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.