Update for 3/27

Dear Parents,


         We are finishing up our Heat unit with today's test and will have the Unit 6 math assessment on Wednesday.  The review sheets that are coming home today will help your student review milliliters/liters and grams/kilograms.  The IXL review topics that were homework last week and this (S.1-S.10, U.1, U.2, U.14) will also help your child with the time portions.  In class and Tiger Time, we have been working on using number lines and lots of hands on investigations with Capacity, Volume, and Weight.


         Thursday and Friday this week in Social Studies we will be reviewing Government on Brain Pop and Study Jams (Democracy, Branches of Government, the Presidency, Supreme Court, How a Bill Becomes a Law).  If your students are reviewing at home on Study Jams, remember to sign off on their pages so that can earn Dojo points!


         Thanks for all of your support!  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 


         Jenny M-G

Update for 5/2

Dear Parents,


       It's hard to believe that we are in the final weeks of 3rd grade!!  It has been such a joy to see your kiddos grow so much over the past months.  Thank you so much for all of your support this year and for the wonderful goodies we have gotten today for Teacher Appreciation Week! 


       For the next two weeks, we will be giving homework so please check your child's agenda.  Today I am sending home the Health books so your child can read the last two sections of Chapter 3 (pages 78-85) and answer the questions on pages 81 and 85.  This will be due on Friday.  Also, for math I am asking that your student work on iReady math for 20 minutes 3 nights this week. 


        Also, we have finished our research and will begin construction on our environmentally friendly homes this week so your child may ask you to send in small boxes, strips of tinfoil, or other small items.  I am including the rubric below - this will be an in-class project.  Please let me know if you have any questions!


       Jenny M-G

Building A Structure : Environmentally Friendly Home Teacher Name: Student Name:     ________________________________________

 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Construction -Materials	Appropriate materials were selected and creatively modified in ways that made them even better.	Appropriate materials were selected and there was an attempt at creative modification to make them even better.	Appropriate materials were selected.	Inappropriate materials were selected and contributed to a product that performed poorly.
Construction - Care Taken	Great care taken in construction process so that the structure is neat, attractive and follows plans accurately.	Construction was careful and accurate for the most part, but 1-2 details could have been refined for a more attractive product.	Construction accurately followed the plans, but 3-4 details could have been refined for a more attractive product.	Construction appears careless or haphazard. Many details need refinement for a strong or attractive product.
Information Gathering	Accurate information taken from at least four sources in a systematic manner.	Accurate information taken from at least three sources in a systematic manner.	Accurate information taken from at least two sources.	Information taken from only one source and/or information not accurate.
Journal/Log - Content	Journal provides three paragraphs/ five sentences on how your house conserves energy (What kind of power does it use?), reuses materials (How did you build your house?), and does not pollute (How is your house friendlier to the environment?).	Journal provides almost three paragraphs/five sentences on how your house conserves energy (What kind of power does it use?), reuses materials (How did you build your house?), and does not pollute (How is your house friendlier to the environment?).	Journal provides at least /two paragraphs three sentences  on how your house conserves energy (What kind of power does it use?), reuses materials (How did you build your house?), and does not pollute (How is your house friendlier to the environment?).	Journal provides less than two paragraphs/three sentences on how your house conserves energy (What kind of power does it use?), reuses materials (How did you build your house?), and does not pollute (How is your house friendlier to the environment?).

 

 

Update for 4/27 - Field Day info.

Magis-Graves____ (3)

Red team

Daniel

Beck

Warren

Jake

Paulina

Samantha

Alejandra

 Blue team

Amira

Ansley

Camryn

Matthew F

Kaylie

Carson

Nolan

 

Green team

Katherine

Lou Lou

Brady

Simms

Jace

Matthew N

Remy






Ainsley

Good Morning,

    

Field Day is coming! Field day will be on May 12th and 13th this year! The first day of field day will be from 8:30-12:00 and the students will rotate to 30 different stations that day. The second day of field day is from 10:00-11:15 and 1:00-2:00. The first section will be a relay race for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Please come join and watch the students race! The second part of the day will be the awards ceremony for the race and the sportsmanship trophy and there will be a faculty volleyball game. 

      I have split your class up into 3 teams. (Red, green, and blue) The students must wear a t-shirt of their team color, athletic shorts, and tennis shoes on the first day of field day and the second day of field day is a free dress day. I divided the teams up based on athletic ability to help in making the teams as fair as possible but please feel free to change any of your students! Please announce these teams this week and begin to remind the students of their color teams as we close to the big day. Again, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help in any way. Thank you!

 

Rachel Hutcherson

Physical Education

Spalding Drive Elementary

http://pehutcherson.weebly.com/ 

Update for 4/11

     Dear Parents,


     I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break!!  Milestones testing begins tomorrow so please make sure your kiddo gets a good night's sleep and has a larger breakfast with protein tomorrow since we probably won't be eating snacks until 10:30.


      Our Milestones schedule is:  Tuesday, 4/12   Reading and Language
                                                     Thursday, 4/14  Writing
                                                     Monday, 4/18  Math
                                                     Thursday, 4/21  Science
                                                     Monday, 4/25  Social Studies


       In class we will be reviewing concepts studied this year.  We will not be giving homework over the next three weeks since we want the students to run and get their wiggles out in the afternoons and rest.  However, please feel free to encourage your student to get on iReady, Study Jams, or Brain Pop at their leisure to review reading, math, government, economy, habitats, adaptations, fossils, minerals, rocks, soils, magnets, and heat.


       If you would like to send snacks in for the class on testing days, we now have 22 students.  Any nut-free snacks are welcome.  :)  Thanks for your support!!


      Jenny M-G

Update for 3/14

      Dear Parents,

      I will be sending home this review sheet with your students in paper form soon.  It's a great way to review for the Milestones and will earn your kiddo lots of Dojo points if he/she reviews every section and checks it off!

     Thanks so much for your support!

     Jenny M-G

       www.Studyjams.scholastic.com  is a great way to review for the CRCT!  Below is a checklist to help you keep track of your activities.  This checklist is due April 21.  Please have your parents sign to confirm that you have completed at least 25 activities for full credit.

Science Activities:                                               Student Name _________________________

Plants – plant adaptations                                

Animals – animal adaptations                          Parent signature _________________________

Ecosystems – Changes in Ecosystem

                         Food Chains

                         Food Webs

                         Aquatic Ecosystems

Landforms, Rocks, and Minerals – Igneous Rocks

                                                               Metamorphic Rocks

                                                                Sedimentary Rocks

                                                                Soil

                                                                Minerals

                                                                Rock Cycle

                                                                Fossils

Energy, Light, and Sound – Fossil Fuels

                                                  Natural Resources

                                                  Current Electricity

                                                  Heat

                                                  Renewable Fuels

                                                  Electricity

                                                  Magnetism

Scientific Inquiry – ALL

www.studyjams.scholastic.com

Math Activities                                         Student name __________________________

                                                                     Parent signature _________________________

Numbers : 

                    Place Value

                     Number Lines

                     Order Whole Numbers

                     Estimate Whole Numbers

                     Integers

                     Expanded Notation

Addition and Subtraction:

                       Estimate Sums and Differences

                        Relate + and –

                        Addition with Regrouping

                        Properties of Addition

                       + and – without Regrouping

                       Subtraction with Regrouping

Multiplication and Division

                       Multiplication

                      Single Digit division

                      Relate Multiplication and Division

                       Divisibility Rules

Fractions

                     Fractions

                     Equivalent Fractions

Math update for 3/14

Dear Parents,


     Just FYI, in addition to the fabulous iReady that you are having your kiddos work on at home, here are some additional IXL assignments that will stretch their thinking.  Thanks as always for your support!


     Jenny M-G     


Mixed Operations

1. M.8Addition and subtraction word problems
2. M.9Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems
3. M.10Interpret data in tables
4. M.11Multi-step word problems
5. M.12Missing operators

Equations and variables

1. O.1Identify equations
2. O.2Solve for the variable: addition and subtraction
3. O.3Solve for the variable: multiplication and division
4. O.4Solve for the variable: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
5. O.5Write variable equations to represent word problems

Logical reasoning

1. Q.1Guess the number
2. Q.2Largest/smallest number possible
3. Q.3Find the order
4. Q.4Age puzzles
5. Q.5Find two numbers based on sum and difference
6. Q.6Find two numbers based on sum, difference, product, and quotient

Update for 3/7

Dear Parents,


        Our Magnets test is this Wednesday and textbooks and journals will be coming home tonight.  We will be working on the Chapter 5 Review in class today and I will e-mail you the correct answers as usual later today.  The chapter spans pages 190-219 in the textbook, but your child does not need to read all of it - we have read and done the investigations in class.  He/she can review the sections that may still not be crystal clear and can use the illustrations to reinforce the vocabulary ( magnet, attract, repel, magnetic, electromagnet, generator, and temporary magnet).  Please let me know if you have any questions!


       In math, we are in our last unit - Time and Measurement!  This week's HW is IXL on Time (S.1-S.10).  Thanks in advance for all of your support!


      Jenny M-G