Amon's Announcements

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Checkpoint Testing - Your child will participate in  county required assessments, the week of Dec. 4th.  It is important that all students are here by 7:50 a.m. Each student will receive a little surprise for arriving on time each day.  These tests are not part of your child's grades.  They are used to assess the mastery of the standards that have been learned the first two quarters of the school year.  Pretests will be given to formulate instruction for the 3rd and 4th quarters. 

Week of Nov. 27, 2011

Elfis Show and Partnership for Performance - Join some of the third grade teachers on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5 - 6 p.m. to learn about some fun ways to help your child with their Math skills.  Then, at 6:30 p.m. join us in the cafeteria for the latest and greatest adventure with Elfis! 

Spelling - Your student's list was sent home in their green folder today.  Students were instructed to circle the list that they were assigned:  A, B, or C.  Please make sure that your child is completing their Spelling homework.  Students only have Spelling homework on Mondays if they did not complete the sorting task during classtime.  Download Sort 20 - Week of Nov 27.  Remember - you can download the Word Shapes paper if your child left their's at school by going to my August 30th posting. 

Progress Reports - Progress updates will be sent home on Tuesday, Nov. 28th. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about your child's progress.

Math - We are starting a new unit on Geometry.  Many children need extra help at home reviewing the vocabulary.  We will be making vocabulary flipbooks that your child will be able to use as a study guide at home prior to the unit test.  Multiplication facts still need to be reviewed daily at home.  By the end of the nine weeks, your child is supposed to master all multiplication facts through 10 x 10. 

Science - Our newest unit will be on soil and the effects of weathering and erosion on soil and rocks.  If your child shows some interest in trying to grow something, you might find an amaryllis bulb something easy, fun, and festive to grow at this time of the year. 

 

Week of Nov. 14, 2011

Spelling - The lists for this week's Spelling assesssments have been posted on www.spellingcity.com.  There are three lists this week:  List A plus high frequency words, List B (extension list) plus high frequency words, and List C without high frequency words.  You can print out your student's words from that website if you need them.  Each child's specific Spelling list has been glued in their agenda. 

Friends and Family Luncheon - The 3rd Grade luncheon is on Thursday from 12 - 12:30.  Please make sure you've turned in your reservation form if you are planning on join us for lunch on Thursday!

Upcoming Holiday - I hope you and your family are able to enjoy the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  This is always a special time for my family and I to enjoy spending some quite time together.  I hope your time together will be memorable.

Donor's Choose Project - I have posted a new project on Donor's Choose.  Doesn't seem as though I'll be getting the reading table, so another project has been planned for an upcoming reading center for struggling readers.  If you have a chance to look at the project, please feel free to go to donorschoose.com.

 Holiday Giving Tree - Please click on this link to find out more about how to help a child in need that attends Eastvalley.  Download Giving Tree Information

 

Science Experimentation

Rock Candy - Wow!  Look at the wonderful job my students did with making rock candy!  Some turned out wonderfully.  For those families that tried with no success - cheer up.  Just think of the many times other scientists failed before they made that great discovery.  Practice makes perfect and experiment is just that - experiencing Science.  Thanks for helping your child with this project at home!

 

 

Food Drive - posting from Counselor's Corner

Food Drive - Please check out the Counselor's Corner blog for further details.  Third grade is responsible for collecting bagged or boxed stuffing mixes and canned meat.  Please help a family in need this holiday season. 

Week of Oct. 31, 2011

Spelling:  Our words this week deal with the spelling patterns when adding the suffix ending of -ed.  Check your child's agenda for the specific list they should be studying.  No Word Shapes homework this week due to our chariot project.

Third Grade Olympic Games: This NEW special event will be held this Friday, Nov. 4th at 9:45 a.m.  Feel free to be out on the back field by 9:30 a.m. so you do not miss any of our opening ceremony.  Students will compete in several "modified" Olympic events.  This event is to celebrate the conclusion of our study of Ancient Greece and it's influence on our government, sports, and architecture. 

Math Fun:  We are moving into the conceptual understanding of division.  Here

s a wonderful website that your child might enjoy while they reinforce  basic concept skills of division as it relates to multiplication and subtraction.

Division - Repeated Subtraction   - If you then navigate to the home page, you will see that this site provides practice on a variety of subjects, not just mathematics.