Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 Enjoy your time off. 

See you in 2011!

MONDAY, December 20, 2010

Spelling Game
Reading - Finished illustrating stories, updated Guided Reading boxes
Math Reviewed for Chapter 11 Math test
The Velveteen Rabbit
Library

No spelling test this week
WAD a bonus word

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Assignments -
Spelling  = page 63
Reading = Illustrating story - Guided Reading WS
Math = 11.12 and 11.13 volume of shapes
Grammar = Shape page
Science = Made a motor run

no homework

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Thanks to everyone who came promptly after school on Monday to pick up the Club's Choice orders.  It was a VERY successful fundraiser for the K-3rd grade. 

Assignments
Spelling - Page 62
Reading - working on illustrating stories
Math - made 3D space shapes, worked on time WS
Grammar - sentences review WS(quiz)
Science - created an electrical circuit

Homework - reading WS and WAD

Friday will be GIRLS show and tell.
We are still collecting food  for the food shelf.

Have a great night!

MONDAY, December 13, 2010

Pick up Club's Choice Items tonight.

I have sent home a copy of the Santa letters and letter we wrote to Mesabi Daily News.  I thought parents  might like to see those letters.

Asignments
Spelling  page 60
Reading - Working on illustrating stories
Grammar - page 27 Run -on sentences
Math - 11.9- measuring mm.
Map Skills - identifying capitals

HOMEWORK  - WAD and those who are ready to start illustrations will do some sketches tonight


Stay Warm!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Thank you for your donation of Kleenex and soap.  We are set for a whole again now. 

Assignment s-
Spelling - page 59
Math - 11.7 symmetry
Grammar - rewriting letter for Mesabi Daily News - the letters will appear on Dec 25.
Science - complete experiment on detecting magnets
Music
Art


Homework -  NONE

Wednesday, December 8,2010

Reminder that on MONDAY, December 13th the Club's Choice orders will be delivered to school between 3:15 - 5:00.  Please make arrangements to pick up your child's order if they sold something. 


Assignments -
Spelling page 58
Reading - Guided Reading Groups, learned a crossword game
Math - 11.7, slide(translation), flip(reflection) and turn(rotation)
Grammar - page 25 and 26, subject/predicate
Science - detecting force experiment

HOMEWORK - WAD and Science Weekly Comprehension page

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010

Assignments -
Spelling - page 57
Reading  - Guided Reading groups, working on stories, dictionary work
Math - Reviewed time - Addition WS
Grammar - Writing letters to appear in the Mesabi Daily News on Dec 25th
Social Studies - Read The Legend of the Poinsettia and made poinsettia's
Science  - Workedd on Science Weekly

HOMEWORK  - WAD, maybe dictionary work and science weekly(if not finished in class)

Monday, December 6, 2010

Assignments -
Spelling - Page 52 wrote the words twice
Reading Guided Reading work
Math - 11.6 congruent shapes, Mastery Checkpoint #4
Grammar - page 24, wrote thank you note to Mrs. Rinta
Science - read Science Weekly and finished writing some observations from last weeks experiment on breaking force

Homework - WAD and antonym WS

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

We had a great day, we finished up our store today, but it will reopen in the spring.  We started our magnet science kit and the students got to play around with magnets for a long time today.  They loved exploring - we talked about attract and repel, new science words.  In math the students took "NOTES" for the first time ever.  They really thought this was great.  They wrote notes for math vocabulary words like right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, line, point and ray.

Assignments -
Spelling - page 53
Reading - Guided Reading Groups and capital letter WS
Grammar - Page 20 - creating a new dictionary word
Math - Wbook page 11.2
Science Magnets
Social Studies - Read Time For Kids

Homework - WAD and Math WS

Have a great night - enjoy the snow!!
I  really like winter!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Assignments -
Spelling - page - 52
Reading - Comprehension WS, Guided Reading Groups, worked on storeis
Grammar - Page 19
Math - Page 11.1 - lines, Addition WS skateboards
Social Studies - Map Skills
Library
Computer Lab

HOMEWORK  - WAD



Dear Parents/Guardians ,                                                                                        November 29, 2010
Spelling…. The words are on the green list – the extra words are December and read. There will be a spelling test on Friday.

Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Reading… Students will continue to work in small groups, read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading and read to someone. We are also working on writing our Reading Rainbow Writing contest stories. Remember to return November BookIt!
Your child is becoming a published author – please look over the order form -we have the opportunity to have our third grade stories printed and bound like a real book. Your child will get their original book printed for free. You are welcome to order more copies if you’d like. Please compete the order form and return it to school tomorrow (Tuesday). At the top of the light purple paper please check yes if you’d like to order more. If you do not want to order any – please check no and return the form anyway. I will need all forms back either way. Thanks for your help with this.

