Here's the secret word for today...

Please read the whole thing, as your child has a chance to earn a reward tomorrow.

We started by reading Christmas books this morning.  We also had a new story in our listening center.

We read a book about a sweater, then designed one.  

We also started a chapter book.  It is from the Magic Treehouse series.  It is titled Christmas in Camelot. Tonight's reading assignment is chapter 2.  Feel free to take turns with your child reading.  If they seem to struggle too much, you may read it to them.  If you do this, please pause occasionally and have them read a word that you feel they know.  

We were given the opportunity to finish our people book reports.

We got some time on Spelling City.

We also took our Math ISIP test in the lab today. We also made posters about different types of lines.

Now, the SECRET word for today is Santa Claus.  Please write this down and give it to your child.  I want to see who is getting on the blog, so I know if I need to send another note home about it.  

 

A great day with every third grader in class

We had a great day today!  Every single student was here!  That made me happy!

We started by finishing our morning work we started yesterday.  Some had finished so they wee able to read.

We also worked on our mini book reports.  They had to identify the main characters, the setting, the problem, and the solution. They also had to make a face on the person that matched their opinion of the book they chose.

We put notes about multiplication in our math notebook. The morning work included multiplication practice.  We also made multiplication charts to help us learn our facts.  The best way is memorization of the facts.  A good site for this is aplusmath.com.

We watched a mini science video about cartoons and animation.  Tomorrow we will do the accompanying activity.

We had Christmas centers today. We had a story to listen to, a book to read and answer questions, and a selection of Christmas books to read from.  

Today we also read Cobweb Christmas. It is a folktale about how tinsel was started.  Then we made an ornament that went along with the story. Have your child retell the story to you.

Santas are due this Friday, December 11.  Have fun!

I am so ready to see everyone!  

Please bring all devices and chargers, if they belong to the school, on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

                                                                                                                                                  Mrs. Christian

Here's the spelling list for this week and next

Most of you are doing such a great job on the Seesaw assignments.  Thank you for working with your child during this weird time we are going through.

The spelling words your child will be used this week and next.  There are several assignments on Spelling City, but they don't have to all be done this week.  

 Here are their words:

• awful
• called 
• falling
• mall
• small
• straw
• drawing
• strongest
• longer
• song
• along
• bought
• brought
• rough
• tough

Please don't panic if everything didn't get done.  We will spend the next couple of weeks, reintroducing multiplication and reviewing other skills we have been working on.

 

You're invited to a Zoom meeting with Mrs. Christian

Time: Friday (12/4) at 10:30 a.m.

To get in, go to https://zoom.us/.

The meeting ID is 838 7525 4700

When prompted, enter this password: ew9wpU

See you online!

New spelling words posted

New spelling words are up on SpellingCity.com. We won't test on them until December 11.

Need help with the online assignments?

If you are having trouble with any of the assignments, feel free to call Mrs. Christian.