Spelling:  List #17 Skill: er, ir, ur, & ire

List A: her, burn, swirl, verb, fire, dirt, surf, perch, bird, tire

Both: burst, alert, third, umpire, admire

List B: burger, birthday, turnip, circle, squirm, swerve, verse, entire, perspire, require

Content Words:

1. text
2. evidence
3. square unit
4. lumber
5. decade

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: capitalization of titles, verb tenses, and synonyms.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: students recognize area as an attribute of two-dimensional regions. They measure the area of a shape by finding the total number of same-size units of area required to cover the shape without gaps or overlaps, a square with sides of unit length being the standard unit for measuring area. Students understand that rectangular arrays can be decomposed into identical rows or into identical columns. By decomposing rectangles into rectangular arrays of squares, students connect area to multiplication, and justify using multiplication to determine the area of a rectangle.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Welcome back!

Monday: WIDA- Writing this week. Please remind your child to focus and do their best, sleep early, eat a healthy breakfast, and never give up. Thanks for your support.

Spelling:  List #16 Skill- ar & or

List A:corn, porch, smart, dark, barn, more, farm, fort, horn, core

Both: artist, party, store, floor, bored

List B: aardvark, caramel, darkness, charming, barnyard, scoreboard, fortune, tornado, vendor, corridor

Content Words:

1. comma
2. conjunction
3. area
4. length
5. width

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include:Contractions, revise/edit, and adjectives.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: students recognize area as an attribute of two-dimensional regions. They measure the area of a shape by finding the total number of same-size units of area required to cover the shape without gaps or overlaps, a square with sides of unit length being the standard unit for measuring area. Students understand that rectangular arrays can be decomposed into identical rows or into identical columns. By decomposing rectangles into rectangular arrays of squares, students connect area to multiplication, and justify using multiplication to determine the area of a rectangle.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Note: We are studying list #14 this week since I didn’t assign it last week. Thank you.

Important test:

We are starting WIDA this week. Please remind your child to focus and do their best, sleep early, eat a healthy breakfast, and never give up. Thanks for your support.

Spelling:  List #15 Skill: consonant + le

List A:simple, table, bubble, gentle, battle, buckle, puzzle, apple, scuffle, people

Both: saddle, example, principle, visible, multiple

List B: pineapple, admirable, motorcycle, convertible, pleasurable, quadruple, flexible, adaptable, responsible, comfortable

Content Words:

1. supply
2. demand
3. multiple
4. adjective
5. pronoun

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include:Contractions, revise/edit, and adjectives.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Note: We are studying list #14 this week since I didn’t assign it last week. Thank you.

Important test:

We are starting WIDA this week. Please remind your child to focus and do their best, sleep early, eat a healthy breakfast, and never give up. Thanks for your support.

Spelling:  List #14 Skill: Irregular Past Tense

List A:wrote, blew, ate, sworn, gave, bound, flown, drawn, blown, drawn

Both: brought, known, chosen, spoken, written

List B: became, built, forbade, heard, meant, understood, stolen, hidden, forgiven, babysat

Content Words:

1. opinion
2. reasons
3. total
4. subtract
5. product

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: simple predicate, meaning of words, editing, plurals.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Spelling:  List #14 Skill: Irregular Past Tense

List A:wrote, blew, ate, sworn, gave, bound, flown, drawn, blown, drawn

Both: brought, known, chosen, spoken, written

List B: became, built, forbade, heard, meant, understood, stolen, hidden, forgiven, babysat

Content Words:

1. opinion
2. reasons
3. total
4. subtract
5. product

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: simple predicate, meaning of words, editing, plurals.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

January 13th, 2020

Important Dates

• Friday, January 17 is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:10
• Monday, January 20 No School (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday:
• Tuesday, January 21 is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:10

Spelling:  List #13 change y to i & add es/ed

List A:skies, dried, candies, spied, spies, studied, parties, jellies, ladies, copied

Both:pennies, berries, married, buried, candied

List B: categories, qualities, multiplied, communities, butterflies, mysteries, hurried, testified, supplied, disqualified

Content Words:

1. compare
2. contrast
3. revise
4. edit
5. total

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.2, 3.9

RI 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

RI 3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: compound subject, editing, correct phrase, and spelling.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

January 6th, 2020

Happy New Year and welcome back!

Spelling:  List #12 (irregular plural nouns)

List A: geese, hooves, halves, mice, lives, elves, teeth, feet, scarves, loaves

Both: calves, cacti, children, women, octopi

List B: antennae, oxen, policemen, larvae, shelves, parentheses, quizzes, thieves, vertebrae, vertices

Content Words:

1. main idea
2. details
3. multiply
4. divide
5. timeline

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.1, 3.4, and 3.5

RI. 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RI. 3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

RI. 3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Start writing or type / to choose a block

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: compound subject, editing, correct phrase, and spelling.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

December 9, 2019

Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Spelling:  List #11 (double consonants)

List A: egg, add, odd, apple, puppy, tennis, banner, dinner, funny, rubber

Both: bitter, collect, happen, traffic, hiccup

List B: tomorrow, different, suffer, slippers, grasshopper, worry, lettuce, current, shudder, impossible

Content Words:

1. longhouse
2. crops
3. area
4. square unit
5. context clues

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.1, 3.4, and 3.5

RI. 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RI. 3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

RI. 3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Start writing or type / to choose a block

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: compound subject, editing, correct phrase, and spelling.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Place value and problem solving with units of measure.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes and tests will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: History of Michigan

3- H3.0.3 Describe the causal relationships between three events in Michigan’s past (e.g., Erie Canal, statehood)

3-H3.0.5 Describe how Indians & settlers adapted to, used, & modified their environments

3-H3.0.6 Describe interactions between Indians & European settlers in Michigan

3-H3.0.9 Describe how Michigan attained statehood

3-H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Spelling:  List #10 (ge or dge)

List A: cage, nudge, badge, fudge, edge, bridge, ridge, age, pledge, image

Both: sausage, smudge, voyage, judge, courage

List B: budget, drawbridge, fidget, hedgehog, knowledge, porridge, divulge, forage, message, leverage

Content Words:

1. Wigwam
2. Three Fires
3. multiples
4. factors
5. example

Spelling Test: Friday

• Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  Please save the cards for Random Spelling Week. Students will study List A or List B for the week, depending on pretest results.  All students will need to study the words in “both” section.    There will be 5 content words added as well for a total of 20 words.
• Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will use the same board for the first nine weeks.  They will choose three squares  to complete and hand in on Friday.  Have fun 

Reading for 20-30 Minutes

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax and any reading assignment towards the 30 minutes of reading . Log your reflections/summary in the homework page titled Reading Log.

~Reading:  For the next few weeks we will be learning Informational text standards 3.1, 3.4, and 3.5

RI. 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RI. 3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

RI. 3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Start writing or type / to choose a block

 Language Arts: 

Students will study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guides comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. Skills include: compound subject, editing, correct phrase, and spelling.

Math:

OBJECTIVE: Round two- and three-digit numbers to the nearest ten and hundred on the vertical number line.
Homework: pages will be assigned daily from the succeed book. Sometimes, homework will also be in the weekend. Quizzes will be announced on Class Dojo and Planners.

Math using Technology: Zearn and Mobymax

Social Studies: 3-G2 Places and Regions Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics. 3 – G2.0.1 Use a variety of visual materials and data sources to describe ways in which Michigan can be divided into regions. Examples may include but are not limited to: physical features (lakes versus land), land use (forest, agriculture, urban), and political (state, county, and tribal boundaries)

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. Thank you for your help and support :),

Mrs. Shakarchi and boys and girls in room 217

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org