What a super fun week we've had! We have been learning about rocks & minerals and created model geodes using eggshells and two different solutions. We already see evidence of crystals growing in some of the solutions from Monday!
Thanks to S.S. for bringing in a model volcano that we started putting together this afternoon. After break we will paint it and then add the baking soda & vinegar for an explosion!
There is no homework over break. I do encourage everyone to read -- a lot-- and play math games, or practice math flash cards.
After break we will begin our biography reports, so your child certainly can begin to research ideas for who he/she may want to learn about.
We return to school on Thursday, January 2. Many students will not be back at school on that Thursday or Friday. We won't begin anything new or have homework given on Friday, Jan. 3. We will resume our regularly scheduled school days on Monday, Jan. 5.
Best to you all! Have a fantastic break and please email me with any questions or concerns!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13 - Friday, December 20
A special Thank You!
Thanks for being willing to try a new reading homework assignment! You are a great group of parents to work with. I truly appreciate you and your children! I am striving to provide your child with meaningful work that will help improve valuable skills. Nothing is more meaningful than reading & comprehension. These skills will help your child in his or her academic years to come.
So thanks for rising to the challenge! I appreciate your input!
Homework:
math:
home-link 2 word problems
reading:
3 choices from menu - go with what you know. If one assignment is familiar and easy for you to understand, do that one and no worries about the others. Only complete 3, one from each category.
spelling:
gh and ph for /f/
tough, laugh, photo, rough, graph, cough
telephone, enough, Philip, dolphin
No excuses: some, said
Bonus: nephew, phantom
Idiom:
to make a mountain out of a molehill- to make a big deal out of a small thing
Dates to remember:
Tuesday, Dec. 17 - Library Please return overdue or checked out items.
Friday, Dec. 20 - dress down day, 2:00 dismissal & Winter Break begins.
Thursday, Jan 2, 2014 - Return to school
What's up in third grade:
We are studying rocks & minerals. We will make model geodes next week & attempt to grow crystals!
Students are really excited about this topic and have lots of great ideas to share and items from home that have been fun for other classmates to see!
We will have a review week next week over concepts we have learned thus far:
multiple digit addition/subtraction with regrouping
identifying sentences & types of sentences- subjects & predicates
multiplication of 0,1,2, 5 & 10.
reading comprehension & finding textual evidence
Thanks for being willing to try a new reading homework assignment! You are a great group of parents to work with. I truly appreciate you and your children! I am striving to provide your child with meaningful work that will help improve valuable skills. Nothing is more meaningful than reading & comprehension. These skills will help your child in his or her academic years to come.
So thanks for rising to the challenge! I appreciate your input!
Homework:
math:
home-link 2 word problems
reading:
3 choices from menu - go with what you know. If one assignment is familiar and easy for you to understand, do that one and no worries about the others. Only complete 3, one from each category.
spelling:
gh and ph for /f/
tough, laugh, photo, rough, graph, cough
telephone, enough, Philip, dolphin
No excuses: some, said
Bonus: nephew, phantom
Idiom:
to make a mountain out of a molehill- to make a big deal out of a small thing
Tuesday, Dec. 17 - Library Please return overdue or checked out items.
Friday, Dec. 20 - dress down day, 2:00 dismissal & Winter Break begins.
Thursday, Jan 2, 2014 - Return to school
What's up in third grade:
We are studying rocks & minerals. We will make model geodes next week & attempt to grow crystals!
Students are really excited about this topic and have lots of great ideas to share and items from home that have been fun for other classmates to see!
We will have a review week next week over concepts we have learned thus far:
multiple digit addition/subtraction with regrouping
identifying sentences & types of sentences- subjects & predicates
multiplication of 0,1,2, 5 & 10.
reading comprehension & finding textual evidence
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