Today we...
**journaled about camp experiences.
**celebrated Mass.
**measured our desks by length and width.  Ask your child what happened!
**used the strategy check for understanding when reading When Jo Louis Won The Title.
**practiced Read to Self.
**fixed grammer and punctuation errors in a sentence.
**practiced Word Work.
**continued work on writing in our draft books.
**solved story problems using a number line.

Homework:

Reading - 90 min. continued

Spelling - study

Math - pgs. 24/25

Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!

Today we...
**wrote a paragraph about our dreams.
**listened to Mrs. Ray read and think aloud When Jo Louis Won The Title.
**practiced Read To Someone procedures.
**found long o patterns.
**practiced Word Work procedures.
**continued writing about our name in our writing draft book.
**used test taking strategies during our first Religion test.
**played Capture 5 in Math.  Ask your child about this game!

Homework:

Reading - 90 min.

Spelling - study

Math - pgs. 11/12

Have a great evening!

Today we...
**brainstormed 5 ways we can help others this week.
**discussed why people might be proud of or embarrassed by their names to build prior knowledge for a new story, When Joe Lewis Won The Title.
**started procedures for a new work station, Read To Someone.
**practiced our new core words for Spelling Unit 2, below, saw, something, thought, both.
**reviewed Chapter 1 in Religion to prepare for tomorrow's test.
**used a number line to solve subtration problems involving 100.
**began a writing a draft about our name.
**tested ways to make "Debbie" spin as she fell to the ground.  Ask your child about our first Science experiment!

Homework:

Religion - study chapter review

Reading - 90 min

Spelling - study core words and words to learn

Math - pg. 17

Have a great night!

Today we...
**answered comprehension questions for Miss Nelson is Missing using complete sentences.  Ask your child how we do that.
**took our first Spelling test.
**attended Music.
**discussed our unified Church.
**solved story problems using a number line.
**took a descriptive writing pretest to help us determine what areas we need to work on this year.
**finished our lifeline posters.


** In your child's Friday folder you will find the list of grade 3 core Spelling words.  Feel free to practice these as well. **
Have a great weekend!

Today we...
**created wanted posters for Miss Nelson and Miss Swamp using lots of adjectives!
**read Miss Nelson is Missing during read to self.
**reviewed patterns for short vowels, this skill will be tested on tomorrow's Spelling test.
**reveiwed Word Word procedures and practiced.
**made a list of forms to write and recorded it in our writing draft book.
**discussed how the Holy Spirit helps us share the Good News.
**attended Library, using a new strategy to pick a "good fit" book, and PE.
**added and subtracted using a new strategy called adding and subtracting by parts.

Homework:

Reading - reading log

Spelling - take home wkst.
             - study

Math - pg 5

***Please return the Highlights forms if you still have one!***

Have a great night!

**Planner money is due on Friday!**  Each third grade student received a planner and the cost per planner is $5.  Thanks for helping your child become a responsible student!

**Entertainment book information went home today...please check your child's backpack for it.**

Today we...

**reveiwed our Mass Manners and attended our second Mass together.
**attended PE.
**summarized Miss Nelson Is Missing using a story map.
**discussed the IPICK strategy for choosing a good fit book to read.
**found antonyms for words in Miss Nelson is Missing.
**brainstormed a list of forms for writing, letter, narrative, etc.
**solved story problems using a strategy called adding by place.
**continued working on lifeline posters in learning clubs.

Homework:

Reading - cont. 90 min.  (reading logs will go home with Friday folders and be due the following Friday)

Spelling - study words

Math - pg.  6/7

Have a great evening!

Today we...
**listened to Mrs. Ray read Miss Nelson Is Missing and think aloud.
**reviewed Read To Self procedures and practiced.
**changed the number of vowels in words to create short and long vowel sounds.
**reviewed Word Work procedures and practiced.
**created a list of topics to keep in our writing draft notebook.
**reviewed Work on Writing procedures.
**discussed how early Christians shared the Good News.
**used pictures to solve addition and subtraction story problems.
**attended Music and Art.

