Mrs.

Grays
3rd Grade Newsletter

Week of January 11-16, 2016


bible
spelling words
memory verse
Be kind and compassionate to one another,
1.
glow
9. scoop

challenge words
forgiving
each other, just as in Christ, God
2. bonus
10. due

forgave
you.
3. road
11. flew
16. county
Ephesians
4:32
4. town
12. use

17. tissue
5. owl
13. rule

18. raccoon
6. pound
14. mule
student
of the week for patience

7. about
15. unit

8.
July
Rhianna rodriguez


This Week in Class:
Forgiving
Bible:
Reading Comprehension Strategies: This week we will take our third cold

Math: Graphing, timed test 10s and 11's
read assessment. Overall our class is improving each time we take a new test.

Some parents are wondering why their student can read fluently but have
Reading: Uncle Jed's Barbershop, Reading

difficulty on these tests. When students take reading assessments, without any
Centers,
tiered assignment, QAR strategies
pre-reading discussion, they need to know how to interpret the questions and find

Language:
Comparative and Superlative
the answers in the text. Many students can answer questions that are directly in
the text, such as, What color is the girls dress? However, many of the questions
adjectives,
adjectives, compound

require the student to think and search for the answer or take the information
subjects/predicates

that is given and infer what the author means. These are new skills for most third
Writing:
If I Were President
graders. It is a learning process, and we are working hard in centers to help

students learn these new skills.
Science:
Space

Google Classroom Assignment if your student is not able to complete the
Meet the Masters
homework assignment because of computer or internet issues, please let me
Art:
know.
out the Spelling City links on Weebly to
Check
Tests this week: We have two math tests this week and a grammar test.

(news_and_notes)

practice your spelling words.

Parent Volunteers: 2nd Week for everyone.

Please have your child practice with the Boom Card Decks. I have
included a few decks about time and graphing and also adjectives.

We have Meet the Masters Assembly on

Thursday during our normal center time. I
have changed centers that day to 9:00 instead
of 10:30. I need a parent volunteer that day.
If you are available and willing please let me
know J

Library Fieldtrip: In a couple of weeks we will be going to the Yorba Linda Public
Library on a fieldtrip. I have enclosed a library card application for any students
who DO NOT already have a library card. Please fill out and bring back to school by
Feb. 1 so they will be able to check out a book on our fieldtrip.J

Homework and Stuff

monday
P.E.

Music

Math Quiz Unit 3

School
Homework

tuesday

Lessons 11-15

wednesday
Computers
Chapel 9:00
10's and 11's Timed
Test

Grammar Test
*Sticky note
Connections
*Math Pg. 176
*Graphing Boom
Cards ( to study for
math quiz)

*Sticky Note
Connections
*Google Classroom Line
Plot Activity
* Adjective Boom Cards
(to study for
grammar quiz)

*Sticky note
Connections
*Time and Graphing
Boom Cards (to
study for test)

thursday
P.E.

Math Unit 3 Test

Meet the Masters
Assembly

*Spelling pre-test
SIGNED
*Sticky note
Connections
Study for tests
*Engl. Wkbk. pg. 29

friday
P.E.
Bible Verse Test
Spelling Test Unit 3-5
10's and 11's Timed Test

Minimum Day - 12:30

Turn in signed pretest!
Turn in Sticky Note
Connections