Sept. 29th-Oct. 3rd

 Homework:

-Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log   
-Due Daily: Fact Practice
-Remember to study spelling words based on your child's pretest.

ELA:
-Begin reading: Treasure in the Trees-Reading Test Friday
-Identify the main idea in stories or articles, and discuss how writers use details, text features, and illustrations to convey the main idea. 
-Spelling: (see below)

-Science Gizmo: Measuring Tree Growth 

Math: 
- TEST Topic 3

-PRETEST Topic 4

Dates to Remember: 

SPIRIT WEEK:
10/6 Monday – Colors!
If your student chooses not to participate, they may wear their House shirt at CSC.

• TK/Kinder: Blue
• 1st/2nd: Gold
• 3rd/4th: Green
• 5th/6th: Red
• 7th/8th: Purple
• Teachers: Black

10/7 Tuesday – Sports Day!
Rep your favorite team by wearing their gear.

10/8 Wednesday – Wake-Up Wednesday (Pajama Day)
Wear your pajamas to school!

10/9 Thursday – Concert Shirt/Music Day
Wear your best school-appropriate concert or music shirt.

10/10 Friday – Freaky Friday (Crazy Hair/Mismatched Clothes)
Show off your crazy hair or wild outfit!
Dates to Remember: 

10.8- Field Trip to Safari Park

10.10 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.06 - 10 Spirit Week

10.16-Make-Up Pictures (YBC) 

10.17-Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.17-Great California Shakeout

Have a great week, Team Urban!

Sept. 22nd-26h

We had our first House Rally and a couple of students from each house were chosen by the Student Council for a fun game. 

Progress Reports went home today.  Please sign and return the paper on Monday.  Thank you!

Homework:
-Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log   
-Due Daily: Fact Practice
-Remember to study spelling words based on your child's pretest.

ELA:
-Begin reading: Treasure in the Trees
-Identify the main idea in stories or articles, and discuss how writers use details, text features, and illustrations to convey the main idea. 
-Spelling:  (see below)

-Science: Finish Moon Phases Gizmo

Math: 
-Topic 3: Apply Properties of Multiplication (Distributive and Associative Properties of Multiplication)

SPIRIT WEEK:
10/6 Monday – Colors!
If your student chooses not to participate, they may wear their House shirt at CSC.

• TK/Kinder: Blue
• 1st/2nd: Gold
• 3rd/4th: Green
• 5th/6th: Red
• 7th/8th: Purple
• Teachers: Black

10/7 Tuesday – Sports Day!
Rep your favorite team by wearing their gear.

10/8 Wednesday – Wake-Up Wednesday (Pajama Day)
Wear your pajamas to school!

10/9 Thursday – Concert Shirt/Music Day
Wear your best school-appropriate concert or music shirt.

10/10 Friday – Freaky Friday (Crazy Hair/Mismatched Clothes)
Show off your crazy hair or wild outfit!
Dates to Remember: 

10.8- Field Trip to Safari Park

10.10 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.06 - 10 Spirit Week

10.16-Make-Up Pictures (YBC) 

10.17-Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.17-Great California Shakeout

10.26-Make a Difference Day

Have a great week, Team Urban! 

Week of Sept. 15th-19th

 Team Urban,

We are halfway through the first trimester of 3rd grade! Today I sent home a half-sheet of your child's progress towards their AR goal for the trimester. Please sign it and return it to school on Monday.

Additionally, if you have signed up to chaperone the upcoming Field Trip to the Safari Park, please send in the money to class so we can begin collecting funds ahead of time. Also, make sure your child has a blue ILCS shirt to wear on the day of the field trip.

Homework:

-Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log   
-Due Daily: Fact Practice
-Remember to study spelling words based on your child's pretest.

ELA:
-Begin reading: The Moon Seems to Change
-Identify the main idea in stories or articles, and discuss how writers use details, text features, and illustrations to convey the main idea. 
-Spelling: long e, o, a (see below)

-Science Gizmo: Moon Phases 

Math: 
-Topic 3: Apply Properties of Multiplication (Distributive and Associative Properties of Multiplication)

Dates to Remember: 

10.8- Field Trip to Safari Park in Escondido

10.10 - Lions’ Picnic Movie Night 

10.06- 10 - Spirit Week

10.15-Make-Up Pictures (YBC) 

10.16-Make-Up Pictures (CSC)

10.17-Great California Shakeout

Have a great week Team Urban!

Sept. 8th-12th

Team Urban,

Students finished up a chapter book called The Case of the Gasping Garbage.  In honor of the storyline about science detective work, we conducted a fun experiment today called "elephant toothpaste."  Please see the link below and the accompanying pictures for directions and explanations. 

