Week 4 Sept. 3-7

Team Urban,
Woohoo!  Happy 3 day weekend!  I hope you all have a relaxing weekend! 

Since there is no school Monday, if your child is normally scheduled to attend Second Session on Monday, please note they will attend on Friday. 

Picture day is this Friday, September 7th. Envelopes went home on Friday for Picture Day.  Please bring the envelope filled out with your child's name even if you are not purchasing pictures. It helps with the organization of yearbook pictures and identification of each student.

Mrs. Pettit came and took a wonderful class picture of Team Urban this last week. Follow us on Instagram @urbanlegends3rdgrade to see weekly pictures as well.

 

Our focus this week will be:

Continue reading The Case of the Gasping Garbage while focusing on character actions and motivations, sequence of events, citing textual evidence, temporal words, setting, plot and theme.

Spelling: base words and endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est

* = Challenge Words

Conventions: irregular plurals, verbs, and irregular verbs

Science: Begin Force and Motion Unit

Math: Continue Topic 2: Multiplication Facts: 0,1,2,5,9 and 10

Students have been progressing nicely on their one minute timed test.  Remember, it is imperative students study these at home for successful mastery of their multiplication facts.

Homework:

Sign and return Assessment Logs (sent home Friday)

-20 min. of nightly reading in reading log

-Spelling words (according to Pretest brought home)

-Math fact practice (due next day)

-Writing: Google Classroom response to reading (Due Friday) 
Students will need to reference Pearson story Gasping Garbage for this assignment.

• Students log into Google Classroom from ILCS Links
• sign in with their Google Classroom password/login
• Click on Team Urban 18-19
• Click on newest posted question and respond using RACE response (see picture below for reference).

Parents, please do not hesitate to email me and I will respond as quick as I can if you are having trouble logging into Google Classroom.

Have a great week Team Urban!

Week 3 August 27-31

Team Urban,

Second full week of school and first full week of academic instruction is complete. BIG BIRTHDAY THANK YOU'S! All the generous and thoughtful gifts for my birthday were greatly appreciated! You are all so kind!

 
Additionally, the class was surprised from Trent Pettit, Finn Casavan, and their families this week.  They cleaned and decorated our back patio.  Spider webs gone!! Instead, there are colorful plants, decorations, and lanterns.  Here are some pics of the students enjoying the patio during their brain break.



To see more pictures, follow our class on Instagram @urbanlegends3rdgrade

Assessment Logs will be sent home this coming Friday, 8/31. I highly recommend checking Pearson every week to see scores from any assessments we have taken within that program.  Here are the steps below: (link to the right).

1. Go to Pearsonrealize.com
2. Have your child log in with their known log in info
3. Click on classes
4. Go to Assignments and review scores for:

                  a. Daily math quick checks

                  b. Reading Quiz (Location, Location, Location)
                  c. ELA Baseline and Math End of Year tests

Homework has started. Students should be doing the following:

1. Reading for 20min. every day and record/sign on reading log.
2. Complete fact practice 1/2 sheet and return every day.
3. Practice incorrect spelling words from Monday Pretest.
4. Google Classroom writing response homework starts 9/4. This will be due every Friday morning. NOTE: Students have been taught how to log into Google Classroom and answer the prompt using a RACE response.  To be honest, many of them are still in the learning process.  I just want to see what they can do on their own with their writing, and what we need to work on in class.  It is ok if it is not perfect.  They will grow and learn and we continue to practice every week.

Remember, students will get a Homework Pass for completing their homework on time.

This week:

ELA:

- Begin reading Case of the Gasping Garbage
- Continue discussing how readers understand the characters' motivations and the effects of their actions and how writers write about characters.
- Conventions: past tense verbs and plurals
- Writing: R.A.C.E and double bubble map
- Spelling: -s, -es and -ies

Spelling:
1. pennies
2. inches
3. plants
4. families
5. bodies
6. glasses
7. wishes
8. pockets
9. lists
10. copies
11. parties
12. bunches
13. crashes
14. supplies
15. pencils
16. accidents
17. libraries
18. mysteries
19. carpenters
20. merchants

Math:
- Finish Topic #1 Understand Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers-Test Wednesday

- Begin Topic #2 Multiplication Facts: Use Patterns

Electives, Second Session and Success Academy begin this week. 

Upcoming dates:
8/27:Board meeting
8/29 Topic 1 math test
9/3:No school
9/7:Picture Day

Have a great week Team Urban!

Week 2 Aug. 20-24

Team Urban,

Our first full week of school is complete with much success!  This past week students' mindsets were challenged through baseline assessments in ELA and math, math topic 1 Pretest, along with timed fact practice.  

Thank you all for coming to Back to School Night last week.  It was short, but nice to give you a 30min. snapshot of the class.  

Here are some selfies students took of themselves when completing the statement: "I believe in my #selfie when I _________. Students learned that they must believe in themselves first before they can change their mindset.














THIS WEEK:

-ELA:
Read: Location, Location, Location 
Begin to discuss how readers understand the characters' motivations and the effects of their actions and how writers write about characters and show the sequence of events in a story.
Conventions: nouns/verbs
Spelling words: VC/CV

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

-Math:
Continue Topic #1 understand multiplication and division of whole numbers

-Homework:

• Read 20min. each night (record on log)
• Fact practice 1/2 sheet (due daily)
• Study misspelled words from Monday's pretest

Students have been practicing their multiplication facts all week and many are already leveling up. This week it will become mandatory to complete and return the next day along with 20 minutes of nightly reading written on reading log.

We love our volunteers! A volunteer sign up list has been put up on the parent square email.  

Email me if you have any questions!

Have a great week Team Urban!

Week 1: Fun and Done!

Welcome Team Urban!

The first two days were a success! I am looking forward to a successful year with these sweet kiddos! Here are a few things we covered in the last two days:

• ROAR expectations
• How to choose Good Fit Books
• Math skills inventory 
• Thinking Maps - Circle Map
• Class Procedures

This week is Baseline Assessment Week:

• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
• Continue Thinking Maps - Circle Map
• STAR Reading Test
• ELA Pearson Benchmark Test
• Math Pearson Benchmark Test
• Pearson Math Topic 1 Pretest 
• Begin Math Topic 1: Multiplication

-Homework consists right now of only 20 min of reading. Students are expected to fill out reading log each night with parent signature. Additional homework will be added the week of August 20th.

-Looking forward to seeing you all at Back to School Night on August 14th, Tuesday, at 5:30, in our class, room 5.
-Please send in completed papers in manila envelope from office.
-Please send in papers I sent home over summer along with photo     of your child if you have not done so yet.

Here are pictures of Team Urban from the first two days of school.

Have a great weekend! If you have any questions, feel free to email me.

Mrs. Urban