Happy Thanksgiving this Week!!

I am thankful for this beautiful spot in Island Park, Idaho where I travel every year to camp, hike, and explore.

For the next two days, we are doing a brief story of my "all time favorite" short story from our reading anthology. The story is Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. I love this story because it could really happen and sometimes people have wonderful ideas in the world which make our world a better place.

Housekeeping:
Monday, November 25, 2013: PLC Early Release
Tuesday, November 26, 2013: Student Council will come in and explain the Ellis Food Drive to all Ellis students.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: HAPPY THANKSGIVING BREAK!! Enjoy your time with your family and friends!!
Monday, December 2, 2013: Ellis Food Drive begins. Each day will have a food theme. Please look at next week's BLOG to know the food theme for each day.

English Language Arts:
The story of the week is Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. It is a really great story, but unfortunately we only get to spend two days on it. As always, we will have a short writing project to go along with our reading.

This week, there is no spelling test and no Homework. Please continue having your child read throughout the Thanksgiving Holiday. The AR Goals have been set and they are a lot more rigorous for this next grading period. You should have found an informational sheet concerning AR testing in your child's Friday Folder. The sheet explains how to sign up to get instant emails each time your child takes an AR test. This way you can monitor your child's progress and their AR goal.

Science:
We wrapped up our Native American Unit. The students had a wonderful time at the AR party forming clay pots, weaving, and eating Indian Fry Bread. The clay pots have been taken to ISU to fire in their pottery kiln. They should be ready for distribution shortly before the Christmas break.   Our next unit of instruction will be matter and energy. There are some fun leaning experiments and we will be doing several in class. The science experiments include writing, investigation, and results. As we encourage writing as part of Idaho Core Standards, we try to integrate it into all aspects of our curriculum.

Math:
Multiplication and more Multiplication. We have worked on the meaning of division. This can be a difficult idea to grasp. The students do not have to master division in third grade, but they have to be very familiar with how division is related to multiplication. So far we have covered these multiplication families:
Multiplication by 2
Multiplication by 5
Multiplication by 10

This week we will cover multiplication by 1 and multiplication by 0 and continue to reinforce the concept of division and how it is related to multiplication.

Question of the Week:
Mrs. Shore had a lot of company for Thanksgiving dinner. She had to borrow tables from her neighbors to seat all of her guests. She had to borrow 6 tables. Each table could seat 8 guests. How many guests did Mrs. Shore have at her Thanksgiving dinner?

Write the multiplication equation 3 different ways.
Use the product (answer when you multiply), to create a division problem using the same numbers. Please write the division problem 3 different ways. I have showed you how to do this in class several times.

Mrs. Shore and I wish you a very safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday!!