Homework:

Reading - cont.  90 min.

Spelling - study core words

Math - pgs. 3/4

Have a great night!

Forgot the "see below"!

Today as we reviewed school wide and classroom procedures the students were shown our "time out records."  If a student is not following procedure or our lifegoal a verbal warning and redirection will be given.  If a student then continues to choose to not follow a procedure a time out record is completed.  This record allows the student to record an explanation of the behavior, a plan for improvement, and a student, teacher, and parent signature.  The student will bring the record home and talk it over with you, you will sign it, and return it the next day.  I'm also "catching" students using our school wide and classroom lifelines and giving them tickets for end of the week rewards.  Please ask your child about these tonight!

Today we...

**discussed a new learning goal procedure.  (see below)
**took a picture walk through Miss Nelson Is Missing and completed a vocabulary activity.
**previewed Spelling unit 1.  (core words: along, while, might, next, sound)
**brainstormed good news in Religion.
**explored math manipulatives.
**began writing draft books by establishing procedures.
**created lifeline posters with learning clubs.

Homework:

Reading - 90 min.
             - Miss Nelson vocabualry paragraph

Have a great night!

Today we...

**read You Are Special by Max Lucado and created retelling envelopes.  Ask your child to retell the story!

**attended Music.

**wrote a story using a picture prompt.

**learned more about the members of our learning club with a "team talk."

**discussed lifelines (character traits) and named one we have mastered and one we can get better at.

**created a Big 5 group of lifelines to focus on as a class,

It's Friday so lots of important papers are coming home today.  You will find a Highlights magazine information sheet.  Please fill it out for me even if you do not want to receive a Highlights subscription (you can check NO).  If 12 families return the form we can receive a classroom subscription for FREE!

Thanks so much to those families that have brought in loose leaf paper!  I really appreciate your help!
Have a wonderful weekend!

Today I attended a Smart Notebook training with Ms. Hill.  This was the second of three trainings that we will attend over all the wonderful things we can do with the smartboard in our classroom.  Not the best of days to attend, being that it was the fourth day of school :), but I'm very excited to put into practice all the fabulous skills I'm learning.  We should have a smartboard installed no later than fall break.  Even though we do not have one now, I'm still able to use the program and project it onto the whiteboard.  We can't interact with it but it's better than nothing right now!

Your child was probably surprised by my absence today so their first activity was to predict where I might be and write a paragraph about it.  We also created learning clubs with procedures yesterday so they spent most of today practicing skills within their club.  Ask them about their club name, greeting, and handshake! 

I look forward to being back in the classroom tomorrow!  Have a wonderful night!

Today we...

**brainstormed and discussed Mass Manners before we attended our first Mass together.

**created learning clubs with a name, greeting, cheer and/or handshake.

**attended our first PE class.

**completed language arts and math problems as a learning club to practice teamwork.

**listed the parts of a paragraph and wrote one about our favorite part of grade 3 so far.

Looseleaf paper was accidentally omitted from the supply list.  As you are out and about, if you see it go on sale after the back to school rush please let me know where and I'll pick some up.  Thanks!!!

If you have not returned the student information survey, please do so by Friday.  If you need another copy let me know and I'll send one home.

Have a great night!

Today we...

**shared a survey to learn more about each other.
**continued discussing school wide and classroom procedures.
**brainstormed what third graders can, have, and are.
**toured the classroom to find words beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
**reviewed the 5 parts of a sentence and wrote many sentences about the first day of school.
**attended art and music.
**discussed teamwork and created learning clubs.

Have a wonderful night!

Welcome Back!!!

What a great first day! 

Today we...

*created name tags and shared a bit about ourselves.

*introduced new procedures and our school's new pledge.

*discussed this year's theme...Faith In Action, Winning With Team Spirit.

*problem solved during school wide team building activities.

*reflected on the day's ups and downs.

No homework!

**If your child hasn't already brought in supplies, please be sure he/she has at least all folders and notebooks by Friday.**

Have a great evening!