Math…We are going to skip ahead to Chapter 11 – Geometry and continue to review addition, subtraction, time and money. I am sending home the Chapter 11 Math News that goes along with this chapter – there is some very important math vocabulary in this chapter – things covered on the MCA, Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests. We will close the “Third Grade Store” after tomorrow. I will save the “merchandise” and will reopen the store again this spring. It has provided the students with some real life money counting experience.

Grammar… This week we are working on using a dictionary and will finish up this unit.

Social Studies/Science…
SS…we will work from our Time for Kids magazine and Map Skills book.
SCI …we will begin our next science kit – Magnetism and Electricity. All the students did a great job on their science fair project. Great thinking!

Show and Tell … Girls show and tell on Friday

UPCOMING EVENTS

Book Break - Friday
Winter Concert – Wednesday, December 22



Mrs. Barich

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have an enjoyable and safe weekend with your family!

Mrs. Barich

Assignments :
Spelling - Long A review
Reading - Guided Reading Group work
Math - Chapter 3 test review
Grammar - Page 16 Antonyms
Social Studies - Video broadcast - Life as a Pilgrim


Homework - WAD and finish spelling WS



The Elementary Science Fair will start at 2:00 on Wednesday. Please come to school to see your child demonstrate their project. I am also sending home another copy of the project guide lines.
Spelling…. No test this week, we are doing some phonics review.
Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday and Tuesday.
Reading… Students will continue to work in small groups, read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading and read to someone.
Math…We will take the Chapter 3 test on Wednesday. We have completed the Chapter 3 review; it should be in your child’s folder – if you want to help them study at home.
Grammar… This week we are working on using a dictionary.
Social Studies/Science…
SS…we will finish up Chapter 5 with a test on Wednesday, The Pilgrims Build a Community.
SCI …talking about the science fair project and Science Weekly

Show and Tell … no show and tell this week

3rd Grade

Hi,I am Ms. Meier a Title I licensed teacher who is working with the 3rd Grade class. At this time I am working with students in reading and math. I am helping with daily assignments and computer programs. During this quarter, I will be working in the math areas of: reading & interpreting graphs, perimeter & area, reviewing time & measurement, and temperature. We will also be moving into understanding multiplication.
Just a reminder, you can access Real Math & Compass computer programs from your home computer.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Scholastic Book Fair – Monday – Wednesday this week

*November 24th will be the Elementary Science Fair – 2:00.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

The science fair will be at 2:00 on Wednesday, November 24.

Assignments -
Spelling page 51 and test
Reading Guided Reading Work
Math - Chapter 5 practice test
Writing - Third Grade Paragraph
Social Studies - Read 116 - 119
Music
Art
NO HOMEWORK!

Wednesday 11-17-10

Thanks again to all parents who came in for conferences.  It was great to talk to everyone.

REMINDER :  Club's  Choice orders are due tomorrow.
                        No school on Friday!


Assignments
Spelling - Page 50
Math - page 3.9, 3.10 and Mastery Check Point #8
Reading - Guided Reading Group work and word work
Grammar- page 16 synonyms
Social Studies Read page 110-115

Homework - WAD and Social Studies page 33 and 34

Tuesday

I had a great first night of conferences on Monday.  I really like to talk with parents and appreciate your attendance.  It is so great that we can work together for the benefit of your child.    I look forward to more conferences on Wednesday.

The Scholastic Book Fair is back at school.  It will be open tomorrow night during conference time and then again next week, we will have some classroom time to shop next week.  I didn't send home a November book order for this reason.


DID I SAY SHOP??  The students are having a great time shopping in the "Third Grade Class Store".  Today everyone spent some play money, but most importantly, they had to add up their purchases and make the correct change or the item was not theirs.  We are having fun!

ASSIGNMENTS  -
Spelling - Page 49
Reading - Vocabulary work
Math- Mastery Check Point #7,  and workbook page 3.8
Writing - about third grade
Science - Read Science Weekly 5

HOMEWORK - WAD and vocabulary work

Have a nice night!

Monday

The snow is here – students should come to school with proper clothing to play outside at recess time. An extra pair of socks to keep in the locker is handy too.

ASSIGNEMTNS  -
Spelling - Page 48
Reading - Group Work - Introduced new story
Math - 3.6 and 3.7 Perimeter and Area
Grammr - Page 15 Dictionary work
Library
Computer Lab

HOMEWORK  - WAD



Dear Parents/Guardians ,

Spelling…. The word list has been sent home –green. We will take a pretest on Tuesday and this weeks spelling test on THURSDAY.
Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Reading… Students will continue to work in small groups, read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading and read to someone. Students work on vocabulary work and sentences each week.
Math…We are working on Chapter 3, Measurement and Time – we continue to review addition and subtraction - please practice the facts at home.
Grammar… This week we are working on using a dictionary and will finish a paragraph we started last week.
Social Studies/Science…

SS…We will continue with Map Skill and we have been working from Time for Kids, we are also reading Chapter 5, The Pilgrims Build a Community.

