Mr. Wasil’s 3rd Grade Class

Reading/Language Arts
This week we will be reading Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard. This book is about the most misbehaved class, which is in room 207. They never pay attention and are always playing. Miss Nelson, their teacher, is the nicest teacher ever. She tells her students to be quiet and settle down but they just won’t listen. Miss Nelson is tired of having to repeat herself over and over again. She is fed up with them and wants revenge. What will she do?
The main themes this book consists of are that you must always follow directions, behave properly, you shouldn’t take advantage of other peoples kindness and everyone should always have respect for others.
Our objectives this week are to increase the children’s appreciation for literature, foster vocabulary growth, practice prediction skills, practice speaking to groups, develop creative writing skills, and facilitate group interaction through discussion.

Math

This week students will be able to identify and write related addition and subtraction facts. Our class will also solve number sentences for missing addends. In the middle of the week, students will identify the three different properties of addition. Lastly, we will add and subtract 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping.

Science

We will start our science unit on Scientific Inquiry! Students will use tools to measure different liquids and identify science inquiry tools. Once their liquid is measured they will create bubbles in their table groups. The following day the class will observe changes in the colors of bubbles. Next, students will develop a basic understanding of experimental design. They will also observe and record data correctly, interpret data, and draw conclusions. We will also review safety procedures at school, on the bus, playground, home, fire, and bike. Look for a fire escape plan to come home this week. This is a short unit and then we will move on to social studies and our study of communities.

Extras- No School Next Monday, September 6^th – Labor Day

Homework- Will be updated daily in the mornings…

Monday- August 30- Math- Lesson 1.1 worksheet.

Tuesday- August 31- Math- Lesson 1.2 worksheet

Wednesday- September 1- Math- Lesson 1.3 and library books due tomorrow.

Thursday- September 2- Math – Lesson 1.4

Friday- September 3- No school next Monday (9/6)- Labor Day Weekend!

Reading/Language Arts

The third story in our theme will be: Boom Town. This historical fiction story looks at the life of young Amanda, whose gooseberry pies become famous in mining camps of the early frontier, and eventually helps transform a tiny community into a thriving boom town.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, main ideas and details, using context to confirm meaning, self-questioning, classification, fact and opinion, and using references and resources.

Our grammar for the week will be: present tense. This week, students will be working on spelling words with VCV (Vowel Consonant Vowel).

We will also begin our research report this week and then turn it into a PowerPoint. When these are done, they will be posted on my blog.

Math

We will focus on long division this week. Students will learn how to do long division and relate it to a family make up. They will follow these steps: 1. DAD says to divide first 2. MOM says to multiply next 3. SISTER says to subtract 4. BROTHER says to bring down 5. ROVER says to repeat or remainder. I will put the power point on my blog too so you can access this.

Science

This week we move on to chapter 5 in science titled Where Living Things Are Found. Students will be able to describe possible negative consequences for people and wildlife under conditions of crowding. We will also identify the components of a habitat; recognize how humans and other animals depend upon habitats. Our class will describe how changes in an organism’s habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful.

Social Studies

We finished chapter 7 on Citizenship last week and the review packet came home on last Thursday. There will be a test on this Tuesday. Please have your child go over the review packet tonight.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, May 24th -   Spelling- pages 84-86 due by Thursday. Math- Math boxes 11.3 and Social Studies- study for citizenship test tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 25th – Reading- read Boom Town on  pages 196-215 for reading test of Thursday. Math- Simple Solutions

Wednesday, May 26th - Math- Simple Solutions       Vocabulary- study for test

Thursday, May 27th - Spelling- study for test tomorrow

Friday, May 28th-

Extras

Friday- Last Store of The Year Today 2:45-3:30 Any Donations are greatly appreciated for this final blowout.

No School next Monday, May 31^st. Memorial Day Weekend!!!

Reading/Language Arts

Our next story is titled Yippee-Yay! This expository nonfiction story looks at the life the American cowhand in the Old West and how exciting and tough it was. It includes taming wild horses and working on cattle drives.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, main ideas and details, using context to confirm meanings, the VCCV (Vowel Consonant Consonant Vowel) syllable pattern, classification, categorization, fact and opinion, and using references and resources.

Our grammar work for the week will be: main and helping verbs. The students will also be working on the VCCV words in spelling.

Math

This week we will explore the uses of the calculator and the keys. The class will learn how to use numbers stored in memory. Also, I will guide children as they make frequency tables and as they find the median, mean, and mode of data sets. The students will also plot coordinates on coordinate grids. We will complete chapter 10 this week and fill out a review guide. This will come home Thursday night for the test on Friday.

Science

On Tuesday, Students will complete an in class review for chapter 4 fossils using their books. There will not be a formal test on this chapter. On Wednesday, we will take an open book test over this chapter. We will then start chapter 5 on habitats.  Students will be able to describe possible negative consequences for people and wildlife under conditions of crowding. They will also identify the components of a habitat and recognize how humans and other animals depend upon habitats. Finally, they will describe how changes in an organism’s habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful.

Extras

Monday- a permission slip will be coming home to sign to go to Central school Monday the 24th for orientation. Please return ASAP

Wednesday-Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in the cafeteria at 8:30 AM. Please stop in for some breakfast this morning. This is our way to show you how much we appreciate YOU!

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, May 17th -   Spelling- pages 81-83 due by Thursday. Math- Simple Solutions pages 136-137.  Sign permission slip tonight and return.

Tuesday, May 18th – Reading- read Yippee Yah pages 170-187 for reading test of Thursday. Math- Simple Solutions 138-139

Wednesday, May 19th - Math- Simple Solutions 140-141. Vocabulary- study for test

Thursday, May 20th -

Friday, May 21st-Wear Highland Drive red shirts for Monday’s field trip to Central.

Reading/Language Arts

This week, we will be starting Theme 5: Good Neighbors. In this theme, students discover that people in communities rely on one another for goods and services as well as support. They take a closer look at the interactions that make communities survive and thrive.

The first story of our theme will be: Leah’s Pony. When dust storms devastate the crops, Leah’s family must auction off their livestock and farm equipment to repay a bank loan. Leah saves the family’s farm by selling her pony to buy papa’s tractor for $1. This

inspires the neighbors to bid low and return everything to the family.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, fact and opinion, self-questioning, compound words, alliteration, and vivid verbs. Our grammar work for the week will be: action verbs. In writing this week, children will be working on putting

quotation marks into a sentence. This week, students will be working on compound words. Our end of selection test will be on Friday due to the Cleveland Field Trip on Thursday.

Math

In math this week, students will review metric and U.S. customary units of weight, examine different kinds of scales, and read weights on scales. We will also explore the concept of capacity and learn equivalencies between measures of capacity. Around the end of the week the class will be introduced to the mean of a set of data and then review median of a set of data.

Science

Students will demonstrate and identify characteristics of fossils by making one of their own. The class will identify how living things of the past compare with those of today and what extinction is. This is a very short chapter and only consists of a few lessons. We will have a chapter quiz on this next week. We will also continue Social Studies with Cleveland history and citizenship.

Extras

Thursday-Progressive Field and Lolly the Trolley Field Trip! Please pack a lunch for this trip. Also, we will spend some time in the gift shop. If you would like to send money that is fine but totally optional. Please do not send in a large amount. The students will write this information in their assignment notebook.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, May 10th -   Spelling- pages 78-80 due by Friday. Science- reading review page 159 due by Wednesday. Math- Simple Solutions pages 130-131.

Tuesday, May 11th – Reading- read Leah’s Pony pages 148-163 for reading test of Friday. Math- math boxes 10.5

Wednesday, May 12th - Packed lunch for tomorrow’s field trip. Dress appropriately.

Thursday, May 13th -

Friday, May 14th-

Reading/Language Arts

This week the student students will take a language arts assessment test. It will consist of figurative language, summarizing, comparing and contrasting, adjectives for what kind, how many, articles, and adjectives that compare. We will take a pretest on this Monday and it will come home with your child to study with. On Tuesday we will have the language arts assessment test. On Wednesday, the class will write a paragraph in response to a reading selection (Hey, Little Ant) using indentation, a topic sentence, and supporting details for our April common assessment. We will also learn how to create a dialogue between characters using quotation marks.

Math

We finished chapter 9 last week and will work on a study guide Monday. This will come home Monday night to review for our test on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will continue on to chapter 10 with measurement and data. In this unit, students will review and extend their previous work with measures of length, weight, and capacity. Measurements will be displayed in graphs and frequency tables. The emphasis on hands-on activities in this unit reflects the fact that anything that involves measures begins with the use of measuring tools. Children will also extend previous informal work with the median and mode of a set of data and introduce the standard method of calculating the mean. These statistical measures are used to analyze and compare measurement data. Unit 10 has three main areas of focus:

· To review units, tools, and measures of weight, length, and capacity.

· To introduce the mean of a set of data.

