Reminders
This week is Book Fair!
Wednesday, February 15th 4pm-6pm- PARENT NIGHT!
Friday, February 17th- Half Day- dismissal is 12:30.
Winter break is February 20th-24th. Instead of formal homework for the week, I would like you to try some fun science experiments at home! Also, a fun activity is to have your child play some U.S. states games to help him/her improve his/her geography skills! Your child should also read each day for 30 minutes.
Check out some experiments by clicking the link below and have fun learning as a family!
Check out some state games!
Curriculum Update
Math: We are finishing up multiplication and division and moving on to money concepts!
Science: We are continuing to discuss our science fair topics and we are learning about the layers of the Earth, as well as natural disasters that change the Earth.
Social Studies: We are learning the different regions of the U.S. After we finish discussing the regions, your child will be responsible for memorizing the states!
Reading: We have finished Unit 3! This unit will focus on this concept question:
"What does it mean to be unique?"
Please read the attached Family Times letters that will give you more information about the story and skills & strategies that your child will learn this week.
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IMPORTANT DATES!
Early Dismissal- Friday, February 10th, 2:30pm
3rd Grade Bake Sale- Friday, Feb 10th
Book Fair- Next Monday-Friday, February 13th-17th
Parent Night- Wednesday, February 15th, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Half Day- Friday, February 17th, 12:30
Reminders
Reminders:
Tomorrow (Friday) your child is required to turn in 3 topics they are interested in researching for the science fair project. More information can be found in your child's home binder. We will be filling in more due dates together as we go along in the project.
100th Day!
The 100th day of school is this coming Monday, February 6th! We will be having activities relating to the number 100 all day. We will also have a little party Monday afternoon. If you would like to send in a HEALTHY snack for the class you are welcome to. Please do not send in junk food, we are trying to stay healthy this year :-) If you do bring in a drink or snack please bring enough for the whole class, 22 students.
Thank you!
Library Trip
Our library trip was very successful! The third grade behaved beautifully and we all had a wonderful time looking at new books and checking some out! We look forward to our next trip!
If you do not have a Mansfield library card yet, I encourage you to get one so that your child will be able to check out books each trip.
Special "Thank You" to Mrs. Boyle, Sr. Aamina (Husna's Mom), Sr. Ummil (Muhammad's Mom), Sr. Dalal, and Sr. Aamina for providing supervision and transporting us! We couldn't do it without you!
If you are interested in driving or supervising our next trip, just email me at jgordon@iane.org and I can give you more details!
Library Trip Volunteers Needed
The 3rd grade will be going on our first library trip this coming Monday, January 27th!
We are still in need of parent drivers. If you are available Monday morning to drive and be with us at the library for one hour, please let me know. If you use your car we will pay for all gas to and from the library. We could also use just drivers, if you do not have an available car. Just let me know!
It would be very much appreciated!
A wish for tissues
Tissues
As most of you know, we have had a couple cases of colds going around the class/school. As a result, we are out of tissues. We would very much appreciate donations of tissue boxes and paper towels.
Thank you!
Curriculum Update & This Week's Reminders
Hello 3rd Grade Families!
Some reminders for this week:
Friday- Early dismissal, report cards are sent out, and book orders are due
You can get inexpensive, great, educational books every month! Here are the online steps:
- Register at Scholastic Book Clubs' secure Web site (www.scholastic.com/bookclubs), and create your own User Name and Password.
- Enter the one time Class Activation Code above to link you to our classroom.
- Choose the books that you would like to order.
- Pay for your selections using your credit card.
- Submit your order to me online.
Or you can just fill out the Scholastic Book Order and send in a check by Friday.
Math: We are continuing long division and this week focusing on dividing large numbers by 7Our mental math will focus on 7s, so please make sure your student is studying multiplying and dividing by 7 every night.
Science: The 3rd graders did an amazing job on their solar system projects! We had a lot of fun presenting them and learning from each other. Check out the pictures of the group and individual projects! More are coming :-)
Social Studies: Our focus will be geography. We will be discussing why people live where they do in the world.
Writing: We are working on our class book! We voted on our topic and the winner was....
"You are a scientist and you have discovered a new planet! What is life like on this new planet?"
Reading: Please see the letter attached...
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January 9-13
IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS/DUE DATES
Thursday, January 12th: Islamic Day- Wear your best Islamic clothes for our fashion show!
Saturday, January 14th: PTO Movie Night- If you'd like to attend you need to bring in your permission slip along with the $25 by Friday
Monday, January 16th: No School
Tuesday, January 17th: Solar System Project Due
Friday, January 27th: Early Dismissal, 2:30 pm- Please be on time!
