Mr. Wasil’s 3rd Grade Class

Reading/Language Arts

This week, we will complete our third theme in reading: Friends to Grow With. In this unit, students have observed how people grow and change through their relationships with others. By reading about ways in whichfriends and family influence real people and fictional characters, students will recognize how people influence each other. This week we will by reading Sayings We Share: Proverbs andFables, by Norma Tong Lee. The sayings and fables in this selection represent oral traditions from Vietnam, Africa, ancient Greece, the United States, and elsewhere. The wisdom found in this literature has survived generations, contributing to the growth and survival of cultures all over the world. Similar messages are found throughout despite their place of origin.

As we read the story, students will be learning: new vocabulary, narrative elements, root words, word relationships, and multiple meaning words. Object pronouns will be the subject of our grammar lessons this week. The class will also work on writing a persuasive letter this week. This week our spelling pattern will be: words with the /ar/ sound. We are almost done reading Ramona Quimby Age 8.

Math

We begin chapter 8 this week in math. Students will be able to use fractions for naming A and B equal parts of an object or group of objects. We will also make predictions based on outcomes and construct situations that meet given conditions. The week concludes with more fractions by exploring fractional relationships, spatial relationships, and combinations.

Science

The class will investigate the motion of an object sliding down a ramp. Next, we will define and describe force and weight. Students will design a vehicle using directions and explore K’NEX building pieces. With these K’NEX cars they will demonstrate the concept of pulling a vehicle with unbalanced forces. On Friday, we will add blocks to vehicle to investigate the effect of a load motion. Measure the time it takes for a loaded vehicle to move a given distance, add force to move the vehicle, investigate friction with a load.

Extras

Friday- Cultural Arts Assembly at 2:00 PM

No School Next Friday, March 5^th due to Teacher In-service Day

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, February 22nd -  Spelling- pages 56-58 due by Thursday.  Math- homelink 8.1 . Science pages RS49-50 due by Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 23rd -Math- Reading- read Sayings We Share Story on pages 390-403. Science due tomorrow.

Wednesday, February24th - Reading- study for vocabulary test.  Math-

Thursday, February 25th - Math- Spelling- study for test

Friday, February 26th-

Reading/Language Arts

This week we will be reading Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. Ramona begins third grade at a new school determined to do her share for the family. With her mother working and her father back at college, Ramona has to go to Howie’s grandmother’s after school; her job is to be nice to Howie’s pesty little sister, and she tries hard. She also helps older sister Beezus improvise a Sunday dinner–they’re grateful that it’s edible, despite the mess in the kitchen … 
But Ramona gets egg on her face in class when her mother sends a raw, rather than a hard-boiled egg with her lunch. Later that day she hears her teacher refer to her as a show-off and nuisance. Another time, trying hard not to be a nuisance, she suffers silently though feeling bad . . . until she throws up right in class. But Ramona and her teacher finally straighten out the nuisance remark, and though the family has its money worries and its cranky days, things are never so bad that a Sunday dinner at the Whopperburger can’t cheer them up. As always, Ramona’s thought processes are amusing, touching, and revealing. Once more, Cleary shows us life through Ramona’s eyes and shows her young readers that they are not alone.

Math

Chapter 7 will finish this week and we will test by Thursday. Look for a review guide to come home on this chapter.

Science

We begin our unit on forces and motion this week! We will learn WHAT IS MOTION- to investigate different kinds of motion, identify and describe types of motion, and define speed. We will also investigate the motion of an object sliding down a ramp and define and describe force and weight. Many hands on activities will be done with this unit! Mrs. Yantorn, our reading intervention specialist, will be reading to the students the story of Ruby Bridges for Black History month.

Extras

Monday-No School President’s Day

Tuesday-Open House 6:30-7:30

Thursday- Crazy Hair Day Today for Ramona Quimby Age 8 chapter book

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, February 15th -  No School- President’s Day

Tuesday, February 16th -NO HOMEWORK due to Open House Tonight- 6:30-7:30 in Mr. Wasil’s Room

Wednesday, February 17th - - Math-Simple Solutions pages 94-95. Language Arts Page 50. Look over review guide for test tomorrow.

