January 26th - 30

Team Urban,

Friday, we celebrated 100 days of 3rd grade, which means they are 100 days smarter than the first days of 3rd grade. They have been sweating it out, so they got to enjoy wearing sweats.

Jan 26 - 30 is School Choice Week

Monday - Wear Yellow

Add a little yellow to your fit

Tuesday - West Coast vs. Wild West

Dress as a Surfer/Skater or Cowboy/Cowgirl

Wednesday - Dawgs In or Dawgs Out

Wear Shoes or Sandals

Thursday - Vote Your Choice (fun voting polls around campus)
Find voting polls around campus and put down your choice for fun!

Friday - Free Choice Dress Day

Celebrating choice, pick out an outfit of your choice to wear to school.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Storm in the Night
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story.

Spelling: r-controlled words
1. third
2. early
3. world
4. certain
5. dirty
6. herself
7. Earth
8. word
9. perfect
10. verb
11. nerve
12. worm
13. thirsty
14. workout
15. earn

MATH:
Finish Topic 12 Fractions: Test Friday

Dates to Remember:
Monday, Feb. 9th: No school

Thursday, February 12th, from 5:00–7:00 PM at YBC for Literacy Night and the Scholastic Book Fair
Friday, February 13th: Valentine's Day Party 12-1pm

Monday, Feb. 16th: No school

Have a great week, Team Urban!

January 19th-23rd

Team Urban,

No School Monday, January 19th

Community Service

ILCS is a leadership school, and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due May 11th. Make sure to take pictures and document the dates and times your child completed their service.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due each day: 25 min each night (3 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Knots on a Counting Rope
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story.

Conventions: nouns and pronouns

Writing: Finish Informative writing

Spelling: irregular plurals

1. wolves
2. knives
3. feet
4. men
5. children
6. women
7. sheep
8. heroes
9. scarves
10. mice
11. geese
12. wives
13. elves
14. banjos
15. cuffs

Math:
Begin Topic 12: Understanding Fractions

Dates to Remember:

1/19: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/22: ILCS Spelling Bee

1/23: 100th Day of School 

2/13: Valentine's Day Celebration 12:00-1

2/23: LAST day to meet AR goal

Have a great week, Team Urban! 

January 12th-16h

 Team Urban,

Keep up the great work with APEX! Our class has earned extra recess and PJ day so far! PJ DAY IS MONDAY!! Each class member also had the opportunity to pie an Apex Coach in the face!! If we keep working on shares and donations, students can earn an Ice Cream Sandwich on Monday! Remember, the APEX Fun Run is January 16th at 8:05a.m.

February 23rd is the last day of the second trimester, and it will be the last day to AR as well.
As time allows each day in class, students are provided opportunities each day to take AR tests in the classroom to meet their 2nd trimester goal.

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due in the beginning of May, but we wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due each day: 25 minutes nightly reading (3 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Unit 2 Benchmark test
Writing Informative 

Complex Sentences

Spelling: Suffixes

1. editor

2. shipper

3. conductor

4. organist

5. lioness

6. visitor

7. actress

8. dentist

9. seller

10. investor

11. artist

12. tourist

13. hostess

14. tutor

15. swimmer

Math:
Finish Topic 10-Multiplication with Multiples of 10

Dates to Remember:
1/12: Electives, Second Session, and Success Academy begin
1/19: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/16: Apex Fun Run 8:05a.m.

1/22: ILCS Spelling Bee

1/23: 100th Day of School  

January 5th-9th

 Team Urban,

Happy New Year! We hope you have all had a memorable and restful time with your family over the winter break. I look forward to seeing all of Team Urban back at school on Tuesday, Jan. 6th.

February 23rd is the last day of the 2nd trimester, and it will be the last day to AR as well.
Students have several opportunities each day to take AR tests in the classroom to meet their 2nd trimester goal.

