Ms. Applonie's 3rd Grade Class

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Tues, April 19, 2022
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End of year testing is May 9th-13th. There will be NO SCHOOL FOR HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN that entire week because the majority of kindergarten testing is given one on one. Each student will come in for their testing at a designated appointment time throughout that week. If you are unable to bring your student to one of the appointment times please reach out to me ASAP so we can make other plans.

Please click HERE to sign up for a time slot to bring your student in for end of year testing.

We are now beginning Unit 9 in Language Arts. Below are the sight words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering.  In addition, we continue to read decodable books and passages. We are also writing sentences about the texts we read.

Upcoming Events:

• May 9-13: Kindergarten End of Year Testing- No School for all half day kindergarten. We will use this week to meet with each student individually because a large portion of kindergarten end of year testing is done one on one. Each testing appointment will be 45 minutes long. The testing appointment sign up will be sent out later this week.

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• The last day to check out new books from the library will be April 26th. If your student has had trouble consistently returning books they will start keeping their library book in the classroom in their chair pocket.
• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
• Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 9: “How do things change?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read fictional texts to go along with this week’s theme “What do good citizens do?”

New High Frequency Words: play, has

Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words

Vocabulary: citizen, respect, tidy, necessary, hauled

Math: Lesson 13  “See position and shape” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Upcoming Events:

• April 4th-8th: Spring Break!
• May 9-13: Kindergarten End of Year Testing- No School for all half day kindergarten

Reminders:

• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
• Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.
• Yearbooks are on sale for $18 until Wednesday, March 30th(tomorrow)
  Click here to pay: Yearbook Online Orders

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 9: “How do things change?”

Comprehension strategy: “Ask and Answer Questions” We will read fictional and informational texts to go along with this week’s theme “How can you help out at home?”

New High Frequency Words: too, help

Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words. 

Vocabulary: chores, contribute, accomplish, member, organize

Math: Lesson 12  “Name Shapes” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Yearbooks on sale now!
Early bird pricing until March 30- $18
After March 30- $22

Click here to pay: Yearbook Online Orders

We sign yearbooks on the last day of school.

Upcoming Events:

• April 4th-8th: Spring Break!

Reminders:

• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
• Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 8: “Where can you go that is near and far?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read fantasy and informational texts to go along with this week’s theme “What do you see in the sky?”

New High Frequency Words: for, have, they, of, said, want, here, me, this, what (review of units 7 and 8)

Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words. 

Vocabulary: distance, recognize, challenge, space, surface

Math: Lesson 30  “Count to 100 by ones” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Students may wear a green shirt with uniform pants to celebrate St. Patrick’s day tomorrow(March 17th, 2022). Participation is optional. Students should wear full uniform if no green shirt is worn.

Upcoming Events:

• Thursday, March 17th: St. Patrick’s day. Students may wear a green shirt with uniform pants if they choose.
• April 4th-8th: Spring Break!

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
• Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 8: “Where can you go that is near and far?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read informational texts to go along with this week’s theme “What do you know about our country?”

New High Frequency Words: this, what

Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Yy, Zz

Vocabulary: country, travel, careful, connect, purpose

Math: Lesson 28  “Count to 100 by tens” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Upcoming Events:

• Daylight savings time starts March 13th. Please help your student adjust by putting them to bed and waking them up a few minutes earlier each day. We are learning things at a much faster pace and tired kiddos have a more difficult time in class. See previous posts for ideas to help your student adjust.

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
• Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 8: “Where can you go that is near and far?”

Comprehension strategy: “Make, confirm, and revise predictions” We will read fictional and informational texts to go along with this week’s theme”What can help you go from here to there?”

New High Frequency Words: here, me

Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Jj, Qq(qu)

Vocabulary: transportation, vehicle, wide, fierce, journey

Math: Lesson 28  “Make teen numbers” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.