Important Notes!

Report Cards

Will come home in next Monday’s Communication Folder.  Please keep an eye out for them! 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Will be March 12^th  and 13^th for our class.  Sign ups coming soon.

Book Orders

Are due Feb. 3^rd – www.scholastic.com – our classroom code is J9R4V. 

Snow Party

Assuming we will have the snow, our school has earned a celebration due to our excellent behavior this upcoming Friday, Feb. 3^rd.  For our snowman city, we will need 5 packages of Oreos and 3 packages of carrots.  If you are interested in donating these items, please email me!

Lansing

We will need 5 chaperones for our Lansing trip.  Due to the popularity of this trip, there will be a lottery to decide who gets to join us.  A paper will be coming home soon for getting your name into the lottery.  Before you fill it out – please keep in mind that chaperoning a group of students in another city is a big deal.  You will be responsible for other people’s children, and need to be prepared to not only keep an eye on these children but help keep them safe and well-behaved. 

Multiplication

Please, please, please practice this with your child.  If you have flash cards, they should be part of your daily routine!! 

Math

We are revisiting the basics of multiplication.  Some of us have taken this concept and soared – and some are still confused.  At the end of the day, there is a need to memorize these facts.  Ask your kiddo what number quiz they are on, and work with them at home please!

We will have a Chapter Test on Multiplying with 2’s, 3’s and 5’s, along with story problems this week.  This is different from the weekly quizzes, where some kiddos are on their 4’s and some are on their 9’s already!

Writing

We are writing our first nonfiction piece, based on our Animal Report from Science. 

Cursive

We are almost done with the uppercase alphabet.  Then we’ll have a week or two of review before your child can apply for their cursive license!

Social Studies

We will have a test on Thursday this week.  Please watch for the study guide to come home in your child’s backpack this week.  Not only will they need to study it, but it needs to come back to school to get points for it.  This is the year to really begin good study habits, there will be more homework and need for studying next year in 4^th grade!  

Eventful Friday

2/3 - Book Orders Due 
2/6 - Report Cards Sent Home
2/14 - Valentine's Party
3/13 - Parent Teacher Conferences
3/14 - Parent Teacher Conferences
3/15 - Lansing Trip

* Please note that I will be holding conferences on Wednesday the 14th instead of the 15th because of our trip to Lansing on Thursday

A note will come home on Monday with more information on our Valentine's Party and the need for Chaperones for our Lansing Trip.  Keep an eye out for it!

If you'd like to order from our book order online, use the code: J9R4V

I'm working on getting the t-shirt idea going - keep an eye out for more information on that as well!!

Happy Weekend!

Shirts??

Our class is going to Lansing on March 15th.  This is a very big trip for us! 

I was browsing the web last night, looking for website where you can order/design your own t-shirts.  I think it'd be pretty cool to get class shirts made, in an obnoxiously bright color, to help me not to lose anyone at the state capitol!  

What do you think?  Would you pay $8-12 dollars for a classroom shirt for your child?  Anyone have a connection where we could get them done cheaper??  Leave a comment with your vote please!

Word Study - Unit 15

Hmm... our Word Study grades are starting to slip a little - especially on the regular/challenge list.  Please be sure you're making time to practice at home!  Don't forget to use SpellingCity.com!! 

Regular List

recite

reject

remove

return

unfair

untrue

unable

disable

disagree

            disobey

Challenge List

receive

recycle

rearrange

research

uncommon

uncertain

unhealthy

discontinue

disappear

distrust

CMW

almost

off

threw

right

    whole

Word Study - Unit 14

Unit 14: 3rd Grade Word Study 1/16/12 Digraphs (H Brothers) (ph, ch, wh, sh, th)

Regular List

chomp change phone orphan threw thirst white wheel shook shout

Challenge List

challenge champion physical symphony thousand thorough whimper whisper shoulder shepherd

Commonly Misspelled Words

didn’t doesn’t let’s that’s won’t

Upcoming Events

1/10 - PTO Meeting @ Pine Island

1/11 - Science Test

1/12 - Math Test

1/13 - Word Study Test

1/19 - PTO Snack Sale during lunch

1/20 - Half day for students, dismissal @ 11:45am

1/20 - Ladies Night Luau - sign up now! 

2/3 - Report Cards Go Home

Animal Reports - I'm still deciding on when I want these to be due.  It would be great to wait for our next science chapter on habitats so we could include that information as well - but that won't be for another month. I will keep you posted on what I decide!

Tests

Today your child's Science study guide came home - either well protected in their planner binder, stuck in their planner, or loose in their backpack. 

At the top the test date says:  Thursday, Jan. 12th.  This is not correct.  The test is going to be Wednesday, Jan. 13th.

We will be having our Math test on Clocks/Time/Calendar on Thursday, January 12th.  Practice practice!!

Word Study - Unit 13

Unit 13 

Homophones 

(words that sound the same) 

 

cent

scent

sent

nose

knows

hour

our

pair

pare

pear

bored

board

CMW

its

it’s

to

two

too