Today was a great day! The kids seemed rested and prepared for the tasks at hand. This week is Celebrate the Arts week. Instead of their regularly scheduled Music time, the children attended a performance by a musicians from St Petersburg. You will find a notice in their homework folder that informs you of a summer music camp at Noise Makers. The children really enjoyed it. Two of the performers were from St Pete High School and are participants at this Noise Makers Music Camp.
Tomorrow, the children and I will attend a performance on drummers and drumming. We hope to see everyone on Friday for the culminating display of art and music. The third graders will be performing. You will not want to miss this production! So cute!! Plan on staying afterwards for a family picnic.
We will be reviewing for our Math test tomorrow and plan on testing on Wednesday. We will then begin our study of fractions. I will also expose them to another method for multiplying double digit numbers called the Lattice Method.
Our spelling words this week continue our review of singular and plural words. The words are posted on the side of the blog and are as follows: adults, armies, coaches, envelopes, factories, holidays, libraries, lunches, members, monkeys, patches, sandwiches, scratches, slippers, valleys.Tonight the children are to write each spelling words once in cursive on the handwriting paper that I have provided.
The Reading Comprehension this week is entitled, The History of the Toy. The skill or focus with this passage is cause and effect. The children will need to read carefully so that they can respond to the short 5 questions that either have them thinking about the cause of the effect. This is due on Friday and don't forget to sign the work after it has been completed.
The children have a VERB project that is due on Friday. I reviewed this project last week . However, I would like you to also know what the expectations are. First, they are to cut out various pictures that show action and make a collage one or both sides of the briefcase. Inside the briefcase, you should find a sheet that requires the children to choose vivid verbs from the box at the bottom of the sheet. Next, they should choose 3 activities from the list of activities that are glued inside the briefcase. The children are to complete one activity per sheet of paper. I have asked the children not to bring these in early so that it will remain a secret until share time on Friday!
We are completing our Native American study this week with the Iroquois. The children will decide which group they would like to belong to and write a personal narrative based on the facts that they have learned about that group. We will also continue our research and work on our Sawgrass projects. I did forget to remind the children to continue their research at home tonight on whatever topic they have been assigned by the group. It is easier if they bring in the research and study it here than have everyone trying to get on four computers. We are using the laptops for research but we do have to share with the other classes.
It is my hope that we will have an author celebration toward the end of May. At that time, we will not only share our writing pieces but our Sawgrass projects and our Car designs as well.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Also, if you feel the need for an end of the year conference, please let me know within the next couple of weeks. I would prefer not to wait till the very last week of school to be having these important discussions.
I hope everyone has a pleasant evening!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Miraculous Monday!
Relay for Life on Friday was amazing! I was completely in awe of the dedication and the creativity among the different boothes. Our children did an awesome job of contributing money and making the beautiful purple chains. Hats off to all of you that contributed in time and money as well. It is such an important cause!
Spelling this week contains base words along with the ending -en. The words are posted on the side of the blog. Tonight for homework the children are to write the -en version in cursive.
This week in Math we will continue our work on parentheses in math, fact extensions for multiplication and division, estimating costs, and extended facts that are products of 10. You will want to ask your child about the challenge work we were doing in class today with parentheses and only the number 3. PLEASE continue to practice the multiplication facts. Don't forget to turn in the multiplication strips that the children were given a week ago. I am giving the children credit for completing the strips. They should be completed by Wednesday of this week. Tonight for math homework, the children are to complete workbook page 168 (7.5).
The children are back to the weekly Reading Comprehension activity. The name of this reading is Under the Big Top. The objective of this passage is the use of figurative language. After the children have read the passage orally and independently, they are to write in their own words what they think each figurative phrase really means.
This week, we are working/reviewing plurals and possessives. The children have a practice page in their homework folder that I asked them to review tonight and tomorrow night. They will have a quiz on these plurals on Wednesday. Each day we will take a specific grammar skill to review in preparation for ERB's and for life.
We will begin our new lesson in Wordly Wise. Lesson 12 words include: adopt, arouse, arrange, cell, infection, influence, injure, injury, pattern, series, vision.
We will complete our final Native American group, The Iroquois. Once we have had time to read and complete our chart, we will begin planning our personal narratives as if we are one of the members of these tribes. We will do most of the writing in class. However, one night I will send it home to be proofread one more time so that you will be able to see what they have written.We will also begin our Sawgrass Independent project which will be completely done in school. The children may come home and want to do some research on their own at home, or collect items to be used for their visual. We will be talking about his later on this week.
Tomorrow, we will take our Architectural Tour of downtown St. Petersburg. We will leave school at 8:30 and return by 10. Please make sure that your child has a healthy breakfast since we will not have our snack until we return. I would also make sure that they wear good walking shoes with socks.
Please make sure that your child is completing and turning in their reading logs. I have many more that I can share if your child has misplaced the reading log. I am keeping track of the children who do turn in the reading logs.
You are NOT going to want to miss the Scratch Projects. Go to the top of my blog and click on Scratch Projects. You can find your child's project by name. The children are also encouraged to play the other games that their classmates created.
Thank you for your continued support and help at home. I can't tell you what a difference it makes!
Spelling this week contains base words along with the ending -en. The words are posted on the side of the blog. Tonight for homework the children are to write the -en version in cursive.
This week in Math we will continue our work on parentheses in math, fact extensions for multiplication and division, estimating costs, and extended facts that are products of 10. You will want to ask your child about the challenge work we were doing in class today with parentheses and only the number 3. PLEASE continue to practice the multiplication facts. Don't forget to turn in the multiplication strips that the children were given a week ago. I am giving the children credit for completing the strips. They should be completed by Wednesday of this week. Tonight for math homework, the children are to complete workbook page 168 (7.5).
The children are back to the weekly Reading Comprehension activity. The name of this reading is Under the Big Top. The objective of this passage is the use of figurative language. After the children have read the passage orally and independently, they are to write in their own words what they think each figurative phrase really means.
This week, we are working/reviewing plurals and possessives. The children have a practice page in their homework folder that I asked them to review tonight and tomorrow night. They will have a quiz on these plurals on Wednesday. Each day we will take a specific grammar skill to review in preparation for ERB's and for life.
We will begin our new lesson in Wordly Wise. Lesson 12 words include: adopt, arouse, arrange, cell, infection, influence, injure, injury, pattern, series, vision.
We will complete our final Native American group, The Iroquois. Once we have had time to read and complete our chart, we will begin planning our personal narratives as if we are one of the members of these tribes. We will do most of the writing in class. However, one night I will send it home to be proofread one more time so that you will be able to see what they have written.We will also begin our Sawgrass Independent project which will be completely done in school. The children may come home and want to do some research on their own at home, or collect items to be used for their visual. We will be talking about his later on this week.
Tomorrow, we will take our Architectural Tour of downtown St. Petersburg. We will leave school at 8:30 and return by 10. Please make sure that your child has a healthy breakfast since we will not have our snack until we return. I would also make sure that they wear good walking shoes with socks.
Please make sure that your child is completing and turning in their reading logs. I have many more that I can share if your child has misplaced the reading log. I am keeping track of the children who do turn in the reading logs.
You are NOT going to want to miss the Scratch Projects. Go to the top of my blog and click on Scratch Projects. You can find your child's project by name. The children are also encouraged to play the other games that their classmates created.
Thank you for your continued support and help at home. I can't tell you what a difference it makes!
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