Mr. Wasil’s 3rd Grade Class

Reading/Language Arts

This week our story is titled Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie DePaola on pages 226-245.  When cave boy Little Grunt finds an egg, it hatches into a baby dinosaur and he names it George. The Grunts let Little Grunt keep George, but he grows too large for the cave and must be exiled to the swamp. Then a volcano erupts, trapping the Grunts, and George is there to save the day. As we read the story, students will be:  learning new vocabulary, word relationships, self-questioning, multiple meaning words, making predictions, synonyms, and author’s purpose.  In spelling our pattern will be:  words with /oi/.  The grammar lesson this week will involve irregular plural nouns. We will also do Thanksgiving writing projects. Our end of selection test and vocabulary test will be on Thursday and our spelling test will be on Friday. Students will bring their books home on Tuesday night to reread the story. You can access the spelling words by going to the left side of this page and click on the category spelling lists. Remember, students can also listen to the story at home by clicking on the category- reading stories read aloud on the left side of our web page.    

Math          

Students will be able to discuss multiplication facts and the importance of fact power; and to review fact shortcuts.  We will also review the multiplication/division facts table and fact families; and practice multiplication and division facts.   

Science           

We continue to work on rocks and minerals. Students will be able to identify each mineral by name using an identification sheet. They will use the information they have on their mineral profile sheets to match each of the I.D. cards. The class will also take notes on information they have learned. 

Social Studies      

Tuesday we will discuss the election process. Voting and electing a President will be one topic. The class will also fill out a voter registration form. Ballots will be passed out on various topics like favorite animal, color, subject, holiday, class reward, food, season, and sport. These will be tallied and the results discussed. We will also turn on CNN and see any Election Day activities. 

Miscellaneous 

**Great Lakes Theater will be here all week. Ask your child to share with you all of the amazing activities they will do!  Thank you very much to our PSO for sponsoring this wonderful enrichment opportunity.

**Friday report cards come home. Please sign the envelope and send it back on Monday.

Homework For the Week of November 3-7^th  Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday.

Monday, November 3^rd  - Spelling- pages 36-38 due by Thursday. Math- skills link 38 and study 4’s all week for timed test on Friday.

Tuesday, November 4^th   - Reading- take home book and read Little Grunt on pages 226-245- Balto.  Math- 6.7 Use What You Know Sheet
 

Wednesday, November 5^th – Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Reading-bring back book for end of selection test tomorrow.  Math- Skills link page 39

Thursday, November 6^th – Math- Homelink 4.7 and study the factor of 4 for the timed test. Spelling- study for test tomorrow.  

Friday, November 7t^h – Sign report card envelopes and return on Monday. Students keep report cards.

Reading/Language Arts This week, we will be reading Wild Shots by Tui De Roy on pages 208-217. In this magazine article, a wildlife photographer describes how she took some of her favorite photos.As we read the story, students will be: learning new vocabulary, word relationships, self-questioning, multiple-meaning words, making predictions, synonyms, and author’s purpose. For writing we will introduce expository writing (summary). This will integrate well with our birthstone report. The focus in grammar will be singular and plural nouns. Our spelling test will be on Thursday this week due to having no school on Friday. 

Math -Students will be able to work on division this week along with multiplication. They will learn about division as equal sharing and equal grouping. They will also model division number stories with arrays, multiplication/division diagrams, and number models. Our 3’s time test will be the focus this week and will be on Thursday due to having no school on Friday. 

Science -We continue to test the different properties of our minerals. On Monday we will test the hardness of our 12 minerals.  Tuesday finds us testing the minerals with a magnet and describing the shapes of these.  On Wednesday will have a visit from our Historical Society during science time.  Thursday will be our Halloween Party during science at the end of the day. 

Miscellaneous-

Wednesday-Historical Society here to visit 2:00-2:45 to cover Social Studies Standards.  Store- 2:45-3:30. 

Thursday-Halloween party 2:00-2:45 and Parade 2:45-3:20. Kids bring costumes to school and change into them at 1:45. 

Friday- In-Service Day for Teachers -No School. End of Grading Period. Report Cards come home next Friday the 7^th!!! 

Homework For the Week of October 27^th- 30^th

Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday. 

Monday, October 27^th - Spelling- pages 33-35due by Thursday. Math- 8.2 Use What You Know worksheet

Tuesday, October 28th - Science- RS 5 and RS 6. Math- skills link 35. Reading- take home book and read pages 208-217 Wild Shots.

Wednesday, October 29^th - Math- homelink 4.4 and study for 3′s timed test tomorrow, Spelling- study for test tomorrow. Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Reading-bring back book for end of selection test tomorrow.  

Thursday, October 30^th –  Halloween Party and Parade Today from 2:00-3:20. Kids bring costumes to school and change into them around 1:45. Read a Book over the long weekend please. 

Friday, October 31st – No School Today!!! In-Service Day for Teachers

In Reading Language Arts this week we continue our second theme “What a Team!” This we will be reading a story called Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome by Margaret Davidson on pages 184-199.  In this narrative nonfiction story, diphtheria has broken out inNome, Alaska.  Teams of dog sleds carry medicine 800 miles over snow and ice to prevent an epidemic.The skills we will be concentrating on are reading guided comprehension, vocabulary, spelling words with sh, ch, and tch, word relationships, author’s purpose, making predictions, common and proper nouns, and writing a paragraph of information. Our end of selection test and vocabulary test will be on Thursday and our spelling test will be on Friday. Students will bring their books home on Tuesday night to reread the story. You can access the spelling words by going to the left side of this page and click on the category spelling lists. Remember, students can also listen to the story at home by clicking on the category- reading stories read aloud on the left side of our web page.   