Friday, January 27th: Book Orders Due
Please bring in permission slips for our library visit so that we can schedule our day this month!
Week of January 2-6
Happy New Year! Please check out our new year's resolutions on our picture page. The 3rd grade is going to work hard on improving on many different and exciting things this year!
This week make sure your child begins working on their solar system project. It isn't due until January 17th, but encourage your child to start early so they aren't stressed as it gets closer.
In math we are reviewing long division and will have a quiz on it Thursday.
Check out the link below to see what we are doing in english language arts.
In writing we are starting our book project! More information about this will be coming this week.
Spelling Game:
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Week of December 26-30
Dear Families,
I hope you had a relaxing long weekend! Just a reminder that next week we also have Monday off.
Spelling-This week your child does not have spelling and phonics homework since we have reached the end of Unit 2 in Reading Street. Please practice commonly misspelled 3rd grade words with your child at home this week. Your child has a sheet of commonly misspelled 3rd grade words.
Math- We are continuing to work on long division this week.
Science- We are finishing our planet group projects this week. I will post photos of the 3rd grade working on their posters as well as their final posters. Your child should start working on their individual solar system project at home. You will be getting more information about that project this week.
Play a colonist game & 13 colonies game!
Play Reading Street Spelling & Vocabulary Games Online!
Check out this website to play spelling and vocabulary games online with our words!
This week our lesson is William's House, so go to this website and click on William's House to play either spelling or vocabulary games.
Week of December 19-23
Reminders: No School Monday, December 26th
Please sign and return progress reports for term 2
Please sign and return any tests
Math:
This week your child is practicing long division! This is a difficult concept and math with many steps. Please review your child's workbook and worksheets sent home with them.
Science:
Your child is researching a particular planet and will create a poster and report with a partner or small group. Ask your child what planet he/she is researching and what she/he is learning.
Social Studies:
This week we are discussing cultural celebrations from around the world. We are also comparing cultures and traditions.
English Language Arts:
Please click on the newsletter attachment below...
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Week of December 12-16
Early Dismissal at 2:30 this Friday!
Objectives this week:
Math:
Students will divide 2-digit numbers by 2, using the division algorithum
Students will review division facts & concepts
Students will understand and use the terms quotient and remainder in division Students will understand the vertical representation for division
Social Studies:
Students will use cardinal directions to locate places on the map
Students will explain the significance of selected ethnic and/or cultural celebrations
Students will explain ways immigrants can become citizens of the U.S.
Students will compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations
Science:
Students will develop an understanding of the relationship between Earth and the solar system
Students will investigate how shadows are created
Students will learn what happens during an eclipse
Students will know the phases of the moon
Students will research the planets
For English Language Arts this week please click on the following attachment that will take you to the Reading Street Newsletter
Attachments:
Week of November 28-December 2
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Week of November 21-25
Reminders:
- Parent-Teacher conferences are this week, Monday-Wednesday. A reminder notice with your date and time was sent home Thursday. If you have any conflicts with this time email me at jgordon@iane.org so we can schedule a different time. Also, please email me if you are not planning on attending. Please keep in mind that I only have 10 minutes for each conference. Since we only have 10 minutes, please be on time and only take the 10 minutes. Thank you, and I look forward to meeting with you all!
- Wednesday is a half day and dismissal is at 12:30. Please be on time to pick up your child so that conferences can start on time.
- There is no school Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.
November 14-18
This week's objectives:
In English Language Arts students will...
- build vocabulary by finding words related to the lesson concept
- use graphic organizers to identify main idea and supporting details
- find synonyms in context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
- identify main idea and supporting details to improve comprehension
In Math students will...
- review multiplication concepts
- review division facts for 2-12
- multiply a number by 0
- divide 0 by a number
- review multiplication facts for 2-12
- review division concepts
- solve multiplication and division word problems
In Social Studies students will...
- interpret print material by identifying the main idea and details
- define the concept of community and culture
- describe the geography and history of a community
- explain how moving to a new community will affect a person
In Science students will...
- explain what the ecosystem is
- give examples of ways they can affect the ecosystem
Eid Mubarak!
I wish all of you a safe and happy Eid holiday!
Updates for October 31-November 4
I hope everyone is safe and staying warm in this early winter weather!
We are all hoping that our electricity at IANE will be restored for tomorrow.
All our 3rd graders did a great job on their biome projects! Check out our pictures of the group and individual projects on this site!
Reading: This week we are finishing up our first unit in Reading Street! This week we will review everything we've done with this unit and have our Benchmark Unit 1 Test.
