Weekly Times September 28, 2012

Weekly Times September 21, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
How is a cookie like a rock (and a mineral)?
Dig It vocabulary matching
Typing Minerals based on their properties (luster, color, etc.)
Reading about minerals
Earth's Plates (with Ms. Casson)

Language
Spelling – the long a sound
Sharing our Me Bags
Spelling sentences
Reading Assessment
Special Event: Australian Girls Choir Concert
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano

Maths
Place Value up to thousands
Adding on (counting on) by 1’s, 10’s and 100’s
Ordering numbers smallest to largest and largest to smallest
Rounding
Greater than, less than, equal to
Addition of numbers that cross the tens boundary

Examining our "rocks"

We had lunch in the classroom when the Australian Girls Choir  came.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES 

• Weekend Assignments:  - 

1. Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult
2. Reading JOURNAL - students write a letter to me using three sentence starters - please see journal for further explanation
3. Spelling - Look Cover Say Write Check to review for the spelling quiz
4.  Jar for making crystals

Weekly Times September 21, 2012

Weekly Times September 21, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Layers of the Earth:
  - How an egg is like the Earth
  - Reading about the layers of the Earth
  - Drawing the layers of the Earth using KidPix
Dig It vocabulary matching
Rock Sort

Language
Spelling – more common sight words
Me Bag paragraphs- doing the final copy
Writing a letter in the Reading Journal to practice
Read alouds: Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sacher

Maths
Place Value up to thousands
Adding on (counting on) by 1’s, 10’s and 100’s
Ordering numbers smallest to largest and largest to smallest
Rounding

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• I look forward to seeing you all at our Class Meeting, which will be Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 4 p.m. in the theatre.  
• Weekend Assignments:  - 

1. Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult
2. Reading JOURNAL - students write a letter to me using three sentence starters - please see journal for further explanation
3. Spelling - Look Cover Say Write Check to review for the spelling quiz

Observing the eggs

Beautiful drawings of our observations!


Feel free to email me anytime at courtney.beeton@ambrit-rome.com

Weekly Times September 14, 2012

Weekly Times September 14, 2012

Dear 3B Parents and Students,
Welcome to our class blog! Every weekend there will be a new post called "Weekly Times." It is a list of "Headlines" about what we have been doing in class. The details are not filled in so that students may tell their parents about the week. Parents and students should look over the “Headlines,” talking about what they are and what we did in class over the week. This gives parents and students a chance to have a conversation about what has been happening at school. If any questions or confusion arise, please let me know. Thank you and enjoy the “Weekly Times”!

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Making our cover page in our notebook
What We Know and What We Want to Know
Sand and Soil investigations



Language
Getting to know you activities and 3B Essential Agreements
Spelling – reviewing the spelling of common sight words and number words
Writing – All About Me, the summer, Our Hopes and Dreams, Me Bag paragraphs
Reading- setting up the reading log, updating our reading levels by reading with the teacher
Read alouds: Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sacher

Maths
Place Value up to thousands
Adding on (counting on) by 1’s, 10’s and 100’s

SOIL AND SAND INVESTIGATIONS

Scientists

Rainy Day Recess Art!

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• Thank you for sending in all of the supplies we asked for. 
• I look forward to seeing you all at our Class Meeting, which will be Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 4 p.m. in the theatre.  
• Weekend Assignments:  - 

              Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG
               Spelling - Look Cover Say Write Check to review for the spelling quiz





Feel free to email me anytime at courtney.beeton@ambrit-rome.com