SCI …talking about the science fair project and Science Week
Show and Tell… BOYS may bring in show and tell on Thursday.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Scholastic Book Fair – Wednesday, November 17

*Thursday, November 18

*November 24th will be the Elementary Science Fair.



Mrs. Barich

It's Friday!!

Reminder that conferences are on Monday and Wednesday

Assignments -
Spelling test
Reading - Group work, fact/opinion WS, letter to Mrs. Barich
Grammar  - writing
Math - page 112 and 113 - (1-24)
Science - Planet Earth Series = Pole to Pole
Gym

NO HOMEWORK  - Spend some time reading and practice those subtraction and addition facts

Dig out your snow shovels...I can't wait - I love winter!!

Wednesday

Tomorrow we will attend a Veteran's Day program at 10:30 - please join us if you'd like.

Picture retake day is Friday.

October Book Break is tomorrow - Thursday.

Please send your child's public library books back to school and I will drop them off, so they are not overdue.  We are not going to get to the library this week and probably not next week either.


Assignments -
Spelling page 45
Reading - group work and vocabulary work
Math - 3.3 and a telling time WS
Social students - read page 108-109
Grammar  - worked on writing a paragraph using the five finger method
Phy. Ed. - we went outside!!  WHAT  A GREAT DAY!

HOMEWORK  - WAD only

Have a nice night!

Tuesday

Wow!!  Another great day...Hope everyone finds a little time to get outside...I know we should be outside hanging the Christmas lights on the trees outside at  home...I will remember to share with you what kind of weather we have when we do actually get out to hang  the lights.

Assignments :
Spelling page 44
Reading - group work
Grammar - page 14 guide words
Math - 3.2 Reading a Thermometer
Social Studies - Read 104-107

Homework - WAD and social studies workbook page 31

SPELLING  - I added the words Babbitt and Embarrass at the bottom of the list yesterday, but forgot to mention it here.  This weeks words a a bit more challenging - students should practice them at how.

Monday, November 8

Assignments --

Spelling - page 44
Reading - Letters WS - group work
Grammar - alphabetical order WS13
Math - 3.1 - time
Map Skills -page 11

Homework - WAD and math WS - Colorful Butterfly



I am sending home, on pink paper, the conference notice. I have scheduled a conference time for you, if it does not work, let me know. I am happy to arrange a time that does work.

Spelling…. The word list has been sent home –green. We will take a pretest on Tuesday and this weeks spelling test on Friday.

Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Reading… Students will continue to work in small groups, read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading and read to someone. Students work on vocabulary work and sentences each week. This week I am reassessing student reading levels.

Math…We will begin Chapter 3, Measurement and Time.

Grammar… This week we are working on using a dictionary and will work on a new paragraph.

Social Studies/Science…
SS…We will continue with Map Skill and we have been working from Time for Kids.
SCI …We are doing more experiments - learning about matter. I have sent home the assignment for the science fair project.

Show and Tell… Girls may bring in show and tell on Friday.

UPCOMING EVENTS
*Class Store – please send your stuff to school as soon as possible.
*Thursday, November 11, Veteran’s Day Program, Elementary Reading Counts Book Break
*Friday, November 12 - Picture Retake day.
*November 24th will be the Elementary Science Fair. I will be sending home a list of expectations regarding the project. It is not too early to starting thinking about a project to do.




Third Grade Store

Who: Third grade students will earn “play money” for daily work, following class rules and doing good deeds in class…these are a few examples

What: Working with money, making change and counting money.

Where: In class

When: We will begin on November 15th – until all our merchandise is gone or about December 3

How: I am asking students to go through their toys, trinkets, games and books. Students will donate item to the class store. Students will not get the items back that they donate to the store, but they will have opportunities to buy stuff from the store that other classmates bring in. This is voluntary – students do not need to bring in their most favorite things. on our 4th Science Weekly and there are many good ideas in there each week.



Mrs. Barich

TUES

Don't forget to exercise your right to vote.

Remember: No school on Wednesday - teacher inservice.

I think the hacking , coughing crud may have hit our teeny tiny class. I will stress the importance of hand washing and spreading germs - it is inevitable - 'tis the season... Stay healthy!!

Assignments -
Spelling - page 41
Reading - Comprehension WS 8
Grammar - Capital letters
Science -Colored light experiment
Math- page 89-90 - reviewed for Chapter 2 test
Fundraiser packets were sent home


Homework- WAD, Science and Social studies extra credit, Spider Web Math WS, Study for chapter 2 math test.

Have a nice day!

