Reminders:
The summer reading list is due the first day of school. Please remember to sign it.
The class activity fee is due the first day of school. It is $ ($ if your child needs a new field trip T-shirt.)
Reading: This week students will be filling out a reading interest inventory and learning about the different reading genres. After all students have taken the SRI test, we will be placing them either into the accelerated reading group, which will come to me each day or in Mrs. Slaughter's or Mrs. Chambers' class where they will use our grade level reading text. If your child has Mrs. Slaughter for reading, then you can go to her website at http://mrsslaughter.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week. If your child goes to Mrs. Chambers for reading, then you can go to her website at http://mrscchambers.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week.
Cursive Handwriting: We will be reviewing all lower case letters this week and next week.
Language: We will begin the year learning about what make a sentence a complet thought rather than a fragment.
Spelling: No spelling this week, but next week we will start with Lesson 1. The test will be on Thursday. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the spelling words each week. Just go to "Find a List" and then for the teacher type in "Brenda Speir." When my name appears in blue, click on that, and then all the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: This week students will be writing about themselves and their first day of third grade. They will also write an imaginative story about a new planet they have discovered.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. This month we will focus on additon. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems.
Math: We will begin with Chapter 1 called "Place Value and Money." We will do lessons 1-1 and 1-2.
Social Studies: We will be learning how our classroom economy works.
Bible: No verse this week.