Miss Pellin's Post
December 14th to December 18th

On Friday, December 18th, the third grade students will watch the movie E.T. at Ogden 6.

Our class will go on a bowling field trip on Thursday, December 17th. Optional: Students can bring $5.00 if they would like to buy a snack at the bowling alley.  If your child chooses to buy a snack, chances are they will not be very hungry at lunch.  Therefore, it is probably a good idea to pack a light lunch.  

The Eighteenth Week of 2015 at School:

Science: We will focus on social studies this week.  

Social Studies:  We will continue the study of local government in chapter 12. There will not be a final test on chapter 12.  Instead students will complete open book, lesson reviews on lesson 1 and 2.  

Math:  We will continue the study of unit 3, module 2 on decimals.  We will only have math on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.  The week we return from break, we will start division timed tests.  Some students still need to pass their mixed multiplication test and should continue to practice their facts each night. 

Spelling: We are taking a break from our conventional spelling lesson with some holiday spelling words.  We will pretest Monday.  If a student gets 0 or 1 wrong, they are exempt from the test (which will be on Thursday). For homework, students can choose to either put the words in ABC or they can write a story with their words.  There will only be one assignment.  This assignment can be done in a google doc or on a lined sheet of paper.  The homework will be due on Thursday, December 17th.

ELA: We will continue our unit on culture.  We will close read Twas the Night Before Christmas.  We will also continue our Daily 5 program.  Due to the large amount of class time, reading contracts will now be due on Friday, December 18th.  Students are aware of this change.  

We will also start a new unit, holidays around the world.  In this unit, students will work in groups and be given a country.  They will be doing research on that country and then make a google slide show to present to the class.  They will get to learn about how other countries celebrate this holiday. 

 

Things to Remember:

Thursday 12/17: We will go bowling.  There will be a spelling test and one homework assignment is due.   

Friday 12/18:  We will go to Ogden 6.  Reading contracts are due.