Science Experiment (Elephant Toothpaste)

THIS WEEK:

Read and respond to Thunder Cake story (see below)

ELA:
-Reading Thunder Cake story 
-Reading Test on Friday on vocabulary and concepts learned from the Thunder Cake story.
Spelling words: endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est (see below)

Math: Finish Topic 2 (test Friday 12th)

Science: Thunder and Lightning

Dates to Remember: 

• Friday, September 12th: ELA Thunder Cake Test, Spelling Test, Math Topic 2 test
• Monday, September 15th: HOUSE Rally

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes and track it on the Reading Log due every Friday

• Study Spelling Words that were missed on Monday's Pretest

• Math Fact Practice 1/2 sheet due every day

 

Sept. 1st-5th

Team Urban,

Students just completed their first Math Test for Topic 1. They earned some extra recess this afternoon.  I am proud of the growth they have made in multiplication and division. 

Homework: Each week, your child should read for at least 80 minutes (20 minutes each night) and record the time in their reading log.  The other nightly homework is math fact practice. 

ELA:

• Finish reading The Case of the Gasping Garbage 
• Continue discussing how readers understand the characters' motivations and the effects of their actions, as well as how writers craft characters and portray the sequence of events in a story.
• Conventions: functions of a verb and irregular verbs.  
• Spelling words (plural nouns), see below

Math: 

Begin Topic 2: Using Multiplication Facts and Patterns

Dates to Remember 

Monday, September 1 - No School - Labor Day

Wednesday, September 3 - Picture Day 

See below for spelling words and fun links to science and language arts videos. 

August 25th-29th

Team Urban,

This second full week of school, students really stretched their brains by learning new things such as commutative property and division, responding to Literature by citing evidence, and taking our first spelling and reading test.

Learning new things can sometimes create challenges. Challenges we may have never had before. Reinforce at home that mistakes and challenges help us to grow and learn. Thank you for all your support at home, as our partnership makes your child more successful throughout the year.

THANK YOU for the birthday wishes!
Thank you to all the families that sent in cards, gifts, or special treats. I am so grateful for our ILCS families. Your kindness and generosity are above and beyond! The classroom was beautifully decorated as well! Thank you, Carrie and Angelique!!

THIS WEEK: (All sessions begin: Success Academy and Electives)

ELA:
Reading: Case of the Gasping Garbage

• Determine the main idea and details
• Writing: Finish personal narrative 
• Spelling: Plurals: -ing, -est, -er, -ed

1. using
2. getting
3. easiest
4. swimming
5. heavier
6. greatest
7. pleased
8. emptied
9. leaving
10. worried
11. strangest
12. freezing
13. funniest
14. angrier
15. shopped
16. included
17. occurred
18. supplying
19. scarier
20. happiest

Math: 

• Finish and review Topic 1 
• Posttest Topic 1 (Aug. 29, Friday)

Homework:
-Read 20 min each night and sign the reading log 
-Math fact practice 1/2 sheet (due every day)

-Practice missed spelling words from Monday's pretest

Important Dates:
8/25-1st-trimester electives, Success Academy begins

After-school Programs Begin Next Week!

Electives, Success Academy, Fast ForWord and Clubs (Good News Club, Garden Club, Speech & Debate Club)

Session A Schedule...

8/25/24-12/5/24 (13 weeks)

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9/1-No school Labor Day
9/3-CSC Picture Day

Have a great weekend Team Urban!

Week of Aug. 18-22

 Team Urban,

Our first full week of school is complete with much success!  This past week, students' mindsets were challenged through benchmark assessments in ELA and Math, along with timed multiplication fact practice, Leadership, and Library. Students will be able to begin checking out books this Wednesday when we visit the Library.

Room Mom/Volunteers: Our Room Mom for Team Urban is Mrs. Glavez and Mrs. Aldama (Colbie's and Ava's mom). You will be hearing from them soon.

If you signed up to volunteer in the classroom, please join us in class this week.  I will be sending out emails this weekend to work out times for the days you signed up. Try to give me a heads-up if you can not make it that day.

This Upcoming Week: 
ELA:
-Begin our first fictional story, Location, Location, Location
-Main Idea, character traits, and sequence of events

-Spelling: VC/CV (pretest Monday)

1. happen 
2. lettuce
3. basket
4. winter
5. sister
6. problem
7. supper
8. subject
9. lesson
10. spelling
11. napkin
12. collar
13. traffic
14. suggest
15. puppet
Challenge Words
16. skillet
17. picnic
18. planet
19. system

20. pumpkin

Math: 
- Begin Topic 1: Understand multiplication and division of whole numbers. We will take a pretest of Topic 1 on Monday. Any student with a score of 90% or higher on this test will complete work in class on a math topic similar to a 4th-grade level. 

Homework:
-Read 20 min each night and sign reading log (record in log each night)
-Math fact practice 1/2 sheet (due every day)

Important Dates:
8/25-1st-trimester electives, Success Academy begins
9/1-No school-Labor Day

Have a great weekend Team Urban!