Ahoy All!
Holy moly how is it already March! I cannot believe how fast this year is going! I must admit that I am so blessed to be working with this group of kiddos! They make me laugh and smile everyday. Thank you for letting me be part of their little lives.
Now on an academic note... we are knee deep in 3rd grade curriculum and material. I am impressed everyday at how much my students are learning.
Math: We have started our new unit. You should have received an overview of this unit. Currently we are working on measuring elapsed time, as well as using the metric and customary systems of measurement.
Reading: In reading we are working hard to get prepared for our SBAC test that will be administered the last week of March. We also started a new unit focusing on Salmon and their life cycles.
Writing: We are finishing our fictional stories. These have been a blast to read!
Spelling Words:
learn
little
children
play
city
there
point
about
which
its
young
toward
school
four
were ever
said
called
Challenge Words:
rhyme
spawning
instinct
smolt
vertebrates
Testing: Students are working hard to become familiar with the computer and testing in which they are required to take in a few weeks. If at all possible please allow your students to work on the computer. Things such as typing their homework journals, or some of the links that I have provided in other posts are great ways for students to practice. The more familiar students are with the computer the more comfortable they will fell on testing day!
Thanks for all you do!
Cassie Irwin
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Week of 2/9/2015
Ahoy!
Wow has this been a busy time of year! I so impressed with the amount of learning that is taking place in our classroom.
Something I want to bring to your attention is a field trip that will be taking place NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 18TH! I know it's really soon! The field trip to Columbia Springs to the pollution levels of the Columbia River. Since winter break we have been learning about fresh water in both our reading unit and science units. This oppurtunity was presented to us, so we decided to take it! I will need parent volunteers to accompany us on this trip. The feild trip costs $8 per students. If your studnet could bring this in ASAP it would be very helpful!
On another fun note! We will be having a Valentines Day party in our classroom on Friday from 2:00-2:30. If you would like to send in Valentines please remember that all students need to get a Valentine; there are 24 kids in our class. If you would like to bring in a snack, please fill out the bottom of the sheet sent home on last Friday or Email me. We already have parents bringing in juice, popcorn, cheese, and crackers.
Reading: This week we are finishing up our freshwater reading unit. We will be taking the assessment for this unit on Tuesday.
Writing: Working on writing a persuasive piece. Students are focusing on elaborating on their reasons.
Math: We are also finishing up our Unit 3 in math. Our assessment will be on Thursday. Remember to keep practicing multiplication facts with your student.
Science: Continuing our lessons on water and the water cycle.
Spelling:
there
thing
whole
since
young
knew
picture
little
across
through
sun
would
hear
however
said
don't
about
important
Challenge:
present
surface
competitor
exaggerate
thirty
Hope you all have a great week!
Miss Irwin
Wow has this been a busy time of year! I so impressed with the amount of learning that is taking place in our classroom.
Something I want to bring to your attention is a field trip that will be taking place NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 18TH! I know it's really soon! The field trip to Columbia Springs to the pollution levels of the Columbia River. Since winter break we have been learning about fresh water in both our reading unit and science units. This oppurtunity was presented to us, so we decided to take it! I will need parent volunteers to accompany us on this trip. The feild trip costs $8 per students. If your studnet could bring this in ASAP it would be very helpful!
On another fun note! We will be having a Valentines Day party in our classroom on Friday from 2:00-2:30. If you would like to send in Valentines please remember that all students need to get a Valentine; there are 24 kids in our class. If you would like to bring in a snack, please fill out the bottom of the sheet sent home on last Friday or Email me. We already have parents bringing in juice, popcorn, cheese, and crackers.
Reading: This week we are finishing up our freshwater reading unit. We will be taking the assessment for this unit on Tuesday.
Writing: Working on writing a persuasive piece. Students are focusing on elaborating on their reasons.
Math: We are also finishing up our Unit 3 in math. Our assessment will be on Thursday. Remember to keep practicing multiplication facts with your student.
Science: Continuing our lessons on water and the water cycle.
Spelling:
there
thing
whole
since
young
knew
picture
little
across
through
sun
would
hear
however
said
don't
about
important
Challenge:
present
surface
competitor
exaggerate
thirty
Hope you all have a great week!
Miss Irwin
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Week of 1/26-1/30
Howdy!
I hope everyone has had a fabulous week! Here in room 204 we are continuing to work hard! I am amazed everyday by how much these kids are learning! They are most definitely on their way to being 4th graders!
