Week of February 7

READING:

We continue to read the story "Dr. DeSoto". We are working on vocabulary, discussing the genre: Humorous Fiction, making inferences, doing a character study, and studying cause and effect. We are using books like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to help the students with understanding cause and effect. Ask them about it! Keep reading nightly and record on the Reading Calendar to be turned in on Monday in the Red Folders. Remember to read for AT LEAST 15 minutes on 3 separate nights....HAPPY READING! ")

WRITING:

We are continuing to work on writing and experiencing Groundhog Day stories. We are working on Guide words in the dictionary and editing for spelling errors, capitalization, and endmarks. We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday and Squiggles every Wednesday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories.  The kids LOVE winning Squiggle Puppy...We look for GREAT details, CORRECT capitalization and punctuation, and a great story! :)

SPELLING:

Don't forget to study your words... our test is on Wednesday. This week's words:

coach               couch              ranch        BONUS WORDS: dependence

bench               pinch             punch                                       cinquain

crunch             catch               itch

match              watch             stretch

ditch                pitch               sandwich                                                                                                                     

If you're on a challenge list... make sure you check your agenda for the word list. All word lists are posted weekly in the agenda.

MATH:

We are continuing our unit in geometry. We are discussing and using line segments, rays, lines, and right angles, obtuse angles, and acute angles. We will also be learning about 2 dimensional shape as well as 3 dimensional shapes. Learning about symmetry will be fun! We will be doing some projects to "mirror" the other side!  PLEASE continue studying MULTIPLICATION FACTS AT HOME...we are finishing our timed tests. A GREAT site to practice and even take tests right on the computer is multiplication.com.  

HEALTH: 

We switched classes on Wednesday. Mrs. Beeker's 3rd graders will now learn about drugs and alcohol. Specifically, we are studying the effects of drugs on our body.  Our motto is: "If you never start, you never have to stop!" We are also learning about medicine safety and the rules that apply.

HANDWRITING:

We are still working on learning our lowercase letters in cursive! They are doing great! Keep practicing and check out the link for Handwriting Without Tears for helpful hints and practice tips. Click Here.