the planet earth, on the continent North America, in the country of the United States, in the state of Kansas, in the county of Johnson, and in the city of Shawnee. They may even be able to tell you which neighborhood they live in.
Have a great week!
Welcome to another week of 3rd grade! We are off to a great start and have a busy 4-day week ahead of us. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Assessments- MAP testing begins in 3rd grade! This is a district tool that is used to help us evaluate the progress of our students from year to year. Students will take MAP assessments in the fall and in the spring every school year from 3rd grade through 12th grade.
Our class will take their very first round of these tests this week- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The students will take 3 tests: reading, math and language arts so there will be one each day. I will review the results from this first round of testing with you at parent conferences at the end of September.
Reading-
We are continuing with Theme 1, Community Spirit. We will keep practicing how to make connections with the text that we read. Small reading groups will begin in a couple of weeks.
Spelling-
The spelling pattern for this week is "beginning consonant sounds". The lists contain words that begin with the consonants b, d, f, m and v. Your child's list was sent home with them in their homework folder and should be written in their agenda this evening. The final test will be on Friday.
Math-
We are still learning about place value this week. We will be comparing numbers, ordering numbers and using an organized list to represent given information in a problem.
Writing-
Students will prewrite ideas for their story and write a first draft.
We will continue reveiwing nouns and verbs this week, as well.
Science and Social Studies-
We are learning about how the sun is the main source of the solar energy we recieve on earth. We have several activities planned for this unit in which sunlight is required. Therefore, we may go back and forth between science activities and social studies based on the sunlight's cooperation.
We will begin learning about our community in social studies. By the end of the week, students should know where they live-- on the planet earth, on the continent North America, in the country of the United States, in the state of Kansas, in the county of Johnson, and in the city of Shawnee. They may even be able to tell you which neighborhood they live in.
Have a great week!
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