3/17/14

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I apologize for being so far behind. Third grade has been BUSY!

Communication Arts
Story: How My Family Lives in America
Skill: Informational Text Features and Point of View
Spelling: Homophones --> Spelling City
The test will be given using sentences to help students distinguish the homophones.
Writing: Opinion Writing: Ask you kid what makes a better pet, a cat or dog?

Math
Unit 11: Fractions
We will wrap up this unit this week with an assessment on Friday.

Science
Flight: The week is finally here! We will be building and launching gliders.

Mark Your Calendar!
3/18/14 Please return Parent Teacher Conference forms.
3/20/14 Winter Flagship Ends
3/26/14 Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-8:00
3/27/14 Half Day for Students - Dismissal at 11:00; Parent Teacher Conferences 11:00-4:00
3/28/14 No School 
3/31/14 - 4/4/14 Spring Break!

Weekly Update 2/25/14

Communication Arts

Story: Prudy's Problem

Comprehension: Point of View

Spelling: Compound Words --> Spelling City

Vocabulary: collection, enormous, realize, scattered, shiny, strain, clutter, inspiration

Writing: Opinion Writing: Cats vs. Dogs

Math
Unit 11: Fractions, Decimals, and Probability
Click here for Fraction Games

Science Science of Flight --> Click here to learn more about Project Lead the Way



Dates to Remember



2/25/14 Family Science Night 5:30
2/25/14 Happy Birthday McKinley
2/28/14 Trimester 2 Ends

Family Science Night

Next Tuesday, February 25 is Hawthorne's Family Science Night! Each grade level will be showcasing activities from Project Lead the Way modules. Visit Ms. McGrew and I in her room to learn about flight using ipads and gliders! Dinner will be served at 5:30 and activities will begin around 6:00. I hope to see you there!

Weekly Update 2/17/14

Communication Arts

Story: If You Made a Million

Comprehension: Informational Text Features

Spelling: vowel digraphs

Vocabulary:

Writing: Biographies --> Students will present and listen to each other's biographies.

Math
Unit 11: Fractions, Decimals, and Probability

Dates to Remember
2/17/14 President's Day no school
2/18/14 Flagship begins
2/20/14 Patriotic Sing Along - wear red, white, and blue!
2/25/14 Family Science Night - we will be kicking off our Science of Flight unit!
2/25/14 Happy Birthday McKinley!

Acts of Kindness 2/14/14

This week our class completed Acts of Kindness to celebrate Valentine's Day! I gave students some ideas. Click on the link to see the ideas they came up with themselves and completed!

Acts of Kindness

Created with Padlet

Weekly Update 2/11/14

Communication Arts

Unit 3 Review Week

Story: Keep the Lights Burning, AbbieGenre: Historical Fiction

Comprehension: Character Traits and Sequence

Writing: Biographies --> Students are almost finished typing their reports

Spelling: no spelling this week

Math
Unit 8: Area and Perimeter

Dates to Remember
2/11/14 Happy Birthday Gus!
2/14/14 Flagship forms due
2/14/14 Happy Valentine's Day! A class list went home last Friday. We will celebrate Friday at 1:15 with a smoothie and movie party!
2/17/14 President's Day no school

Weekly Update 2/3/14

Happy February! 
This past week I attended a fantastic conference in Great Falls. The conference was focused on Math, integrating Common Core Standards, and making Math fun. I plan on implementing a lot of the new ideas I learned in the next few weeks. I also hope to start sending more ideas home. 

Communication Arts

Story: Suki's Kimono
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Comprehension: Character Traits

Writing: Biographies --> Ask your student who they are studying.

Spelling: Consonant = C Vowel = V: CVVC or CVV Click Here!

Click here to see student's perform this story!



Math
We will continue Unit 7: Multiplication and Division

Multiplication War
A fun way to practice multiplication facts is to play the card game war, with a twist. Each player throws 2 cards and must say the equation including the product of their cards. 2 x 4 = 8. The player with the greater product takes the cards. Be sure to use cards we have practiced and take out the rest. So far, we have practiced the multiples of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10.

Dates to Remember
2/3/14 Flagship forms sent home. Sign up for one of the awesome programs.
2/3/14 Art!
2/6/14 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
2/14/14 Valentine's Day: I will send a class list home on Friday.