In Math, we worked on ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest. In Social Studies, we reviewed the states in the West and Southwest regions and added their abbreviations. The quiz will be on Thursday. In the afternoon, we went over the vocabulary words and took a look at the nonfiction selection we will be reading tomorrow called The Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made. We discussed some other types of nonfiction: informational, biography, autobiography, newspaper article, and how-to article. The students are bringing home a safety contract for Science that they will need to sign along with their parents and bring back to school tomorrow. In Art, we worked on finishing up our silhoettes.
If you are a parent who volunteered to help Wednesday or Thursday from 12:30-1:30, I could use your help this week! I want to finish up the fluency tests and have the students get help with revising their personal narratives. Thank you so much for your help last week!
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet
Sign and return safety contract
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
In Math, we went over the story problems from the homework on Monday as well as the Mid-Chapter Check they took on Tuesday. We practiced comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to.
In Social Studies, we went over the names and locations of the states in the West. Each student has a map that will stay in their homework folder which they can use to study at home and bring back to school to add more states. Tomorrow, we'll add the Southwest states. The students will be quizzed next week on those two regions, and they can start studying today. Also, each student got to choose a state to study. They are bringing home a state booklet to fill out with information about their state. They can print out pictures to paste into their booklet, or they can just draw and color the pictures. They have a month to complete the booklets - they are due October 19.
In the afternoon, we reviewed the story Allie's Basketball Dream and worked on evaluating our personal narratives. We also had library and computer lab time.
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet
A couple students need to finish the subjects and predicates page 18
In Social Studies, we went over the names and locations of the states in the West. Each student has a map that will stay in their homework folder which they can use to study at home and bring back to school to add more states. Tomorrow, we'll add the Southwest states. The students will be quizzed next week on those two regions, and they can start studying today. Also, each student got to choose a state to study. They are bringing home a state booklet to fill out with information about their state. They can print out pictures to paste into their booklet, or they can just draw and color the pictures. They have a month to complete the booklets - they are due October 19.
In the afternoon, we reviewed the story Allie's Basketball Dream and worked on evaluating our personal narratives. We also had library and computer lab time.
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet
A couple students need to finish the subjects and predicates page 18
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
We had a great chapel message from the office staff today about using our hands and words for good things instead of hurting ourselves or others. The students traced their hands and signed their names to take the pledge: I will not use my hands or my words for hurting myself or others. We will say that pledge as a school on Wednesdays at chapel.
In Math, we worked on comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal to signs. We will finish up that lesson tomorrow. We went over the parts of a dictionary entry and worked some more on alphabetical order. That seems to still be an area of difficulty for some of the students, so we'll keep working on it!
We had a few parents help us this afternoon with different tasks, including the writing of our personal narratives. During that time, I started having individuals come read to me. At the end of the day, we practiced identifying subjects and predicates and figuring out how to make fragments into complete sentences.
Homework for today is...
Read Allie's Basketball Dream during 20 minutes of reading - I suggest having your child read it to you out loud and stop to ask them periodically if they understood what they read.
Some students need to finish the rough drafts of their personal narratives
In Math, we worked on comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal to signs. We will finish up that lesson tomorrow. We went over the parts of a dictionary entry and worked some more on alphabetical order. That seems to still be an area of difficulty for some of the students, so we'll keep working on it!
We had a few parents help us this afternoon with different tasks, including the writing of our personal narratives. During that time, I started having individuals come read to me. At the end of the day, we practiced identifying subjects and predicates and figuring out how to make fragments into complete sentences.
Homework for today is...
Read Allie's Basketball Dream during 20 minutes of reading - I suggest having your child read it to you out loud and stop to ask them periodically if they understood what they read.
Some students need to finish the rough drafts of their personal narratives
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I had the students take a Mid-Chapter Check in Math so I can see how well they are understanding what they've learned and practiced so far. During our sharing time, a couple students read what they wrote so far for their personal narratives. The class asked questions and gave compliments and suggestions. I love having the class do this because it really gets them thinking about how they can improve their writing.
In the afternoon, the students read Allie's Basketball Dream in pairs. They wrote down three traits they learned about Allie and what she said or did that supports what they came up with. After that, we practiced identifying subjects and predicates. We also reviewed and practiced putting words in alphabetical order since we will be focusing on how to use a dictionary this week.
