Looking Ahead... Nov. 16- Nov. 24

Important Dates:
Nov. 19 -- Science Test - Review Sheet will be coming home on Nov. 17

Nov. 20 -- Last day for food drive!

Nov. 23 -- Math Test -- Unit 2

Nov. 25-27 -- No School!

Dec. 3 -- Santa Secret Shop

Dec. 10 -- Christmas Program @ 7pm

Dec. 17 -- Wear Red/Green - Holiday Party!

Dec. 20 -- Jan.1 -- Christmas Break
Math: 
We have been working hard on practicing our math facts in class and at home. Unit 2 is coming to an end. Students are expected a lot in Unit 2 with multi-step word problems. They are encouraged to break the problem down, and write "I know" steps first, and then solve the problem. We've been working on this in class over the past week.  Test is Nov. 23!!

Writing: 
We finished our Personal Narrative Unit! On Friday, we celebrated our narratives with the other two 3rd grade classrooms. The students had a great time reading their stories and listening to their peers. We will begin our Opinion Essays this week.

Reading:
We are well into our Series Unit for Reading. The students are so excited that they are getting to read new series, take quizzes, and discuss characters with their reading partners.

Science: 
We have been working with Light throughout the past couple of weeks. Students have been experimenting with Reflection, Refraction, and Prisms during this unit. We will be concluding our unit on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The students will take a test over Light on Thursday, Nov. 19.

Spelling: 
This week students are learning to spell verbs that end with -ing or -ed. It is important that they not only know what the work is with the suffix at the end, but also what the word would be as a base/root word.
swimming
swam
getting
coming
came
having
doing
ended
happened
happening
started
joked
received
smiled
smiling

Spelling List

missed
willing
balloon
spelling
pretty
still
off
added
letter
different
pattern
middle
Mississippi -- Proper Noun - Must be capital :)
zipper
carry

Our Pre-K Reading Buddies!

We met and read to our pre-K reading buddies today! It was so awesome to see the leadership in our 3rd graders during this time! They are so excited to have  reading buddies!

Spelling List

Sorry, with conferences this week, I forgot to post the spelling words.

save
give
have
live
move
above
alive
alike
to
two
too
know
do
blew
blue

*They will need to know correct meaning of the homophones on the test as well. :)

Leader of the Week!

Taylor was our Leader of the Week last week!

10 things you need to know about Taylor are:

10. He has a dog.

9. He likes his family.

8. He likes playing video games.

7. He loves the mountains in Alaska.

6. He likes going to Alaska to go to the glaciers.

5. He likes to watch movies.

4. He really likes food.

3. He likes to ride on his Segway.

2. He loves his sister.

1. He loves Jesus!

Looking ahead...Nov. 2-6

Nov. 2     - PE Cares Food Drive Begins - Fruits and Veggies (Food Drive ends Nov. 19)
                - Report Cards go home

Nov. 3-4  - Parents Teacher Conferences

Nov. 3     - Book Fair Preview

Nov. 6     - Book Fair




Reading
We have been working hard analyzing our characters in books that we read. We've discussed character struggles and how characters change in our stories. We will be finishing up our unit this week with the importance of secondary characters in our books.
Our 3rd grade classes will be watching Because of Winn-Dixie on Thursday to compare and contrast the book to the movie. This will conclude our unit on characters.

Writing
Our students have been working on writing their second personal narrative. I'm so proud of all their hard work. This week we will be concentrating on editing and revising our narratives.
They will be working with their writing partners to perfect their stories.

Spelling/Grammar: 
Our spelling and grammar units will begin again on Monday! :)

Math
In math we've been working on becoming fluent on our math facts. It's so important to continue to practice facts with your child at home. We are about half way through Unit 2 in Math. We will be taking our math test in about two weeks. I will keep you posted on the exact date.

Social Studies: 
We took our Social Studies test on Friday to assess students' knowledge of Geography of Michigan. The tests will be coming home this week. I am very impressed with how well the students did on this test.

Science
We will begin our Light and Sound unit this week!!

Halloween Party

Thank you so much to our parent helpers for making our party so fun and special for our class!!