Assignments
Spelling - list was sent home in pink - added: threw and through
Reading - Vocabulary work
Math - p 88 (1-20)
Grammar - Capital letters
Social Studies - Map Skills page 10
Library

Homework - WAD, finish math, study spelling words and get some sleep!!


Dear Parents/Guardians , November 1, 2010

*No School on Wednesday, November 3, 2010.
*Don’t forget to turn in October BookIt!
*End of the 1st marking period – Friday. Soon we will schedule fall parent – teacher conferences – the days will be November 15th and 17th. If there is a day or time that works better for you let me know soon.
*Tomorrow your child (K-3) will come home with a fundraising packet. This fundraiser is needed for all the field trips and other activities that take place in the elementary. Thank you for your help with this.

Spelling…. The word list has been sent home – in pink. We will take a pretest on Tuesday and this weeks spelling test on Friday.

Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday and Tuesday.

Reading… Students will continue to work in small groups, read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading and read to someone. Students work on vocabulary work and sentences each week. Their NEW goal for Reading Counts is marked at the bottom of the folder. This also counts toward their reading grade. I have sent home November BookIt! calendars.

Math…We are working on Chapter 2, and will take the test on Thursday.

Grammar… This week we are working on capital letters and writing a paragraph

Social Studies/Science…
SS…We will continue with Map Skill and we have been working from Time for Kids.
SCI …We are doing more experiments - learning about matter. Last week the groups set up their on problem solving reflection experiment. WOW!! There was some great thinking going on in here.

Show and Tell… Boys may bring in show and tell on Friday.

UPCOMING EVENTS
November 24th will be the Elementary Science Fair. I will be sending home a list of expectations regarding the project. It is not too early to starting thinking about a project to do. We are on our 4th Science Weekly and there are many good ideas in there each week.

Mrs. Barich

Wedensday/Thursday

The elementary costume parade will begin at 11:30 if you would like to watch. Look for us in the hallway or join the third grade in the parade.



Assignments

Spelling - Page 39 and test today

Reading - Guided Reading work, Comprehension WS.

Math - 2.13 and 2.14 - assigned 2.12 as extra credit - due Monday

Grammar - Finished Important Young Person paragraph, WS capital letters

Science - Reflective Light experiment, Science Weekly



Homework - WAD, extra credit WAD, Vocabulary work
Pizza Hut BookIt is due tomorrow. Also the last day of October Reading Counts.

Have a great night and a Happy Halloween!
Mrs. Barich

Monday and Tuesday...

There has been too much arguing and mean behavior in third grade - please talk with your child about this. We talk everyday about being nice to each other. This is really important as feelings get hurt so easily and verbal scars really leave a mark. Thanks for your support.


Dear Parents/Guardians , October 25, 2010

Spelling…. The word list has been sent home – in pink. We will take a pretest on Tuesday and this weeks spelling test on THURSDAY.

Word a Day… WAD this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. An extra credit word will be assigned for Thursday. It is your child’s choice…I know what I would choose!!

Reading…We continue with the new reading series. Last week we took a few days and really discussed the rules of group time – that seemed to help – today everyone ‘got started right away’. I had small group guided reading and each group started a new story. Students were also assigned vocabulary work – due on Wednesday. Vocabulary sentences will be due on Friday. BOOKIT! due on Friday. Students should be working on their Reading Counts goal. Their goal and achievements so far is marked at the bottom of the folder. This also counts toward their reading grade.

Math…We are working on Chapter 2, adding and subtracting 3 and 4 digit numbers…I am seeing improvements in subtraction with regrouping.

Grammar… This week we are working on prefixes and suffixes and writing a paragraph about. There has been an extra credit assignments offered - due on Thursday.

Social Studies/Science…
SS…We will continue with Map Skill and we have been working from Time for Kids.
SCI …We are doing more experiments - learning about energy.

Show and Tell… Girls may bring in show and tell on THURSDAY.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday – Red Ribbon Day – Wear red to school – don’t forget to sign and return your pledge card. Halloween – students may wear costumes to school on Friday, October 29th. We will be breaking into groups with other grades and the teachers have planned some fun learning center type activities for the morning. The PTO is planning some activities for the afternoon. There are 13 students in 3rd grade.

NO SCHOOL ON NOVEMBER 3rd – this is a teacher work day.

November 24th will be the Elementary Science Fair. I will be sending home a list of expectations regarding the project. It is not too early to starting thinking about a project to do. We are on our 4th Science Weekly and there are many good ideas in there each week.

End of the first marking period – Friday, November 5th.



Spelling Word List
under
such
much
young
touch
use
your
you
unit
cute
few
new
fule
human
music


Assignments
Spelling page 35 and 36
Reading - Vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, group work
Math - Mastery Check Point #5, 2.11
Grammar - Suffixes/Prefixes WS, Capital Letters WS, Finish Writing Important Young Person Paragraph
Science - Reflective light
Social Studies - Map Skills

Homework - Math WS and WAD

Have a great night!

