Thursday & Friday

Thursday is the opening of Our School Bank!  It is also our Decades Day for Spirit Week.

The UCHS Drama Class will be performing "Charlotte's Web" at 6:30 PM at the Fine Arts Center.  (The performance Wednesday was wonderful!  Please try to go Thursday or Saturday!)

On Friday, students will participate in a Walkathon for Childhood Literacy, sponsored by the Rotary Club.  We will be watching the movie The BFG on Friday afternoon, so feel free to bring a snack and drink for the afternoon matinee.  (This is of course not required.)

On Saturday, the UCHS Drama Class will be performing the final showing of "Charlotte's Web" at 6:30 PM at the Fine Arts Center.

Tuesday Tidbits

We have lots to share with you this week in purple folders!

*Tomorrow we will go see "Charlotte's Web" at the Fine Arts Center.

*Spirit Week:
Wednesday: WACKY TACKY

Thursday: DECADES DAY (Dress from your favorite decade.)

Friday: PANTHER SPIRIT DAY

*Parents are invited to 3rd Grade Fall Showcase at EITHER 2:00 PM (not AM like the paper says) or 5:00 PM in our classroom on Tuesday, October 4.  Please bring your child to the 5:00 session if attending.  Return purple slip by Friday.

*"Voter Registration Forms" are due by October 5 to participate in our classroom election.

*Family pumpkin project is due no later than October 11.  (We would love to have them back by the 4th for our Fall Showcase!)

This Week's ELA: Oi and Final BFG

3.08 Spelling: /oi/                                                                           

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*): 

Choice 1: Three Times Each (MUST be on your own paper)

Choice 2: Spell and Draw* (Write each word & draw an appropriate picture/symbol to explain the word meaning.)

Choice 3: Alphabetical Order*

Choice 4: Categories* (Divide the words into labeled groups.)

*These choices can be created in Google Docs.  Save as SpellingBonus308.LastF (so mine would be saved as SpellingBonus308.DyerH).  When you are ready to submit, click the blue SHARE button at the top right, enter Mrs. Dyer’s email address hdyer@ucschools.org and check “Can Edit,” and then click DONE.

Tuesday: Write your spelling words correctly in your agenda.  Study all 15 words.  (Start on bonus.)

Wednesday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words.  Finish bonus (if completing).

Thursday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com.) 

*Your test on Friday will have 20 words.  The “extra” five will be selected from previous weeks’ words.

1.     toys

2.     annoy

3.     point

4.     noise

5.     broil

6.     loyal

7.     voice

8.     voyage

9.     avoid

10. coins

11. poisonous

12. spoiled

13. join

14. royalty

15. joyful

Vocabulary: The BFG (Week 5)

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*):

Choice 1: Make flashcards.

Choice 2: Make a Quizlet with the words and definitions (http://quizlet.com).

Choice 3*: Write each word in an original super sentence.

Choice 4*: Write a story using all of the vocabulary words.  It can be silly, but it must make sense.

*These choices can be created in Google Docs.  Save as VocabBonus308.LastF (so mine would be saved as VocabBonus308.DyerH).  When you are ready to submit, click the blue SHARE button at the top right, enter Mrs. Dyer’s email address hdyer@ucschools.org and check “Can Edit,” and then click DONE.

Tuesday-Thursday: Study your words and definitions.  Begin bonus if completing.  Your test will use each word in a sentence (in context) and may include words from previous weeks.

Wednesday: Finish bonus if completing.

1.     bellow: to yell loudly

2.     fury: great anger

3.     horrendous: very unpleasant or terrible

4.     lunatic: a crazy person

5.     modest: not calling attention to yourself

6.     sprawl: to lie with your arms and legs spread out

IRA (Independent Reading Activity): Postcard from the Book

            Create a postcard of the setting of your book (when and where it takes place).  On the blank side of the index card, draw your picture that shows the setting.  (You can certainly show more about your book.)  On the back (lined) side of the card, on the left side write a note to yourself as if you are a character in the book.  On the back right, address the postcard to yourself with your home address.  You can even create your own stamp in the top right corner.

            Your IRA is due on Friday.

Spirit Week!

Remember that this week is SPIRIT WEEK in honor of Friday's Homecoming game!     

Tuesday: FAVORITE TEAM             

Wednesday: WACKY TACKY

Thursday: DECADES DAY (Dress from your favorite decade.)

Friday: PANTHER SPIRIT DAY

Charlotte's Web

We will be going to the high school on Wednesday, 9/28, to see the high school production of "Charlotte's Web" at about 8:30.  If you do not want your child to attend for some reason, please let me know.  Thanks!

Upcoming Events

Tomorrow is school picture day!  These are "head shots" of the shoulders up.  We do have PE tomorrow, so wear or bring your sneakers.

