Friday 11/30- Friday 12/7

Reading: 
Keep completing the reading logs! Make sure parents sign/initial completed rows.

Language Studies: 
Idiom of the Week: Head honcho - it means: the person in charge, a ruler or chief

There are two spelling lists this week. I have copied them on different colored paper. Your child either received a list on blue paper or a list on yellow paper. If you need to know which one your child received, just email me.

BLUE:
cube
spoke
ripe
excuse
erase
save
rule
invite
review: special
bonus: murmur

YELLOW:
chrome
describe
complete
surprise
decide
amuse
amaze
engage
realize
accuse
review: special
bonus: convince

Math:
Your child has to complete either HL 2-5 or HL 2-6 for next Thursday.

Please continue to practice basic addition & subtraction facts at home!
Also, provide your child with opportunities to practice adding and subtracting multiple digit numbers.

Shabbat shalom! Enjoy your weekend!

Wednesday, November 28

Hello!
Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break!

Just a reminder: I did not send homework home over the Thanksgiving break so that families could relax and enjoy a little respite. This means we do not have a spelling test this upcoming Friday.

Please send the purple H&I folders back to school tomorrow (Thursday) and I will have assignments ready to send home on Friday, 11/30.

Friday, 11/16 - Wednesday, 11/21

It was great to see you all at conferences. Thanks so much for coming in and sharing your thoughts and ideas. I am excited for the rest of our third grade year together!

I am not sending home homework this week due to the upcoming Thanksgiving break. I encourage your child to take this time to READ, READ, READ, READ, READ!  and complete his/her reading log.

Our Thanksgiving performance is at 9:30AM on Wednesday 11/21. Please have your child wear his/her CTA shirt. We are performing There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves about an old lady who swallows leaves, a shirt, a pole, a rope--- and we don't know why she swallows these things until the end.

Friday 11/9 - Friday 11/16

Report cards are coming home in purple Homework & Information folders today.
If you did not see or sign your child's science test  that was sent home last Friday,  please do so and return it next week. Thank you.

I am attending a professional conference on Monday 11/12. I will be available by email all day.

NO SCHOOL on Wednesday 11/16 - This is conference day! See you then!
Due to Thanksgiving holiday beginning at 2:00 on Wednesday, 11/21, we will not have a homework packet sent home on 11/16.

Your child is participating in the Thanksgiving show on Wednesday 11/21 at 9:30. I have put the script in the HI folder for them to practice at home.

Homework assignments due 11/16:
Math: 
Your child will have a home link. I sent the parent packet w/answers home last week. This is for you to keep  at home.
Some children have HL 2-2, some have HL2-4 to complete for next Thursday 11/15

Language Studies: 
We are completing the months of the year April-September for next Friday's test.
IDIOM: to have a trick up your sleeve - to have a winning strategy that you use at the last minute

Friday 11/2- Friday 11/9

Report cards will be coming home. I want to remind you that students do not receive letter grades this year. Students are either M (emerging requiring a lot of assistance), T (transitioning with some assistance), A (achieving without help) or E (extending beyond year expectations). Please note that I have been rather conservative and most students will have Ms or Ts on the report cards. This is because we have finished the first quarter. Most students require help and assistance with concepts. Also, many of the lessons we have covered thus far have either  been review or introduced, but not fully explored. 

Reading/Language Studies: 

We had our first student who completed his reading log. Congratulations Samson! After completing the reading log, a student may earn an automatic privilege or a prize from the prize box. 

This week we are all going to review the months of the year in spelling. 

for next Friday: October, November, December, January, February March 

Idiom: In a nutshell: clearly and to the point; very brief.

Math: 

You will find the parent letter for this next unit in this week's H&I folder. 

Students are reviewing fact families, so there is a home link

Social Studies: 

We are switching from science to social studies. We will discuss the election process & our government.