Ms. Taleb's 3rd Grade Class

Congratulations to all the students who earned awards at Friday’s honors assembly.   I am so proud of my class for all their hard work and perseverance.  They will be putting that perseverance and hard work to the test this week as we begin our mid-year testing cycle.

• Today we began taking the I-Ready diagnostic test in the afternoon.  Once that is completed students can access the website again from home. Please do not use I-Ready at home yet.
• Tuesday we will take the NWEA Science test.
• We will also have a social studies test for the end of the unit this Wednesday.  A study guide will come home today.
• Thursday we will have a math test for the end of module.  And Friday is the end of the card marking period.
• There will be no spelling test this week.
• We also have a half day on Friday.  Dismissal will be at 11:45.  Here is our week ahead.

Math:  We have one more lesson to finish on addition, subtraction, and rounding.  Students will get a study guide on Wednesday, and the test is Thursday.  This will leave Friday for any make-up tests if students were absent.  Due to the amount of testing this week, please make sure your child is not absent unless he or she is sick.

Science:  We will not be starting anything new this week due to all the testing.

Social Studies:  A study guide will be given on Monday, and the test will be on Wednesday.  This test will cover the economic growth of Michigan.

Reading:  We will be comparing and contrasting stories.

Writing:  We will begin brainstorming lists of opinion topics to write about.

Homework –

1. Math lesson 20 homework
2. ZEARN
3. Read 20 minutes and write about it

Reminders –

1. DO NOT go on iReady!!
2. Math test next week Thursday
3. Social Studies test next week Wednesday
4. We have book check out on Monday. Make sure library books are with you on Monday!!

Students and Parents,

Monday is our Mid-year I ready assessment. Please DO NOT access I ready on the weekend, this will affect the system and I will not be able to give the correct test Monday. If students use it early they will start a test that should be taken during school hours. 🙁

Please NO  I ready this Saturday and Sunday.

Homework –

1. math lesson 19 homework
2. study for spelling test
3. iready
4. zearn
5. read 20 minutes and write about it

Reminder –

Social Studies test on Wednesday next week!

Math test on Thursday next week!

Study guides will come home beginning of next week. 🙂

Homework

1. read for 20 minutes and write about it
2. zearn
3. iready
4. spelling – write each word in a sentence

We had an awesome first day back.

Here is the homework for today –

1. Spelling ABC order
2. Zearn
3. Iready
4. Read 20 minutes and write about it

Tutoring permission slips went home with some students. Please return then TOMORROW. Tutoring will begin on Wednesday.

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone enjoyed our two week break.  We have two weeks until the end of the card marking, so we will be jumping right back into school mode. New spelling words will come out tomorrow with our usual test on Friday.  NWEA and I-Ready testing windows open this week.  However, we will not start testing until next week.  This will give kids some time to brush up on previous learning and get a few extra minutes in on the I-Ready program.  It is very important that students are on this program at least 45 minutes per week and are passing their lessons with at least 80% proficiency.  Here is what our upcoming week looks like.

Math:  We will spend time learning strategies for subtracting with regrouping with a focus on place value.  We will also work on word problems.

Science:  We will analyze how surface area affect the evaporation rate of water by conducting an investigation and recording measurement data in a data chart.

Social Studies:  We will learn about Henry Ford as an entrepreneur, manufacturing, and reasons why people came to Michigan.

Reading:  We will be learning how to recount stories by summarizing the important information from the beginning, middle, and end as well as determining the central message.

Writing:  We are starting a new unit on opinion writing.  Students will start with a cold write on Monday to show what they know about opinion writing.  The rest of the week will be spent analyzing mentor texts so students get an idea of what good opinion writers do.

/gr/ /br/ & /cr/ sounds

grapes

bring

cried

grace

crowd

addends

minuends

evaporate

automobile

economic

Please make sure you are going on Zearn and iReady every day for at least 20 minutes.

Ali, Nisreen, Almaha, Abdulshaheed, and Muneera have been visiting Zearn over break. Keep up the great work. 🙂

Nisreen, Eman Almujahid, Muneera and Abdulmohsin have been on iReady!

Winter Break Homework

Dear Parent,

Please make sure your child completes the pages listed below in their I-Ready Book:

Pgs. 79, 93, 161, 215, 217, 221, 243, 259, 262, 283, 287, 289, 299, 301, 303.

All of the pages above have been taught to your child.  Pages are a review.

In addition, please make sure your child does 20 minutes of I-Ready, 20 minutes of Zearn, and reads every day for 20 minutes.

Thank you!

I hope you are all enjoying your break!!!