In Math we are starting a new unit on multiplication and division. Students will be timed every Friday on a new factor up to twelve. A letter was sent home last Thursday night explaining this. Click here to view the letter. This week we will concentrate on the factors 0, 1 and 2. We will learn that the “X” in multiplication means groups of. For example, 2 x 5 really is saying 2 groups of 5. Multiplication is simply repeated addition. Please reinforce this at home and work with your child on a night basis the factor of each week. Next week will be 3 and then 4 the following week up to 12’s.  

In Science this week we will continue our unit on rocks and minerals. We will be concentrating on the properties of minerals like streak, hardness and luster. Students will be completing hands on experiments with streak plates, flashlights and nails to determine these properties. Also, we will be going on a field trip to the Natural History Museum for the Making of Rocks and Minerals program on Wednesday the 22^nd.  

Miscellaneous-Tuesday- Special Safety Presentation covering our safety standardsWednesday- Field Trip to Museum Friday-Fall Festival from 5:00-9:00 here at the school. Mr. Wasil will be taking “Pies In The Face”… 

Homework For the Week of October 20^th- 24^th Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday. 

Monday, October 20^th - Spelling- pages 30-32 due by Thursday. Math- skills link 32.

Tuesday, October 21^st  - Math- 6.4 Use What You Know W.S. , Pack Lunch for Field Trip tomorrowReading- take home book and read pages 184-199- Balto.  

Wednesday, October 22^nd  - Math- math 4 today worksheet, Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Reading-bring back book for end of selection test tomorrow.  

Thursday, October 23^rd  – Math- Study the factor of 2 for the timed test. Spelling- study for test tomorrow.  

Friday, October 24^th – Fall Festival!!!

In Reading Language Arts this week, we will start our second theme “What a Team!”  This theme explores ways that people and animals can work together to accomplish goals.  Students discover that cooperation can make a difference in relationships and are encouraged to apply that concept to their own lives. We will begin our work in theme two by reading Turtle Bay by Saviour Pirotta on pages 158-177 This realistic fiction story introduces us to Taro, a young boy who helps Jiro-San, a wise old man, clean up the beach for the giant sea turtles that swim ashore to rest. The skills we will be concentrating on are reading guided comprehension, vocabulary, spelling words with kn, wr, gh, and ph, authors purpose, compound sentences, classifying and categorizing and writing directions. Our end of selection test, vocabulary test and spelling test will be on Thursday this week due to having no school on Friday. Students will bring their books home on Tuesday night to reread the story. You can access the spelling words by going to the left side of this page and click on the category spelling lists. Remember, students can also listen to the story at home by clicking on the category- reading stories read aloud on the left side of our web page.   

In Math students will be able to develop the concept of area as measuring with identical squares; and to use number models to model calculating the area of the rectangles. On Tuesday we will fill out a review guide in preparation of the Unit 3 test.  This guide will come home on Tuesday to study with for our test on Wednesday. Thursday finds us beginning the concept of multiplication!   

In Science this week we begin to explore our collection of minerals!  Students will create a Venn diagram to list properties of minerals.  On Tuesday, we will observe and describe 12 minerals.  Students will also practice taking notes on the chapters we have read in class. We will have a quiz on Wednesday over the vocabulary so far in this unit. A review guide came home last Thursday night. 

Miscellaneous-Wednesday- Scholastic Book Orders due if ordering.

Thursday-Picture Retake

Friday-No School NEOEA Day 

Homework For the Week of October 13^th- 17^th Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday. 

Monday, October 13^th - Spelling- pages 27-29 due by Thursday. Math- 3.8 homelink   

Tuesday, October 14^th - Reading- take home book and read pages 158-177 Turtle Bay, Math- look over review guide completed in class today. Science- study for vocabulary quiz.

Wednesday, October 15^th - Math- 3.10 math boxes. Spelling- study for test tomorrow. Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Reading-bring back book for end of selection test tomorrow.  

Thursday, October 16^th – Read a Book over the long weekend please. 

Friday, October 17^th – No School Today!!! NEOEA Day For Teachers

In Reading Language Arts we will be theme testing over the past 6 weeks of skills. These skills are decoding long words, using a dictionary, narrative elements, sentences, statements and questions, commands and exclamations, and subjects and predicates. The students will be completing a pretest review sheet on Wednesday and then the actual test on Thursday. We will also be completing our first set of common assessments by using a writing activity for a grade. There is no story this week or spelling words due to the end of theme in our Reading Series and the Reading Achievement test on Monday.  

In Math – we will be concentrating on explorations: exploring perimeter and area of an object and number models for area. We will also review from last week the U.S. customary system of measurement with inches, feet, yards and miles.  

In Science we will continue our new unit on rocks and minerals. We will discuss and participate in hands on activities where we explore, observe and categorize the 3 types of rocks- Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic. The students are really enjoying this unit so far. Also, the rock and mineral Natural History Museum Field trip permission slip that was passed out on Monday, October 6^th is due by Monday, October 13^th. 

Miscellaneous- Monday, October 6^th is the Ohio Reading Ach. Test from 9:30-12:00. Tuesday, October 7^th is the Brecksville City Hall Field Trip from 9:30-1:45. Friday, October 10^th is our first Store from 2:45-3:30. Donations are greatly appreciated… 

Homework For the Week of October 6^th – 10^th. Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday. 

Monday, October 6^th – Pack a disposable lunch in a paper bag for tomorrow’s field trip and dress appropriately for the walking trip to Brecksville.  

 Tuesday, October 7th- Math- 3.4 Perimeter sheet.

Wednesday, October 8th- Reading- look over pretest today completed in class for tomorrow’s test.  Math- 3.5 homelink

Thursday, October 9^th- Math-  Skills link 27-28

Friday, October 10^th-  Science- Rock and Mineral Natural History Museum Field trip permission slip due by Monday, October 13^th.