Newsletter-Underwood

 

 

STAR STUDENTS FOR DECEMBER:

Jackson Stephens  12/2

Addison Tyler 12/9

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 12/9/13 – 12/13/13:

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 12/2/13 – 12/6/13:

 

Dear Parents,

Christmas is upon us!! The students are working so hard creating Christmas writings, poetry, ornaments, and art!

Feel free to come in the day of the Christmas Party on the 20^th! We will have a short fun snack, bible story, and share time from 10:20-11:15 a.m. This day is an early dismissal day.

The end of the nine weeks is approaching as well.  These next two weeks are crucial and homework, quizzes, and tests will still be in the mix of this Christmas season so keep studying and reading each night. Remember, daily math drill practice with multiplication and division  helps your student succeed each day during math drills.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Underwood

 

MATH: DIVISION ch 6 Post test December 12^th

 

SCIENCE: ROCKS AND MINERALS

Students will create layered rock models and conduct soil experiements with different kinds of soil and rocks.

Test on chapter 7 December 11^th.

 

SPELLING: Week 16 test this Friday December 6^th.

 

Bible Verse: Luke 19:10 Cloze quiz the 6^th.

Bible: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and the Lost Sheppard

 

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Language: Root Stems: Latin script and scribe

Writing: expository 3 point paragraph

Christmas means…

Shurley: preposition and OP focus

 

Independent Novel Contract project work is due this Friday.  The students have really worked hard reading their non-fiction novels in class and completing their 6 chosen activities.

Class Novel: The Best Christmas Pageant  Ever

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 11/18/13 – 11/22/13:

 

Academics:

Math: multiplication on facts 6-10 chapter 6

Bible: Thanksgiving

Verse: Col. 3:17

Spelling: Unit 15 ur/ir r-controlled words

English/Shurley: more practice with singular/plural nouns, using and classifying prepositions and object of prepositions

Writing: Friendly letter writing to a soldier.

Expository writing: 3 point paragraphs

Reading: Novels: Students are reading their novels independently and some are beginning to work on their contract activities.

Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving

We just finished up our study on the 4 most know Native American Tribes in the U.S. Ask your students about them!

 

CLASS NEEDS:

SKITTLES AND m&m’s

We use these with our Good Behavior Rainbow

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW FOR 11/11/13 – 11/15/13:

 

Parents,

What a wonderful week we had last week! They created expository paragraphs using graphs and organizers, they researched famous Native Americans like Sequoyah, and learned about several different Native Americans in the United States!

Thank you so much for helping your student decorate their turkey I sent home Friday. They are due by Tuesday. We will be writing about them and sharing them in the hallway during the “turkey” season.

Have a wonderful week.

Mrs. Underwood

 

Spelling: List 14 Test Friday

Math: Division to 5 and specifically problem solving this week. Test on chapter 5 on 11/13 Study guide page would be page 186.

Shurley: preposition jingle and classification

Writing: Expository

Reading: Non-fiction Novels

Bible” Sowing Seeds

Verse quiz this Friday. Luke 8:15

No Science this week.

 

WEEK IN REVIEW FOR 11/4/13 – 11/8/13:

 

 

CLASS NEEDS:

SKITTLES

AND M&M’S FOR BEHAVIOR CHART EACH DAY.

THANKS!

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 10/28/13 – 11/1/13:

 

 

Parents,

This month has been a wonderful month in our classroom.  I enjoyed meeting each of you on conference week!  Please remember to practice your math facts with multiplication from 6-9 each night.  Reading each night for at least  15 minutes is also extremely important for your third grader.

 

Reading: Cause/Effect practice

Novels begin! Your child has chosen a novel and begin their non-fiction novel study in class. We are so excited about this change in our reading program.

 

Shurley: common/proper nouns

Singular/plural nouns

 

Writing: Writing a friendly letter using the writing process to our pen pals at Walker.

 

Science: chapter 3 test Thursday.  We are reviewing each day!

 

Math: Chapter 4 test this Friday.

 

Spelling: List 11 test Friday

 

Our Latin word stems started this week. SCRIBE and SCRIPT

 

Bible: The blind man SEES!

