Spelling Bee: We will have our class spelling bee on December 21st. The top two spellers in our class will then be given words to study over the holiday in order to prepare for the Third Grade Spelling Bee on January 9th at 11:00 in the Blue Room.
Christmas Charity: Rather than exchange a gift with a classmate, our class will be collecting socks and warm hats for the homeless. We are all so blessed with an abundance of clothes, food, and shelter. Please, help in giving at this time of year to those who don't even have a warm spot to sleep in at night. All donations need to be at school by Thursday, December 20 so that they can be delivered. Thank you so much!!!
Xtra Math: Please remember to have your child do Xtra Math Monday though Friday. They will get the best results from doing the practice one time per day. If your child missed one day this week, please have him or her do it on Saturday or Sunday so that he or she is getting five days of practice.
The next reading challenge is to get to 150 Reading Counts points by December 14th. Students who meet the challenge will be treated to a pizza party the following Monday. By getting to 150 points by this day, students are on the path to earning the Reading Counts Spend-the-Night party at the end of the school year. Emelia, Noah, Caroline, Alayna, Jonathan, Dhruv, and Kenniyah have already met the second quarter challenge!
Book Report: The students should be reading their fantasy chapter book. The book must be a Reading Counts book. Students need to finish reading the book and take the Reading Counts test by December 14th.
Reading: We will continue reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary Test is Monday. The Chapter 5-6 Vocabulary Test is Friday.
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Cursive Handwriting: Students need to work on slowing down to improve neatness.
Language: We will review synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. The next test will be Wednesday, December 12th. It will cover pages 60-76.
Spelling: Please make sure your child leaves the spelling workbook in his/her binder. Students will learn the words in Lesson 16 this week. Students must also know the definitions for the vocabulary words and how to spell the words that are part of the definition. The test will be on Thursday. Under the spelling grade on each test is a grade (S, W, N, or U) for their cursive. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the grade level spelling words each week. Just go "Find a List" and then for the teacher type in "Brenda Speir." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: Students are working on ways to organize their writing.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. For the remainder of this quarter we will focus on subtraction and multiplication. Students will continue to have a subtraction timed test each week. Listed below are the test dates for the multiplication tests and what part of the multiplication table will be covered. ***Please make sure your child gave you the packet of practice multiplication tests that I sent home two weeks ago.*** Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems.
twos table-December 11th
fives table-December 18th
tens table-January 15th
nines table-January 22nd
threes table-January 29th
fours table-February 5th
sixes table-February 12th
sevens table-February 19th
eights table-February 26th
Math: Diagnostic Checkpoint 5A is Monday. We will then cover lessons 5-5 through 5-11. Diagnostic Checkpoint 5B will be on Friday. The Chapter 5 Test is Monday, December 17th.
Science: We will continue to study Unit A Chapter 2 called "Types of Animals." We will learn about hibernation, migration, camouflage, and mimicry. The Lesson 4-5 Vocabulary Quiz is on Wednesday, December 12th. The Unit A, Chapter 2 Test will be on Wednesday, December 19th.
Bible: Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given...and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."