1-28-16

Hello! The homework tonight is:
Reading
Math Worksheet (picture shown below)

Have a good day! :)

Homework & Announcement 1-26-15

Happy Tuesday! The homework is:
Reading
Lesson 2 Extra Practice
Prodigy Math (optional)

Announcement- With the Week of Kindness, I have been presented with a service learning project that I would like our class to participate in. Our class watched a video today about the Coins for Kenya Project and our class decided that we would like to help by donating coins to this group of students in Kenya. Our class had a rich discussion about how different our lives are from those students and how fortunate we are. It really put into perspective how lucky we all are! We talked about how sometimes we take everyday essentials for granted such as running water, food, school supplies, etc. and the importance of helping others in times of need. To learn more about this project, please watch this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9gqSdPztDI

Therefore, if you would like to donate coins, please have your child bring them to school so we can fill our jar! :)

As always, thank you for your support!

1-25-16

Happy Monday! The homework tonight is:

Reading
Prodigy Math (optional)
No spelling this week!

We are working on time this week and will continue working on elapsed time during the rest of the year, so please ask your child questions regarding time to get them even more exposure! I noticed some students are having trouble with telling time with an analog clock (which makes sense because we all use our phones with digital to tell time!). But if you have an analog clock at home, ask questions about the time so they can get used to it! :)

Example: "Baseball practice was one hour and 30 minutes and it started at 4. What time was it over?"

Those types of questions will really help them!

Kindness Week!

This week Oak Meadows and schools across the country are participating in the Great Kindness Challenge! This is one of my favorite school weeks of the year because we get to see how sweet and kind our students can be toward one another! It truly is an amazing thing to see the acts of kindness and the feeling that it gives both students! We will be focusing on random acts of kindness that students and staff can do to make the world a better place. This will be a huge topic of discussion this week, so I am eager to see what random acts of kindness our students come up with! Below is a list that can give students an idea of how they can participate.

Homework 1/21/16

Hello! The homework tonight is:

Reading 20 minutes
Spelling (test tomorrow)
Prodigy Math Game (optional, if you don't have a computer, it's okay)

Right now we are working on a CFL in math, so you will likely not see a lot of math homework this week and next week because it is all a collaborative math project, so it would just be confusing to send it home!

Homework 1/20/16

Hi there! The homework tonight is just reading and nightly spelling homework! The spelling tonight is the "staircase method" of writing out their spelling words. The lists are below for reference in a previous post! :)

1-19-16 Homework

Hello! The homework tonight is:

1) Math Time Worksheets
2) Reading - PLEASE make sure your child is reading every night. I am currently conducting reading fluency tests to test their growth from the beginning of the year.
3) Nightly spelling homework (Tuesday night)

Word Sorts:

Group 1:

Group 2:

Google Classroom!

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! I wanted to share with you some things that we have been doing using the technology we now have available to us. We are now using Google Classroom to post (some) assignments and the students are loving it! If you would like to take a peek at some of the things that students are doing in class, you can have your child log into their google classroom from home. Here are the steps to do so:
1. Go to classroom.google.com
2. Log in using Firstname.lastinitial.lastfourdigitsofstudentID@menifeeusd.org and their password is musduser1.
3. Click on Ms. Hill's Third Grade and you have entered the classroom.
4. Take a peek around. I am sure your child will show you what we have been up to!

1/14/16 Homework

Hello! The homework tonight is:

Math Facts worksheet (x6's)
Reading for 20 minutes
Spelling homework (will be collected tomorrow before the test)

Also, we are really focused on multiplication and division right now, so it would be amazing if you could randomly quiz your child on their math multiplication facts to improve their fluency (in the car on the way to school, at the dinner table, etc,)! This will help them tremendously! Thank you! :)

1/13/16 Homework

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Math Practice Sheet (x8's)
Spelling (staircase method for writing spelling words)

Have a good one!

Homework 1/12

Hello! The homework tonight is:
Reading 20 minutes
Math Practice Page (x7's)

Also, I completely forgot to tell students to work on their Tuesday night spelling homework. The nightly spelling homework is listed to the right of this post. The word lists are as follows:

Group 1: Word sort listed here:

 

Group 2:  Do NOT have to sort the words. They can, but I don't find it extremely necessary for this word sort. The focus is compound words. If they do sort it, they just need to be sorted by the first word within the compound word. For example, bookcase would go with bookmark, etc.

Welcome Back! 1/1/16

I can't believe it is 2016! I enjoyed having your child back in class today and we hit the ground running! The homework tonight is:
1) Lesson 6 Pattern Sheet
2) Read for 20 minutes

Report cards come out in about 2 weeks, so if you haven't already, please review your child's progress report that was sent home before Christmas break and let me know if you have any questions! Also, please detach the bottom portion, sign it and send it back to school with your child.

Thank you for your continued support!