Thanks for checking the blog!!

Tuesday

Reminder - we are going to the public library tomorrow - dress for the weather, bring your library card and books to return.

Assignments
Spelling - Word review game
Reading - Centers - worked with students -checking writing
Grammar - suffixes WS page 11
Math - adding columns - 2-10 and expanded and standard form review WS
Science - finished lesson on energy
Corrected Science Weekly #3
Music

Homework -
Write Vocabulary sentences
WAD

NO SCHOOL - Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22.

Monday

We will be walking to the public library on Wednesday - don't forget books to be returned and library cards.

Assignments

Spelling - spelling review game
Reading - Dictionary work and small group work
Math - 2.9, approximation lesson, corrected some subtraction regrouping page 2.8, addition WS
Grammar - prefixes
Science - worked on experiments - energy
Library


HOMEWORK - WAD

Finish daily work

Friday

Just a suggestions...if you drive to pick up your child, think about picking your child up by the fence next to the elementary playground as opposed to the parking lot. The parking lot is crazy ans congested and this causes it to be a bit unsafe for young children.

Assignments
Spelling - Test
Reading - Group work
Grammar - Missing Things WS
Math- Working on regrouping/subtraction
Science - 4 energy experiments
Computer Lab
Gym

Homework -
Read a book!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

WE will walk to the Babbitt Public Library on Wednesday, October 20th.
The elementary science fair will be on Wednesday, November 24th. I will send more details and my expectations of the projects as we get closer to the date. It is a great time to start thinking about a science experiment.

Assignments
Reading - working on reading, writing, and partner reading
Spelling - page 35
Math - Review regrouping assigned problems on the board
Science - lesson on energy
Grammar - Homonyms
Music
Art
Painted candy corns today

Homework -
study spelling words and spend some time reading tonight!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

We have been busy, and I have forgotten to write a few days. I was at a great reading meeting on Monday. I got some new ideas and we have been working on them. I have added a writing center, so everyday the students spend sometime reading independently and writing independently each day. I really like how it is going.

Assignments
Spelling - page 34
Reading - working in centers
Math - Working on regrouping with subtraction...it is not going so well
Grammar - Homonyms WS
Writing - House Monsters assignment
Gym

Homework - WAD and correct math mistakes
Have a great night!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Assignments
Spelling - Page 30
Reading - Comprehension WS, Read to Self, Listen to Reading, Word Work, and Working on Reading with Mrs. Barich in a small group
Grammar - Writing a narrative paragraph and synonym WS
Science - Worked on experiments and recording information
Math- review of adding and subtracting double digit numbers. Completed the Mastery Check Point

Homework
WAD
Math WS

Monday and Tuesday...

I'm back - apparently I was in a rush yesterday and did not remember to write until about 7:00 last night, and then it was to late...
We have started the Word a Day assignment. A couple students did not turn in their homework this morning. All students must understand that if they do not turn it in they get no points for it. This is an important assignment that teachers responsibility.
Thank you to all parents. It is great to get 100% return of homework folders every week. Thank you for taking time to look at your child work each week.

Monday
Spelling - page 28
Reading - flexible e groups. Each group was assigned a new story, comprehension worksheet and Animals/Animals worksheet
Math - 2.4
Grammar - synonym WS
Library
Monday HOMEWORK -
WAD and any unfinished work


Tuesday
Spelling page 29
Reading - Shared Reading
Math - 2.5
Grammar - Synonym/Antonym review
Handwriting - page 16
Science - Energy experiments.

Homework -
WAD
any unfinished work

Assignments
Spelling - Page 26
Reading - finish work sheets from yesterday, read
Math - 2.2
Social Studies - review for Chapter 1 test , WS Time For Kids
Handwriting - page 15
Map Skills page 8

HOMEWORK -
Finish any unfinished work
Just a few notes…

PUBLIC LIBRARY… We will be walking to the Babbitt Public Library on Friday, October 1st. We will leave school about 1:25. I do not need any extra chaperones, but you are always more than welcome to walk with us. It is going to be a beautiful day!! Students may bring their own library card to check out books. Students who would like to get a library card may bring in their form and we will get it taken care of on Friday. I am planning to walk to the library during the fall about every three weeks. I am also more than happy to drop off books, so students are not late returning books, if we do not get there in time as a class.

WORD-A-DAY…The Word-A-Day program has been used in the Babbitt-Embarrass Elementary School since 1988. It is patterned after a program created by Marlene Glaus, a third grade teacher from the Richfield School System. I intend to continue the tradition of the Word-A-Day program. Word-A-Day is a good language experience.

Each day the student is assigned a word. It is their responsibility to find the definition of the word and be prepared the following day to demonstrate that they know the meaning of the word.

