Homework 11/30

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The homework tonight is for students to read 20 minutes and work on their multiplication flashcards. I have also sent them home with 2 word problems to complete. They should be familiar with how to add these multi-digit numbers. We will review them tomorrow! No spelling homework tonight!The math questions are listed below.

Happy Thanksgiving and Quick Announcement!

First of all, Happy early Thanksgiving! I hope you and your family enjoy this time together to celebrate the many things we have to be thankful for. I am truly thankful to have your child in my class!

Second, I wanted to give you a copy of the math assessment we will be taking the first week we come back from break. We have been practicing all of these concepts, but I think students could use a little extra practice over the break, specifically in rounding to the tens and hundreds. Rounding is a very abstract and difficult concept to understand, so any extra practice will help. So if your child REALLY misses school ( :) )  and they would like to take a look ahead and practice some of these skills, I think they would really benefit for the test. **** This is not required and nothing will be turned in, but I want to give those that want the practice, a chance to do so. They can also go onto Prodigy to practice their math skills.

Lastly, progress reports will be coming out again very shortly after we return from Thanksgiving break. I encourage you to take a look at your child's grades. If you are unsure how to do this, I posted directions in my previous post. You are welcome to reach out to me during the break if you have questions. Remember, that this is the first year they will be receiving letter grades, so I have been discussing with students what a letter grade actually means (since they have not familiar with fractions or percents, which directly correlate with letter grades!). Again, please feel free to contact me with any questions!

 

How Do I Check My Child's Grades?

Hi there! I sent out a text today about checking your child's grades in the gradebook and I got some questions about how to do that. Well, here you go!

1) You should have received an access code from the office when your child first started here. If you don't remember it or you didn't receive it, you can contact the office to get it. Unfortunately, they will not give me that information and you have to physically come to the office to get the code because they will ask for ID. 

2) Once you get the code, you can go to https://menifee.illuminatehc.com/login and click on the green "create account" option.

3) Once you do that, you will put in your information along with the access code and create a password.

4) Now you can always access your child's grades!

Pretty cool, right? I also sent home a TON of graded work today, so you can see how they have been doing on certain assignments.  

Homework 11/19/15

Hello! The homework tonight is Thursday night's spelling homework to prepare for our spelling test tomorrow. The students should also read for 20 minutes and they may go on Prodigy if they want! Every student has set up an account because we did it in the computer lab today, so if they do not know their username or password to log in, please contact me so I can get it for you! Also, if your child did not finish their "Life Cycle of an Eel" text dependent questions that we did in class, those will be coming home so they can complete them and turn them in tomorrow.

Thank you!

Homework 11/18

Hello! The homework tonight is for students to read 20 minutes and work on their spelling homework for Wednesday night. (Nightly homework posted to the right of this website). If they wish, they can hop onto Prodigy to work on their math! There are directions for how to create an account previous posts, but the website is www.prodigymathgame.com/play :)

Homework and Quick Announcement

Hello wonderful 3rd grade parents! First off, the homework is listed below:
1) read 20 minutes
2) Prodigy Math Game (not required, but encouraged)
3) Spelling Homework for Tuesday night. All students have the same words this week because past and present tense is an important concept for all! The words are listed below.
4) If your child did not finish their classwork summary, I have attached my copy below. They may copy mine (since we did it together) and submit it to me tomorrow.

Announcement: Today, our class talked about having an emotional bank account and what that means. We talked about making deposits into our emotional bank accounts and withdrawals and examples of each of those. It is a part of the Leader in Me process that our school has adopted, so I encourage you to ask your child about this! We had some great conversations in class about how we feel when we make deposits into our own, or another person's emotional bank account! :)

Summary: 

 

Word Sort (everyone has the same one this week) :

Homework 11/16

Hello! It was so nice seeing some of you at the Fall Festival on Friday! I hope you enjoyed yourselves! Here is the homework:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math questions on the back of their homework log: 400-146=___, 389+11=___, 6390+246= __
3. Prodigy- not required, but it is a great learning tool for math!
4. No spelling tonight :)

Homework 11/12

Hello! I hope you enjoyed your Veteran's Day. The homework tonight is reading for 20 minutes, Prodigy Math (not required, but encouraged) and keyboarding practice. Students can choose any keyboarding game they would like, but I provided a link below. Let me know if you have any questions! :)

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html

Homework 11/9/15

Hello! The homework tonight is just reading (on raz kids or a library book so they can take an AR test in class). No spelling homework tonight! With the short week, we won't have a spelling test on these words until NEXT Friday. Students are encouraged to hop onto prodigy (https://prodigygame.com/Play/) to build their math skills at home! :) 

Homework 11/5/15

Happy Thursday! Today's homework is reading and spelling. There is a spelling test tomorrow! Students are also welcome to try the Prodigy game that I posted about last night. (directions to log in are in previous post). Students that finished their ELA test today in the computer lab were able to create a username or password. If your child isn't able to log in, text me on the Remind App and I can give you that information. If your child didn't get a chance to login to the prodigy website today, there are directions on how to do so in my previous post. I have heard really good things about this website, so I am excited to get feedback from you and your child! Please keep in mind that it does start VERY easy and then works through third grade common core standards. As they master certain concepts, they will move onto more complex concepts that meet third grade common core math standards. If you have any questions on this, please feel free to ask! :)

New Math Game!

I have heard a buzz going around about this math game and wanted to see if it would help get your child get excited about math! This is not a requirement, but I have heard students from other classes obsess over this game, so give it a try! :) **PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS GAME STARTS VERY EASY, AND THEN PROGRESSES AS THE STUDENTS MASTER EACH PORTION. This is good because it can fill in the gaps of missing knowledge that students need in third grade. Here are the directions to log in below: