Announcements:
*I posted a few weeks ago about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights. Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule. I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.

Multiplication Madness: We have learned all of our multiplication facts 0-12. The students will have an opportunity daily to pass them off until February 14th.  Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on division and multiplication.
Monday-division on a numberline hmwk 1
Tuesday- division on a number line 2
Wednesday-Repeated subtraction as division 1
Thursday-division word problems hmwk
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-16 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Announcements:
*I posted last week about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights.  Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule.  I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.

* We are starting division this week, and I am doing a math activity with Skittles early in the week. Please let me know if you do not want your child to eat the Skittles after we complete the division assignment.

*We will be having an Inference Super Bowl Party this Friday, February 3rd.  We will be using a few different commercials from years past.  I will be giving out Doritos, Sprite and Twinkies to go along with the commercials.  Please let me know if you do not want your child to eat these things.

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 12’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area. At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday-division hmwk 1
Tuesday- division hmwk 2
Wednesday-division hmwk 3
Thursday-division word problems
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!
**Short Day at 1:00 dismissal, but it is NOT a Dress Down Day**

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-15 2-15 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a nice and snowy, winter weekend!!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 7’s and 8’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area. At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday-area of composite shapes 1 
Tuesday- Area of composite shapes 2
Wednesday-area of composite shapes 3
Thursday-No Homework Tonight!!!
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!
                 **Short Day at 1:00 dismissal and Dollar Dress Down Day**

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-14 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a wonderful long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 6’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area.  At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday- No Homework-MLKJr. Day
Tuesday- area hmwk 1
Wednesday-area hmwk 2
Thursday-area story problems
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-13 Sheet1
Tuesday-Indicated Sort
Wednesday-ABC Sort
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! I’m hoping you all stayed warm!  Brrr!
Just a reminder that we have NO SCHOOL on Friday (1/13).  It is a Teacher Work Day since it’s the end of the 2nd term.  There is also NO SCHOOL on Monday, January16th to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Have a nice long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 3’s and 4’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as we learn area.  We will be doing an area lesson/activity this week using Cheese-Its.  After the lesson is completed, we will eat the crackers.  If you do not want your child to eat the Cheese-Its, please let me know.
Monday- area-1
Tuesday- area-2
Wednesday-area-3
Thursday- Homework due!
**Friday-No School/Teacher Work Day (End of 2nd Term)**

Spelling
No sorts this week, due to the short week.  We are also re-assessing the students with spelling and reading this week, therefore we will be just reviewing.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I’m super excited for 2017!  It’s going to be fabulous year!

Multiplication Madness:  We will be learning our 9’s and 11’s this week.  We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.  Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home.  Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Monday- No homework!
Tuesday- 15 minutes of Prodigy (multiplication)
Wednesday-15 minutes of Prodigy( multiplication)
Thursday- 15 of Prodigy (multiplication)

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-12-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( review /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**

Upcoming Service Projects: We have three opportunities to help others this holiday season.
**Third Grade Service Learning Project: We have the opportunity to help some Refuges with school supplies. We need are collecting: 1-1 1/2 inch binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, fine tip Expo markers, pencils, lined paper, highlighters, personal pencil sharpeners, gently used books, glue sticks, and 1 centimeter graph paper. These items are due by Wednesday, December 14th.

**Remember we are doing our Multiplication Madness Celebration on Tuesday, February 14th.  The students need to be studying their multiplication facts at home.  Last week the students learned and had the opportunity to pass off 0’s, 1’s and 2’s.  Next week we will be learning and passing off 5’s and 10’s as a class.  Over Christmas Break, please study multiplication facts with your children.**

Christmas Break- December 19th-January 2nd
First Day back to school- Tuesday, January 3rd

**This Friday, December 16th- Short Day/Dollar Dress Down Day
White Elephant GIft Exchange Party-please bring a wrapped gift
Grinch Party-students can dress up Grinch Style **

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Print this paper off: multiplication-homework


NO Spelling this week!!! 

Thanks for coming and supporting the school’s Quest’s 5K and Fun Run!!  IT was a really good time!

Upcoming Service Projects: We have three opportunities to help others this holiday season.
**Third Grade Service Learning Project: We have the opportunity to help some Refuges with school supplies. We need are collecting: 1-1 1/2 inch binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, fine tip Expo markers, pencils, lined paper, highlighters, personal pencil sharpeners, gently used books, glue sticks, and 1 centimeter graph paper.  These items are due by Wednesday, December 14th.

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Monday-arrays1
Tuesday-arrays hmwk 2
Wednesday-arrays hmwk 3
Thursday- arrays hmwk 4


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-11-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**

We are hitting multiplication really hard in math right now. Starting (Monday, December 5th) we will begin Multiplication Madness! Please start drilling the multiplication facts with them starting today. The students are expected to drill their math facts at home also. The students have to pass off their 0’s to 10’s for a required grade. Every student will be given 10 problems to pass off in one minute. Multiplication facts are a huge part of the third grade math core curriculum. The students will have to spend time at home working on these facts in order to pass them off in the time table we have set. The students will have the opportunity to pass off their multiplication facts as many times as they can before the celebration. We will focus on one fact a week.   Our Multiplication Madness Banana Split Celebration will take place on Tuesday, February 14th from 1:45-3:00. It will take place of our class Valentine’s Day party.
**During Winter Break, students will need to spend time studying multiplication facts so they are prepared. Weekends are a great time to work on multiplication facts (since there is no homework).**

Each part of the Banana Split is one of the multiplication facts that needs to be passed off. You will get that part of the Banana Split ONLY if you pass off that actual fact.
0’s – Placemat
1’s- Napkin
2’s – Bowl
3’s – Spoon
4’s – Banana
5’s – Scoop of Strawberry Ice Cream
6’s – Scoop of Chocolate Ice Cream
7’s – Carmel 
8’s – Strawberry topping
9’s – Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
10’s – Chocolate Fudge topping
11’s – Whipped Cream
12’s – Cherry on Top!!!

**We will be passing out Valentine’s Day cards on February 14th.  We have 25 students in our class.  I prefer for the students not address the student’s names on the Valentine Cards.  It takes double the time to pass them out if they are addressed to each individual student in our class.  Please have your child just sign each of their cards.  Remember not to send candy with your cards.  You can bring anything else that is not edible. **

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