I hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!
This week the spelling howework packet for The Giant of Barletta will be due on Friday. Please be sure your child is practicing their multiplication facts daily. We will have another timed test before Winter Break. Lit. Circles are also due this Wednesday. Students should have this turned in on time and be prepared to discuss the book with their fellow peers. In math we are beginning measurement. Daily homework for Chapter 8 will be sent home.
The field trip to the Museum of Natural History is coming up on Tuesday, December 14. If you have not turned in the permission form, please do so this week. We have plenty of drivers, so I may have a few parents carpool together.
We are going through pencils quickly these days, so if you have some to share with the class, feel free to send them in with your child. Also, with the cold weather, wipes and tissues will be needed soon. Thank you!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thanksgiving Week
Looks like the rain is here! I hope it tapers off so you can all travel safely this week.
Due to the short week, again, there will be no spelling homework packet. Students will get homework Monday night for math only. Students took the Unit 3 multiplication test on Friday and will bring that home on Monday as well. I mentioned that we would begin division in the last blog, but realized that we take a break with measurement and geometry. However, we will continue practicing multiplication facts throughout the month of December. Lit Circles will be due the Wednesday we return. ALL students should be able to turn this in on time. I sent a Lit Circle packet home the other day that read "Important Keep" at the top. I hope that you were all able to take a look at it. It's important to check your child's work before they turn it in to me. Some kids are putting little effort into their job and it shows when there are several mistakes and low quiz scores. If the books are too challenging for your child, please let me know so I can adjust their level.
I made a mistake with the date of the field trip to the Museum of Natural History. We are going TUESDAY, December 14. Please be sure to send in the permission form with $2.00. Also, if I haven't received your child's report card envelope, you can send it in this week.
WISH LIST: Pencils
Have a WONDERFUL, RELAXING THANKSGIVING this week! On that note, A big THANK YOU to all of my parent helpers this year. All of the little things you do from correcting papers, pulling pages from practice books, photocopying, ... save me so much time and allow me to enjoy my family in the evenings. I am very thankful to have such wonderful volunteers.
Due to the short week, again, there will be no spelling homework packet. Students will get homework Monday night for math only. Students took the Unit 3 multiplication test on Friday and will bring that home on Monday as well. I mentioned that we would begin division in the last blog, but realized that we take a break with measurement and geometry. However, we will continue practicing multiplication facts throughout the month of December. Lit Circles will be due the Wednesday we return. ALL students should be able to turn this in on time. I sent a Lit Circle packet home the other day that read "Important Keep" at the top. I hope that you were all able to take a look at it. It's important to check your child's work before they turn it in to me. Some kids are putting little effort into their job and it shows when there are several mistakes and low quiz scores. If the books are too challenging for your child, please let me know so I can adjust their level.
I made a mistake with the date of the field trip to the Museum of Natural History. We are going TUESDAY, December 14. Please be sure to send in the permission form with $2.00. Also, if I haven't received your child's report card envelope, you can send it in this week.
WISH LIST: Pencils
Have a WONDERFUL, RELAXING THANKSGIVING this week! On that note, A big THANK YOU to all of my parent helpers this year. All of the little things you do from correcting papers, pulling pages from practice books, photocopying, ... save me so much time and allow me to enjoy my family in the evenings. I am very thankful to have such wonderful volunteers.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Novermber 15-19, 2010
This Monday some of the students from our class will be holding the Monday morning assembly with Mrs. Dorney. Six students (Barbara, Ian F., Kidasi, Monira, Sebastian, and Bryeanna) will recite a poem to honor Veteran's Day and 2 students (Abby and Kylie) will sing a song. If your child is participating, please try to see their performance.
The spelling homework packet for Dogzilla will go be sent home on Monday due Friday. Please check and INITIAL EVERY PAGE. We will continue with multiplication facts and move onto division later in the week. A unit test for chapters 5-7 (multiplication) will be given mid week. By now, ALL students should have the 2s through 5s memorized. If they are not learned, it is necessary they practice on a daily basis.
I did not stamp reading logs this past week. When I check on Friday, 8 boxes should be filled up. Lit. Circles are due every Wednesday. I expect this to be turned in on time with the books. I am getting excuses such as "I didn't have time to do Lit Circles" from about 2-3 kids per week. Students have ample time to complete their assignment. I am also having students take AR quizzes on these books. I attached a notice to the report card to show how your child is progressing in AR. Students who are reading longer chapter books only have a few quizzes while others have 5-7. If nothing is attached, then your child either hasn't taken a quiz or completed one.
