News from Rooms 27 and 42
February 4th – February 8th
Important Dates
Teacher Notes
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Homework will be assigned regularly
this week. Please expect your child
to have homework in at least language
arts and math Monday through
Thursday.
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February 8th – Wear Red for Caring
February 14th- Valentine’s Parties
February 18th- No School President’s Day
February 22nd- End of 2nd Trimester
Questions/Comments:
Mrs. Green – [email protected]
Mrs. Jewell- [email protected]
Mrs. Jewell – Language Arts
Mrs. Green – Language Arts
We will begin our analyzing text features
unit for nonfiction this week. Our read
aloud is Morning Meals Around the World.
In vocabulary we will continue unit IV
suffixes. This week’s suffix is –ful
meaning “full of”. Please continue working
on the Words Their Ways sorts with your
child at home. The more they work with
the words and understand the patterns
the better they become at spelling! In
writing we will work on our first 4
paragraph writing assignment. Our focus
will be an informative piece with the topic
of a dream pet.
Students will work
through the steps of the writing process
to complete a final product.
We will continue our analyzing text features
unit for nonfiction this week. Our read aloud is
Reptiles. This weeks reading log will focus on
the different genres. We will read poems from
a variety of authors and continue reading The
Green Book. Our vocabulary unit will focus on
words used when talking about writing and the
prefix trans- meaning across, change. In
grammar we will be working on subject/object
pronouns. In writing we will work on a four
paragraph informational writing assignment.
Our focus will be an informative piece with the
topic of a dream pet. Students will work
through the steps of the writing process to
complete a final product.
We will be solving
analogies where students need to analyze the
elements of a puzzle, define a relationship
between two things, and then apply this
relationship to two other things. Please
continue to practice the word master words.
We have the new list and will be studying the
words by using them in a sentence, finding
synonyms, and antonyms, other forms of the
word, typical references, meanings, parts of
speech, and examples. Our next competition
will be February 19th. Here is a link to a Prep
Site for our Word Masters Program.
http://www.wordmasterschallengeprepsite.com/
thirdgrade.html. We use the 3rd Grade Gold
list of words. There are word definitions,
games, and word webs that your child can use to
study. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the
page. Here is a link to a Prep Site for our Word
Masters Program. We use the 3rd Grade Gold
list of words. There are word definitions,
games, and word webs that your child can use to
study. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the
page under the flash cards to click on the
different choice that you can try. Another
great link is Quizlet.com. In the search box
type word masters 3rd grade gold and then
scroll down to most recent.
Mrs. Jewell – Math
We will begin our geometry/measurement
unit this week. Since our text book
doesn’t focus on a majority of geometry
topics from common core we are going to
work on supplemental lessons. This week
our focus is on solids, lines, and angles.
On Thursday we have our second CML
contest. Students will have 30 minutes
to solve 6 critical thinking problems!
Remember My Skills Tutor and Math IXL
are great resources to practice addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division
facts.
Students need to know their
multiplication facts through the 12’s.
This will help with both multiplication and
division problems!!
On Tuesday Mrs. Hurt will come in to
teach Hands-on Algebra. Students will
learn how to solve algebraic expressions
using manipulatives.
Mrs. Green – Math
We will continue working in Topic 7 Division:
Our Topic 7 test is on Thursday, Feb. 7th.
Topics Include:
 Division as sharing
 Understanding Remainders
 Problem Solving
 Division/Repeated Subtraction
 Writing division Stories
 Extended Response
Please continue to practice multiplication facts.
We will begin our geometry/measurement unit
Friday.
The students will also be going to the computer
lab to work on Skills Tutor. My Skills Tutor and
Math IXL are great resources to practice
topics covered in class and basic facts at home,
too!
Mrs. Jewell- Homeroom
Social Studies
Mrs. Green- Homeroom
Social Studies
We will continue chapter 5 this week.
Students will be able to:
 Identify how individual actions
can
bring
about
community
changes.
 Identify and summarize how
scientists have created new
technologies to help improve the
health and safety of communities.
We will continue chapter 5 this week.
Students will be able to:
 Identify how individual actions can bring
about community changes.
 Identify and summarize how scientists
have created new technologies to help
improve the health and safety of
communities.
We will also choose an inventor to
research for a PowerPoint presentation.
We will also choose an inventor to research for
a PowerPoint presentation.
Science
Science
We will continue our sound unit. Students
will determine the relative pitches of
sounds produced by tubes of different
lengths.
Students will continue learning about Sound.
Students will participate in an experiment to
observe how sound travels through different
substances. Students will also begin learning
about the human body and what our organs do
for us.
Wall of Fame
Character Counts Corner
Congratulations to the students in Mrs.
Jewell’s reading class who scored 100% on
their WTW sort: Kriti, Tyler, Haley, Natalie,
Trevor, Carter, Faith, Abby, DJ, Garrett.
Mrs. Green’s class had 58 names on their
Lion Pride Chart this week!
Mrs. Jewell’s class had 43 names on their
Lion Pride Chart this week!
Remember the more times you sign the chart
the better your chances of winning!!
Our next Character Counts lesson will be
CARING. Wear RED on February 8 for
CARING!