As we start the second half of the year I would love to see your students practicing their multiplication facts 10 minutes every night, as well as working on typing and computer skills. Having these computer skill will greatly benefit your students when it comes time to take the test. You could use websites such as...
Math Maven:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm
Dance Mat Typing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
Story Starters:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
This website has links to a lot of different techniques that the kids will need to know how to do!
https://drycreek-trusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SBACskills
Student can also just practice using Word to type stories or their journal entries. There are also quite a few student friendly websites on the Lacamas Website.
This weeks spelling words:
know
world
however
never
during
something
said
best
there
very
could
air
then
would
across
why
don't
today
Challenge:
invention
stomach
popular
attached
complete
Have a great rest of the week and GO HAWKS!!!
Miss Irwin
I hope everyone has had a fabulous week! Here in room 204 we are continuing to work hard! I am amazed everyday by how much these kids are learning! They are most definitely on their way to being 4th graders!
As we start the second half of the year I would love to see your students practicing their multiplication facts 10 minutes every night, as well as working on typing and computer skills. Having these computer skill will greatly benefit your students when it comes time to take the test. You could use websites such as...
Math Maven:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm
Dance Mat Typing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
Story Starters:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
This website has links to a lot of different techniques that the kids will need to know how to do!
https://drycreek-trusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SBACskills
Student can also just practice using Word to type stories or their journal entries. There are also quite a few student friendly websites on the Lacamas Website.
This weeks spelling words:
know
world
however
never
during
something
said
best
there
very
could
air
then
would
across
why
don't
today
Challenge:
invention
stomach
popular
attached
complete
Have a great rest of the week and GO HAWKS!!!
Miss Irwin
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Week: 1/19-1/23
Ahoy!
It is another busy week in room 204! As a class we are staying pretty healthy; however, this is not the case for a lot of Lacamas students! Please make sure the your kids are washing hands, and getting lots of sleep the bug going around is NASTY! Also remember that your child has to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.
Reading: Working on finding what is most important in an article. Still learning about fresh water and the river system. We are also starting our Beverly Cleary book study this week. The students are very excited about this!
Writing: This week students are starting their presuasive writing pieces. This will be directly connected to what we are learning about in reading with our rivers unit. If your student brings home a final draft please return it the next day!
Math: We are continuing to look at multi digit addition and subtraction. Students are learning strategies to help with making this progress easier. I am seeing some huge improvements! :) Please keep practicing multiplication facts!
Science: Working on the water cycle and learning the different parts.
Spelling:
paper
place
near
now
something
hard
because
sentence
what
don't
through
until
think
better
without
your
their
were
Challenge Words:
dictionary
directions
ability
understand
included
Hope everyone has a great rest of their week!
Miss Irwin
P.S. Book orders are due on the 27th of this month!
It is another busy week in room 204! As a class we are staying pretty healthy; however, this is not the case for a lot of Lacamas students! Please make sure the your kids are washing hands, and getting lots of sleep the bug going around is NASTY! Also remember that your child has to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.
Reading: Working on finding what is most important in an article. Still learning about fresh water and the river system. We are also starting our Beverly Cleary book study this week. The students are very excited about this!
Writing: This week students are starting their presuasive writing pieces. This will be directly connected to what we are learning about in reading with our rivers unit. If your student brings home a final draft please return it the next day!
Math: We are continuing to look at multi digit addition and subtraction. Students are learning strategies to help with making this progress easier. I am seeing some huge improvements! :) Please keep practicing multiplication facts!
Science: Working on the water cycle and learning the different parts.
Spelling:
paper
place
near
now
something
hard
because
sentence
what
don't
through
until
think
better
without
your
their
were
Challenge Words:
dictionary
directions
ability
understand
included
Hope everyone has a great rest of their week!
Miss Irwin
P.S. Book orders are due on the 27th of this month!
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Week of 1/12-1/16
Ahoy!
What a fabulous week we have had so far! My students are working so hard to learn as much as they can. It makes a teachers heart happy to see her students working so hard!
Reading: Working on finding the most important information in an article, as well as the main idea or message. Still working on our learning of rivers and fresh water.
Writing: Students are working using figurative language in their writing.
Math: Working on 3 digit addition and subtraction. Please be working on memorizing multiplication facts!
Spelling:
White
House
Year
They
There
Important
People
Began
Together
Soon Again
Through
Ever
Since
Been
Write
Above
Story
Challenge:
government
mansion
invaded
distinctive
special
Reminders:
Tuesday night is family resource night.
