March 27th - March 31st

We are heading in to our last week of March and soon it will be Spring Break followed by SMARTER Balance testing. This week we will be reviewing our Chapter 10 Fractions in math. At the end of the week we will be having another quiz. They will be getting some fraction math games to work on at home to get them familiar with the concept again. Our practice test on Time on Friday had some low scores, and so we spent Friday working on some math games to help them spend more time with elapsed time, and working backwards. Working backwards in time has been challenging for the students.

MATH

Monday: Students will have a review on Chapter 12 time unit, and our test for it will be on Tuesday in order to give them more time to review and study.

Tuesday: Chapter 12 Test

Wednesday: Chapter 10 Review

Thursday: Chapter 10 Review

Friday: Chapter 10 Review and Quiz



SCIENCE

Students have been working on the solar system and last Friday they picked their planet/solar system section to do a project on. This week will be about collecting information and prewriting. They will be having to do a typed paper and present to the class with their partner. The sections include all 8 planets, the sun, the moon, the stars, and comets and meteors.


READING

In reading we are finishing up with Seal Surfer this week working on our vocabulary word, reading comprehension and fluency.

WRITING

Students continue to work on our informational text writing. They are working on creating strong table of contents, and making sure they are teaching the reader valuable information.

TYPING

Students continue to use Typing Club to work on their typing skills.

HOMEWORK
Students will have some math pages to work extra on either time or fractions this week.
Reading Journal is Monday -Thursday
Students can be working on Typing Club, DreamBox, or Lexia at home.
Science this week is a mixture of their reports and some workbook pages.

Chapter 10 - Fractions Test

Dear Parents,

Our Chapter 10 math test grades were not where we should be, and so once we have finished Chapter 12 next Monday we will be going over fractions again. Tuesday - Friday we will have a review week of Chapter 10 with a quiz on Friday. All of 3rd grade is finding fractions to be challenging. We will continue to work hard on this concept.

Thank you,
Mrs. Walker

March 20th - March 24th

MATH

Chapter 10's test scores were not where they should be and so we will be continuing to work with them next week after we finish chapter 12. The fractions were challenging to a larger group of the students then normally, so we will be redoing some chapters next week starting on Tuesday. The students are now working in time.  

Monday: 12-1 Time to the Half Hour and Quarter Hour

Tuesday: 12-2 Time to the Minute

Wednesday: 12-3 Elapsed Time

Thursday: PROBLEM SOLVING: Work Backwards

Friday: Review

There will be a test next Monday on Chapter 12. It is a short chapter. 

READING

Students will continue to be working and reading "Seal Surfer" in our text book. 

SCIENCE

The students will be working on the Solar System starting today, and will be doing a planet report soon. This week we will be working on getting to know the planets and the solar system and what it is made up of in the first chapters. 

Monday: How do Scientists Use Telescopes?

Wednesday: What is the Solar System?

Friday: What are the Inner Planets?

TYPING

Students have been working on typing in class and we will be moving to working on it for about 15 minutes each day in order to get them more comfortable with the keyboard for the Smarter Balanced Test. They will also be working on typing up papers in class to help them get used to using typing.

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK:

Students will have math, reading journal, cursive, and any unfinished science work home for homework. 

March 13th - March 17th

Reminder: This week is early week and students will be out of class at 1:00 P.M. every day! :)

MATH

Monday: Ch 10.7 Whole Numbers and Fractions

Tuesday: Ch 10.8 Problem Solving - Draw a Picture

Wednesday: Chapter 10 review 

Thursday: Chapter 10 online test

Friday: Chapter 10 in class test

READING

This week we will continue to work with our "Two Days in May" text. The students are creating a news report based on the story in small groups. They are working on creating the script and acting it out in class. The spelling test was moved to this week to spend more time with the words.

Spelling:
helper
unfair
friendly
unhappy
remake
careful
hopeful
unlike
retell
sadly
farmer
unhurt
have 
said
unimportant
silently

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will be studying and reviewing our unit. There will be a test on Friday. 

This section is called "Your Community over Time".

Monday: Lesson 1 - Who has come to your region?

Wednesday: Lesson 2 - How did early settlers affect your region's economy?

Friday: Lesson 3 - How have people helped places in your region grow?

Vocabulary Words:

explorer

culture

ownership

property

laborer

good

service

community

founded

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK

Students need to be taking home their Social Studies book this week and work on the vocabulary words, and keep up with the note taking for the Friday test.

Reading Journal is still Monday - Thursday.

Math is daily as well Monday - Thursday.

Computer Programs available at home:

Dreambox

Lexia

Typing Club

Smarter Balance Practice Tests

Links are all on this blog. 

Cursive homework will be going home on Wednesday and Thursday.

New Typing Program

Dear Parents,

Today in class we started a typing program that is online and free to the students.

www.mrswalkerroom406.typingclub.com

User names are 26 first name

Password is pass406

Students are encouraged to work on their typing at home as well as in class to help with the upcoming Smarter Balance testing.

Thank you,
Mrs. Walker

March 6th - March 10th

Reminder that this Friday starts the Spring Conference week. From March 10th until March 17th the students will be going home at 1:00 every day. Not all parents will have a conference this time. I will be focusing on those students that I really need to meet with their parents to talk about their progress.


READING
We will continue to be using our Basal Reader this week with our story of Two Days in May. This story connects with our past Science Unit of animal habitats.

Spelling:

1. helper
2. unfair
3. friendly
4. unhappy
5. remake
6. careful
7. hopeful
8. unlike
9. retell
10. sadly
11. farmer
12. unhurt
13. have 
14. said
15. unimportant
16. silently

For this week's spelling we will be having a spelling test on Friday, March 10th.

MATH

We will be continuing to be working in Chapter 10 in our math.

Monday: 

10.3 Using Fractions

Tuesday:

10.4 Comparing Fractions on the Number Line

Wednesday:

10.5 Finding Equivalent Fractions

Thursday:

10.6 Equivalent Fractions and the Number Line

SOCIAL STUDIES

We have finished up our Energy and Light section in Science and will now be working back in Social Studies. This section is called "Your Community over Time".

Monday: Lesson 1 - Who has come to your region?

Wednesday: Lesson 2 - How did early settlers affect your region's economy?

Friday: Lesson 3 - How have people helped places in your region grow?

WRITING

In writing we will be continuing to work on our Information Writing with what subject we are an expert in and create a booklet about it. The students will be working on this every day right after lunch. 

The students continue to work on their cursive in their cursive workbooks as well.


Class Supplies
The class is in need of some donations of copy paper, pencil, and tissues. 
If you would like to donate to Room 406 we would be very thankful.