Going Home Today...

• In-Touch Newsletter
• School picture order forms (school pictures are October 13)

• Thanks to everyone for returning the field trip forms in a timely manner.
• Our field trip to Winn-Dixie is Monday, October 6, 2014. We will be back in time for our normal lunch time.

Where we Have Been, Where We are Going…

When we start class we talk about where we have been (reviewing what we talked about in the lesson before) and where we are going (our learning goal for the day).  I thought this practice would be a new feature to my blog as well.  I hope you find it informative:

WHERE WE HAVE BEEN

Over the past six weeks we have been working very hard.  We have had to establish rituals and routines, try different strategies, and begin the hard work of slogging through a very difficult curriculum.  So far we have done a pretty good job!

SKILLS WE HAVE PRACTICED:

• What is an adjective?  How do use adjectives?
• Analyzing a character with text based evidence.
• How to respond to short response questions (restating the questions, giving an answer, giving evidence to prove our answer)
• How to read a text selection closely and carefully to find answers.
• How text features like pictures, captions, labels, bold text and headings help us when we read non-fiction.

WHERE WE ARE GOING

For the rest of the quarter we will be finishing our novel study of the book, Because of Winn-Dixie. We will continue to work on character analysis and answer text-dependent questions.

HOW CAN I AS A PARENT HELP?

• As your child is reading ask them questions such as:
• What do you think will happen next? (Predicting)
• How would you describe that character? (Character analysis)
• Why did the character(s) do that? (Cause and effect, character motivation)
• Why do you think the author wrote that? (Author’s purpose)
• What happened in that chapter? (Retelling/summarizing)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Events Coming Up...

• September 29, 2014: Vision Screening (be sure your child wears their glasses if they are prescribed them)
• October 6, 2014: Field Trip to Winn Dixie (field trip forms going home this week)
• October 8, 2014: Early Release
• October 14, 2014: PTA General Meeting/Third Grade Performance, 7:00 PM (Participation in the third grade performance is optional, permission slips for performers will be going home this week.)
• October 17, 2014: Book Fair (10:40 AM-11:25 AM)
• October 20, 2014: End of First Quarter.
• October 24, 2014: Planning Day, no school for students.
• October 29, 2014: Early Release

October Resource Schedule

September 30: Music
October 2: Media
October 3: PE

October 7: Art
October 9: X-Music

October 13: X-Art
October 14: PE
October 15: Music
October 17: Media

October 21: PE
October 22: Art

October 27: X-Music
October 29: X-Art
October 31: Music

Spelling List, Week of September 29, 2014

SPELLING LIST

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

(Words with kn, wr, gh and ph)

1. known

2. written

3. laugh

4. sphere

5. wreck

6. writer

7. wrong

8. wrap

9. wrench

10. knocked

11. knot

12. wring

13. enough

14. rough

15. wrinkle

Spelling Packet Instructions

Spelling packets are assigned on Monday and due on Friday.  Students may self-pace themselves throughout the week in finishing their Spelling Packet.  The completed packet must include the three following tasks:

1. Write each word 5 time each

2. Place the words in ABC order (THIS IS A SEPARATE STEP)

3. Write each word in a separate sentence for a total of 15 sentences. (Please underline the spelling word in the sentence.  Sentences should have AT LEAST 6 words and proper punctuation.)

Reminders...

Early Release, this Wednesday, 9/24/14

Scholastic Book Club orders due Friday, 9/26/14

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Spelling, Week of 9/22/14

SPELLING LIST

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

(Consonant blends with st and str)

1. least

2. fast

3. just

4. burst

5. strip

6. stick

7. strike

8. artist

9. almost

10. student

11. strong

12. start

13. blast

14. straw

15. street

Spelling Packet Instructions

Spelling packets are assigned on Monday and due on Friday.  Students may self-pace themselves throughout the week in finishing their Spelling Packet.  The completed packet must include the three following tasks:

1. Write each word 5 time each

2. Place the words in ABC order (THIS IS A SEPARATE STEP)

3. Write each word in a separate sentence for a total of 15 sentences. (Please underline the spelling word in the sentence.  Sentences should have AT LEAST 6 words and proper punctuation.)

Packets are due Friday, 9/26/14