November 12

News Letter November 12-16

Important Note:

  • Thursday 11/8 cancelled conferences have been rescheduled to Thursday 11/15.  Parents are invited to attend at their scheduled time.  Your cooperation is appreciated.
  • We are collecting canned and dry goods for our food drive
  • Money for pasta to support children with Leukemia 

Spelling:  List #8 C or CK

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Theme or lesson of the story.   Please have your child fill the reading logs daily.  

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. We are focusing contractions and conjunctions.

Math:

Solving two- step word problems involving multiplication, division, and assess the reasonableness of answers.  

 

Science: Forces and Motion

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

November 5

News Letter November 5-9

 

Important date: No School November 6 

spelling: Random Spelling-Students will review lists 1-7 only the Both section for this week spelling test.  I will randomly choose twenty words.

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. We are focusing on abstract and concrete nouns.

Math:3.OA.5

Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known.(Commutative property of multiplication.)3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)

Science: Forces and Motion

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

October 29

News Letter October 29-November 2

Important Dates

10/29- McCollough Boo Bash 4:00 pm- 6:00 pm
10/30- Mc-Unis Math Night (3:30 pm- 5:00 pm)
10/31- Halloween parade/class activities 2:00
11/2- Half Day for Student

Spelling:  List #7 

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Theme or lesson of the story.   Please have your child fill the reading logs daily.  

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. We are focusing on abstract and concrete nouns.

Math:3.OA.5

Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)

Science: Forces and Motion

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

October 22

News Letter October 22-26

Important Dates

Picture Day is Wednesday, October 24 

Halloween- Students may bring individually wrapped treats.  We have 24 students.

Spelling:  List #6 Two-Syllable Words-Open

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Theme or lesson of the story.   Please have your child fill the reading logs daily.  

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. We are focusing on abstract and concrete nouns.

Math:3.OA.5

Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)

Science: Forces and Motion

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

October 15

News Letter October 15-19

Important Dates

Thursday, October 18 Fire House Field Trip

Spelling:  List #5 Homophones

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Theme or lesson of the story.   Please have your child fill the reading logs daily.  

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday. We are focusing on abstract and concrete nouns.

Math: 3.OA.1

Students will model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagram.  (See planners and Class Dojo for homework pages)

Social Studies: Lesson 5 /Lesson 6

3 – G2.0.2 Describe different regions to which Michigan belongs (e.g., Great Lakes Region, Midwest)

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

October 8

News Letter October 8-12

 

Important Dates

Friday, October 12 is a 1/2 day

Spelling:  List #4 Skill Soft C and G

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Theme or lesson of the story.   Please have your child fill the reading logs daily.  

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be on Friday.

Math: 3.OA.1

Students will model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagram.  (See planners and Class Dojo for homework pages)

Social Studies: Lesson 5 /Lesson 6

3 – G2.0.2 Describe different regions to which Michigan belongs (e.g., Great Lakes Region, Midwest)

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

October 1

New Letter 10/1-10/5

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Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Spelling:  List #3 skill – Vowel Digraphs

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Education City and any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

~Reading: Asking and answering questions and story elements. I will start sending a reading log and reading comprehension weekly along with comprehension questions for fiction and nonfiction.

 

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be Friday.

Mathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IJpfIc7Jf4&feature=youtu.be 

Vido:Distributive property of multiplication.

Social Studies: Lesson 2 /Lesson 3

3 – G2.0.1 Use a variety of visual materials and data sources to describe ways in which Michigan can be divided into regions.
3 – G2.0.2 Describe different regions to which Michigan belongs (e.g., Great Lakes Region, Midwest)

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

September 24

News Letter September 24-28

Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Spelling:  List #2 skill – Vowel Teams

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax,  Myon, any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .

~Reading: Asking and answering questions and story elements. I will start sending a reading log and reading comprehension weekly along with comprehension questions for fiction and nonfiction.

Education City: New website-students have their username and password on their planner.  It is the yellow paper.

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be Friday.

Math:

Social Studies:What is a geographer, what is a state, and what city do you live in.

Snacks: Thanks for providing your child a healthy snack. 

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org

 

September 17

News Letter September 17-21

Good Morning: hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Spelling:  List #1 skill – Silent E

Spelling Homework :

  • Each week your child will add a spelling card to this collection.  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 🙂

Spelling Test: Friday

Reading:

~20-30 minutes –In addition to reading books, students may use  Mobymax,  Myon, any reading assignment towards  the 30 minutes of reading .

~Reading: Asking and answering questions and story elements. I will start sending a reading log and reading comprehension weekly along with comprehension questions for fiction and nonfiction.

 Language Arts: Students study grammar and language review Monday-Thursday.  Study guide comes home Thursday and the quiz will be Friday.

Math:
We are working on multiplication and division strategies and story problems.  Students will receive homework as we finish learning the lessons in class.  The homework book is called Succeed.

Social Studies:What is a geographer, what is a state, and what city do you live in.

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

Mrs. Shakarchi and students in room 217.

Contact Email: shakara@dearbornschools.org