Students just need to read for 20 minutes tonight and continue working on the spelling words and memory verse.
In the afternoon, the students read Allie's Basketball Dream in pairs. They wrote down three traits they learned about Allie and what she said or did that supports what they came up with. After that, we practiced identifying subjects and predicates. We also reviewed and practiced putting words in alphabetical order since we will be focusing on how to use a dictionary this week.
Students just need to read for 20 minutes tonight and continue working on the spelling words and memory verse.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
In the morning, we looked up our memory verse for the week and practiced problem-solving in Math. The third graders took the Math part of the MAP test. In the afternoon, we went over the vocabulary words for the week, and I introduced the two parts of a sentence: subject and predicate. At the end of the day, the students continued working on the silhoettes they are making in Art.
I sent home a note about a field trip we will go on to the Allied Arts Gallery in Richland. If you are interested and able to drive, please fill out the bottom portion and have your child return it to me. Thanks!
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet p. 31
I sent home a note about a field trip we will go on to the Allied Arts Gallery in Richland. If you are interested and able to drive, please fill out the bottom portion and have your child return it to me. Thanks!
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet p. 31
Friday, September 14, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
At our morning assembly, we heard about the process the Operation Christmas shoeboxes go through to get to another country and into a child's hands. Two girls shared how excited and loved they felt when they received Operation Christmas boxes at an orphanage in Ukraine. The students had a lot of questions, so here is the link to information about putting together shoeboxes:
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/Pack_A_Shoe_Box/
Our school will have some boxes in the hallways for collecting shoeboxes or items that would be good to send in shoeboxes. I will let you know when those collection boxes are set out.
The class took the Reading MAP test this morning. On Monday, they will take the Math one.
At the end of the day, we had our Fall Fest assembly. We found out that the goal for this year is to raise $35,000 for the baseball and soccer fields. Any money left over will go toward finishing the gym. We also found out about the different prizes for raising money! The students are bringing home their packets today to start collecting pledges. The posters say 10:00 to 1:00, but Fall Fest will actually be from 10:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, October 13. The packets contain the information for signing up for the races and ordering T-shirts.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/Pack_A_Shoe_Box/
Our school will have some boxes in the hallways for collecting shoeboxes or items that would be good to send in shoeboxes. I will let you know when those collection boxes are set out.
The class took the Reading MAP test this morning. On Monday, they will take the Math one.
At the end of the day, we had our Fall Fest assembly. We found out that the goal for this year is to raise $35,000 for the baseball and soccer fields. Any money left over will go toward finishing the gym. We also found out about the different prizes for raising money! The students are bringing home their packets today to start collecting pledges. The posters say 10:00 to 1:00, but Fall Fest will actually be from 10:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, October 13. The packets contain the information for signing up for the races and ordering T-shirts.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
In Christian Studies, we had a Reader's Theater about how Josiah respected God's Word when others weren't. In Math, we practiced the three forms (standard, expanded, and word) a little more and focused on identifying the place and value of an underlined digit.
24,917
Place: thousands
Value: 4,000
The third graders got to meet their preschool reading buddies today! Pictures will be posted soon! Next week, the students will get to meet their Friday buddies.
The students took the quiz over the continents and oceans. That is coming home today with the grade on it. We reviewed the four kinds of sentences (statement, question, exclamation, and command) and had some time to work on our personal narratives.
Tomorrow, the third graders will take the MAP Reading Test. We will have an assembly in the morning at 8:40 about Operation Christmas Child and an assembly at 2:30 for Fall Fest.
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet
Sentences worksheets (just p. 9 and p. 14)
24,917
Place: thousands
Value: 4,000
The third graders got to meet their preschool reading buddies today! Pictures will be posted soon! Next week, the students will get to meet their Friday buddies.
The students took the quiz over the continents and oceans. That is coming home today with the grade on it. We reviewed the four kinds of sentences (statement, question, exclamation, and command) and had some time to work on our personal narratives.
Tomorrow, the third graders will take the MAP Reading Test. We will have an assembly in the morning at 8:40 about Operation Christmas Child and an assembly at 2:30 for Fall Fest.
Homework for today is...
Math worksheet
Sentences worksheets (just p. 9 and p. 14)
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