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due in the beginning of May, but we wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due each day: 25 minutes of nightly reading recorded on the daily Reading Log

ELA:
Read story: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live (see link below)

-main idea

-supporting details

-context clues

-editing sentences

Spelling: see words below

Math:
Begin Topic 10-Multiply by Multiples of 10

Dates to Remember:
1/06: Students return to school and APEX begins
1/12: Electives and Success Academy begin
1/19: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/22: ILCS Spelling Bee (Third Grade will have one grade level representative- this student will be determined in class over the next two weeks) 

Jan. 29th-Feb. 2nd

Team Urban,

Friday we celebrated 100 days of 3rd grade, and that means they are 100 days smarter than before 3rd grade.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Storm in the Night
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story.
Spelling: r-controlled words
1. third
2. early
3. world
4. certain
5. dirty
6. herself
7. earth
8. word
9. perfect
10. verb
11. nerve
12. worm
13. thirsty
14. workout
15. earn
Challenge:
16. determine
17. commercial
18. whirlwind
19. worthwhile
20. virtual

MATH:
Finish Topic 10: Test Friday

Dates to Remember:
Monday, Feb. 12th: No school
Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine's Day (pass out cards to friends at school) 12-1pm

Monday, Feb. 19th: No school

Have a great week Team Urban!

January 22nd-26th

 Team Urban,

We finished strong this week with the Apex Fun Run. They even earned stuffy day and popsicles this week.  Thank you for all your support!

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due in the beginning of May, but I wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: 25 min each night (4 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Knots on a Counting Rope
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story, and discuss how writers support a point of view when writing and opinion essay.
Conventions: nouns and pronouns
Writing: Finish Informative benchmark
Spelling: irregular plurals

1. wolves
2. knives
3. feet
4. men
5. children
6. women
7. sheep
8. heroes
9. scarves
10. mice
11. geese
12. wives
13. elves
14. banjos
15. halves
16. loaves
17. beliefs
18. tomatoes
19. potatoes
20. tornadoes

Math:
Begin Topic 10: Multiplying by 10

Dates to Remember:
2/14: Valentine's Day Celebration 12:00

2/23: LAST day to meet AR goal

Have a great week Team Urban!

 Team Urban,

Keep up the great work with APEX! Our class has earned extra recess so far!  If we keep working on donations we can earn stuffy day! Remember, the APEX Fun Run is January 19th at 8:05a.m.

February 23rd is the last day of the second trimester, and it will be the last day to AR as well.
As we come back from break, each class will be providing several opportunities each day to take AR tests in the classroom to meet their 2nd trimester goal.

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due in the beginning of May, but we wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: 25 minutes nightly reading (3 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Unit 2 Benchmark test
Writing Informative Benchmark

Spelling: Homophones

1. to

2. too

3. two

4. week

5. weak

6. road

7. rode

8. stair

9. stare

10. bear

11. bare

12. write

13. right

14. new

15. knew

16. their

17. there

18. they're

19. weather

20. whether

Math:
Finish Topic 7-Represent and Interpret Data
Topic 11 test on Jan. 19th

Dates to Remember:
1/03: No School Teacher Work Day
1/16: Electives, Second Session, and Success Academy begin
1/15: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/19: Apex Fun Run 8:05a.m.
1/25: ILCS Spelling Bee 

Week of January 8th-12th

Team Urban,

Happy New Year! We hope you have all had a memorable and restful time with your family over the winter break. I look forward to seeing all the 3rd grade students back at school Monday, Jan. 8th.

February 23rd is the last day of the 2nd trimester, and it will be the last day to AR as well.
As we come back from break, each class will be providing several opportunities each day to take AR tests in the classroom to meet their 2nd trimester goal.

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project will be due in the beginning of May, but we wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: 25 minutes of nighty reading recorded on daily Reading Log

ELA:
Read story: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live (see link below)

-main idea

-supporting details

-context clues

-editing sentences

Spelling: see words below

Math:
Begin Topic 7-Graphing and Data 

Dates to Remember:
1/08: Students return to school
1/16: Electives and Success Academy begin
1/15: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/19: APEX Fun Run

1/25: ILCS Spelling Bee (Third Grade will have one grade level representative- this student will be determined in class over the next two weeks) 

January 30th-February 3rd

 Team Urban,

The end of the 2nd trimester is right around the corner. Please remember that February 24th is the last day to AR. 

Also, please remember that ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Each student is required to complete a service project of their 8 hours of service. The project will be due the first week in May. 

Our class will be having a Valentine's Day celebration on February 14th from 12-1. Please know that your child does not have to distribute Valentine cards, but if they choose to, they must include everyone in the class. 