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 10/21/13 – 10/25/13: 

 

Spelling: List 10 Test Friday

Reading: Text Elements and Cause and Effect skills and practice

Next week we start our novel study!

Language: prepositions

Latin and Greek Roots: Scrib and Script endings

Math: Multiplication to 9

Many students are cross multiplying with facts to 5.  IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS DO HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE MATH MULTIPLICATION FACTS EACH NIGHT FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. 

Science: Ecosystems

Bible: The Lord’s Prayer

Verse: Proverbs15:29

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 10/14/13 – 10/10/18/13:

 

PIP’s will NOT go home Tuesday 10/15/13.  PIP’s will be sent home Tuesday 10/22/13. The children will come to school MONDAY & TUESDAY this week ONLY.  I look forward to speaking with everyone Wednesday & Thursday at your conference times.

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 10/7/13 – 10/11/13:

Please join us in Chapel this week.  Our class and Mrs. Brown’s class will be leading Chapel.  Wednesday October 9, 2013 8:10-8:50am!

Language: chapter 2 prepositions and object of Prepositions

Reading: inferences and drawing conclusions 

Spelling : list 9 tch,ch,ck,and kn endings 

Social Studies: ch 2 test Friday Landforms 

Writing: using writing traits: Ideas

Bible: I Am statements from Jesus

Math: regrouping with large numbers and review of regrouping with zeros.

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 9/23/13 – 9/9/27/13:

 

Thank you to ALL of the parents who sent in book gift certificates for the class from the Book Fair!!!! Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Brown’s class will be doing chapel on Wednesday October 9th.  Parents are welcome to come.   

Math: Subtraction chapter 3

Students did wonderful with the addition test.

 

Social Studies: Landforms

This Unit will give the students many chances to illustrate, design, and create many different and new landforms. 

 

Language Arts:

Writing: Trait: Voice

Shurley: review the Adverb Jingle and applying it within our journals and friendly letters.

Adjectives will also be a review focus.

 

Spelling: List 7

 

Bible: Matthew 5:16

Disciple Study and the Beautitudes!

Ask your child what all they know about Thomas, Andrew, and Peter! J

 

Reading: Charlotte’s Web Extension contract activities

• Writing a character sketch paragraph
• Writing a friendly letter to the local newspaper in Wilbur’s town
• Designing a new barn for Wilbur and Charlotte
• Writing a paragraph convincing Charlotte’s new babies to stay at the barn with the farm animals.
• Main Idea and Details-reading skill each day with the novel
• Drawing conclusions- reading skill each day with novel

 

WEEK IN REVIEW 9/16/13-9/20/13:

 

Parents,

What another wonderful week!  We are really looking forward to Grandparent’s Day and have made some really neat frames, pictures, and writings for them.

Please check your PIP’s each week for important information.  Instructions to netclassroom will be on our third grade home page asap. It will also be added to the MPCS website asap.

Please remember to always email or call me with any questions or concerns.

 

 

Science: Chapter 2 Animals

Math: Chapter 2 Addition with regrouping/problem solving (September 23^rd Post chapter 2 Test)

Bible: The disciples Cloze bible verse quiz 9/20

Reading: Inference and Main Idea skills (Charlotte’s Web is finished and we will begin individual Biography novels the first day of the second nine weeks.)

Writing: Using the writing process

Language: Adverbs/Chapter 2

Spelling: List 4 long I words (test Friday)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW FOR 9/9/13-9/13/13:

Dear Parents,

What a wonderful two weeks it has been in my classroom! 

We have grown plants from seeds in our windows as we’ve explored the parts of a seed and parts of a plant.

The students have conducted science experiments using the scientific method!

We have had our first Science and Social Studies chapter tests!  They have learned how to take a 3^rd grade multiple choice test! The students have also completed numerous Social Studies projects and role play activities as they have completed the Democracy/Communities Unit.

We are SUPER excited about the new study of animals in Science.  The group projects and science experiments will really get them excited to learn about how God put in Animals in our world.

Thanks to every parent who sent in SPRITES.

The students appreciate them at the end of each month as they work toward excellent group behavior.

I’m so proud of EACH student in here as they learn and grow in class each day. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH ME EACH DAY!!

