Selection Test tomorrow...

We will have a selection test on the story, Grandma's Records  by Eric Velasquez tomorrow (2/28/14).

No Homework Packet This Week!

The copier was down last week so there will be no homework packet this week....

The children were heartbroken by the news... (ha!)

This Week (Week of 2/10/14)

Homework packets this week are on prefixes (Prefix Packet #2)  Due Friday 2/14/14

Valentines lists went home Tuesday 2/11/14.

There is no school on Monday, February 17, 2014

Next Early Release is Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Have a great week!

Events, Week of 2/3/14

Monday, 2/3/14 (100th day of School!)

• Field trip to FSCJ to see the play Stuart Little.  Be sure to send a sack lunch with your child for that day.

Wednesday, 2/5/14

• Early Release

Homework for the week

• Prefix Packet #1 (assigned 2/3/14, due 2/7/14)

Looking Ahead...

• FCAT Night, 2/11/13 at 6:15 PM

WEEK OF JANUARY 27, 2014

This week's homework packet is on antonyms.  The homework packet will be due on Friday, January 31, 2014.






All students have completed there i-Ready diagnostics.  This means the i-Ready lessons are unlocked for students to do i-Ready at home.  This is an excellent program to help improve reading skills.  The students get to do it during their center rotations in class, as well

To use i-Ready, type in https://learn.i-ready.com or click the following link:

CLICK HERE TO GO TO i-READY

The log-in and password are the same student passwords used at school

FCAT EXPLORER

The State of Florida offers an excellent FCAT resource to all third graders for free called FCAT Explorer.  This website offers the best example of the types and styles of question that will be on the FCAT.  FCAT Explorer is designed to be visually exciting and enjoyable for student use.

I strongly encourage all of my students to log-on and work on FCAT Explorer for at least three, 30 minute sessions per week.  This is an excellent use of computer time!

It's easy to log-on, here's the instructions:

Go to www.fcatexplorer.org

• Log-in:Students full last name and first initial:  smithj
• Password: The number 16, the first 4 letters of the last name, birth month, birth date: 16smit0808
• Click on "Galactic Library" (the third grade module)

Spelling Words, Week of 12/9/13

Spelling Packet

Week of 12/9/13

1. clown

2. lawn

3. talk

4. sound

5. cloth

6. would

7. also

8. mouth

9. crown

10. soft

11. count

12. law

13. town

14. small

15. bounce

16. officer

Spelling Packet Instructions

1. Write each word 5 times

               

2. ABC order

3. Pick 10 words.  Use each word in 10 separate sentences.

DUE FRIDAY, 12/13/13