Reading Challenge: The next reading challenge is to get 225 Reading Counts points by March 8th. Teddie, Frankie, Caylie Maye, McCulloch, William, Geshna, and Kalina already have more than this many points. Way to go!
Book report: All students need to choose a Reading Counts historical fiction chapter book for February. Students in my reading group need to choose one that is fourth grade or higher. Students in Mrs. Chambers reading group need to choose one that is third grade or higher. The book chosen needs to be approved by me. Students must take the test on the book by February 29th.
Reading: We will continue working on learning a variety of figurative language literary devices such as hyperbole, personification, and alliteration.
Reading with Mrs. Chambers: If your child goes to Mrs. Chambers for reading, please go to her website at http://mrscchambers.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week.
Cursive Handwriting: All letters have been reviewed/taught. If your child continues to have trouble with a particular letter or letters, I will send home extra practice for him or her to do. On each spelling test students get a cursive handwriting grade. You will see this below the spelling test grade.
Language: We will continue with dictionary skills as well as learn correct verb usage. The next test is Thursday. It will cover pages 97 through 112.
Spelling: This week students will learn the words in Lesson 23. Students who get 100% on the spelling pretest on Monday will receive an accelerated spelling list for that week. 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 "SCPS Third Grade." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: Students will be working on word choice while writing a variety of forms of poetry such as concrete poems, simile poems, and cinquains.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems. The following weeks after we finish the eights timed test, students will be given a 100 problem multiplication timed test on Tuesdays that has problems going up to 10X10. Students will also have the opportunity to improve their score on their other multiplication timed tests. I will give then a list of the multiplication timed tests that they have not earned 100 on so that they may continue to practice at home. Each day the students will take one of these with the goal of getting 100% on each one. They are earning construction paper banana split pieces to work toward the goal of 100 percent mastery of the facts. We will be having a banana split party at the end of the year to celebrate the completion of this goal.
Math: We will begin Chapter 8 on geometry and measurement. We will cover lessons 8-1 through 8-5 this week. Diagnostic Checkpoint 8A will be on Wednesday.
Science: We will begin Unit B Chapter 1 on where living things are found. We will learn about the different types of forests. Students have a study guide over the vocabulary from the first three lessons. The quiz over these words will be February 22nd.
Bible: Psalm 33:5-6 "The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His unfailing love. By word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth."