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| A Message From... | Mrs. Rolfert |
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I will do everything to help your child to be successful in class. Your child will be taught : "what to do" and "how to do it". This way everyone in class has the best chance to learn, to be successful, and able to give their "personal best" each day. I ask students to show: Respect for others, Respect for themselves, and Respect for our environment. Remind your child daily to "BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!" "We Believe and Achieve!" |
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February 6-10: Book Fair Week Our theme this week is Protecting Our Natural Resources. Our story is called, Washington Weed Whackers. We will compare and contrast how one plant can we helpful in one environment and harmful in another. We will review contractions as part of our vocabulary focus. The spelling skill will use the soft C and G patterns. The students were more successful with cursive this week. Continue to focus on the tricky combinations and checkstrokes. Please have them practice in cursive and print for the test. Verbs continue to be our focus topic. We will begin our next reading project which will focus on the Alaskan Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Information will come home on Monday. I will provide the book for this project.
Third Grade February Independent Reading Project
Due: March 2 During the month of February and March, the Third Grade Class will be studying the Alaskan Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Students will read the book listed below and complete special activities to gain background information about this race. Please keep the activity sheets in your HW folder. Don't remove! ! We will practice our map, chart, diagram, and research reading skills, as we learn information about the race on the Internet. Some additional projects for this unit may require the use of the Internet at home. Watch for further information and activities for this project in the coming weeks. Requirements: Read The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail by Carole Marsh (The book is provided by Finneytown Auxiliary Services money. Please take care of your book.) Pacing: Read at least one or two chapter a day (this includes weekends) and complete any assigned activity for that chapter. (Yes, you may read ahead and complete the book before March 2.) Activity worksheets will be checked each week (p. 1 on Feb.10, p.2 on Feb. 1, p.16 on Feb. 24, p. 4 on March. 2). Fill in the answers as you are reading the story. Some chapters have no special activities. Please use you BEST HANDWRITING print or cursive is acceptable. This book should come to school each day and go home each night. You can complete this during your free time at school, as well as at home. Mrs. Rolfert Sign and Return tomorrowI have read the February Reading Project Information (Due March 2nd). Student Signature___________________________________________________ Parent Signature:___________________________________________________
Third Grade Unit 4 Reading/Language Update We will start the second book of the reading series this week. You will find the vocabulary/spelling words for Unit 4 attached to this paper. Please keep this list in a safe handy place to help keep your child on track during this unit. Here is a glance at the topics for Unit 4. Spelling: test are now taken on loose-leaf paper and in cursive. Cursive errors are counted wrong, but students have a second chance to print the word correctly for their spelling grade. Comprehension skills for this Unit are Compare/Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Author's Purpose, and Prediction. In Vocabulary we will introduce Idioms (that's a piece of cake) and continue to work on multiple meaning words. Our reading fluency focus will be intonation, proper phrasing and pronunciation, tempo and dialogue reading. These skills will prepare us for plays and puppet shows. Grammar focus continues to look at Verbs. Explanatory writing- "how-to-do" and directions will be explored during this unit. We are also working on our special writing project for Catholic Schools Week - Watch for our creative "Up, Up, and Away Third Grade Author/Illustrators on Display". Reading Project (already in progress): January Reading Genre TIC-TAC-TOE Due February 3rd. Check your child's chart in their plan book to see how they are progressing. Watch for our exciting Iditarod project during February and March. Best Ways to Help Your Child: Check Plan Book daily to be sure they are staying on track. Please have your child empty their HW folder every Friday. Check the Wednesday Wrap up folder for test scores. Your child should make test corrections. Check that they have needed supplies. Remind them to stay focused and give their best effort daily. Thank you for your help and support, Mrs. Rolfert
Return Library Book every Friday Watch for the Yellow Wednesday Wrap-Up Folder coming home each Wednesday. Each week your child will bring home the yellow "Wednesday Wrap-Up Folder". Included in this folder will be the quiz/test results from the previous week. Examples of possible papers are: vocabulary & comprehension skill quiz, selection test for our story, simple solution grammar quiz, and spelling test. At the end of each unit, you will also receive the unit review test results.
You will also find in this folder a yellow (Rm. 121) or Pink (Rm. 122) paper. Please keep this paper in the folder. Sign the paper and return it to school in the folder with your child. You may keep the test and quiz papers. Students can make correction for additional points. Thank you for your assistance. Mrs. Rolfert - Reading and Language Arts.
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| HOMEWORK |
HW assignments may change based on what is accomplished in the classroom each day. Check your child's planbook for any updates. New HW assignments will be posted at the beginning of each week. Homework serves two purposes: First, to practice and drill academic skills and complete class work. Second (sometimes more important), to develop basic organizational skills, to accept responsibility and consequences, to tolerate frustrations, and to make"Right Choices". All of these skills are needed to grow to be independent, motivated, and successful student. Read daily 1 chapter, 15 minutes, or 8 pages a day in a book of your choice.
Week of February 6-10 Read for project daily. Remember Gym clothes Daily: Students should have a book to read with them at all times. Check the reading, spelling, and grammar areas of the Homework Page Reading: Monday: Read for new project See note Voc. p. 126 Test Thursday Tuesday: Read for project Book Fairs buying tomorrow Wednesday: Fluency p. 129 Voc. test tomorrow Thursday: Read for project Return library books Friday: Read each night for project. Spelling: Monday Check pretest p. 109 Do p. 110 Tuesday: Do. p.112 Wednesday: Study in cursive Thursday: Test tomorrow Grammar: No HW at this time
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| CALENDAR |
February: Book Fair Week 6-10 Sale also each weekend before and after and on-line Third Grade will "Buy" on Wednesday |
| SUPPLIES TO BRING |
2011-2012 Third Grade Supply List
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| LINKS |
Extra Spelling and Vocabulary Help http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/ohio/students/grade3/book1 Handwriting help both print and cursive (free) www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm Reading Project Related Unit 1: www.readwritethink.org (keyword acrostic poem then click on 9 link) www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse For avid fans of the Magic Tree House books this web site offers a passport with stamps for students to download. Unit 2: www.cincinnatiobservatory.org www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/space.html www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html www.harcourtschool.com/plural/ Unit 3: www.kidzone.ws/poetry/
Unit 4: Out on a Limb Web site: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/perspective.html www.teachers.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/ |
| MY WISH LIST |
MY WISH LIST INFO GOES HERE From time to time throughout the year students share their writing with the class at a Writer's Cafe. If you are willing to send in a set of box drink or healty bagged snacks for the students to enjoy during this event, please send me an e-mail or note. I will let you know in advance the date of our next Writer's Cafe.
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