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Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Shore camping this summer......We do everything together!!

Story of the Week: Cliff Hanger by Jean Craighead George

Housekeeping:

• September 6, 2013: Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Shore have created AR Goals for their students, so they can start the BIG READ at any time. The goals will be a little lower this 6 weeks due to the later opening of the Library. The AR 6-week goal deadline is October 7, 2013.
• September 9, 2013: Ellis Media Center (Library) Opens
• September 10, 2013: Ellis Third Grade Idaho Reading Indicator
• September 10, 2013: Strings Demo in the Cafeteria (9:30-10:00 AM)
• September 17, 2013: Constitution Day
• September 18, 2013: Fall Pictures
• September 23, 2013: PTA Fall Carnival

Language Arts:

This week we will focus and write about the story selection Cliff Hanger by Jean Craighead George. In order to focus on the Idaho Core Standards, we will be utilizing a writing response journal. The students will be able to read and respond to questions created on the Promethean Board. We will teach the students the most effective way to answer the questions which will help them immensely with the Idaho Core Standards.....so sharpen your pencils!!!

English Language Learning Targets:

• I can accurately and fluently read on-level (3rd Grade) text
• I can write a 3-star sentence with nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions
• I can use correct punctuation and proper spelling
• I can use vocabulary activities to learn new vocabulary words and phrases from my reading
• I can use text features as I read
• I can write a narrative about a topic and support it with details
• I can complete a graphic organizer about the characters, setting, plot, problem and solution in a story I write.

Spelling Words:

milk

smell

last

head

friend

class

left

thick

send 

thin

slick

The students will also be asked to write a 3 star sentence using a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. They will make up the sentence and write it as part of their spelling test.

P.E.

District #25 Elementary School no longer have P.E. specialists. This will be left up to each teacher. The third grade team at Ellis has decided to divide up our specialties and rotate on PE days. Mrs. Graham will provide PE activities for each Third Grade Class for 30 minutes (each class). Mrs. Eborn will be teaching the required Second Step Lessons which help students with social problem solving and interactions. Mrs. Reece will be teaching a variety of subjects (Science, Art, Social Studies, or special lessons) We think this will be a great way for the third grade students to get to know other teachers and also get a wider variety of curriculum.

Math

For the first two weeks of school the third grade team at Ellis will focus on Fact Strategies for addition and subtraction. At the end of this 2 week review, each student will be given a 1 minute screener to determine if they need further assistance or interventions with math. Please drill on fact fluency at home. The students also need to have a solid understanding of place value through the thousands.

Question of the Week:

Any student can post their answers here. I will check the posts weekly. If any student posts their answer, I will give them a blue token in class.

MATH QUESTION!!

Mrs. Shore and Mrs. Graham a lawn mowing contest this summer. Below is the amount of times they mowed their lawns each week in July. Who mowed their lawn the most times? For an extra BLUE TOKEN, make a bar graph showing the information and bring it to Mrs. Graham or Mrs. Shore!!!

Mrs. Shore

Week #1    13 times

Week #2    10 times

Week #3    21 times

Week #4      4 times

Mrs. Graham

Week #1       0 times (vacation)

Week #2       24 times

Week #3       37 times

Week #4       16 times

**We really didn't mow our lawns this much, I am just making that part up!!