WAD will include three parts this year
1. definition of the word
The word may be found in a dictionary or using an online dictionary. There are
plenty of dictionaries at school if your home needs one. Let me know.

2. illustration of the word
The illustration may include a drawing by the student, a picture printed off the
internet or one found in a magazine or a toy. For example, if the WAD was feline,
they might cut out a picture of a feline from a magazine, draw a picture of a feline, or
bring in a toy feline to show the class. They may even bring in their real live feline,
with permission.

3. a sentence demonstrating the meaning of the word
The sentence only needs be one sentence long, not a paragraph, but must use the word
correctly, have correct spelling and punctuation.

This will count toward three Word A Day point daily. This is a separate grade on the report card for third grade. Students who are absent will be exempt from the word for the next day. There is no late work accepted with WAD. Students must turn it in on time. If all they have time for is the definition and do not include a sentence or picture then they will receive 1 point, not 3. Doing all three parts will be their choice, but they will be graded accordingly.

We will start with Word-A-Day for homework on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. There will not be any Word-A-Day homework over the weekend. Students should write the word on top of their notebook page, and then the definition under the word. The illustration should be glued to the page and the sentences at the bottom of the page. All three parts should be on one page. I highly recommend a steno type notebook for this project, but any notebook will do, just keep all WAD for the year in one notebook. There is not a “wrong” definition for the word; it’s the child’s choice which definition they write down.

Wednesday

Assignments
Spelling pretest
Reading Comprehension WS6
Grammar/Writing - working on a paragraph
Math - 2.1
Social Studies - Time for Kids, Read page 32-33, Workbook page 9

HOMEWORK -
spelling page 26

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Assignments

Spelling - -page 25
Reading - Flexible groups and comprehension page 6
Grammar - Antonyms
Math - Chapter 1 test
Social Studies - Read page 28-31 and Workbook page 8
MAPS testing - Reading

Homework
Study spelling words and finish any work from above.

Community Meeting regarding school remodel is a 6:00 p.m. in the school library.

Have a great night!!

Monday, Sept. 27, 2010

ASSIGNMENTS

Spelling - page 24 words 2x's each
Drawing Conclusions - WS5
Home Sweet Home WS
Handwriting Page 14
Math - Correcting WS
Map Skills - page 7


HOMEWORK
Map Skills page 7 some did not finish
Chapter 1 Test tomorrow

We will be taking the Reading portion of the MAPS test tomorrow.

Spelling List - test Friday
next
left
help
please
believe
many
very
been
seen
she
between
three
easy
sea
leave

Friday, September 24, 2010

Today we had an APPLE DAY. It was fun, I read a story about a little red house with no windows, no doors, but a star inside. We made and ate apple sauce and did an apple art project.

ASSIGNMENTS
Apple Inspection WS
Spelling - Test
Reading- Write book letter
Math - Chapter 1 review
Computer Lab


HOMEWORK
Math that wasn't finished

Have a nice weekend!

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010

ASSIGNMENTS
Spelling - page 23
Reading Comprehension WS#4
Math - Page 27-28
Grammar - Fall Things
Science - Science Weekly and WS
Music
Art


HOMEWORK
Finish science

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010

ASSIGNMENTS
Spelling - Page 22
Reading - Character Page
Math -1.9, Expanded and Standard Form WS
Handwriting - Page 13
Grammar - Synonym WS
Science - Read Science Weekly and Crossword Puzzle.

HOMEWORK -
Reading Comprehension WS

Tuesday, Sept 21, 2010

Today we were rounding number in math. This is a VERY tough concept. I have sent home a homework page for more practice. Thanks for helping your child out with this assignment.

ASSIGNMENTS
Spelling - page 21
Reading - Drawing conclusions Page 2
Grammar - Compound Words
Math - 1.8
Handwriting Page 12
Social Studies -Read 19-21 Workbook Page 7
Music
Computer Lab

HOMEWORK
Study Spelling words
Math rounding worksheet
Maybe bring in some Fall leaves

Monday, Sept. 20, 2010

ASSIGNMENTS

Spelling - Page 20

Reading - Drawing Conclusions page 1

Grammar - Compound Words Page 1

Handwriting Page 11

Math - 1.7

Social Studies - Read 14-18 -workbook page 6



HOMEWORK -

Study Spelling Words

Math Workbook finish - page 1.7

Finish Social Studies - Page 6



Spelling List

said

ask

stand

catch

eight

afraid

away

always

playing

waved

takes

than

great

they

prey

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010

We are doing great in third grade. We are still learning some of the rules, but the students are really working hard.

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - Marshmellow WS
Handwriting Page 10
Math - lesson 1.6 we will finish this tomorrow
Grammar - wrote thank you note to the Babbitt Lion's Club and sentence vs. fragment WS
Music
Art
Science - Read Science Weekly and worked on WS

HOMEWORK - Finish Science Weekly WS

Scholastic Book orders are due tomorrow.

