Hope you had a nice Holiday!!!

House Keeping:
Monday, November 28, 2011: Second Trimester begins here.
Monday, November 28, 2011: NEW AR GOALS START HERE!!! WE WERE ALL AT 100% last six-weeks!!!
Monday, November 28, 2011: Early Release...PLC
Wednesday, November 30th to December 3rd: Festival of Trees
Monday, December 5, 2011: Dress Rehearsal for Christmas Program
Tuesday, December 6, 2011: Program: 9:30 and 1:30
Wednesday, December 7, 2011:Program: 9:30

Language:

This week our story ties right in with our Social Studies Curriculum. Our story of the week is Dancing Rainbows, a true picture story of a Pueblo Boy. We will learn about how this boy learns to dance as part of his cultural tradition and what the dancing stands for.

Spelling Words: Long /i/ sound:

wild

bright

die

sight

child

pie

fight

lie

tight

might

mind

MATH

This is a busy Math Week. On Monday, our class will take a Unit Test on comparison problems, finding a difference or a total. On Tuesday and Wednesday we will learn about shapes and their lines on symmetry. We will also learn what congruent means. On Thursday and Friday, we start Unit 5 which focuses on rounding to the nearest 10 and the nearest 100. Good Luck on the Unit Test on Monday!!

SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE

On Tuesday we will finish up our Native American Unit. On Wednesday, we begin our Science Unit on Matter and Motion. This should be a fun couple of weeks as we learn and do experiments in the classroom.

Questions of the Week:

Change this phrase into a possessive:

1. The pond of the alligators.

Types of Sentences: Declarative, Exclamative, Imperative (Command), Interrogative:

A. Please help me clean out the car.

B. The stove is really hot and can burn you!

C. How many pieces of candy did you get at the party?

D. I really like the way the snow glistens in the sun.

Proper Noun or Common Noun?

chicken

Texas Roadhouse

ornament

Santa Clause

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!!!

House Keeping:
Monday, November 21, 2011: Early Release PLC
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: End of Second 6-weeks
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR Goal due
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR/Marvelous Medicine Party
(Note on Marvelous Medicine Party....We are having George's Marvelous Medicine in SOUP form served with rolls. The kids can bring a sandwich bag full of their favorite snack....fishy crackers, marshmallows, raisins, M&M's, pretzels, chocolate chips, etc...and we will mix it up and make some of our own Marvelous Medicine. We will ladle it out into baggies for a snack after the party.)
Wednesday, November 23, 2011: RECORD DAY...NO SCHOOL
Thursday, November 24, 2011: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Language:
Our story this week is Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. There will not be a spelling test because of the short week. We will take a clicker test of the Vocabulary from the story on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, we will be painting some flowers from the story to be placed in our Memory Books. The skill we have focused on the last week and also this week is summarizing a story. We summarized an extra story last week called: Flat Stanley and the trip to the Firehouse. Great Job on summarizing. Remember...pick 5 main points and back them up with 3 different details.

Math:
Unit 3 Lesson 7 and 8. These lessons both focus on multi-digit comparison problems. After the students read the word problems, they can use comparison bars or Math Mountains to help them solve. Remember when you compare...look for the larger number, it goes in the largest comparison box. When you do a Math Mountain, the top of the Mountain is the total. The bottom of the Mountain is the 2 partners.

Social Studies:
The third grade students in all three rooms are weaving mats for our Native American Unit. It is lots of fun. We have learned about three different Native people who live in the forest, the grasslands, and the desert. This week we will learn about 1st Mesa and the Sun Kachina.

Questions of the Week:

Prefix, Base Word, Suffix

Below are five words, identify the prefix or suffix and the base word

• unstable


• disagree


• wonderful


• understandable


• unbelievable

Word Comparison Problem:

Jaxsen got a new baby sister at his house this week. Jaxsen's dad changed 38 diapers this week. Jaxsen's mom changed 12 more diapers than Jaxsen's dad. How many diapers did Jaxsen's mom change? Hey Jaxsen????? Help change baby Lucy's diapers!!!!! (You can use comparison bars to help you solve).

We are Almost There!!!

It is a wonderful week in Room #1. All of our students are right where they need to be with their AR Goals. Please look below for a great week full of learning.

HOUSEKEEPING:

Thursday, November 17, 2011: Title One Math Night from 6:00-7:00

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: End of Six-Week Grading Period

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR Goal Deadline

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR/George Marvelous Medicine Party

Story of the Week: The Talking Cloth by Rhonda Mitchell

Spelling List:

spring

knee

throw

patch

strong

wrap

three

watch

street

know

spread

write

The spelling words have consonant clusters that come in groups of three like STReet and SPRead. The spelling test will be on Friday of this week. Study Hard!! Our story this week is about a wonderful lady that collects lovely things as she travels throughout the world. One of the special things she owns is some colorful cloth from Africa. This is the story about this cloth.

MATH:

Bravo on Unit 2 Math Test. You did a great job with measurement, lines, perimeter, and recognition of quadrilaterals. Last week we started on word problems with comparisons and unknown starts. This is a fairly long unit....so keep pushing through.

Social Studies:

We were able to make our clay pots on Friday. We will start our weaving sometime this week. If you have special yarn you would like to use...you are welcome to bring it to class. We have quite a bit left over from last year because one of the moms donated it to us. We will continue to learn about the Native People of our country and their traditions and ways of life.

Questions of the Week?

Claire has some beads. She gave 23 beads to Jenna. Now Claire has 14 beads left. How many beads did Claire have to start with?

BRAINSTORM: List 5 things you could do in the Ocean.

ANALOGY:

Farmer:Field

Doctor:_______

Farmer is to Field as

Doctor is to ______________?

It Was A GREAT HALLOWEEN...Thanks for Visiting!!

First of all, we want to thank all of the parents who helped out at are Halloween Party on Monday. Thanks Mrs. Hyde for running the show and helping us with our Halloween Craft Cans. The kids had a blast!!---and the food was delicious!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ORDER OF THE PHOENIX READING WINNERS:

Claire-Marie and Jaxsen were the first boy and girl to reach their AR GOAL. Nice Job kids!!!!

Housekeeping:

Monday, November 7, 2011: PLC Early Release

Tuesday, November 8, 2011: Elections--Media Center Closed

Wednesday, November 9, 2011: Visiting Author of "Levin Thumps"

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR Goal Deadline

Our story this week is called "Grandma's Records". It is another story from our Unit 2 Theme Traditions. Get ready to learn some fun new vocabulary words and read a great story. The spelling words this week, are the ones I put on the BLOG last week. It was a mess-up on my part. I apologize. The spelling list in your homework is the one you will be taking this week.

• now


• off


• for


• almost


• also


• can't


• cannot


• about


• always


• today


• until


• again


• February


• Wednesday


• Saturday


• January
  

This week we will finish our quick unit on measurement and shapes and begin our Unit on Story Problems with comparisons. Remember to label all of your work. If we are measuring in centimeters, use the abbreviation (cm) for your label.

Social Studies:

We will begin our Unit on Native Americans. There are three groups of people we study. We will also start to weave our Native American mats. It is a lot of fun.

Question of the WEEK:

Carlos has some legos, Easton has 23 more than Carlos. Altogether they both have 36 Legos. How many legos does Carlos have? You are finding a DIFFERENCE......What do you do?

What kind of noun is Red Lobster? Common or Proper?

Have a great week....we sure think you are GREAT. Good luck to Jaxsen's mom as she is very close to having her new little baby. And a warm wish out to Aly's mom who just had her appendix removed. Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for all you both do in our classroom to make it successful.