· To gain experience with plotting points on a coordinate grid.

Science

The class will have a test on chapter 3 Thursday. All of the review guides will come this week. The next chapter we move on to is chapter 4 animals from long ago. We will explore what fossils are and see how living things of the past compare with those of today.

Social Studies

Students will learn about the history of Cleveland this week. Some of the things we will learn about will be the founder of Cleveland, canals, Cuyahoga River, and important landmarks. We will also learn about Citizenship and how to become good citizens.

Extras

Monday-Central school principals and guidance counselor here to visit with students.

**We will visit Central on May 24^th. Look for permission slip to come home in 2 weeks.

Friday-Art Appreciation Day

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, May 3rd -   Math- look over review guide completed in class today. Reading- look over practice test for tomorrow’s test. Science- start studying for the test on Thursday. Use the study guide completed in class today.

Tuesday, May 4th – Math- math boxes 9.14. Science- study for test on Thursday.

Wednesday, May 5th - Math- Simple Solutions 126-127. Science- study for test tomorrow.

Thursday, May 6th - Math- simple solutions pages 128-129 and Wear Tie Dye shirts for tomorrow’s Art Appreciation Day. Bring in a rock also.

Friday, May 7th-

Reading/Language Arts

This week, we will be finishing up our work on Theme 4: Tell Me A Story. In this theme, students have learned that storytelling takes many forms and serves many purposes. As they read stories and meet storytellers from around the world, they discover new ways to tell their own stories.

The fifth and final story of our theme will be: The Crowded House. In this play, a large family feels very crowded in its tiny house. The village wise man has a solution, but will this solution help, or make things worse?

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, author’s purpose, word structures (root word + suffix), making predictions, multiple meaning words, and homophones. Our grammar work for the week will be: adjectives that compare. This week, students will be working on words with –er and –est.

Math

This week we will continue with chapter 9. The students will be able to explore 2-digit multiplication, number patterns, and the rigidity of triangles. We will also extend the partial products method to products of 2 digit numbers and 2-digit multiples of 10. We complete the week by investigating positive and negative numbers.

Science

Our class will classify mammals and birds according to their characteristics this week. We will also discuss observations and measurements made by other people. The week concludes by relating animal structures to their specific survival functions (e.g., obtaining food, escaping or hiding from enemies).

Extras

Earth week all week

Monday-Spring Pictures

-Verb Ballet 2:00

Thursday-Art show and book fair

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, April 26th -  Spelling- pages 73-75  due by Thursday.  Math- page 293 homelink 9.9.

Tuesday, April 27th – Math- Simple Solutions 120-121 Reading-  read The Crowded house on pages 120-135

Wednesday, April 28th - Math- Reading- study for vocabulary test.  Spelling- due tomorrow.

Thursday, April 29th - Math- Spelling- study for test .

Friday, April 30th-

Reading/Language Arts

This week we will review strategies for taking the Ohio Achievement Reading Test on Monday. Two funny books we will read are called Testing Miss Malarkey and Hooray for Diffendoofer Day. These books talk about testing in a silly way but get the message across that they are all prepared and will do well on the test. Tuesday, the class will take the real Ohio Achievement Test all morning. In the afternoons, we will continue to enjoy our Charlotte’s Web reading along with some spring activities.

Math

The students will continue to practice for the Math Achievement test that we will take on Thursday. In the afternoon we will have our Banana Split Party! Thank you very much for all of your donations!!

Science

We continue to work on life cycles this week in regards to different animals. We will compare the life cycles of different animals including birth to adulthood. The class will also look at the different habitats of these animals.

Extras

Monday-Bring recorders to music tomorrow!

Tuesday-Reading Achievement Test 9:30-12:00 and

Assembly at 2:30

Thursday-Math Achievement Test and

Banana split party!

Friday-Severance Hall-please pack a lunch and dress nice.

No Homework All Week Due To Testing!!!

Reading/Language Arts

This week, we will continue working on Theme 4: Tell Me A Story. In this theme, students learn that storytelling takes many forms and serves many purposes. As they read stories and meet storytellers from around the world, they discover new ways to tell their own stories.

The fourth story of our theme will be: Lon Po Po. In this Chinese folktale, a mother leaves her daughters at home while she goes to visit their grandmother. A wolf, disguised as the girls’ grandmother, pays a visit. The girls realize the wolf’s trick andoutsmart him.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, word structure, and synonyms. Our grammar work for the week will be articles. This week, students will be working on words with double consonants. Please spend a few nights with them learning the proper spelling and usage of these words.