ELA:

Read non-fiction text about Weather
Conventions: prefix, base word and suffix
Spelling: 2 syllable words - test Friday

1. create

2. audio

3. duo

4. idea

5. medium

6. patio

7. piano

8. pioneer

9. radio

10. rodeo

11. stadium

12. studio

13. trio

14. video

15. violin

16. backyard

17. fluid

18. sample

19. humble

20. poet

Math:
Finishing Topic 12 - Fractions

Beginning Topic 13 - Equivalent Fractions

Homework:
Due Daily: Math fact page
Due on Friday: 80 minutes (4 entries) in Reading Log


Dates to Remember:
February 3rd: January assessment log will go home

Friday, February 11th: Valentine's Day Celebration 12-1
Monday, February 14th: No school
Monday, February 21st: No school

Have a great week Team Urban!

January 9th-13th

February 24th is the last day of the second trimester, and it will be the last day to AR to make student goals for the 2nd trimester.  Remember, goals need to be met for each trimester for students to earn the end of the year walking field trip to White Rabbit.

Just a friendly reminder that ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. The project and presentation will be due the first week of May. Below you will find a copy of the criteria the teachers use in class to evaluate the projects for the Leadership Fair that follows later in May.




Homework
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Storm in the Night
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story.
Spelling: r-controlled words
1. third
2. early
3. world
4. certain
5. dirty
6. herself
7. earth
8. word
9. perfect
10. verb
11. nerve
12. worm
13. thirsty
14. workout
15. earn
Challenge:
16. determine
17. commercial
18. whirlwind
19. worthwhile
20. virtual

MATH:
Finish Topic 11: Use Operations with Whole Numbers to Solve Two-Step Word Problems-Test Friday

Dates to Remember:
Monday, January 9th: Electives, Second Session & Success Academy resume
Friday, January 13th: Topic 11 post assessment
Friday, January 13th: Storm in the Night assessment
Monday, January 16th: No school
Tuesday, February 14th: Valentine's Day (pass out cards to friends at school) 12-1pm

Have a great week Team Urban!

Mrs. Urban 

January 31st-February 4th

Team Urban,

The end of the 2nd trimester is right around the corner. Please remember that February 25th is the last day to AR. 

Also, please remember that ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Each student is required to complete a service project of their 8 hours of service. The project will be due the first week in May. 

Our class will be having a Valentine's Day celebration on February 11th from 12-1. Please know that your child does not have to distribute Valentine cards, but if they choose to, they must include everyone in the class. 

ELA:
Read non-fiction text about Weather
Conventions: prefix, base word and suffix
Writing: opinion performance task 
Spelling: Contractions (see below)

Math:
Begin Topic #11: Two Step Word Problems

Homework:
Due Daily: Math facts
Due on Friday: 80 minutes (4 entries) in Reading Log


Dates to Remember:
February 4th: January assessment log will go home

Friday, February 11th: Valentine's Day Celebration 12-1
Monday, February 14th: No school
Monday, February 21st: No school

Have a great week Team Urban!

January 24th-28th

Team Urban,

ELA:
Begin reading: Paul Bunyan

Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story, and discuss how writers support a point of view when writing and opinion essay.

Conventions: adjectives and pronouns

Writing: continue cursive

Spelling: Prefixes
1. prepaid
2. midnight
3. overflow
4. outdoors
5. outline
6. overgrown
7. prefix
8. Midwest
9. pretest
10. midpoint
11. outgoing
12. overtime
13. overdue
14. outside
15. outfield
Challenge words:
16. precaution
17. prediction
18. midsection
19. overweight
20. prehistoric

MATH:

Topic 10: Finish Topic 10-Test on Jan. 28th

Dates to Remember:

1/24: Talent Show 

1/28: Paul Bunyan Test

1/28: Topic 10 Test

January 17th-21st

Team Urban,

We won Lucy the Lion this week for our school spirit and cheer.  Check out the Inland Leaders instagram post for the all the excitement and school spirit! 

KLEENEX is needed. If you are able to donate a box of kleenex to class, we sure would appreciate it! Thank you!