The Fall Festival is this Saturday, 9/24, from 3:00-7:00 at UCES.  Come out for some great family fun!  (We are still accepting donations of toys and/or garden items for our booth and basket.)

Monday, 9/26, is Parent/Teacher Conference Day.  Conference reminders were sent home last week.

Next Friday 9/30 is Homecoming.  We will be celebrating Spirit Week all week!

Monday- no school for students

Tuesday- Favorite Sports Team

Wednesday- Wacky Tacky Day

Thursday- Decades Day (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc)

Friday-Panther Spirit Day

Tuesday Folders

Please sign & return the green progress report and Mrs. Cook's white Donors Choose photo permission along with the front of the purple folders.  Thank you!

Fall Festival This Weekend!

This Week's ELA: Long Oo/U & BFG Week 4

3.07 Spelling: Long Oo/U                                                                HD3/JC3

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*): 

Choice 1: Three Times Each (MUST be on your own paper)

Choice 2: Spell and Draw* (Write each word & draw an appropriate picture/symbol to explain the word meaning.)

Choice 3: Alphabetical Order*

*These choices can be created in Google Docs.  Save as SpellingBonus307.LastF (so mine would be saved as SpellingBonus307.DyerH).  When you are ready to submit, click the blue SHARE button at the top right, enter Mrs. Dyer’s email address hdyer@ucschools.org and check “Can Edit,” and then click DONE.

Monday: Which are the 5 hardest words for you to spell?  Write them correctly in your agenda in the box on the bottom right.  Practice and study these words.  (Start on bonus practice if completing.)

Tuesday: Write the rest of your spelling words correctly in your agenda.  Study all 15 words.  (Work on bonus.)

Wednesday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words.  Finish bonus (if completing).

Thursday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com.) 

*Your test on Friday will have 20 words.  The “extra” five will be selected from previous weeks’ words.

1.     threw

2.     through

3.     computer

4.     cute

5.     perfume

6.     spoon

7.     rescue

8.     few

9.     fruit

10. mule

11. usually

12. excuse

13. uniform

14. true

15. suit

IRA (Independent Reading Activity): Compare & Contrast: Character & You

            Create a Venn diagram (two interlocking circles) on your own paper to compare and contrast a character in your book to yourself.  In what ways are you alike?  How are you different from each other?  Consider including how you would react in events in the story compared to how the character actually reacts.  Please include at least five thoughtful comparisons.

            Your IRA is due on Friday.

           

Vocabulary: The BFG (Week 4)

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*):

Choice 1: Make flashcards.

Choice 2: Make a Quizlet with the words and definitions (http://quizlet.com).

Choice 3*: Write each word in an original super sentence.

Choice 4*: Write a story using all of the vocabulary words.  It can be silly, but it must make sense.

*These choices can be created in Google Docs.  Save as VocabBonus307.LastF (so mine would be saved as VocabBonus307.DyerH).  When you are ready to submit, click the blue SHARE button at the top right, enter Mrs. Dyer’s email address hdyer@ucschools.org and check “Can Edit,” and then click DONE.

Monday-Thursday: Study your words and definitions.  Begin bonus if completing.  Your test will use each word in a sentence (in context) and may include words from previous weeks.

Wednesday: Finish bonus if completing.

1.     obvious: a fact that is very clear and does not need explaining

2.     famished: very hungry

3.     tinge: a little bit of color

4.     desolate: without any plants, animals, or people

5.     murky: cloudy or hard to see through

6.     murmur: to speak very softly

Grammar Focus:     subject/predicate, nouns/verbs, complete sentences, paragraph writing

Reading Focus: The BFG (fiction/fantasy); character development and plot; similes

*Monday, September 26 is Parent/Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)!  If you did not sign up for a conference and would like one, please let us know.  We will probably have to schedule you for a different day as most slots are full on the 26^th.  Thanks for understanding.

Scholastic News

Each Wednesday, students will receive their own personal copy of "Scholastic News with Weekly Reader."  Some weeks we were work on them together in class, and other weeks they will be sent home for enrichment.  This week, students may complete the last page and the "Find It! Proper Nouns" (p. 3) for EXTRA CREDIT.  Please return them by Friday for extra credit.  Thanks!

Tuesday Tidbits

Our principal asked us to share the following information with you:

• School begins at 8 AM.  Students arriving after 8 AM are considered tardy.  Please walk your child to the front office and sign them in if you arrive tardy to school.
• Parents are invited and welcome to join their children for lunch one day per week.  Any parent planning to join their child for lunch should send a note to the child's teacher prior to the visit.  The child and visiting parent will sit at the designated "parent table" in the cafeteria.
• The parent pick up line closes at 3:15 each day.  Please pick your child up by 3:15.  Students who are not picked up by 3:15 will be in the office awaiting parent pick up.  Parents will need to come to the office with photo ID to sign their child out.
• Picture day is September 22.