Thursday, February 18th - Math-

Friday, February 19th -

Reading/Language Arts

This week, we will continue our third theme in reading: Friends to Grow With. In this unit, students will be observing how people grow and change through their relationships with others. By reading about ways in whichfriends and family influence real people and fictional characters, students will recognize how people influence each other.

This week we will by reading a chapter of the book Ramona Forever on, by Beverly Cleary. In this realistic fiction story, Ramona’s mother has a new baby, and her concerns are cured with extra doses of affection from her parents.

As we read the story, students will be: learning new vocabulary, prefixes, suffixes, root words, synonyms, following directions, drawing conclusions, and literary forms. Subject pronouns will be the subject of our grammar lessons. This week our spelling pattern will be: words with the /ar/ sound. Please spend a few nights with them going over their words learning the proper spelling and usage.

Math

We have been working on parenthesis in number models and will continue to do so this week by applying to how you score in basketball. The students will learn to multiple 1-digit numbers by multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 and divide such multiples by 1-digit numbers. Another skill will be determining when an estimate is appropriate and practice making estimates. We end the week by multiplying multiples of 10 by multiples of 10. Please encourage your child to continue studying their multiplication facts.

Social Studies

Chapter 5 was a short chapter in which lessons one through three were covered from our standards. The students will take a quiz on this chapter on Wednesday. A review guide will come home on Monday to use for studying with.

Extras

Monday-PSO Meeting

Thursday-COSI here at Highland

Friday-Valentine’s Day Parties starting at 2:30.

No School Next Monday the 15th- President’s Day

Next Tuesday the 16th- Open House from 6:30-7:30- all welcome

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, February 8th -  Spelling- pages 53-55 due by Thursday. Math- Simple Solutions pages 86-87. Social Studies- study for quiz on Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 9th - Math- Skills Link 88-89. Reading- read Ramona Forever Pages 358-381. Social Studies- study for quiz.

Wednesday, February 10th - Math- skills link 90-91 Reading- study for vocabulary test

Thursday, February 11th - Math- Spelling- study for test

Friday, February 12th-

Reading/Language Arts

This week we will be reading Centerfield Ballhawk on pages 332-349. In this realistic fiction story, young Jose Mendez is a terrific centerfielder but a weak hitter.  When his father calls him a “born outfielder”,  Jose realizes he is a hit with his father. As we read the story, students will be: learning new vocabulary, sequencing, summarizing, compound words, antonyms, drawing conclusions, following directions, and combining words. Pronouns will be the subject of our grammar lessons this week. This week our spelling pattern will be: words with the “oo” sound.

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

We will be starting a new unit in math on Monday with division and multiplication. Unit 7 extends the basic multiplication and division skills children learned in the first half of the year. The skills developed in this unit are useful in their own right, but are also important requisites for the use of estimation and calculators and for the development of multiplication and division algorithms. Unit 7 has four main areas of focus:

· To review multiplication and division patterns

· To extend basic multiplication facts

· To practice making estimates of costs

· To explore ratios and geometric figures

We will cover the following sections: 7.1- patterns and products, 7.2- multiplication facts survey, 7.3- fact power and 7.4- number models with parentheses. Also, we will be time testing over the factor of 12. Students need to know up to 12 x 9. We will be learning how to do cross multiply as the week goes on.

Social Studies

Students will be able to describe how the past, present, and future are all connected and identify how communities change over time. The class will also be able to understand how people help communities grow and identify how people create change. We will be working on projects that will be displayed during Open House. On Thursday the students will understand that inventions cause changes in many different areas. We will also identify inventions that have changed communication, transportation, and daily living.

Extras- Friday- Scholastic Book orders due by if ordering.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, February 1st -  Spelling- pages 50-52 due by Thursday. Math- Simple Solutions pages 78-79. Report Card Envelopes- sign and return envelope only.

Tuesday, February 2nd -Math- Simple Solutions pages 80-81. Reading- read Centerfield Story on pages 332-349

Wednesday, February 3rd - Math-.simple solutions 82-82.  Social Studies- page 45 sheet Reading- study for vocabulary test

Thursday, February 4th - Math-simple solutions pages 84-85. Social Studies- pages 50-51  Spelling- study for test

Friday, February 5th-