Community Service

ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. I wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math fact practice
Due on Friday: (3 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
-Begin Reading Storm in the Night

-Central Message

-Figurative Language

-Spelling this week: r controlled vowels

Math:
begin Topic 10: Multiply by 10

Dates to Remember:
1/03: No School Teacher Work Day
1/12: Success Academy begins

1/13: Title 1 Parent meeting 5pm

1/14: Topic 7 Test
1/17: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2/11: Valentine's Day Celebration 12:00

2/14: No school

January 10th - 14th

Team Urban,

Community Service

ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. I wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math fact practice
Due on Friday: (4 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
-Begin Unit 2 Test

-Reassessment for Narrative Writing

-No Spelling this week

Math:
Finish Topic 7: Represent and Interpret Data (Test on 1/14)

Dates to Remember:
1/03: No School Teacher Work Day
1/12: Success Academy begins

1/13: Title 1 Parent meeting 5pm

1/14: Topic 7 Test
1/17: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2/14: Valentine's Day Celebration 12:00

Have a great week!!

January 4th-7th

Happy New Year, 

Remember, Monday there is no school, so we will hit the ground running on Tuesday! 

Community Service
ILCS is a leadership school and service is something we value greatly. Your child is required to complete a service project and 8 hours of service this year. I wanted to remind you in case you completed some type of service over break. Remember to take pictures and document dates and times service was completed.

Homework
Due Daily: Math fact practice
Due on Friday: (3 entries) in Reading Log

ELA:
Begin reading: Knots on a Counting Rope
Discuss how readers determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story.

Math:
Begin Topic 7: Represent and Interpret Data

Dates to Remember:
1/03: No School Teacher Work Day
1/10: Electives, Second Session, and Success Academy begin
1/17: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2/14: Valentine's Day Celebration 12:00

Have a great week Team Urban! 

Jan. 25th-29th

Team Urban,

If you have yet to respond to the email regarding 4 days a week, please do so this week.  Thank you!

Students should be at 70% of their AR goal.  If not, have them read some short articles in AR to help accelerate their progress.

 *Due to our opinion writing there will be no spelling words assigned this week. 

Monday, January 25th  

Zoom Sessions: 

1. ELA 8am: 

• Opinion Writing Review

2. Math 11am: 

• Lesson 10-4

Independent Assignments:

1. ELA 

• 35 minutes of reading, article quizzes, and AR Tests 

• 1st Fluency recording on Seesaw

• 15 minutes on IXL for ELA (T2-Use time order words)

2. Math

• 30 minutes of IXL and a smart score of 100 (N7-Properties of multiplication)

Tuesday, January 26th

Zoom Sessions: 

3. ELA 8am: 

• Opinion Writing-Read 2 articles and make 2 thinking maps

4. Math 11am: 

• Page 564 

Independent Assignments:

3. ELA 

• 35 minutes of reading, article quizzes, and AR Tests 

• 1st Fluency

• 15 minutes on IXL for ELA (T6-Use linking words to complete a passage) 

4. Math

• 30 minutes of IXL and a smart score of 100 (N8-Multiply using Distributive Property)

Wednesday, January 27th

Zoom Sessions: 

1. ELA 8am: 

• Begin writing in Google Classroom

2. Math 11am: 

• Reteaching Pages 565-566 

Independent Assignments:

1. ELA

• 35 minutes of reading, article quizzes, and AR Tests

• Fluency practice

• 15 minutes on IXL for ELA (U3-Choose reasons to support an opinion)

2. Math

• 30 minutes of IXL and a smart score of 100 (N9-Solve using properties of multiplication)

Thursday, January 28th

Zoom Session: 

1. ELA 8am: 

• Opinion writing in Google Classroom

2. Math 11am: 

• Review pages 567-568

Independent Assignments:

1. ELA

• 35 minutes of reading, article quizzes, and AR Tests

• Fluency practice, no recording needed 

• 15 minutes on IXL for ELA (U4-Complete the opinion passage with an example) 

2. Math

• 15 minutes of IXL and a smart score of 100 (H3-Multiply numbers that end in zeros)

• Manage your Mastery of Topic 10 (Seesaw for responses to incorrect problems on Topic 10 Pretest

Friday, January 29th

Zoom Sessions: 

1. ELA 8am: 

• Opinion writing final draft due-Google Classroom

      2. Math 11am: 

• Topic 10 Test

Independent Assignments:

1. ELA

• 35 minutes of reading, article quizzes, and AR Tests

• 2nd Fluency recording on Seesaw

• 15 minutes on IXL for ELA (W2-Combine sentences by adding key details)

2. Math 

• 15 minutes of IXL and a smart score of 100 (H3-Multiply with numbers ending in zeros)

• Finish Topic 10 test, if needed