Math

This week we will continue to work with the different multiplication strategies such as cross multiplying, partial products, and lattice. We will also review all week for our upcoming Ohio Achievement Test in math which will be next week.

Science

We will learn about the parts of an egg and the life cycle of chickens this week. We will also relate animal structures to their specific survival functions (e.g., obtaining food, escaping or hiding from enemies), such as the habitat they live in.

Extras

Thursday- Scholastic book order due if ordering.

Next Week- Tuesday and Thursday – very important.

Next Tuesday will be the Ohio Reading Achievement Test and next Thursday will be the math portion. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest the night before and eats a healthy breakfast each morning. Snack will be provided halfway through the tests on both days.

Friday- Store 2:45-3:30

Next Friday, April 23^rd is our Severance Hall Field trip.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, April 12-  Spelling- pages 70-72 due by Thursday.  Math- Simple Solutions pages 112-113

Tuesday, April 13th – Science- . Math- Reading-  read Lon Po Po.

Wednesday, April 14th - Math- Reading- study for vocabulary test.  Spelling- due tomorrow.

Thursday, April 15th - Math- Spelling- study for test . Scholastic book orders due if ordering.

Friday, April 16th-

Reading/Language Arts

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 45 languages and sold over 30 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 90 million copies of his books have sold around the world.

This week we will explore the books of Eric Carle. Along with our study of animals, we will research and write a poem about animals. The illustrations will be created just like Eric Carle makes his pictures out of tissue paper.

We will also start reading Charlotte’s Web. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as “Some Pig”) in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.

Math

Students will be introduced to the lattice multiplication strategy this week. We will also continue to work on all the strategies we have learned in multiplication thus far such as cross multiplication and partial products. Keep encouraging your child to work on their multiplication facts.

Science

The class will learn about the stages of an animal’s life cycle. They will also compare the life cycles of different animals, and explain that traits are inherited. We will also explore the different parts of an egg through hands-on exploration. Have your child share with you what the purpose of each part of an egg is for.

Extras

Thursday-Highland Drive Citizenship Day. Again, students may bring in sleeping bags, pjs, books, snacks, and games that they are responsible for.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, March 29th -  No School Today

Tuesday, March 30th – Math- pages 290 and mixed fact sheet on back

Wednesday, March 31st - Math- Simple Solutions 110-111 and Reading- read-a-thon day tomorrow. Books, sleeping bags, pajamas and snacks…

Thursday, April 1st - Read-A-Thon Day and Spring Break starts tomorrow!!!

Friday, April 2nd- No School Today. School resumes on Monday, April 12th.

Reading/Language Arts

The third story of our theme will be: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. In this West African Tale, King Lion calls a meeting to find out what led to an accident. The reason why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears is revealed.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, making inferences, figurative language, word origins, and onomatopoeia. Our grammar work for the week will be adjectives for “how many.” This week, students will be working on words with /ur/. Please spend a few nights with them learning the proper spelling and usage of these words.

Math

Students will be able to multiply 1 digit numbers by multi-digit numbers using a partial-products algorithm. We will then move on to multiply using mental math and the partial-products algorithm. The class will be guided as they identify whole number factors of whole numbers. We will wrap up the week by learning how to share whole dollar amounts equally. Every Friday, we continue our multiplication times tests and OAT math review.

Science

We completed chapter 6 on Forces and Motion and will test on Wednesday. The review sheets were sent home last Friday. Our next three chapters in science are on animals. This week we begin by exploring the parts of the worm! The class will identify parts of a worm anatomy as well as many body functions of worms. The rest of the week we will look at various life cycles of animals.

Extra

Since our class is participating in book reports, we qualify to get a free ticket for a Captains game. This packet went home on Friday. Highland Drive’s day is May 22^nd. If you are interested, just fill out the form in the Captains folder and send it in to them.

Monday- March 29th- No School- work day for teachers

Thursday – April 1 st- Read-A-Thon Day- books, magazines, games and then movie in the afternoon.

Friday- April 2nd- No School- Spring Break starts.

Homework: Will be updated daily as assigned.

Monday, March 22nd -  Spelling- pages67-69  due by Thursday.  Math- Simple Solutions pages 106-107

Tuesday, March 23rd – Science- study for Motion and Force Test. Math- . Reading-  read Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears on pages 62-85.

Wednesday, March 24th - Math- Reading- study for vocabulary test.  Spelling- due tomorrow.

Thursday, March 25th - Math- Spelling- study for test .

Friday, March 26th-