Yes, I promised myself I would have this done BEFORE the checklists came out with "updated" written on them!!!
We have had an eventful, full week! Starting with President's Day AND a snow day, they were wound up on Wednesday! After settling down, we had a great rest of the week!
Language Arts: Today was our first mock MSA for Reading. The students did a great job staying focused... it can be very hard to sit still when you're waiting for the time to be over.
Next week we'll be going over our practice packets and doing some other practice with writing BCR's.
We'll also be starting our "Novel" unit next week.
Math: In my math class we'll be doing some practice MSA problems, along with division and fractions.
Science: We'll be discussing different types of soil and then we'll be looking at some fossils while comparing them with other fossils (this is always a favorite!!).
Word Study and Spelling: Your child got a list this week. We won't test on those words until next Friday. There will be homework each day next week.
Please read the note coming home on Friday in the large manila envelope. We do this every year and it really means the world to the kids!
Not much to tell you about... MSA skills are really our focus right now. I really hope having the mock MSA's helped your child be more comfortable with the testing procedure.
Have a great weekend!
Faith Humerick
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Wow! What a week... starting off with a Valentine's Party and ending with a 2-hour early dismissal! But...we persevered (a word I've been using lately with the kids when talking about the MSA's) and got a lot of work done.
Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing:
Language Arts: We did some MSA practice packets to get us ready for our Mock MSA's this week and the real ones on the 7th of March. The students are really getting a taste of what will be expected. With all of this practice, my hope is that they won't be so nervous and will do their best work when March 7th rolls around. We'll also be starting our Novel unit soon.
Math: My math class is continuing working with drawing pictures and arrays to solve multiplication problems. Next we'll be doing the same for division problems.
Science: Well, this was certainly the highlight on Friday! Mr. Schartner set up a team-wide experiment on the playground. It showed every third grader the effects of water and air on dirt, rocks, and sand. The students then had to put all of the information together and explain erosion. We'll begin talking about fossils next week.
Word Study: This week will be a prefix study.
Writing: We're talking about "Voice". This is putting your own attitude in your writing.
A big thank you to Tina N. (Connor's mom) and Stephanie T. (Austin's mom) for our perfect Valentine's Day party!
I had each student take his/her supplies home. Please go through these with your child. Most need pencils, but have other supplies they don't need but take up room in their desks. Thanks!
Next week on Thursday and Friday will be our Mock MSA practices. Please be sure your child gets plenty of rest and a good breakfast each morning.
Well, that's it for now - have a wonderful long weekend! Enjoy the pictures of our party and the Science experiment. Actually, I've been trying to upload my pictures and my laptop at home is not reading them. Hopefully I'll get them in on a seperate blog! Sorry!
Faith Humerick
Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing:
Language Arts: We did some MSA practice packets to get us ready for our Mock MSA's this week and the real ones on the 7th of March. The students are really getting a taste of what will be expected. With all of this practice, my hope is that they won't be so nervous and will do their best work when March 7th rolls around. We'll also be starting our Novel unit soon.
Math: My math class is continuing working with drawing pictures and arrays to solve multiplication problems. Next we'll be doing the same for division problems.
Science: Well, this was certainly the highlight on Friday! Mr. Schartner set up a team-wide experiment on the playground. It showed every third grader the effects of water and air on dirt, rocks, and sand. The students then had to put all of the information together and explain erosion. We'll begin talking about fossils next week.
Word Study: This week will be a prefix study.
Writing: We're talking about "Voice". This is putting your own attitude in your writing.
A big thank you to Tina N. (Connor's mom) and Stephanie T. (Austin's mom) for our perfect Valentine's Day party!
I had each student take his/her supplies home. Please go through these with your child. Most need pencils, but have other supplies they don't need but take up room in their desks. Thanks!
Next week on Thursday and Friday will be our Mock MSA practices. Please be sure your child gets plenty of rest and a good breakfast each morning.
Well, that's it for now - have a wonderful long weekend! Enjoy the pictures of our party and the Science experiment. Actually, I've been trying to upload my pictures and my laptop at home is not reading them. Hopefully I'll get them in on a seperate blog! Sorry!