Blessings,

Mrs. Underwood

 

Math: Chapter 2 addition. Problem solving and critical thinking will be done each day along with the Math their way skills. Students are doing super in small groups!

 

Science: Animals (Chapter 2)

 

Bible: Jesus Ministers/ Bible verse Isaiah 6:8 cloze quiz this Friday. (9/13)

 

Spelling: List 4 (long O) Test this Friday. (9/13)

You may view directions on how to enter my word list on Spelling City.com  on the homepage. 

 

Writing: Grandparents….

Students will  experience the writing process as they begin special projects for the Grandparent’s Day.

 

Novel: Charlotte’s Web

The students will finish up the novel today.  The novel contract projects will begin tomorrow. THEY HAVE DONE A SUPER JOB reading in groups, reading independently, and revisiting the texts with audio tape.

 

Shurley: Chapter 1 test will be this Thursday.  No worries. I will review them each day this week and teach them how to take a Shurley test.

The skills covered will be punctuation, capitalization, synonyms, antonyms, word analogies, and basic word classifications. (SN,V, ADJ, and ADJ)

I’m so proud how much they have learned during this daily English time!

 

PARENTS PLEASE READ:

If your child’s words are not up to date on SpellingCity.com, you may want to add 

them yourself. First, you would need to create a free account by going to this
website:

https://www.spellingcity.com/Create-an-account.html

Once you are there, you will see this screen

 

Once you have registered on the site, you will need to login as yourself.

You will login on the side for Administrator/Teacher/Parent Login

  The next screen you will see will offer you several choices. You will choose the 

Create a New List

 

 To save time, I generally choose the BATCH ENTRY option found under the 

rectangles labeled 1-5.

This allows you to enter all of the words at once…separated either by commas or by
placing each word on a new line in the given box. Make sure you have given your
list a name….possibly week 3 or list 3

 

You then just press SAVE. The last step will be to select the sentence you want to
have associated with the given words.

 

Once you press, I’m Done, you are finished. 

 

WEEK IN REVIEW  FOR 9/3/13 – 9/6/13:

 

Bible: Bible verse Matthew 3:17 this week. Jesus prepares grows in ministry. Bible verse cloze activity is 9/6.

Spelling;  week 3 words (Long A and Long E words) Post test on list 3 9/6

Social Studies: Communities

• 9/6 chapter 1 test (The students have a study guide in their  binder to study five minutes each night.)
• I will teach them how to take a multiple choice test. No worries! J
• Students just finished their Types of communities project.  They had to illustrate in great detail each characteristic of RURAL, SUBURB, AND URBAN.

 

Math: We will be finishing up chapter 1 place value this Wednesday.  We will review and do problem solving activities this Thursday and Friday.

Shurley: Review of SN and V jingles

• Students are identifying the SN and V of sentences while learning the question and answer flow.
• We will also be working on analogies,  antonyms and synonyms.
• Capitalization and Punctuation rule review all week.

Reading: Students are almost finished with Charlotte’s Web.  I will teach them this week how to use their first novel contract.  They will pick 3 extension activities from the contract and work in groups of 2 or independently.

Writing:  Students will learn how to write a character sketch paragraph over their favorite character over Charlotte’s Web. They will also illustrate them in great detail.  Please come see them on our wall of fame soon.

 

 

 

Assignments 8/26/13-8/30/13:

Science: Open book test Monday.

Assignments week ending 8/23/13:

Math:  Introducing Math 4 Today, problem solving strategies, and review 2nd grade concepts.

 

Bible:  Bible Verse: Luke 2:4 

 

Science:  High Touch High Tech this Tuesday August 20, 2013.  “GEORGIAOLOGY”

Begin Chapter 1

 

Social Studies:  Chapter 1 Communities

Vocabulary:

Community

Citizen

Law

Democracy

Population

Urban

Suburb

Rural

 

Writing:  Basic Paragraphs – The How To’s and Journal writing

 

Spelling – Unit 2

 

Shurley English:  Jingles Review,Capitalization, punctuation review and editing skills

 

PLEASE begin practicing 0-18 Addition and Subtraction Facts.  There will be timed quizzes coming soon!