Mrs. Mikell's and Mrs. Pinter's
3rd Grade Class
Mrs. Mikell's and Mrs. Pinter's
3rd Grade Class
Welcome to our class website!
Contact Information:
696-8750 ext. 226
Mrs. Mikell - mikellk@duvalschools.org AND
Mrs. Pinter - pinterm1@duvalschools.org
S.T.A.R.S.
Study, Try, Achieve and Reach Success
(school theme for this year)
NOTE: SOME OF THIS WEEK'S (MAY 3RD - 9TH) HOMEWORK IS POSTED BELOW.
Reading Homework
Monday - Weekend - Read 20 minutes - Summarize
Monday - Reading Journal - Allison by Allen Say - tell how and why Allison's feelings change during the story
Tuesday - no additional Reading homework tonight
Wednesday - Reading Journal - The Lost Lake by Allen Say - tell how and why the boy's feelings change during the story
Thursday - no additional Reading homework tonight
Language Arts Homework
Monday - Wednesday - see Spelling homework below
Tuesday - Grammar Worksheet
Wednesday - study for Spelling test
Thursday - Study for Daily Language Review (DLR) Quiz
Friday - review spelling and vocabulary words
READING
We are in the middle of our Author Study on Allen Say. Over the next few weeks we will spend time reading several of Allen Say's books, having discussion about them, and working together to complete specific tasks. If you have the opportunity, take your child to the library and check out some of Allen Say's books to read and enjoy with them.
WRITING
We are in the middle of writing our Persuasive essays. We have been working on selecting our audience, picking a topic, and coming up with strong reasons to support our topic. Ask your student to share their goal and strong reasons with you and discuss if their reasons are good enough to persuade you.
SPELLING
Students are given 20 new spelling words every Friday. We encourage them to take their Spelling Journals home over the weekend to review the words to see which ones they already know and which ones they will need to spend extra time studying. Monday - Wednesday they will have spelling homework to help them become more familiar with the words. Spelling tests will be on Thursdays. PLEASE NOTE SPELLING HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS POSTED BELOW.
Spelling List #29
04/30/10–05/06/10
1. begin
2. again
3. around
4. before
5. away
6. about
7. alive
8. because
9. ahead
10. between
11. behind
12. ago
13. they
14. want
15. awhile
16. beyond
17. fabric
18. patterns
19. wilderness
20. inhabited
Parent(s),
Please study these some each night. Also, Monday – Blue Vowels, Tuesday – Adding My Words, Wednesday – Syllable Sort. Test will be on Thursday.
VOCABULARY
NOTE: WE ARE NOW USING A NEW VOCABULARY CURRICULUM CALLED "WORDLY WISE." WE WILL USE THIS VOCABULARY CURRICULUM UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THE SAME CURRICULUM 4TH AND 5TH GRADE ARE USING SO DOING THIS THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THIS YEAR WILL HELP PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT THEY WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE NEXT TWO GRADE LEVELS.
New vocabulary words will be introduced every Friday. The words with their definitions is sent home on a sheet in the student's Friday OR Homework folder. We encourage students to review this sheet several times between Friday and Wednesday of the next week. We will review several vocabulary activities in class to help students become more familiar with the vocabulary words. Vocabulary tests will be on Thursdays.
Vocabulary - April 30th - May 6th
1. amaze - v. to surprise or cause wonder; amazing - adj. causing wonder or surprise.
2. arctic - adj. very cold; Arctic - n. the area around the North Pole.
3. court - n. 1. an open, flat area marked off for a game or sport; 2. the home of a king, queen, or other royal person; 3. the place where a judge holds trials and decides matters of law.
4. elect - v. 1. to choose by voting for; 2. to make a choice.
5. interval - n. 1. a period of time between events; 2. a space between two things.
6. league - n. 1. a group of people that works together for a common purpose; 2. a group of sports teams that play each other to see which is best.
7. limit - n. a line or point beyond which one may not go; v. to keep from going beyond a certain point.
8. milestone - n. 1. a stone marker that gives the distance in miles to another point; 2. an important event.
9. recreation - n. anything a person does to relax or have fun.
10. tackle - v. 1. to grab or get in the way of a player in a game in order to stop them or take the ball away; 2. to do or try to do something; n. the tools needed for some activity or sport.
Our tentative testing schedule is as follows:
UPCOMING EVENTS
Early Release Day - January 20th
NO SCHOOL - January 15th and 22nd
HOMEWORK
Your child will need to read 20 minutes every night. and write a summary in their Reading Summaries Notebook (spiral notebook). Additional homework assignments will be recorded in their planner and should be completed to be turned in the following school day. Homework is an extension of what your child is learning in class and therefore it is imperative it be completed daily.
READING LOG
In order to receive credit for reading a book, your child will need to either successfully pass a Reading Counts quiz on the computer at school OR write a response (expectations glued in the front of their reading journal). After successful completion of either a quiz or response, the student will record the book on their "Finished Book Log." The third grade reading goal is 30 chapter books. We encourage your child to read chapter books from a variety of reading genres.
LUNCH
NOTE: CAFETERIA LUNCH IS $1.50. Lunches may be paid for in advance in the cafeteria or by going online to www.mylunchmoney.com. If your child is bringing lunch money with them, please be sure they have a secure way of keeping up with it. We do not have a way to keep food or beverages cold for the class.
Please work with your child 5-10 minutes each night reviewing addition and subtraction math facts. If you would like to purchase flash cards you can find them at the Dollar Tree or Wal-Mart for approximately $1.00. There are also many free math websites your child can access to help them learn their math facts in a timely manner.
After your child has completed their 20 minutes of reading homework, ask them to summarize it for you (3-4 sentences) before they write it in their Reading Summaries Notebook. This will help ensure they are comprehending what they're reading.
Regularly review spelling and vocabulary words each night.
As we begin this school year we will review with students our rules, rituals, and routines. First, welcome to our S.T.A.R. classroom! We would like to share with you our classroom rules which are represented by the acronym S.T.A.R.
1. Smart —get smart by paying attention.
2. Treat others like you want to be treated.
3. Act, talk, and express feelings in an appropriate way.
4. Respect everyone - classmates, other students, teachers, and all adults.
Students are expected to follow all of the rules, rituals, & routines.
In order to create a successful learning environment, all students must be respectful of each other’s right to learn. It is expected that they comply with the Duval County Code of Conduct, school-wide rules, and classroom rituals, routines and procedures. This year we will continue to utilize the card-flipping classroom management system. Each child starts each nine weeks with 100 points for conduct. Each time a student flips their card they have a point deducted from 100. If your child flips their card a note will be written in their agenda indicating the reason why they had to flip. Please be sure to check and sign their agenda each night. Please see the grading scale below:
¨ 90—100 = A
¨ 80—89 = B
¨ 70—79 = C
¨ 60—69 = D
¨ 0—59 = F
Consequences
The following consequences will apply when a student flips their card during the day:
0 Flips = Great Day!
1 Flip = 5 minutes off free recess
2 Flips = 10 minutes off free recess
3 Flips = No recess
4 Flips = No recess
NO HOMEWORK = NO RECESS*
*If your child does not have their homework they will be required to complete it during recess.