AIMS Week Newsletter, April 7 - 11, 2014

Hello 3rd Grade Families and WELCOME to AIMS Week!

3rd Graders start their testing on Wednesday.

Our 3rd Grade class is ready to ROCK the test!  Here are some test week tips to help your child be successful through this week:

1. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
2. Eat a Healthy Breakfast
3. Study and Work Hard
4. Be Prepared
5.  Be a Good Listener
6. Believe in Yourself 
7. Do Your Best 

 

Students are encouraged to bring two reading books to read when they have finished their test.  Please remind them of this.

 

 FREE BREAKFAST AT MCDONALD'S  on Monday and Tuesday of AIMS week. 

Please encourage your child to take their time on the test and not rush through the test.










NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK DUE TO AIMS!
Work on Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw -- Help your child relax and prepare for the next day!







We are still in need of a few items in our classroom.  Any donations are greatly appreciated:

• Tissues!
• disinfectant wipes
• treasure box items

Happy Birthday!


Taeya - April 9
Jace - April 14
Jessica - April 14
Sarra - April 21
Wyatt - April 26








Field Trip News:

Our class will be going on a field trip to the Phoenix Zoo on Friday, May 2, from 8:15 am until 2:30 pm.  Your child should have brought home a permission slip for this trip.  If you have not received a permission slip please let me know.  Permission slips and the $10.00 trip fee are due no later than April 21, 2014.






















Knowledge-A-Thon News:

Dear Parents,

*On May 2nd, we will be having our 2nd annual fundraiser - Knowledge-A-Thon.  Our scholars are excited to share what they have learned throughout the school year, and we are delighted to have showcase their knowledge.  This supports our Core Knowledge Curriculum in a fun manner for all involved, and all proceeds stay with the school.

*We would love to have your support in testing our students.  We are  

in need of 100 volunteers for Knowledge-A-Thon.

*There will be breakfast and lunch provided to all volunteers!! 

*All parents who help us with our special day will receive double volunteer hours.  

Shifts:
4-6 from 8:00-11:00 

K-2 from 11:00-2:00
(3rd Graders and all scholars absent on May 2nd: 

Make-up day is May 6th at 8 a.m.)

*KAT Volunteer Sign Up!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DA8AE2CA5FF2-katvolunteer

Behavior Trackers

Good Afternoon!

We are doing something a bit different with classroom management this quarter.  Each week students receive a behavior tracker that is taped to their desks.  For each day of the school week there are four spaces that I use to record behavior infractions.  On the back of the tracker is a list of codes that I am using.  The codes are as follows:
OS = Out of Seat
T = Talking
NFD = Not Following Directions
D = Distracted (playing with toys, ect.)
H = Homework not done or incomplete
O = Other
SO = Shouting Out

This helps me to keep track of what specific behaviors are taking place and helps the students keep track of them as well.

If a student has two spaces filled in with a behavior infraction he or she loses 5 minutes of recess for the next day. Three spaces equals 10 minutes of recess, and 4 spaces is teacher's choice.  Teacher's choice may mean missing all of the recess, a phone call home, or detention.  This all depends on the situation and how many day's the issues have been going on. 

On Monday morning when students get a new behavior tracker they are to fill out the reflection portion on the backside and then take the tracker home to show their parents.  They are to get a parent signature and return the tracker to school on Tuesday morning.  This will count as a leadership grade in the grade book. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

This new program has worked very well over the past week and I expect continued success throughout the remaining weeks of the quarter.

Thank you!

Mrs. Hill

Newsletter, March 31 - April 4, 2014

Hello 3rd Grade Families!




We are still in need of a few items in our classroom.  Any donations are greatly appreciated:

• Tissues!
• Hand Sanitizer
• disinfectant wipes
• treasure box items

Looking Ahead: Each day's homework for math and reading will depend on what we complete in class each day.  I will update the blog daily to reflect the exact homework assignment for these subjects.

AIMS testing is next week.  Students, please be sure to get a good night's rest, eat a good breakfast, and be to school on time.

Happy Birthday!


Taeya - April 9
Jace - April 14
Jessica - April 14
Sarra - April 21
Wyatt - April 26






AIMS: AIMS is coming quickly, so this is the time that we will start combining some AIMS practice with their classwork and homework so they are comfortable and prepared.



Multiplication Facts- Please be studying NIGHTLY!


Click here for direction of a multiplication game to play with your child.



