Week of 2/3/20-2/7/20

Happy Friday and Happy February!  Groundhog Day is Sunday,

and it looks to be a good one!  Our daily schedule is changing...

we will now have math in the afternoon (12:55-2:10) and ELA in the 

morning block, with Reading WIN from 11:15-11:45. 

This will begin Mon. 2/3.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  New Spelling words & homework menus will be coming

home.  The homework will be due on or before 2/13.

Reading & Language Arts:  The January Log is due on or before Monday.

This coming week we’ll be focusing on text structures and non-fiction

text features. We’ll also begin our country reports. Students will

be researching the country of their heritage. If there is more than

one country/nationality, students will choose one.  This will all lead

to a culture presentation later in February.  

Social Science: We continue our science unit on inheritance

and traits. 

Our Chapter 3 Social Studies test will take place on Wednesday.

There will be a study guide coming home today.  Students should

answer the questions right on the paper (they can use the back 

as well.)  These study guides will be allowed on their desks during

the test.  We will play a fun review game on Tuesday.

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: This week we begin Unit 5 on Multiplication,

Division, and Area.  The times 8 quiz will be on Friday!

Conference sign-ups on Sign-Up Genius have been emailed to you.

Please sign up for a conference if you think one is necessary.  Thank you!

Important Dates:  

02/13 - Valentine’s Day party

02/14 - No School (conference week)

02/17 - President’s Day (no school)

2/28 - Institute Day (no school)

Week of 1/27/20-1/31/20

Happy Friday!  We are having some crazy winter weather!  Stay warm this

weekend.  Congratulations and good luck to Michael and Chris who will both

represent our class in the grade level spelling bee on Monday.  I am very

proud of all my spellers!  As we inch our way to February, please make sure

you are checking your child’s grades online frequently.  We are halfway

through the year already; it’s so hard to believe!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  Spelling menu homework is due on or before Friday, 1/31.

There will be a test that day as well.

Reading & Language Arts:  Please continue to remind your child to

read daily and fill in the January Log. We are using our Communities

textbooks during Reading class to help us fluently read and comprehend 

our unit, which focuses on culture. We’ll also be learning more about

main idea and details, getting us ready for our country reports!

Social Science: We continue our science unit on inheritance

and traits. We’ll also be continuing in our Communities Social Studies

textbook reading about immigration. Lesson 4 will be read on Monday.

Notes will be taken and can be used for the quiz on Wednesday.  We

will also finish up our immigration scrapbooks.  The following week

(Feb. 5) will tentatively be our Chapter 3 test.  There will be a 

study guide coming home before the test.

Mrs. Walega's Math Class:  We’ll continue our lessons on fractions.

A X7 quiz will take place on Friday.  Pretest/study guides will

go home to be completed on Monday.  We’ll go over it on Thursday

(due date.)  The Unit 4 test will take place on Friday, 1/31.

Conference sign-up on Sign-Up Genius should be coming out early next

week.  These winter conferences are for my math students.  I hope

to see you all soon!

Important Dates:  

01/29 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

02/13 - Valentine’s Day party

02/14 - No School (conference week)

02/17 - President’s Day (no school)

2/28 - Institute Day (no school)

Week of 1/20/20-1/24/20

We will be celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this

weekend.  Yesterday we watched Our Friend Martin

which discusses MLK’s life in an understandable, relevant way.

The students loved it!

Have a wonderful weekend.  Don’t forget to check your child’s

grades on-line.  We are at the halfway point of Trimester 2,

also the halfway point of third grade!!   

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  New spelling words will be coming home on Tuesday. 

Students will also be receiving their homework menu, which will

Be due on or before 1/31.  There will be a test that day as well.

Reading & Language Arts:  Please continue to remind your child to

read daily and fill in the January Log. We are using our Communities

textbooks during Reading class to help us fluently read and comprehend 

our unit, which focuses on culture.

Social Science: We continue our science unit on inheritance

and traits. We’ll also be continuing in our Communities Social Studies

textbook reading about immigration. Today we read and took notes on

Lesson 3 and have our quiz on Tuesday. We’ll then

Take a break and create an “Immigration Scrapbook.” 

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: The measurement section of this unit will end

Tuesday with a quiz.  We’ll then start fractions. Our tentative test

date for Unit 4 is Friday, 1/31.  A X6 quiz will take place on 

Friday.

Conference sign-up on Sign-Up Genius should be coming out in the next

week or two.  These winter conferences are for my math students.  See

you all soon!

Important Dates:  

01/20 - MLK Birthday (Day off)

01/29 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

02/13 - Valentine’s Day party

02/14 - No School (conference week)

02/17 - President’s Day (no school)

Week of 1/13/20-1/17/20

We have hit the ground running and are working hard in 2020.  A lot of projects are being worked on in room 109 and many are coming up!

Keep an eye on that assignment notebook and this weekly blog.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  Spelling homework will be due on or before January 17.  

There will be a test on those words on Friday as well.

Reading & Language Arts:  We are continuing our unit on culture and traditions. We are doing an informative/persuasive writing unit on what animal teeth we would want to have and why after reading If I Had Animal Teeth.  We are finishing up the projects and will read a book called The Matchbox Diary as we learn about another way people treasure and keep special objects as a tradition.

Social Science: We continue our science unit on inheritance

and traits. We’ll also be diving in to our Communities Social Studies

textbook to begin our unit on culture and immigration. We will start
ch. 3 on immigration. We will tie this unit into our ELA curriculum as we focus
on culture, tradition and where our ancestors and relatives have come from. 
Look for information about our culture day projects coming in a few weeks.
Here’s how this unit plays out: We’ll read a lesson (there are 4,) take notes,

then take an open book/open note quiz.  The first one will be on

Wednesday and I will model how to find the answers using the book

and notes.  This is a great unit to demonstrate good study skills!

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We are starting Unit 4 on measurement and fractions. We began with telling time to the minute and working on elapsed time.  This can be a tricky concept, so its a good skill to practice at home. We will work on metric measurement next. We are also working with 4's multiplication facts with a test on Fri. 1/17.

Important Dates:  

01/20 - MLK Birthday (Day off)

01/29 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

02/13 - Valentine’s Day party

02/14 - No School (conference week)

02/17 - President’s Day (no school)