Week 5 Spelling List

Week 5 Spelling List

Test on Friday, October 6th

Link to Spelling City for practice: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=40174940

1. coast
2. float
3.  toad
4.  coal
5.  soak
6.  gold
7.  sold
8.  scold
9.  slope
10.  broke
11.  note
12.  bone
13.  slow
14.  show
15.   foe 

End of Week News and Notes

 Good afternoon! 

This week in Room 106, we wrapped up our introduction to multiplication and next week we will begin working on multiplication facts for 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10.  In literacy, we are focused on main ideas and key details. This can be tricky for some students who want to share every detail of a story, so it would be a great help to check in with your students about the stories they are reading and asking them to summarize what they have read in a sentence or two. We began our first social studies unit, which focuses on geography and maps. And in social-emotional learning, we are beginning our anti-bullying unit to coincide with National Bullying Prevention Month. 

There is no homework this weekend, but we will have a spelling test next Friday, so I sent home the word list for any students that want to get an early start on practicing. 

NOTES: 

 - Thank you to everyone who has signed up for November conferences! For those that haven’t there are still excellent slots available! Link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A5AD22AAF5C43-44554288-fall

- Would you like to visit the class and be a Mystery Reader? Surprise your student and Read your favorite childhood book or story to the class! I’m very flexible on dates and times, so if you are willing to come in, I’m happy to make it work! Shoot me a message on Seesaw or email (bbrandstrader@d23.org) if you are interested.

- Finally, next Friday (10/6) is Picture Retake Day for any students that would like to retake their school picture. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! 

Ben 

Thursday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes

2. Complete math array worksheet 

** Update your iPad (i0S 17) 

Wednesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes

2. Complete math array worksheet 

** Update your iPad (i0S 17) if you weren't able to last night

Tuesday Night's Homework

 1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete My Ouch Story 4 part outline (if you didn't finish in class)
*** Update your iPad (yes, again)

End of Week News and Notes

Good afternoon Room 106 parents!

We had an excellent week in Room 106, Students demonstrated great progress in their rounding skills, spelling test scores were excellent, and our morning announcers have done a fantastic job getting our school days off to a great and humorous start.

Next week, we will begin working on our multiplication skills in math, a key focus for this year. For any students looking to practice their math facts at home, all students have XtraMath accounts set up on their iPads so they can practice at any time. We are beginning our first in-depth writing unit, where student will be writing personal narrative essays based on their worst “Ouch” story. We began brainstorming this past week and will begin drafting our essays next week. Finally, we wrapped up our first unit of science, focusing on fossils, and will begin our first unit of social studies, focusing on geography.

NOTES:
* There is no homework this weekend, and I hope all that are observing Yom Kippur have an easy fast.
* There will be no spelling list this week due to the short week. We will use our spelling time to work on our spelling in our personal narrative writing essays.
* Thank you to all families who have signed up for November conferences. For those who have not scheduled a conference yet, there are still plenty of time slots available! Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A5AD22AAF5C43-44554288-fall

That’s all for now. Have a nice weekend!
Ben

Thursday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes

2. Complete spelling worksheet (Write each word 3 times)

* Spelling test tomorrow - Link to practice: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=40174937

* Remember to charge (and bring) your iPad!! 

Wednesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes

2. Complete Rounding worksheet #3

* Tomorrow we are having our rounding wrap up quiz. If your student is able to complete the worksheet without any help, they are in great shape for tomorrow! If they get stuck on any problems, please circle them so I can go over them tomorrow before we take the quiz. 

* Reminder: No School on Monday (Yom Kippur) 

Tuesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete rounding worksheet
* Clean out your folder

Monday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete rounding worksheet
3. Finish Story Mountain if you didn’t in class. You need at least 2 details for the beginning section, 2 details for the middle section, and 2 details for the end sectiona

** Please clean out your home folder. Picture proofs and/or picture orders went home today and the graded papers stay at home.

Thursday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete spelling worksheet (Please write each word 3 times) 
* Update your iPad! 
* Study for tomorrow's spelling test 

Wednesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete 2nd Step worksheet
3. Update your iPad! (Go to Settings -> General -> Software Update)

Tuesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete subtraction worksheet. You can use any strategy you feel comfortable with. The answers are at the bottom so you can double check your work
3. We will have our Subtraction Wrap Up “Quiz” tomorrow before moving to rounding. If you are able to complete the homework successfully, you will be all set for the wrap up!

Monday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete subtraction worksheet

End of Week News and Notes

We had an excellent week in 3rd grade, including our first drills of the year (bus evacuation and a fire drill). This week in math, we continued working on subtracting 3 digit numbers. Quite a few students had trouble with borrowing and regrouping, so we will continue working on this skill into next week before we begin our rounding lessons. In literacy, we've continued our sequencing work, and the first week's spelling scores were fantastic, so I'm hoping the same will be true of today's test! We also completed our first science lessons which focused on what we can learn from fossils and where they are found.

There is no homework this weekend, and I forgot to pass out next week's spelling list at the end of the day, so the students will receive their lists on Monday morning, but the list is posted in Seesaw for students that would like to start practicing.

NOTES:

1) Students have done an excellent job this week of transporting their iPads back and forth from home and bringing them to school fully charged. If your student is having an issue logging on from home or with their charger, please let me know so I can help troubleshoot.

2) The great slime/putty/fidget experiment has ended, and I will no longer be allowing them in class without parental approval. If you believe a fidget or putty helps your student focus, I'm happy to allow them to use it, just send a note or shoot me an email to let me know.

3) I will not be able to attend Family Fest tonight, but it sounds like there are a lot of great activities lined up, so thank you to everyone who has taken the time to put it together. I hope everyone has fun!

That's all for this week. Please reach out with any questions and have a great weekend!

Thursday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete the spelling worksheet. Write each word 3 times.
3. Study for tomorrow’s spelling test - https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=40174931T

Wednesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete subtraction math worksheet
3. Study for Friday’s spelling test - https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=40174931

Tuesday Night's Homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. iPads come home today! Set up your iPad charging area 
3. Work on iReady Math or Reading for 10 minutes (If you aren't able to connect to internet or log on from home, let me know where you got stuck so I can help troubleshoot the issue)

Week 2 Spelling List

Week 2 Spelling List

Test on Friday, September 8th

Link to Spelling City for practice

1.  step

2.  mess

3.  head

4.  crops

5.  stop

6.  rock

7.  clock

8.  sock

9.  pond

10. jumps

11.  shut

12.   luck

13.  slump

14.  bugs

15.   mug 

End of Week News and Notes

Good afternoon! 

It was another great week in 3rd grade! This week, we worked on 3 digit addition and took a “practice” quiz to get a feel for what math quizzes will be like this year, and discussed how we can prepare for quizzes to be successful. Next week, we will begin working on 3 digit subtraction with regrouping. In literacy, we finished our first novel read-aloud, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, and began our second novel, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. Our focus reading skill was on sequencing, which we will continue next week, and we completed our first spelling test without any tears! 

There is no homework this weekend, but I did send home next week’s spelling list for students that wanted to start practicing as it will be a shorter week with the holiday on Monday. 

OTHER NOTES: 
* Thank you for turning in all of the iPad contracts! iPads will be coming home next Tuesday. 

* A reminder that personal technology (phones and smartwatches) must be used and handled appropriately at school. Phones should be silent and not leave backpacks during the school day. 

* Finally, a reminder that it is a school rule that birthday invitations are not allowed to be distributed at school, even if all students in a class are invited. Student contact information can be found through the PTO’s website (the Membership Toolkit I believe) 

Have a great long weekend! 
Mr. Brandstrader