Report cards will go home on Monday. Since we just had conferences in October, the comment box is written as "Discussed at Conferences." I added comments to the reading, writing and math sections. Also, since the 3rd grade team does rotations, there is only an effort grade for Social Studies, PE, Science, and Art. ALL 3rd grade teachers have an effort grade for this area only. Please sign the report card envelope (be sure you keep the report card) and return it with your child on Tuesday. I will be giving pencils to those students who bring the envelope back to me.
A reminder that the field trip to the Museum of Natural History is on Thursday, December 14. We are asking $2.00 per student to cover the cost of the admission. Parent Chaperones DO NOT need to pay.
Hope you are enjoying the long weekend! If your child is going to be missing school early for Thanksgiving, please shoot me an email this week so I can get any work together for them.
WISH LIST: Sharpened pencils, wipes
The spelling homework packet for Dogzilla will go be sent home on Monday due Friday. Please check and INITIAL EVERY PAGE. We will continue with multiplication facts and move onto division later in the week. A unit test for chapters 5-7 (multiplication) will be given mid week. By now, ALL students should have the 2s through 5s memorized. If they are not learned, it is necessary they practice on a daily basis.
I did not stamp reading logs this past week. When I check on Friday, 8 boxes should be filled up. Lit. Circles are due every Wednesday. I expect this to be turned in on time with the books. I am getting excuses such as "I didn't have time to do Lit Circles" from about 2-3 kids per week. Students have ample time to complete their assignment. I am also having students take AR quizzes on these books. I attached a notice to the report card to show how your child is progressing in AR. Students who are reading longer chapter books only have a few quizzes while others have 5-7. If nothing is attached, then your child either hasn't taken a quiz or completed one.
Report cards will go home on Monday. Since we just had conferences in October, the comment box is written as "Discussed at Conferences." I added comments to the reading, writing and math sections. Also, since the 3rd grade team does rotations, there is only an effort grade for Social Studies, PE, Science, and Art. ALL 3rd grade teachers have an effort grade for this area only. Please sign the report card envelope (be sure you keep the report card) and return it with your child on Tuesday. I will be giving pencils to those students who bring the envelope back to me.
A reminder that the field trip to the Museum of Natural History is on Thursday, December 14. We are asking $2.00 per student to cover the cost of the admission. Parent Chaperones DO NOT need to pay.
Hope you are enjoying the long weekend! If your child is going to be missing school early for Thanksgiving, please shoot me an email this week so I can get any work together for them.
WISH LIST: Sharpened pencils, wipes
Friday, November 5, 2010
November 8-12, 2010
Thank you to the parents who drove on the field trip to the Aptos Museum on Thursday. Kids had a great time and learned some valuable local history. We have another field trip coming up in December to teh Museum of Natural History in Santa Cruz (across the street from Seabright Beach). Permission forms will be sent home on Monday. We are asking $2.00 per student for the cost of this field trip. You will need to resubmit driver insurance information because the new trimester begins this week.
Due to the Veteran's holiday, there will be no weekly spelling homework packet sent home. Nightly math homework from the Houghton Mifflin program will continue as well as Lit Circles. When your child completes his/her Lit Circle book, he/she should take an AR quiz at school. I will be sending home an individual list of each child and the quizzes they have taken so for. Quizzes are 10 points and should be passed with at least 70%. If the quiz was not passed, then either the book was too hard or not read completely. Students are to keep track of their own progress in their reading logs at school. However, when I printed out a class list, I noticed that some kids had taken 6-7 quizzes while others had taken zero. Students who are reading easier books should be able to take 1 quiz per week. The more advanced readers will take less quizzes but will have accumulated more points. Third grade is a trial year for students to become familiar with the Accelerated Reader program. The points are really counted in 4th grade.
Don't forget to turn your clocks back this weekend. Enjoy!
Due to the Veteran's holiday, there will be no weekly spelling homework packet sent home. Nightly math homework from the Houghton Mifflin program will continue as well as Lit Circles. When your child completes his/her Lit Circle book, he/she should take an AR quiz at school. I will be sending home an individual list of each child and the quizzes they have taken so for. Quizzes are 10 points and should be passed with at least 70%. If the quiz was not passed, then either the book was too hard or not read completely. Students are to keep track of their own progress in their reading logs at school. However, when I printed out a class list, I noticed that some kids had taken 6-7 quizzes while others had taken zero. Students who are reading easier books should be able to take 1 quiz per week. The more advanced readers will take less quizzes but will have accumulated more points. Third grade is a trial year for students to become familiar with the Accelerated Reader program. The points are really counted in 4th grade.
Don't forget to turn your clocks back this weekend. Enjoy!
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