It’s time for January Benchmarks! We can’t wait to see how much progress these amazing kiddos have made since August!
Our Benchmark exams will be:
Thursday, January 9: MATH
Friday, January 10: READING
On these days, students may bring a DRY snack (cereal, crackers, pretzels, etc. ) and a bottle of water. Students are also allowed to have 2-3 pieces of peppermint candy OR 2-3 pieces of gum. These items are put away once the test is over.
Happy New Year!
We are winding up to the Christmas holiday! There will be a lot of fun learning in our classroom this week! We are going to continue our virtual trip around the world to observe different holidays and experiences for our kids.
Monday will be Mexico, Tuesday – Sweden, Wednesday – U.S., Thursday – Grinch Day, Friday – Party Day.
Our Christmas party will be FRIDAY the 20th at 9:00. If you have signed up to help or bring something, please be looking for a note from me!
Vocabulary Words: legend, narrative, gulped, ornament, trinket, harnessed, burro, procession, droll
Check out the picture of our classroom door!
This week in reading we will be focussing on narrative nonfiction books. The books we have chosen are books about Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Towards the end of the week, students will be comparing two of the books using a Venn Diagram.
Spelling Words- Last week we worked on Prefixes and how we add those to the beginning of a root word. This week, we have introduced Suffixes. They will be using these in their writing and doing activities with them during stations.
In Social Studies we are learning about the Government and the three branches. Students are creating a Google Slides Presentation, that will be posted to their blog once they are finished.
Monday, a letter went home about conferences. Please read the letter and return it no later than Wednesday, November 13. Mrs. Hamrick and I will be conducting conferences next week on Tuesday, November 19. If you would prefer a phone call or an email please make sure you list that on the sheet.
Thursday, November 14, all fundraiser products will be here. Please make sure you arrange to pick those up if needed.
Friday, November 15, for those students that sold 15 or more items, the fundraiser party bus will be takin those students to Chick Fila in Longview.
Next Thursday, November 21, at 10:45, Mrs. Hamrick’s class and my class will be preforming a Thanksgiving play. We would love for you to join us. The students have been working very hard to memorize their part. Please help them build up their confidence at home and we will work on our part at school, too.
Thank you for all that you do at home. We are a good team!
Mrs. Skeen
Remember to dress up and take part in Red Ribbon Week. I posted the agenda for each day on an earlier blog post.
This week in reading we will reading many different fiction and realistic fiction books about Pumpkins!
Students will be writing a persuasive essay about the perfect Jack-O-Lantern. They have to persuade me to pick their pumpkin so I will take it home and put it on my front porch.
Vocabulary- Vine, Sprout,Variety, Tendril, Moist, Fragrant, Hollow, Carve
HFW: brought, favorite, might, enough, although, answer, already, possible, either, believe, caught
In spelling, we will work another week on dropping the final /e/ and adding an ending AND adding -er and -est superlative endings to words, when comparing two or more than two.
Examples: happiest, grumpier, smaller, largest, brightest, darker
Important Dates:
Wednesday, October 30
November 8 – picture retakes
TEKS: 3.9D, 3.11A-E, 3.2Avii, 1C, 3A, 3C, 5A-D, 17F
MONDAY – All things RED, wear RED “Support the Red Ribbon Awareness Campaign:
TUESDAY – Favorite sports team shirt/jersey “Team up against drugs!”
WEDNESDAY – Wear a Halloween costume of your favorite book character “stay smart and scare away drugs!”
THURSDAY – Wear dress code appropriate PJ’s “Stay heathy and have sweet dreams”
FRIDAY – Roughneck attire “Roughneck strong against drugs!”
I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend.
This week we will be studying Spiders! Students will writing their very own nonfiction Spider books!
Here is the link to our vocabulary words for the week: https://quizlet.com/_7ai08u
In Spelling we will be working on Comparative Endings. -er and -est
Er- when you compare two or more things
Example: The black cat is smaller than the orange cat.
Est- when you complete three or more things
Example: Of the three cats, the black one is the largest.
BE LOOKING FOR GRADED PAPERS THIS WEDNESDAYS
ALSO, ON THURSDAY REPORT CARDS WILL BE GOING HOME.
THIS COMING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THERE WILL BE AN AWARDS CEREMONY FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD CHAMPS BEHAVIOR, A, AND A/B HONOR ROLL. AS PARENTS, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ATTEND. 7:45 IN THE GYM IS WHERE IT WILL TAKE PLACE.
Please don’t forget to vote daily for our classroom project.
http://limead.es/4530551
Also, if you go to Sonic grab a few stickers and have your child bring them to school.
Thank you for your support!
Reading: My Rotten, Red-Headed Older Brother-focus book. This book is realistic fiction (it sounds real but has characters, a setting, a problem/solution and a theme. You can watch the book here! https://youtu.be/ogoEpqfdVaw
(3.1; 3.6A-C; 3.7C; 3.10A,B; 3.3D; 3.8C; 3.8B; 3.8A). This week, we are reviewing skills learned since the beginning of 3rd grade. We are also focusing on character traits (internal and external), as well as changes and relationships between characters. We will also work with synonyms and antonyms.
Vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/_772gvh
babushka :an old woman or grandmother
challenge: Something difficult to accomplish
sneered: smile or look with teasing
inspired: outstanding or brilliant
rhubarb: long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
relish: to enjoy
wedge: a tool used to split something into pieces or the shape of anything that has two edges: that meet at a point.
custom: a tradition; a way of doing something that many people follow
HFW: several, however, stuff, of, own, possible, slowly, cleans, they’re, thought
Spelling/Language Arts:
beginning sounds: all used to date.
Ending sounds: _sh, _st, _ck, _nk
Vowels: short
Suffix: -ed and -ing
**Focus on doubling the final consonant when necessary before adding -ed and -ing
Social Studies: Finishing explorers projects. The students will be posting all of these projects/presentations on their Blogs very soon.
Important Reminder: Don’t forget about the FUNDRAISER and the STORYBOOK CHARACTER PARADE (note come home last week).
We are trying to get our classroom project funded on DonorsChoose. If you happen to go to Sonic, please ask for a Limeades for Learning Sticker. Each sticker is worth 2 votes. Our project will be ready in a few days and you will be able to vote once it’s complete. We are trying to get more flexible seating for our classroom.
Thank you all for your help!
We had an amazing week of school last week! We have made it through the half way mark for the first 9 weeks. Please look for Progress Reports going home on Thursday.
This week we are going to read a nonfiction story called,”I Love Guinea Pigs”. You can listen to the story here: https://youtu.be/pod6vd7x-W8
Students will be learning about Onomatopoeias, Author’s Purpose, Fact and Opinion, and Nonfiction Text Features.
Our vocabulary words for the week will be found in the story. You can also access these vocabulary words on Quizlet.
In Social Studies we will start researching famous explorers. Students will use Facts4Me to help them learn about the different explorers.
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