Faith Humerick
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Happy Thursday!
I wanted to get a head start on next week since we'll be starting it off with a PARTY! Thanks to my room parents for organizing everything! AND, thanks to all of you parents for getting your donations in promptly!
Here's what we'll be doing next week:
Language Arts: We'll be finishing our organizers for our PowerPoint presentations. We'll also be reviewing HOW to take different types of tests. They have had a lot of practice with different types, but we want to really review before MSA's. Some of the practicing we'll be doing is with released tasks from the state.
Math: My math class will also be practicing with MSA type questions. We're also starting multiplication next week! I'm sure they'll be super excited!!
Writing: Next week will begin our focus on the "Voice" writing trait. That's where they put their own "attitude" in their writing.
Science: We're finished working with our red worms. They are, however, still in the classroom making wonderful compost... We've begun talking about rocks and minerals now.
Please remember about our Valentine's Party on Monday at 2:30!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Faith Humerick
I wanted to get a head start on next week since we'll be starting it off with a PARTY! Thanks to my room parents for organizing everything! AND, thanks to all of you parents for getting your donations in promptly!
Here's what we'll be doing next week:
Language Arts: We'll be finishing our organizers for our PowerPoint presentations. We'll also be reviewing HOW to take different types of tests. They have had a lot of practice with different types, but we want to really review before MSA's. Some of the practicing we'll be doing is with released tasks from the state.
Math: My math class will also be practicing with MSA type questions. We're also starting multiplication next week! I'm sure they'll be super excited!!
Writing: Next week will begin our focus on the "Voice" writing trait. That's where they put their own "attitude" in their writing.
Science: We're finished working with our red worms. They are, however, still in the classroom making wonderful compost... We've begun talking about rocks and minerals now.
Please remember about our Valentine's Party on Monday at 2:30!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Faith Humerick
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Let me start off by apologizing for not keeping up with my blog! My schedule and plans are so turned around with all of these days off! (I'm sure yours are too!) Anyway, here is what we have been doing and what we will be doing...
Language Arts: We have started a new unit called "Reading Science Texts". We started off by previewing them and writing questions we would like to find out. Now we're reading the books and writing facts on post-its. Then we'll take the post-its and put them with the questions we asked at the beginning. The culminating activity will be a power-point about the subject! The kids were so excited to hear about what we'd be doing! So am I!
Writing: We've just finished an expository essay and will begin a persuasive writing piece. If there's one thing I've learned from teaching... third graders can be VERY persuasive!!!
Math: My math class is working with finding the area and perimeter of shapes. Next we'll discuss geometric figures and how to identify them.
We're finishing up our Economic Unit in Social Studies and are beginning our "Rocks, Soil, and Fossils" unit in Science. We've already started our composting with red worms - hopefully you've heard about it!
Thanks to everyone who has donated their $3.00 for the Valentine's Party. Just as a reminder... the party is Monday, February 14th, 2:30-3:15. You can begin sending in Valentines on Monday, February 7th.
That's about it for now... Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
Language Arts: We have started a new unit called "Reading Science Texts". We started off by previewing them and writing questions we would like to find out. Now we're reading the books and writing facts on post-its. Then we'll take the post-its and put them with the questions we asked at the beginning. The culminating activity will be a power-point about the subject! The kids were so excited to hear about what we'd be doing! So am I!
Writing: We've just finished an expository essay and will begin a persuasive writing piece. If there's one thing I've learned from teaching... third graders can be VERY persuasive!!!
Math: My math class is working with finding the area and perimeter of shapes. Next we'll discuss geometric figures and how to identify them.
We're finishing up our Economic Unit in Social Studies and are beginning our "Rocks, Soil, and Fossils" unit in Science. We've already started our composting with red worms - hopefully you've heard about it!
Thanks to everyone who has donated their $3.00 for the Valentine's Party. Just as a reminder... the party is Monday, February 14th, 2:30-3:15. You can begin sending in Valentines on Monday, February 7th.
That's about it for now... Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Humerick
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