Weekly Times October 26, 2012

Weekly Times October 26, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Crystal Experiment - we gave up and will try again with salt after break
A walk through the rock cycle sheet
Summative Assessment Project - Rock Cycle poster

Language
Spelling – the long u sound
Spelling activities
Writing about the rocky cycle and editing
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano

Maths
Subtraction - counting on or back, regrouping by borrowing (done with counters- units, tens, hundreds), near numbers
Multiplication as arrays (ways of organizing things into groups) and repeated addition

Special Events -
Race at Caracalla - three students from our class went to participate in running races at Terme di Caracalla.  They were selected because they were the fastest in third grade (with another student in 3C) during the timed run in PE class - congratulations
Buddies - buddy interviews with our eighth grade buddies
Cupcake Decorating
Halloween Assembly

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES 

I will send copies of the target setting forms home with students when we get back from the break.

October 27 through Tuesday, November 6 - Holiday

Wednesday, November 7 - School reopens

• Break 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 - as usual
2. Reading JOURNAL - students write a letter to me using three sentence starters - please see journal for further explanation
3. Work on learning the 3 and 4 times tables.  If you already know them, you may move on to working on the 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 or 12 times tables!
4.  Enjoy the break!

Buddies

Pumpkins

Rock Cycle Posters

Getting ready to decorate

The decorating begins

Cupcakes

More Cupcakes!

Posters

Happy Halloween!

Weekly Times October 19, 2012

Weekly Times October 19, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Crystal Experiment - on going
Defining the types of rocks and how they are formed:
Sedimentary - layers
Metamorphic - heat+pressure+time
Igneous - from magma or lava
Readings on rock types
Videos

Language
Spelling – the long o sound
Target Setting Documents
Spelling sentences, activities, Spelling City
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano, How Mountains Are Made

Maths
Subtraction - counting on or back, regrouping by borrowing (done with counters- units, tens, hundreds) - to be continued next week
Near 100 game
Mathletics - review of place value skills, addition
Next week- continued subtraction and starting multiplication 3's and 4's

Special Event - World Food Day
Assembly
Story of Stone Soup
http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/webcontent/wfp202398.pdf

Free Rice
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1445

Molly's World - World Food Day 2012
http://cdn.wfp.org/2012/wfd/index.html?gclid=CPfo-O7nj7MCFYxa3godql8AUQ

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES 

It was great to have an opportunity to talk with all of the parents this week for the target setting conferences.  The target forms will be coming home this week.

This week there is a lot going on for HALLOWEEN:

• Tuesday and Wednesday - Pumpkins are brought to school
• Friday - Halloween Celebration at school with Bake Sale and Assembly- Children may come in costume but the costumes should not be too scary and no weapons (even toy weapons) are allowed

October 27 through Tuesday, November 6 - Holiday

Wednesday, November 7 - School reopens

• 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

Weekly Times October 12, 2012

Weekly Times October 12, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Crystal Experiment - on going
Defining the types of rocks and how they are formed:
Sedimentary - layers
Metamorphic - heat+pressure+time
Igneous - from magma or lava
Edible Rock Cycle
Erosion and Weathering (soil experiment with Ms. Casson)


Language
Spelling – the long i sound
Writing about the weekend and sharing
Spelling sentences, activities, Spelling City
Nouns and Verbs
Self evaluation for target setting
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano, Magis School Bus: Inside the Earth

Maths
Addition of numbers that cross the tens boundary
Hundred Bonds and near hundred bonds (26 + _____ = 100) using a hundred square
Subtraction - counting on or back, regrouping by borrowing (done with counters- units, tens, hundreds) - to be continued next week
Mathletics - review of place value skills, addition

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES 

Target Setting Conference on Friday, October 19, 2012 - Please be sure that you have signed up for a time at https://ambritparents.pbworks.com/w/page/59697718/3B.  I look forward to seeing you!

• 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

Erosion Video (best without sound)

Our sedimentary rocks are becoming metamorphic with heat and pressure and time.

Our metamorphic rock is being melted into magma.

Looking more like magma.

Cooling magma becomes an igneous rock

Eating our igneous "rock"

Illustrations of the demonstration

Erosion with and without plants

Weekly Times October 5, 2012

Weekly Times September 21, 2012

Headlines

Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Crystal Experiment - on going
Sorting Rocks based on their properties (luster, color, etc.) into Igneous, Metamorphic or Sedimentary
Map of the Earth's plates
Volcanoes (with Ms. Casson)

Language
Spelling – the long e sound
Writing about the weekend
Spelling sentences, activities, Spelling City
Nouns and Verbs
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano, Magis School Bus: Inside the Earth

Maths
Place Value up to thousands
Addition of numbers that cross the tens boundary
Review of ten bonds and twenty bonds
Hundred Bonds and near hundred bonds (26 + _____ = 100) using a hundred square
Review of comparing, rounding and ordering through Mathletics
Next week - subtraction

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

Our Crystal Solution - will crystals grow?

Examining Rocks

More Examining Rocks

VOLCANOES!