Housekeeping for the week:
- Monday, December 17, 2012: Early Release/PLC
- Monday, December 17, 2012: AR Goal...need to be at 63% by the end of the week.
- Thursday, December 20, 2012: Dad, Dudes, and Donuts from 8:00-8:30 in the cafeteria.
- Friday, December 21, 2012: Class Christmas Party from 12:30 to 1:15
- SEE YOU ON MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013!! Have a great Christmas break!!
Reading/Language Arts:
This week we are going to write a FANTASTIC FANTASY story. We read a story last week called Dogzilla. It is a favorite of most third graders. This week we will be creating a sequel to the story as the kids get to use their imagination.
The spelling list for the week focuses on frequently misspelled words. I almost spelled one wrong when I was making this list!! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
- and
- said
- goes
- going
- some
- something
- you
- your
- friend
- school
- where
- myself
Technology: The students are working on some pretty cool PowerPoint presentations. They are doing a fantastic job. This week we are working on adding bling and transitions.
Math:
We finished up a pretty large unit on graphing, story problems, ordering numbers, and money. The students took a Unit test on Friday. It was four pages long. It was a lot to remember. This week we begin a very speedy unit on shapes and patterns. It is a four-day Unit with a Unit test on Friday. We have patterns that grow and patterns that shrink. When we return home from Christmas break, we will begin multiplication.
Science:
For the last week of Science, we will continue to complete Science learning activites and experiments on force and machines. The students have really enjoyed this Unit and all of the activities we have been able to do in class.
Questions of the Week:
Guide Words:
1) Which word would fit on the dictionary page if paint and pants were the guide words on the page?
- purple
- pink
- path
- patch
- panda
2) How many syllables are in the word: auditorium?
3) Jemma has 36 fish altogether. 14 of the fish are goldfish. How many of the fish are Betas? If she got 21 more Betas, then how many Betas would she have? How many fish would she have altogether?? This question has many parts!!
Housekeeping for the week:
Monday, December 10, 2012: Christmas Program dress rehearsal.
Monday, December 10, 2012: Early Release/PLC
Tuesday, December 11, 2012: 9:30 and 1:30: Christmas Program
Wednesday, December 12, 2012: 9:30: Christmas Program
Thursday, December 13, 2012: Guest Author Visit (Obert Skye)
Language Arts:
This week, we begin a new Reading Theme called INCREDIBLE STORIES. Our first story is about a dog that lives in a volcano and comes to terrorize a city full of mice. The name of the story is DOGZILLA. The spelling words are as follows:
- clown
- lawn
- talk
- sound
- cloth
- would
- also
- mouth
- crown
- soft
- count
- law
We continue to work on Mountain Language Skills. The toughest skill is Dictionary Guide Words and the one word that fits between them. We have to remember, it's just like ABC order and the first and last word are given to us. We just have to figure out the one word that fits between the guide words.
Math: All of the third graders at Ellis have been working on graphing skills and finding the missing information by either adding or subtracting. Today we begin bar graphs with information and missing information. We will be creating our own graphs throughout the week. Please, continue to work on your addition and subtraction skills.
Science: Hooray!! Our class loves Science and the fun centers we have been doing on Mass, Motion, and Sound. Keep up the good work on your Science investigations.
Question of the Week:
1. Show the possessive for the following sentence:
The fluffy kittens paw had a thorn in it. (one kitten)
2. Make these singular nouns into plural nouns:
- strawberry
- fairy
- church
- brush
- fox
- man
- knife
Housekeeping:
This past week Ellis Elementary was very successful with its Food Drive. We have one more week to continue bringing food for less fortunate families in the Pocatello Valley.
Monday,December 3, 2012: Early Release-PLC day
Monday-Friday: Ellis Food Drive
Friday, December 7, 2012: All 4 third grade classes will practice their Christmas songs.
Monday, December 10th: Music Performance Rehearsal
Tuesday, December 11th: Christmas Holiday Performance
Wednesday, December 12th: Christmas Holiday Performance
Language Arts:
Room #1 is wrapping up Theme Two: "Traditions". We will start Theme #3 next week. We are doing a genre study this week and we will focus on Trickster Tales. We will read and listen to 3 great stories each with a trick at the end. It is always a fun week. Please continue to have your child read each night and complete their homework each week. The new AR Goals have been set and we are off to a flying start. All the students in room #1 have reached their AR goal for the last two grading periods!! GREAT!! Following is the spelling list for the week:
- join
- joy
- boil
- noise
- spoil
- choice
- soil
- point
- foil
- voice
- coil
- broil
Math:
Last week we worked on counting money and using different coins to show money totals. Mrs. Shore started the section on tables and graphs. We will continue to read tables and graphs for information and then work on word problems with too much information. This is a tricky skill. The tricky part is deciding which information is important and which information is not necessary.
Science:
On Thursday, we started Unit 3 in science. It talks about matter, energy, and the properties of matter. There are a lot of fun investigations to complete as we enjoy this new unit of study.
Question of the Week:
Here is a word from our Mountain Language last week. The word is REVIEWED.
1) What is the base word?
2) What is the prefix?
3) What is the suffix?
A THINKING QUESTION.........................
In Social Studies, we learned about the Coastal Native Americans? How were they able to make their canoes? Do you think this was a good way to make the canoes? What might be a disadvantage of having a canoe like this now?
