Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Leader of the Week Readers
Here are a few pictures of the past couple of "Leaders" reading the books they brought in during their special week!
Sunday, October 23, 2016
October 24th-28th
Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. This week, students will be taking all that we have learned about adapting fairy tales and creating their very own, original fairy tale! We will focus on using descriptive language as well as revising the magic that is seen in their fairy tale.
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. We will focus on comparing and contrasting the characters in our books, their problems, and the lessons they learn.
Science: This week we will continue our next science unit, chapter 4: Living Things. We will focus on the life cycle of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The test for this chapter will be on Friday. Be on the lookout for a study guide!
Math: This week we will finish up Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. Our test is on Tuesday. Study guides were sent home last week. On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 5: Understand Division.
Have a great week!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
- Conferences are Monday and Wednesday of this week. I look forward to seeing you!
- Just a reminder that Monday, October 31st is our Fall Festival Day! The Pumpkin Run is from 11:40-12:00, the costume parade is at 1:40, and the classroom Halloween party is from 2:00-3:00. I hope you can join us!
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. This week, students will be taking all that we have learned about adapting fairy tales and creating their very own, original fairy tale! We will focus on using descriptive language as well as revising the magic that is seen in their fairy tale.
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. We will focus on comparing and contrasting the characters in our books, their problems, and the lessons they learn.
Math: This week we will finish up Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. Our test is on Tuesday. Study guides were sent home last week. On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 5: Understand Division.
Have a great week!
Sunday, October 16, 2016
October 17th-21st
Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. Last week we were able to choose any fairy tale that we wanted and we began creating our own adaptations. This week, we will focus on adding actions to accompany our dialogue as well as collecting ideas in order to create our very own original fairy tales!
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. We will focus on the role that illustrations play in our texts as well as the importance of the turning point in our character's story mountain.
Science: This week we will continue our next science unit, chapter 4: Living Things. We will focus on the life cycle of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
Math: This week we will continue Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. We are going to focus on using arrays and the Commutative Property of Multiplication in order to understand multiplication. We will also make tables as a strategy for solving multiplication problems.
Have a great week!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
- This Wednesday is an early release.
- Spelling tests are this week!
- Please send in the conference confirmation sheet that was sent home with your child last week!
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. Last week we were able to choose any fairy tale that we wanted and we began creating our own adaptations. This week, we will focus on adding actions to accompany our dialogue as well as collecting ideas in order to create our very own original fairy tales!
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. We will focus on the role that illustrations play in our texts as well as the importance of the turning point in our character's story mountain.
Math: This week we will continue Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. We are going to focus on using arrays and the Commutative Property of Multiplication in order to understand multiplication. We will also make tables as a strategy for solving multiplication problems.
Have a great week!
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Thursday Blogger
Brianna trying to forget everyone around her and writing!
Maddie being proactive and putting her ideas on paper!
Libby trying to plan out her story first!
Anita writing out her adapted fairy tale while thinking!
Marina thinking, thinking, thinking, writing!
Sunday, October 9, 2016
October 10th-14th
Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. We will focus on acting out the scenes in our adapted fairy tales in order to include every detail and action possible. We will also work on including narration in our fairy tales.
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. As we study the characters in our book, we will notice that our stories are often like mountains. We will follow our characters as they go "up" and "down" the mountain, making predictions along the way. We will also take a look at how our characters react to the "trouble", or problems, in our books.
Science: This week we will begin our next science unit, chapter 4: Living Things. We will focus on the life cycle of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
Math: This week we will begin Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. I know the class is extremely excited about starting this chapter! We will focus on modeling multiplication through equal groups as well as repeated addition.
Have a great week!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
- This Friday is a half day.
- The box top competition starts this week! Please send in any box tops that you can, each box top raises $0.10 for our school!
- If you have not already, please make sure to turn in the rollerskating permission slip that was sent home last week. If you need a second copy, please let me know!
Writing: This week, we will continue our second writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. We will focus on acting out the scenes in our adapted fairy tales in order to include every detail and action possible. We will also work on including narration in our fairy tales.
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. As we study the characters in our book, we will notice that our stories are often like mountains. We will follow our characters as they go "up" and "down" the mountain, making predictions along the way. We will also take a look at how our characters react to the "trouble", or problems, in our books.
Math: This week we will begin Chapter 4: Understanding Multiplication. I know the class is extremely excited about starting this chapter! We will focus on modeling multiplication through equal groups as well as repeated addition.
Have a great week!
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Thursday Blogger
Today we are Reading a Time For Kids magazine it is about The Battle Of The Bears!
Some people think that there is enough Bears so they can stop being protected!
Do they know a population can go down?Maybe if they stop protecting other species may need to be protected?Should they stop protecting?Miss Hoopers class is wondering!
Sunday, October 2, 2016
October 3rd-7th
Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
Writing: On Monday we will celebrate the end of our narrative unit! All third grade classes will be going around to each room and reading our friends' narrative pieces. We will then begin our next writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. The class is extremely excited about this unit! We will focus on studying classic fairy tales in order to gain inspiration for adapting our own fairy tales!
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. As we study the characters in our book, we will notice that our stories are often like mountains. We will follow our characters as they go "up" and "down" the mountain, making predictions along the way.
Social Studies: This week we will be finish up Chapter 2: Land Forms and Continents. Last week we discussed the 7 continents, 5 oceans, 8 Missouri border states, and natural resources. This week we will discuss how to read a grid map. We will have our test on Wednesday. Study guides were sent home on Friday!
Math: This week we will finish up Chapter 3: Subtraction. We will focus on subtraction across zeros. Our test will be this Friday! Study guides (with an answer key) will be sent home Monday.
Have a great week!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Important Reminders:
- Please remember to have your child turn in their monthly reading log sometime this week!
Writing: On Monday we will celebrate the end of our narrative unit! All third grade classes will be going around to each room and reading our friends' narrative pieces. We will then begin our next writing unit, Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales. The class is extremely excited about this unit! We will focus on studying classic fairy tales in order to gain inspiration for adapting our own fairy tales!
Reading: This week we will continue our second unit: Character Studies. As we study the characters in our book, we will notice that our stories are often like mountains. We will follow our characters as they go "up" and "down" the mountain, making predictions along the way.
Math: This week we will finish up Chapter 3: Subtraction. We will focus on subtraction across zeros. Our test will be this Friday! Study guides (with an answer key) will be sent home Monday.
Have a great week!
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