PROGRESS REPORTS ARE NOT going home today as scheduled due to some computer glitches.  They will go home next week.  Thanks for your understanding.

Please read This Week's ELA post (click or scroll down), because a new assignment has been introduced, the IRA.  IRAs are due by Friday.

Thank you so very much for your help with Roald Dahl Day from Dahl-icious dress up to scrumdillyumptious snacks!  Photos were posted in Class Dojo.  If you'd like to watch the Roald Dahl Day broadcast, click HERE.

This Week's ELA: Short-O and Long-O; The BFG Week 3; IRA #1

3.06 Spelling: Short- and Long-O                                                    

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*): 

Choice 1: Three Times Each (MUST be on your own paper)

Choice 2: Spell and Draw* (Write each word & draw an appropriate picture/symbol to explain the word meaning.)

Choice 3: Spelling Sort* (Sort and write your words into two categories, short-o and long-o sounds.)

Choice 4: Alphabetical Order*

Choice 5: Word + 1* (Find another word that matches the sound and spelling pattern.  Write both words.

Example: coach / roach)

*These choices can be created in Google Docs and then SHARE with hdyer@ucschools.org (and check CAN EDIT).

Monday: Which are the 5 hardest words for you to spell?  Write them correctly in your agenda in the box on the bottom right.  Practice and study these words.  (Start on bonus practice if completing.)

Tuesday: Write the rest of your spelling words correctly in your agenda.  Study all 15 words.  (Work on bonus.)

Wednesday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words.  Finish bonus (if completing).

Thursday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words!  If possible, take a practice test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com.) 

*Your test on Friday will have 20 words.  The “extra” five will be selected from previous weeks’ words.

The short-o vowel sound is the vowel you hear in hop.

The long-o vowel sound is what you hear in open.

1.     coach

2.     though

3.     vote

4.     hollow

5.     lollipop

6.     oatmeal

7.     octagon

8.     bought

9.     motion

10. poetry

11. o'clock

12. bow

13. stopped

14.  suppose

15. tomorrow

Vocabulary: The BFG (Week 3)

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday on your own paper OR through Google Docs*):

Choice 1: Make flashcards.

Choice 2: Make a Quizlet with the words and definitions (http://quizlet.com).

Choice 3*: Write each word in an original super sentence.

Choice 4*: Write a story using all of the vocabulary words.  It can be silly, but it must make sense.

*These choices can be created in Google Docs and then SHARE with hdyer@ucschools.org (and check CAN EDIT).

Monday: Use the word bank to match each word to its definition.  Begin bonus if completing.

Tuesday-Thursday: Study for Friday’s test.  Your test will use each word in a sentence (in context) and will include words from previous weeks.

Wednesday: Finish bonus if completing.

colossal           craggy             extraordinary                         fearsome         thrashing        translucent     

1.     _____________________________________________________: tossing and turning with great force

2.     _____________________________________________________: very huge or gigantic

3.     _____________________________________________________: light can pass through but isn’t clear

4.     _____________________________________________________: very unusual

5.     _____________________________________________________: frightening to look at

6.     _____________________________________________________: rough and uneven

IRA (Independent Reading Activity): DUE FRIDAY!

            You may complete your IRA on your own paper or in Google Docs (Change UNTITLED DOCUMENT to IRA301.LastF which means last name first initial.  Mine would be saved as IRA301.DyerH.  When you are ready to submit, click the blue SHARE button at the top right, enter Mrs. Dyer’s email address hdyer@ucschools.org and check “Can Edit,” and then click DONE.)

            Write (or type) your complete heading (title is IRA 301).  Respond to the following questions in complete sentences.  Consider writing a paragraph instead of only answering the questions.  What book are you currently reading?  Who is the author?  Is your book fiction or nonfiction?  How do you know?  Use evidence from the text to support your response.  Tell the highlights of the book so far. 

            You may add an illustration if you’d like, but an illustration is not required.

Grammar Focus:     subject/predicate, nouns/verbs, complete sentences, paragraph writing

Reading Focus: The BFG (fiction/fantasy); character development and plot

Bring in a clean, clear plastic jar with lid by Tuesday!

September 13 is Roald Dahl Day!  Dress up as your favorite Roald Dahl character!

Squid Dissection

Yes, you read that correctly!  We were blessed with the generous donation of a squid from the beach Wednesday (thanks to my nephew and his family; it came home in their boat).  Ever the innovative science teacher, Mrs. Cook decided to preserve it until today so that students could see what it looks like, inside and out.