Curriculum:
Math: We will be working in our Buckle Down booklets as we review math concepts to prepare us for our AIMS testing.
Reading: We are working out of our Buckle Down booklets as we review reading concepts to prepare us for our AIMS testing.
Shurley/Writing: This week we are working brainstorming and putting our ideas together to form a beginning, middle and end of a story.
Leadership: .  We will be working on beginning with the end in mind as we discuss new WIGs for the 4th quarter.
Science: We are starting our ecology unit this week.

Monday:
Reading- Buckle Down Lesson 7, 81 - 83
Math-Buckle Down  Lesson 11, pages 139 - 141
Spelling: Speller's Choice Menu - Monday's Words
Tuesday:
Reading- Buckle Down Lesson 8, pages 89 - 96
Math-Buckle Down, Lesson 7 pages 99 - 104
Spelling: Speller's Choice Menu - Monday and Tuesday's Words

Wednesday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down
Spelling: Speller's Choice Menu - Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's Words
Thursday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down
Spelling: Practice missed words by writing each word two times.









Spelling Words:

Monday
1. tear (noun)
2. tear (verb)
3. telephone
4. throughout
5.  traffic
6. unit
7. unite
8. United States
9. value
10. valuable


Tuesday
11. wore
12. worn
13. circle
14. circular
15. argue
16. arguement
17. volume
18. organize
19. summon
20. office
21. officer
22. official
23. victim
24. estimate
25. accident
26. invite
27. invitation
28. accept
29. impossible
30. concern

Newletter, March 24 - 28, 2014

Hello 3rd Grade Families!

Welcome Back from Spring Break!
**No Spelling List this week!

Looking Ahead:

Happy Birthday!


Aden -- March 7
Kamrie -- March 11
Grace -- March 26








AIMS: AIMS is coming quickly, so this is the time that we will start combining some AIMS practice with their classwork and homework so they are comfortable and prepared.



Multiplication Facts- Please be studying NIGHTLY!


Click here for direction of a multiplication game to play with your child.



Curriculum:
Math: We will be working in our Buckle Down booklets as we review math concepts to prepare us for our AIMS testing.
Reading: We are working out of our Buckle Down booklets as we review reading concepts to prepare us for our AIMS testing.
Shurley/Writing: This week we are working brainstorming and putting our ideas together to form a beginning, middle and end of a story.
Leadership: .  We will be working on beginning with the end in mind as we discuss new WIGs for the 4th quarter.
Social Studies: This week we will continue our unit about the early American settlers.

Monday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down 
Tuesday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down
Wednesday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down
Thursday:
Reading- Buckle Down or Reading Comprehension
Math-Buckle Down



We are still in need of a few items in our classroom.  Any donations are greatly appreciated:

• Hand Sanitizer
• disinfectant wipes
• treasure box items

Newsletter, March 2-7, 2014

Hello 3rd Grade Families!

Spelling list and phonogram list are at the end of this post.

Looking Ahead:

Friday Assembly: This Friday, March 7.  Come see our class perform our skit in our Friday Assembly.  Join us at 8:00 or 8:30.  We are excited to preform to a leadership rendition of Survivor's Eye of the Tiger called Eye of the Leader.  Students are encouraged to bring in a play guitar or make one out of cardboard.  They are also encouraged to dress like an 80's hair band member.  They will have to wear their Friday uniform after the assembly.  They are so excited for this performance and have been working hard.

Spring Break, March 10 - 21

Happy Birthday!
Aden -- March 7
Kamrie -- March 11
Grace -- March 26

Science Fair:  The science fair will be held on Wednesday, March 5 from 6-7 in the cafenasium.








AIMS: AIMS is coming quickly, so this is the time that we will start combining some AIMS practice with their classwork and homework so they are comfortable and prepared.


Multiplication Facts- Please be studying NIGHTLY!


Click here for direction of a multiplication game to play with your child.



Curriculum:
Math: We will be working in our Buckle Down booklets as we reviewing graphing, exponents, weights and measurements and fractions.
Reading: We are working out of our Buckle Down booklets.  We will be reviewing the different types of genres
Shurley/Writing: This week we are working brainstorming and putting our ideas together to form a beginning, middle and end of a story.
Leadership: .  We will also be synergizing as a class as we start to plan for our class’s assembly presentation that is this Friday, March 7.
Social Studies: This week we will continue our unit about the early American settlers.