Friday is pajama day.
Have a great week!
Miss Irwin
What a fabulous week we have had so far! My students are working so hard to learn as much as they can. It makes a teachers heart happy to see her students working so hard!
Reading: Working on finding the most important information in an article, as well as the main idea or message. Still working on our learning of rivers and fresh water.
Writing: Students are working using figurative language in their writing.
Math: Working on 3 digit addition and subtraction. Please be working on memorizing multiplication facts!
Spelling:
White
House
Year
They
There
Important
People
Began
Together
Soon Again
Through
Ever
Since
Been
Write
Above
Story
Challenge:
government
mansion
invaded
distinctive
special
Reminders:
Tuesday night is family resource night.
Friday is pajama day.
Have a great week!
Miss Irwin
Thursday, January 8, 2015
We're Back! Week of 1/5/2015
Wow this first week back has been great! I had a great break but was very ready to get back to my classroom and my students! I have missed them.
With this new year we are going to be picking up right where we left off. Our students have learned so much already, but there is still plenty left to be learned! That being said here is what we are working on this week!
Math: Starting to look at addition and subtracting numbers up to 4 digits. We are also continually working on our multiplication facts! I have sent students home with their multiplication flash cards, they should be practicing these EVERY NIGHT!
Reading: This week we started our unit on fresh water and rivers. We are working hard on determining the main idea of both informational and fictional peices of writing. In reading we are also starting our book studies. We have broken into four different groups and will be reading and doing activities around each of the books selected.
Writing: Students will start working on persuasive writing!
Spelling:
study
picture
night
house
being
almost
around
light
new
earth
off
first
don't
second
there
world
people
without
Challenge words:
electricity
difficulties
combination
equation
multiplication
I hope that everyone had a great break and I can't wait to see what the rest of this year brings for room 204!
Miss Irwin
With this new year we are going to be picking up right where we left off. Our students have learned so much already, but there is still plenty left to be learned! That being said here is what we are working on this week!
Math: Starting to look at addition and subtracting numbers up to 4 digits. We are also continually working on our multiplication facts! I have sent students home with their multiplication flash cards, they should be practicing these EVERY NIGHT!
Reading: This week we started our unit on fresh water and rivers. We are working hard on determining the main idea of both informational and fictional peices of writing. In reading we are also starting our book studies. We have broken into four different groups and will be reading and doing activities around each of the books selected.
Writing: Students will start working on persuasive writing!
Spelling:
study
picture
night
house
being
almost
around
light
new
earth
off
first
don't
second
there
world
people
without
Challenge words:
electricity
difficulties
combination
equation
multiplication
I hope that everyone had a great break and I can't wait to see what the rest of this year brings for room 204!
Miss Irwin
Monday, December 8, 2014
12/8-12/12
Ahoy!
Wow! What a crazy time it is in room 204. With report cards coming home this week our class is working hard to finish up our work!
Reading: Took our unit 2 assessment on Friday! Over the next two weeks we are going to be working hard on comparing and contrasting different holidays around the world. We started our adventure learning about the holiday's in America and Canada today.
Math: Just finished unit 2 in math today! The students are working on our final assessment and will be starting on the pre-assessment for unit 3 later this week! Please be working on your multiplication facts at home!
Writing: Students just finished their final drafts today. They are going to be doing some creative writing over the next two weeks.
Spelling: Please be practicing these words with your students.
Santa
Decorate
Holiday
Stockings
Wreath
Icicles
Snow
Winter
Chimney
Coal
Remember... Report cards will be coming home with students on Thursday, December 11th.
Have a jolly week :)
Miss Irwin
Wow! What a crazy time it is in room 204. With report cards coming home this week our class is working hard to finish up our work!
Reading: Took our unit 2 assessment on Friday! Over the next two weeks we are going to be working hard on comparing and contrasting different holidays around the world. We started our adventure learning about the holiday's in America and Canada today.
Math: Just finished unit 2 in math today! The students are working on our final assessment and will be starting on the pre-assessment for unit 3 later this week! Please be working on your multiplication facts at home!
Writing: Students just finished their final drafts today. They are going to be doing some creative writing over the next two weeks.
Spelling: Please be practicing these words with your students.
Santa
Decorate
Holiday
Stockings
Wreath
Icicles
Snow
Winter
Chimney
Coal
Remember... Report cards will be coming home with students on Thursday, December 11th.
Have a jolly week :)
Miss Irwin
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