Homework for the Week of Jan. 5th

Posted on January 5, 2015 by leigh.beckstead
Welcome Back!! I hope everyone had a great break! Homework will be a little different this week. I will be doing some spelling tests to determine if each child is placed in the right sort group. This could mean that your child could go up in spelling sorts, stays the same, or goes down in spelling sorts. Starting on the 12th, we will get back into our spelling sorts. I will post the new sort groups with next weeks homework post. This week for math, we will be working on multiplying and dividing by 6 and 7. Hopefully over the break your child has had a chance to work on their multiplication facts. We will continue to work on earning our multiplication madness party!

***Homework Organizer***

Directions: Always keep the homework organizer in your homework folder. Each day place a check in the box when you finish your homework. Have a parent initial the column and bring back this sheet every day in your homework folder.

Students are required to read 20 minutes a day. Please record reading time on the attached document. It needs to handed in every Friday. Reading Log


Monday
20 Minutes Reading
Math – Ch. 8.1
Ch. 8.1 Key

Tuesday
20 Minutes Reading
Math – Ch. 8.2
Ch. 8.2 Key

Wednesday
2o Minutes Reading
Math – Ch. 8.3
Ch. 8.3 Key

Thursday
20 Minutes Reading
Practice Multiplication Facts
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Clark Planetarium Field Trip Permission Form

Posted on December 30, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
Hello Everyone! I hope that you have had a great break so far! The third grade is planning a field trip for Friday, the 9th. So here is the permission slip that we need to have filled out and brought back to school on Monday, the 5th. Please read through the information about the field trip on the form. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me. I hope you have a happy and safe New Year!!
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Grinch Party Thursday!!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
Parents and Students,
We are having our grinch party Thursday and I still need permission forms for treats from some of you.   The treat form is a few posts below this post and you can submit it online.  Your child cannot have any treats if I do not get this form filled out.  Thanks for everything!
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Homework for the Week of December 15th.

Posted on December 13, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
***HOMEWORK ORGANIZER***
We are not having any word sorts this week.  Please have your student practice their multiplication facts and read for 20 minutes each night.  A great website for multiplication facts is Front Row Ed.  There is a link on the sidebar that takes you to that site.  The class code for our class is xfetrd.
Also, please, please, please fill out the reading log for your child to receive homework points for reading. Many of my students are handing in the homework organizer, but not their reading minutes.  I need this form also filled out along with the homework organizer.   Reading Log
If you have any questions, fill free to email me.  Thanks for all of your support!!
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Winter Fantasy Song

Posted on December 12, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
Parents and students, under the class links on the right side of the blog, you will see the link for Winter Fantasy. This is a song that we are learning to perform for the sing-a-long that the school is having on December 19th. Some students have wanted the words and music to practice the song, so here it is. Thanks!
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The Grinch Party

Posted on December 12, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
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Kindness Tree

Posted on December 9, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
Hey parents,
We have started a kindness tree in our classroom.  Every student has been able to earn a decoration to add to the tree for being kind.  Ask your student and find out how he or she was kind today.
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Homeowork for Week of Dec. 8th

Posted on December 7, 2014 by leigh.beckstead

***Homework Organizer***

Directions: Always keep the homework organizer in your homework folder. Each day place a check in the box when you finish your homework. Have a parent initial the column and bring back this sheet every day in your homework folder. 

Students are required to read 20 minutes a day. Please record reading time on the attached document. It needs to handed in every Friday. Reading Log

Word Sort Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5

Monday
Read for 20 minutes and record on reading log
SORT – Sort words by category indicated
MATH – Chapter 7.6
Chapter 7.6 Key

 Tuesday
Read for 20 minutes and record on reading log
SORT – ABC Sort – Have your child explain the sort rule to you and put their words in alphabetical order.
MATH – Chapter  7.8
Chapter 7.8 Key

Wednesday 
Read for 20 minutes and record on reading log
SORT – Speed Sort
MATH –Chapter 7 Review – This will be sent home with students who do not complete it in class.

Thursday
Read for 20 minutes and record on reading log
SORT- No Peeking Sort  – Read the sort words to your child aloud (without showing them) and have them write them under the correct rule column with the correct spelling.
MATH -Practice your multiplication facts for 15 minutes
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Homework for week of Dec. 1st

Posted on November 24, 2014 by leigh.beckstead

***Homework Organizer***

Directions: Always keep the homework organizer in your homework folder. Each day place a check in the box when you finish your homework. Have a parent initial the column and bring back this sheet every day in your homework folder. 

Students are required to read 20 minutes a day. Please record reading time on the attached document. It needs to handed in every Friday. Reading Log

Word Sort Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5

Monday
SORT – Sort words by category indicated
MATH – Chapter 7.1   – Evens
Chapter 7.1 Key

 Tuesday
SORT – ABC Sort – Have your child explain the sort rule to you and put their words in alphabetical order.
MATH – Chapter  7.3 – Odds
Chapter 7.3 Key

Wednesday 
SORT – Speed Sort
MATH –Chapter 7.4 – Odds
Chapter 7.4 Key

Thursday
SORT- No Peeking Sort  – Read the sort words to your child aloud (without showing them) and have them write them under the correct rule column with the correct spelling.
MATH -Practice your multiplication facts
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Book fair still open!

Posted on November 24, 2014 by leigh.beckstead
Our book fair is now closed. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our fairs!  All our earnings from Scholastic go directly to our school libraries!
   Remember, though the school fair is closed, our online book fair is still available until Dec 2.  We have a much larger selection online and books will ship to the school for free.  The link is http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/q1 for Q1 & http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/q2 for Q2.
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