Wednesday, 9-15-10

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - Looking for Main Idea WS, Read to Self and Read to Someone
Math - Mastery Checkpoint #2, Text Page 16-17(1-24)
Science - Read Science Weekly
Phy. Ed.
Social Studies - Map skills Page 7


HOMEWORK Math text assignment if is was not finished

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - Wagon Train WS
Down by the Bay book
Grammar - Sentence/Fragment WS 4 and 5
Math - 1.5 , Math Journal, 100 addition facts
Map Skills - page 5

HOMEWORK - any unfinished work

Have a good night!

Monday, Sept. 13, 2010

Today I sent home Monday Folders. They have all of last weeks work, along with a note about what work was completed and what is coming up. Please sign and return the folder, but please keep the work at home. I have included a Classroom Management Plan too.

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - Read to Self, Read to Someone, Milky Way comprehension WS
Math - Mastery Checkpoint 1, WS 1.4
Handwriting - Page 8
Social Studies - Flag WS and Map skills pages 3-4.

HOMEWORK
Any work that was not finished, most likely handwriting and math.
Have a great night!

Friday

Happy Friday - It was a watermelon of a day! We painted watermelon, wrote about all the fun things we did during the summer and finally to end the week, we ate a little watermelon. It has been a great first week of school. We are still working on rules and getting used to my procedures, but with a little time we will all be used to each other.

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - write a letter to me about your book
Math- 1.3
Grammar - exclamation points

Have a great weekend!

Day #2

Again another great day - it was also very nice to see the sun.

I was so impressed with the items students brought to share in there Me in a Bag assignments. I will definitely remember something about each student from the unique items they brought. It was fun to have each student share.

I have been using any spare time I have during the day to do the vocabulary assessment test from the new reading series. This will help to place you child at the proper reading level in the Mondo reading program. The students are doing great!


Assignments
Reading - Help this picture WS
Math - 1.2 and Roll a 15 Game
Music
Art
Watermelon WS and song

HOMEWORK -
Play roll a 15 game (math)

Have a great night!

First Day

It was a great first day! We spent much time talking about rules and classroom procedures. We will continue to do this until we are all on the same page about my expectations of third grade.
Please remember to fill out all the emergency card information and return it was soon as possible. Please send a paint shirt and gym shoes too. It was VERY cold outside today and we were out twice, please make sure your child is ready to be outside with a warm enough jacket.

ASSIGNMENTS
Reading - We started slowly on the reading material and did some Read to Self from our Book Boxes. Ask you child about their Book Box.
Math - did some counting and estimation
Grammar - Question Mark worksheet
Social studies/Science - Read about watermelons - we are doing a watermelon mini unit this week. It will be tasty!!

HOMEWORK - Me in a Bag - students are to bring in three things(anything - a toy, book, pictures, game, stuffed animal...) in a bag that will help me learn something about them. Tomorrow we will talk about them.

Don't forget to send a snack every day and water bottles are only allowed during snack time.
Mrs. Barich

Mrs. Barich’s Open House Information

The following is a list and a somewhat brief description of things that happen in 3rd grade. They are in no particular order, other than how they popped into my head as I typed this.

MATH The SRA Real Math model has many exciting components. There is an online text book, and students will have access to math games, that will relate to our daily lesson through the web site. I will be sending more information home about this as we progress through the series. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction math facts at home. Students will learn multiplication facts in 3rd grade. This will be a LARGE part of 3rd grade math. More info to come on multiplication facts later in the school year.
READING This year we will be starting a new reading series, called Mondo Reading. There will be flexible reading groups with many other reading activities going on in the classroom at one time. Students will be expected to work independently, but will also be a part of a small group that they will be required to contribute to book discussion for stories they have read. Students will work in five areas of reading each day, reading to yourself, listening to reading, work on writing, word work, and time with teacher.

SPELLING I will send home the spelling list every Monday. This will be part of the homework for the week. Students are to practice the spelling words at home during the week. I will give a pretest in class and students will have a spelling test on Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS/GRAMMAR The language arts program will fit in with the reading program. Student will often write a paragraph to go along with the week’s story. I will teach grammar from various worksheets and workbooks. We will start the day with 2 daily oral language sentences on the board, the students will look for grammatical errors to correct in these sentences.

HANDWRITING Students will start the year off writing manuscript and then around the end of October, I will start teaching cursive writing.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES We will be doing lots of fun science with the Foss Science kits. We will also read from the Science Weekly newspaper. I will use the textbook and map workbook to teach social studies.

Word A Day Student will bring home a word three times a week. Student is to look up the definition of the word for 1 point and 1 point extra credit is given if a picture or prop is included. This assignment should be kept in a WORD A DAY notebook.

