I am posting this early because I will be out of town Friday and Monday.  We will be reading and writing circle stories for the next two weeks.  It should be lots of fun!

Spelling test will be on Thursday, April 17.  It is a short day.

Spelling for April 14-17: Stake Steak Plane Plain Way Weigh Stair Stare Made Maid Ate Eight Pail Pale Pear Pair Waste Waist Brake Break Words are on spellingcity.com Under List 18 if you want to practice there. Words will also be written in their planners.

UTIPS Homework: UTIPS seems to not be working as I would like.  I will be sending home a packet on Tuesday of homework.  It is a great review for the SAGE testing done in June. Your student has already done this homework in class at the beginning of the year.  This is a review though. Since we have spring break, it will not be due until April 25.

Keyboarding Help: The school has used a free internet program called Dance Mat typing. bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Reading Days: Remember to record your reading days!!! Your child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.

Congratulations to our spelling bee winners.  The school spelling bee is on April 15 at 9:00.  Next week we will be working on writing some fun persuasion pieces.  Your children just might bring you a letter to try to persuade you for something.

Upcoming events are the third grade AAPPL test.  It is a listening and speaking test in Chinese.  It will be done in the computer lab on April 28.  I hope all your children will be able to be there to take the test.  If you already know you won’t be, please let me know so I can make other arrangements.

 

Spelling for April 7-11: Jumped Loaded Rained Needed Snowed Walked Screamed Melted Bumped Turned Missed Started Passed Mailed Twisted Cleaned Handed Dressed Dusted Asked Words are on spellingcity.com Under List 17 if you want to practice there. Words will also be written in their planners.

UTIPS Homework:  Comp-Mixed 8

Keyboarding Help: The school has used a free internet program called Dance Mat typing. bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Reading Days: Remember to record your reading days!!! Your child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.

Yeah, writing testing is done.  There will be no spelling this week, just the spelling bee on Friday.  Homework is just UTIP comp-mixed 7 and reading.  Thank you for all your help and support during our testing.  I am proud of how hard they worked.

Next week, March 24-28, we are doing end of year testing in writing.  Your students have been working so hard, and I am so proud of them.  Please make sure to have them eat a good breakfast, if they bring cold lunch, have a good cold lunch, and that they get a good night sleep.  I told them they had to go to bed early!  There will be no spelling, or other homework, except reading.  Their homework is to play after school.  After testing is done for the day, we will be doing art.  Your child can bring markers if they would like.  I do have plenty if they don't want to though.  Thank you for all your help and support.  I know they will do great!

Once again, no UTIPS this week.  A writing prompt will be sent home on Monday so look for that and then you have until the next Monday to return it.  Thanks for all your help.  Remember, writing testing is March 24 and 25 so make sure your student is there.

Spelling for March 17-21: Dishes Stitches Places Classes Dresses Houses Flashes Badges Lunches Plants Inches Bushes Boxes Girls Glasses Pages Taxes Months Pieces wishes Words are on spellingcity.com Under List 16 if you want to practice there. Words will also be written in their planners.

UTIPS Homework: Writing instead.  It will be sent home on Monday, March 17 and should be returned Monday, March 21.

Keyboarding Help: The school has used a free internet program called Dance Mat typing. bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Reading Days: Remember to record your reading days!!! Your child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.

Once again, no UTIPS this week.  I promise we will get back to it.  I just want to practice writing for a few more weeks.  A prompt will be sent home on Monday so look for that and then you have until the next Monday to return it.  Thanks for all your help.  Remember, writing testing is March 24 and 25 so make sure your student is there.

Spelling for March 10-14: Couldn’t Who’s They’ll Wouldn’t There’s would’ve That’ll Aren’t Here’s should’ve this’ll Weren’t Where’s Might’ve She’ll Doesn’t He’ll Hasn’t You’ll What’s Words are on spellingcity.com Under List 15 if you want to practice there. Words will also be written in their planners.

UTIPS Homework: Writing instead.  It will be sent home on Monday, March 10 and should be returned Monday, March 17.

Keyboarding Help: The school has used a free internet program called Dance Mat typing. bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Reading Days: Remember to record your reading days!!! Your child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.

For homework for the next few weeks I thought I would do something different.  We will go back to UTIPS after the writing assessment on March 24 and 25, but in order to prepare for the assessment, I thought we should do some writing.  We will be doing it in class as well, but some support from home would be nice.  For this first week, I would like your students to think of something they know a lot about.  It could be a sport, a game, an animal, or something in science.  Anything your child is interested in and can write about would be great.  Then have them write about it.  Tell them they are “informing” the reader about the topic.  Have them do an introduction and a conclusion.  There is no requirement of length, but I would love for them to type them if a computer is available to them.  When they bring them back to class I will find a time for them to read them aloud to each other.  I won’t have these due until Monday, March 10, but you can bring them in earlier if it is done.  Thank you for your help and support with this.

Spelling for March 3-March 7: Badge Stage Charge Range Ridge Rage Cage Bulge Lodge Fudge Huge Change Judge Bridge Ledge Sponge Dodge Hedge Plunge Pledge Words are on spellingcity.com Under List 13 if you want to practice there. Words will also be written in their planners.

UTIPS Homework: See above note

Keyboarding Help: The school has used a free internet program called Dance Mat typing. bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Reading Days: Remember to record your reading days!!! Your child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.