Great Auction and AR Party

Two Congratulations are due at this time.

Congratulations to Nathan Carter and his winning of the large stuffed monkey at the Auction. I hope you have enough room for it on your bed!!

Congratulations Kody Wright for commenting on the Question of the Week. You have earned the first Red Token of the second half of the year!!

HouseKeeping:

Monday, January 31, 2011: Early Release PLC

Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Groundhog Day (We already know about that little groundhog Phil)

Monday, February 14, 2011: Valentines Day and Hundreds Day

Language Arts:

Comparing Literature Selections: Dinasour Bob and Fugitive on Four Legs

These two stories are the last of our Incredible Adventure Theme.

We will begin Animals and their Habitats next week. Be thinking of a really amazing animal for your animal research report.

Spelling List:
word
sound
clear
also
soft
crack
lawn
crown
girl
knew
here
turn
dark
north
orange
her
skin
hear
squeeze
gym
second
jeans
hour
our
new

Keep bringing your READING LOG! It is the very best way to earn red tokens for our next auction!!

Math:

The students will continue to learn and practice their multiplication facts. These are the facts we have studied so far:

0's

1's

2's

3's

5's

9's

10's

We will continue to work on 3's and we will begin story problems with multiplication.

Here are some quick facts they should know:

3 x 3 = 9 (The story about the 3 blind mice)

3 x 4 = 12 (1..2..3..4..I like Math let's do some more)

4 x 4 = 16 (Four by four pick-up)

Inuit Unit

This is our last week for our Inuit Unit Packet. The students have learned many things about our friends who live in the North.

Question of the Week:

Complete the sentence with the correct verb in the PAST TENSE

Yesterday, I __________ the cow when I was practicing for the rodeo. (will rope, roping, roped)

A Home Hard Drive Hurricane!!

Sorry I missed several weeks. I had a home hard drive horror story!! We are back on track for the New Year! Our class just completed the IRI and we did great. We will be sending the results home for you too look at and discuss with your children.





Housekeeping:

• Monday, January 24, 2011: Early Release PLC
• Thursday, January 27, 2011: Scheduled Conferences only 3:30-7:30 PM
• Friday, January 28, 2011: Class Blue Ticket Auction
• 4th Six Week grading period begins on Monday

Story of the Week: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg

Spelling List: (Homophones--words that sound alike but are spelled differently)

hear here new knew it's its hour our

there their they're

Math

Our class started multiplication 2 weeks ago. Multiplication is just repeated addition. We are teaching the students strategies to help them memorize their multiplication facts. We have been practcing 2s, 5s, 10s, 1s, and 0s.

Remember--Zero is the King

One is like a mirror

Two times a number means add that number twice

Inuit Unit:(Social Studies) For the next week all of the third graders are studying the Inuit People of the Arctic Circle. What kind of homes they live in, what they eat, and their ways of life. We are preparing the students for the Iditarod race which begins in March. One of our favorite activities of the year.

Question of the week:

If Mrs. Shore has three suitcases and she has 6 shirts in each suitcase, how many shirts does she have? Write the multiplication equation. Make sure you include both factors and the product.