MUSIC/ART/LIBRARY Mr. Rouse is the music teacher, Mrs. Ronn is the art teacher and Ms. Hamm is the media teacher.
READING COUNTS Reading counts is a reading program installed on all school computers. Students will choose library books at their reading level (lexile level), which I find from the MAPS/NWEA test the students took last year. After the student finishes the story they will take a 10 question test on the computer. A reading goal will be set for the 1st marking period. This will be added into the students reading grade.

GRADES Students are graded in all subjects listed above. I use letter grade for most subjects. I will only put letter grades on test, not most daily work, but all work is weighted equally.

I EXPECT I expect students will respect me and all other adults in the building at all times. At home please stress the importance of respect, organization, friendliness, good behavior and manners from your child. I except that your child will do their home work and come to school prepared and rested for the day.

QUALITY WORK I expect quality work. Student will be asked to redo work that is poor, sloppy or rushed work.

HOMEWORK Any work that is not finished during the day is home work. There will be some home work assignments. There will be reports throughout the year that will also be home work assignments as well.

LATE WORK All work must be turned in on time. Any late work must be completed by the end of the school day or the student will get a zero on that assignment until it is turned in and then graded accordingly, minus 2 point for a late assignment. Students are still responsible for completing all late work.

SNACK Students will take a working snack break every morning around 10:00. Snacks should be nutritious. I will not allow students to eat candy or drink pop during snack time.

WATER BOTTLES Water bottles will be allowed during snack time only, but after snack it must be put away. Mr. Friedlieb has asked that student not have water bottles in class.

BIRTHDAYS Birthday treat are welcome.

FOLDERS I will send home folder each Monday with the previous weeks work. I write a weekly newsletter to be included in the folder.

BOOK ORDER I will send home book orders about once a month. Please make your check out to the Scholastic Book Club.

Volunteers You are always welcome in my classroom. I would love to have you volunteer your knowledge or special talent with the class. I would welcome volunteers to help with math facts, reading, class parties and what ever else is needed during the year. Volunteers must check in the office first, but feel like you are always welcome in your child’s classroom.

DATES
Picture Day is October

Attendance/Absence Daily attendance is expected from your child. We do get started with class by 8:30 daily – so being on time is important. If your child is ill or will miss school for some reason, a note is required when your child returns to school. The office appreciates a call in the morning if your child will not be in school.


PHONE CALLS please try to leave a message with the office if there is an emergency change of after school plans or send me a note in the morning. I am very busy from 2:50 – 3:10, so calling at this time for a last minute change will likely be missed by me.

Email tbarich@isd2142.k12.mn.us

I hope that you will use the blog to keep informed about third grade events.
http://mrsbarich.blogspot.com


Please call, email or send a note if you have any questions or concerns. Please keep me informed. It helps if I know “stuff” so I can make your child’s third grade day go well.

Supply List

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I am looking forward to a new school year. I am starting to think about getting my classroom ready for the first day of school. I started my teaching career in third grade and it was my third grade teacher that helped me decide to be a teacher, so third grade is the place for me!


The first day of school, September 7th, is an open house day for the elementary. I look forward to meeting you on the 7th. Please watch the mail and the blog spot for an agenda outlining the day.


I will be writing a “teacher blog” again this year. You can access it through the Babbitt-Embarrass School home page. Click on Elementary Links, click on Mrs. Barich and that will bring you to the blog.


We will be starting a new reading series this year; I am very excited about this. We will work hard in math, learning the facts and many other math processes too. There will be social studies, science and art projects and lots of fun too. There will be some homework nearly every night in third grade. We will talk more about this during the open house.


Below is a list of school supplies. Please label all the supplies and bring them to school on the September 7th. The Lion’s Club is VERY GENEROUS with the school supplies that they give to the students each year, so don’t buy too many things.
The following school supplies are recommended...
v Pencils(please sharpen them before the first day of school)
v 3 notebooks (wide –ruled). I was at a workshop this summer and they used the composition size notebook. I really like this size as the pages are not as intimidating and work great for a journal too. So… I would like the students to have 3 notebooks, your choice on regular notebooks or composition size
v 2-2 pocket folder
v 8 pack of original color Crayola markers(the Lion’s Club usually gives crayons)
v Glue stick(s)
v Scissors
v Back pack or school bag (students should carry this everyday)
v Gym Shoes (clean tennis shoes work, new shoes are not required)

v Optional - dry erase marker
v Optional - Box of Kleenex
v Optional - Liquid hand soap (not hand sanitizer)
v Optional – disinfecting wipes

Remember that the school desks are small. Please do not send big folders and HUGE packs of crayons or markers to school, it does not all fit in the desk.
Of course I feel like there are a million details to fill you in on, but it will all come together as we move through the first few days of school.

See you very soon!!