Monday:
Reading- Buckle Down Lesson 9
Math-Symmetry Worksheet
Spelling: Write spelling words one time in print then choose 5 words to write in cursive.  Be sure to put your words in alphabetical order!
Tuesday:
Reading- Buckle Down Lesson 9, pages 110 - 113
Math-Buckle Down Lesson 8, pages 110 - 112
Spelling: Write spelling words one time in print then choose 5 words to write in cursive. Be sure to put your words in alphabetical order!
Wednesday:
Reading- Buckle DownLesson 11
Math-Buckle Down lesson 12, pages 152-153
Spelling: Choose an activity from the speller's choice menu.
Thursday:
Reading- Buckle Down lesson 12
Math-Buckle Down lesson 5, pages 76 - 79
Spelling: Write missed spelling words two times each.




We are in need of a few items in our classroom.  Any donations are greatly appreciated:

• Hand Sanitizer
• disinfectant wipes
• pencil top erasers
• treasure box items

Spelling List:
Monday

1. southern
2. eastern
3. western
4. poem
5. poet
6. poetic
7. poetry
8. potato
9. potatoes
10. pressure

Tuesday
11.  produce
12. product
13. purchase
14. purchased
15. quarrel
16. radio
17. recess
18. saucer
19. secret
20. similar

Wednesday
21. sleigh
22. social
23. society
24. solution
25. source
26. speech
27. steak
28. successful
29. tails
30. tales

Phonograms

1. ou
2. er
3. ur
4. ch
5. ed
6. ar
7. ee
8. ea
9. au
10. eigh
11. ci
12. ti
13. ai
14. ei
15. ey
16. ie
17. eau
18. sc
19. aw
20. ay

Newletter for February 24 - 28, 2014

Hello 3rd Grade Families!

 It is hard to believe that it is the last full week of February and with two weeks left of 3rd quarter.
 Looking Ahead:

Science Fair: Project boards and completed journals are due at the end of this week on the 28th.  Students may start bring in their boards and journals anytime this week. The science fair will be held on Wednesday, March 5 from 6-7 in the cafenasium.

Keep checking the due dates as posted on the blog:
http://mrshillsroom115.blogspot.com/2014/01/science-fair-due-dates.html


AIMS: AIMS is coming quickly, so this is the time that we will start combining some AIMS practice with their classwork and homework so they are comfortable and prepared.


Multiplication Facts- Please be studying NIGHTLY!


Click here for direction of a multiplication game to play with your child.



Curriculum:
Math: This week will be working with mass and weight, classifying triangles, and symmetry.  We will continue working on our multiplication and division skills.
Spalding: We will read and write 30 spelling words and 20 phonograms.
Reading: We will be reading a story called "Mystery at Camp Cloud White".
Shurley/Writing: We will focus elements of mysteries and begin writing a mystery.
Leadership: We are working on Habit 6 as we work with Mrs. Cox’s afternoon kindergarten class.  We will also be synergizing as a class as we start to plan for our class’s assembly presentation that is coming up in March.
Social Studies: This week we will continue our unit about the early American settlers.

Monday:
Reading- Comprehension Worksheet
Math-Lesson 77 1 - 15
Spelling: Write spelling words one time in print then choose 5 words to write in cursive.  Be sure to put your words in alphabetical order!
Tuesday:
Reading- Comprehension Worksheet
Math-Lesson 77 16 - 30
Spelling: Write spelling words one time in print then choose 5 words to write in cursive. Be sure to put your words in alphabetical order!
Wednesday:
Reading- Comprehension Worksheet
Math-Lesson 78 1 - 15
Spelling: Choose an activity from the speller's choice menu.
Thursday:
Reading- Comprehension Worksheet
Math-Lesson 76
Spelling: Write missed spelling words two times each.




We are in need of a few items in our classroom.  Any donations are greatly appreciated:

• disinfectant wipes
• pencil top erasers
• treasure box items

Spelling List:
Monday

1. atmospheric
2. autumn
3. canvas
4. ceiling
5. celery
6. salary
7. college
8. community
9. communities
10. create

Tuesday
11.  created
12.  creative
13.  creation
14.  concert
15.  decide
16.  decided
17.  design
18.  dictionary
19.  elephant
20.  everybody

Wednesday
21. frighten
22.  frightened
23.  grocery
24.  group
25.  health
26.  listen
27.  listened
28.  nickel
29.  niece
30. northern

Newsletter for February 10 - 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Week

Click here for the link to the pdf files of our current math unit.

Go to signupgenius for volunteering for our class Valentine's Day party.

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