CARNIVAL WEEK!!

Housekeeping:
Monday, September 26, 2011: Ellis PTA Fall Carnival---5:30-7:30 pm
Thursday, September 29, 2011: "The Standards" Vocal Group 1:30 pm in cafeteria
Friday, September 30, 2011: Family Adventure Story due--polished and ready to publish
Friday, September 30, 2011: Library Day
Friday, September 30, 2011: Homework Due
Thursday, October 13, 2011: AR READING GOAL DEADLINE
PLEASE KEEP SIGNING AND READING YOUR CHILD'S AR READING LOG!! WE CHECK EVERY DAY

LANGUAGE
The story of the week is the Ballad of Mulan, the story of a brave young girl who goes and fights for her country. We will do some fun Chinese Character Writing and learn great facts about the country of China. It is in the continent of ASIA. Following is the spelling list for the week. The Spelling Test will be Friday, September 30, 2011. The spelling pattern is short vowel sounds.

pond
luck
drop
lot
rub
does
drum
sock
hunt
crop
shut
won

MATH
The students in Room #1 are just beginning to work on addition and subtraction with numbers containing more than one digit. There are several strategies to learn which will make it more understandable for each student. Decide which adding strategy you like best.

Science:

This week will be the conclusion of our Unit on the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Be prepared to review for a Unit test by the end of the week. Next week we will start our Social Studies Unit on Communities.

Question of the Week.....

1) Name the seven continents

2) Write this number in EXPANDED FORM: 2,469

Have a great week!!

"We are Responsible and Always Learning"

We Are Sorted!!

READING/WRITING WORKSHOP
Housekeeping:
Monday, September 26, 2011: PTA Carnival....It will be a great time for all!!

Language:
Our students have been sorted into Harry Potter houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. They can earn points during class time rotations and instructions to be added to their house points. The points will be posted at the end of each week above the white boards in the classroom. Let the battle begin!!

Accelerated Reading also began last week. Your child has a goal to work for. This being the first 6-week grading period, we are getting a feel for what our students can do. Some of the goals may seem a little low....this is because we were delayed in our starting of AR due to new computer
operating systems. Thank you for your patience. The goal end is OCTOBER 13, 2011. Mark it on your calendar.

Reading Logs will come home on Monday. Your child should be reading between 20 and 30 minutes each evening. We will check reading logs each day in class during rotations. Please bring them back.

Homework is due by this Friday. Nice job on getting it done last week. You are amazing!!

This week our focus is on writing a Personal Narrative. Each personal narrative will be published and sent back East to be "Hard Bound" by Student Treasures Publishing Company. We are asking the students to write the story in class and then polish at home with parent help. These make nice gifts for Christmas and run about $19 dollars for each book.
Writing we will work on in class:

• Amazing "catch your attention" beginning


• 3-star sentences


• color words


• complete sentences with correct punctuation


• organization

The spelling words for this week came home in the the Friday Folders.

have

haven't

found

around

one

than

then

them

before

because

other

mother

MATH

For the last 2 weeks we have been working on addition strategies:

Make a ten

Add one

Add two

Doubles plus one

Doubles plus two

Add ten

We are hoping the review of these strategies will provide a more stable foundation for the students as they move forward in adding greater numbers with regrouping.

SCIENCE

The students in third grade continue to learn about the Sun, Earth, and Moon and our neighboring planets in Space. A chapter test will be given at the end of this week.

Question of the Week:

Put these words in ABC order: snow, sneak, snout, snicker, slope

Fact or opinion?: Carrots are a vegetable.

Write this in possessive form: The shoes of the girl

GOOD LUCK YOU SMART LITTLE HARRY POTTERS

IRI Week....Read Like a Cheetah Runs

Important Dates:
Monday September 12, 2011: Third Grade IRI
Monday September 12, 2011: Grandparents' Day
Monday September 12, 2011: PLC---Early Release
Friday September 16, 2011: Constitution Day


Language:
Our story of the week is called Cliff Hanger by Jean Craighead George. The setting takes place in Idaho--in the beautiful Teton Mountains. This story is REALISTIC FICTION. This means it really could have happened. Get ready to learn some cool "climbing words" and start on our first reading adventure of the year.

Spelling Words:

• mix


• milk


• last


• smell


• head


• friend


• class


• left


• thick


• send


• thin


• stick

Study the words hard this week. Listen to each sound. We will also be studying sentences. What parts does a sentence need in order to be a sentence? Some of you already know the answer to this because you learned it in First and Second Grade.

Math:

For the next week, we will continue to review strategies for addition and subtraction of numbers to 20. We will use our Math notebooks. Don't forget to skip a space between each number or problem. Work neatly and PLEASE include your name on your paper.

Science:

We hope you have enjoyed your Science lessons at the end of every day. Learning about space, the earth, the moon, and the sun can be a lot of fun. We hope to provide more experiments and in-class participation so we can really learn the concepts.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK: Headmaster Graham and Headmaster Shore

Question of the Week: In our "Mountain Language" we have been learning all sorts of different language skills. Please do the following:

What is the plural of dish?

What is the noun in this sentence?......The Pacific Ocean is aqua blue.

What two words make up this contraction? .......won't

Yes!! Good luck in answering these three questions for a lovely RED TOKEN....Good Luck!!