This week in Language Arts

Week of December 16

Reading

We will finish illustrating the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas  for a class book. We will complete our study of how other countries celebrate Christmas.

AR Logs and Reading Logs:

Please have your child fill out the reading log each night after they have read 20 minutes. Parents need to sign and date the reading log each day. The halfway point for AR is December 19.

Language Skills

Acrostic Christmas poem for a classmate is due, framed and wrapped on Monday.  Mrs. Owens needs a copy of the poem.  It does not have to be on cute paper.

No Spelling

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read 20 minutes Acrostic poem for your classmate for Christmas. Due Dec. 16 framed and wrapped.	Read 20 minutes Christmas party	Read 20 minutes .Christmas Reading Log goes home.	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes

Multiplication Pass Offs

 

Here are some additional resources you can use to help your child master multiplication fluency:

 

*Math Magician computer game:

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/mathsmulti.html

 

 

*Fast Facts app for the ipad

 

 

*Memory Carton tool: 

http://www.simplystacie.net/2011/08/strategies-for-learning-creating-a-flip-chute-learning-tool/

(I used this tool when I was in third grade...it helps with speed!!)

 

*Multiplication Rap CD

(If you want a copy of songs to help your child learn all the multiplication facts, send me a blank CD and I will burn you a copy :))

 

I want to do anything and everything I can to help your child learn their multiplication facts.  I need your help at home!  Please have your child study 10-15 minutes at home every night.

Week of December 16th

 

 

 

 

Math:  This week we will go "Holiday Shopping" in math to work on various skills learned during the first trimester.  This activity will be fun and engaging on the last week before Christmas break.  Our pass off test for 8's will be Thursday.

 



Week of December 9th

 

 

 

Math:  This week, we are working on solving real world problems and applying the multiplication strategies we have learned these past few weeks (distributive property, ratio tables, number line, skip counting, repeated addition).  Students will also be practicing a strategy for 4's (doubling the product of 2's to get the product for 4's).  PLEASE PLEASE make your child study at least 10 minutes every night for fluency.  The 4's fluency test will be Friday.  A weekly math quiz will be given on Friday.

 

 

Science:  We will wrap up the human body unit this week.  Students will learn about muscles and how they work.

This week in Language Arts

Week of December 9

Reading

We will be reading Twas the Night Before Christmas and illustrating the poem for a class book.  We will be learning about how other countries celebrate Christmas. 

AR Logs and Reading Logs:

Please have your child fill out the reading log each night after they have read 20 minutes. Parents need to sign and date the reading log each day. The halfway point for AR is December 19. 

Language Skills

We will be reviewing a variety of language skills this week. 

Spelling

Unit 2 Lesson 4: Horrible Homophones

This week's words are: deer, dear, groan, grown, hear, here, new, knew, through. threw. The test will be on Thursday. These words are very confusing, so please help your child study.

When studying these words, please talk about the meanings of each word. There is a PowerPoint on my website to help with the meanings.

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read 20 minutes Work on acrostic poem for your classmate for Christmas.  Due Dec. 16 framed and wrapped.	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes Field trip to Alabama Theater.  Bring a lunch.	Read 20 minutes Spelling Test	Read 20 minutes

This week in Language Arts

Week of December 2

Reading

Focus Skill: Sequence of Events, Letter Writing, Map Skills

We will be reading The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman.  A copy of the book can be found on my website.  The vocabulary words for this week are; sincere, reunion, pleasure, managed, inspired, loaded, conversations, terror, loveliest, currently.   The children will map the adventures of Oliver K. Woodman.

AR Logs and Reading Logs:

Please have your child fill out the reading log each night after they have read 20 minutes. Parents need to sign and date the reading log each day.

Writing

We will be identifying the parts of a friendly letter, and writing a friendly letter.

Language Skill 

We will be learning about commas this week.

Spelling

Unit 2 Lesson 4:  Horrible Homophones

This week's words are: accept, except, ate, eight, buy, bye, their, there, know. no. The test will be on Thursday.  These words are very confusing, so please help your child study.

When studying these words, please talk about the meanings of each word. There is a PowerPoint on my website to help with the meanings.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read 20 minutes Read The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman	Read 20 minutes   Read The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes Spelling Test	Read 20 minutes  Reading Test Daily Language Test

Multiplication Timed Tests

Students are required to correctly answer 25 problems in one minute and fifteen seconds in the third grade. Please use flashcards, computer games, etc. to practice these at least 10 minutes a night at home.

Here is the schedule we will follow:

Before Christmas-
Week of November 22- 0's, 1's, & 2's
Week of December 2- 5's & 10's
Week of December 9- 4's
Week of December 16- 8's

After Christmas-
Week of January 6- 3's
Week of January 13- 6's
Week of January 20- 12's
Week of January 27- 9's
Week of February 3- 7's
Week of February 10- 11's

Students will be allowed to make these tests up during intervention in the afternoons. 

Each child will receive a multiplication table chart with all the facts through 12X12.  They will color in the facts they pass off on each week.  They will also receive a husky paw print out for each fact passed off to color and keep in their math journal. Even if students pass off on certain facts, they need to continue to practice them.  Mastery will only come with practice.

Week of December 2nd

 

 

 

Math:  This week we will work on multiplication strategies for 10's and 5's.  Tuesday will be the 10's fluency test and Thursday will be the 5's fluency test.  We will also continue the "Big Dinner" investigation to work on conceptual knoweledge of multiplication.

 

Science: We will continue our study of the human body.  This week we will discuss joints and muscles.