Math: We are continuing our unit on multiplication and division. Please make sure your child is studying their facts up to 12 at home every day!
Social Studies: Since our biome project presentations took up a lot of our time last week, this week we will spend more time reviewing unit 1 about US communities, before we move on to our next unit.
Science: This week we will begin our next unit which will focus on people in the ecosystem. We will learn about recycling and taking care of our planet!
Updates for October 24-28
- Biome project is due this Tuesday
- Early Dismissal this Friday, 2:30 pm
- Please sign any Reading Street Selection Tests and the Math Test and send them back to school with you child
- If you have not signed and returned your child's progress report, please do so tomorrow
Curriculum:
Math: We all conquered addition and subtraction word problems and are now moving on to multiplication! We are reviewing multiplication and division concepts this week and studying facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10. Your child will be making multiplication flash cards this week. Once they are complete, please make sure your child is studying them every day after school.
Reading: This week we will be studying the reading strategies of word structure, character and setting, and story structure. Our main selection this week is a realistic fiction story called "My Rows and Piles of Coins" by Tolowa M. Mollel. Our question of the week is "How could working teach you about money?". For grammar this week we will be examining and compound sentences.
Science: During Science this week we will present our biome projects! We will work on being a good audience while others are speaking. We will also practice how to give a good presentation. We will learn about the climate and location of different biomes, and what animals and plants are found in each biome by listening to our classmates present their reports and projects.
Social Studies: This week we will review U.S and world communities, and the differences between urban, suburban, and rural communities. We will have an assessment on this unit on Thursday.
Reminders
The math test on addition, subtraction, and word problems was moved from Tuesday to this Friday because of the conflict with the religion test. A review sheet (double sided) was sent home that will be similar to the questions that your child will see on Friday's test. I'm confident that all students will do well!
The biome shoe box project is due Tuesday, October 25th. The assignment was sent home last Friday and it is posted in the "homework" section of this site if your child needs a copy. If you have any questions please email me at jgordon@iane.org.
Early Dismissal (2:30pm) next Friday, October 28
Objectives for the Week of October 17-21
English Language Arts:
Students will distinguish a realistic story from a fantasy
Students will monitor reading for comprehension
Students will examine features of a picture encyclopedia
Students will define, use, and identify sentences that are commands and ones that are exclamations
Math:
Students will read and know how to solve two-step and three-step word problems
Students will add and subtract 4 and 5 digit numbers
Students will explain what is meant by the terms rural, suburban, and urban communities
Students will describe the geography of a community
Students will continue their biome research and present their group posters
Students will create a 3D display of a biome
2:30 DISMISSAL!
We have an early dismissal tomorrow, Friday, October 14th. Please be at school at 2:30 to pick up your child!
Thank you! :-)
Reminders/Class Expectations
· T Tardiness: Please bring your child to school ON TIME! Class begins at 8:05 and your child is late after 8:05. It is important that your child does not miss the morning routines. This is a crucial time in our day. There is morning work and important morning meetings that your child will miss if late to school. Lets work together to ensure your child is getting the most out of their time at school!
· D Dress Code: Make sure your child is following the dress code! Copies of the dress code were sent home and you will find it in your school handbook.
· G Gym Class: Tuesday is our gym day- please make sure your child wears gym clothes every Tuesday!
· H Home Binders: We would like to start using home binders instead of folders, so that your child stays more organized with corrected work, notes home, progress reports, important school information, and assessments. In order to do so, we need your help in getting a binder for your student. If you haven’t done so already, please send your child in with a 1 ½ inch white binder and 5 dividers/tabs.
· D Assessments: Every assessment/quiz your child takes needs to be signed by a parent and sent back the next day. I want to know that you see how your child is doing on assessments. Also take a look at your child’s workbooks when they are sent home for homework. This will give you a better sense of how they are doing as well. Other corrected work (class work, homework, projects) should be kept at home.
· H Homework: Students get math and spelling homework every day but Friday. Usually the math homework will be a worksheet or two OR pages in their math workbook. The spelling homework is in their Spelling/Phonics Practice Book. This book will go home every day but Friday and should always come back to school every morning so that I can check them. Your child needs to be reading every night and filling out their reading log. This reading log is due every Monday since your child should be reading over the weekend as well. If you need a copy of the reading log you will find it on here in PDF form. Your child is responsible for their own homework and writing their homework in the assignment books. Please help me by signing their assignment books so that we both know they are remembering their homework. We have time at the end of the day to review homework and write our homework in our assignment books. This is the time your child has to ask questions and to check that they have everything they need to complete their homework. This week I began NO HOMEWORK notices. These notices need to be signed by a parent. If a child gets 3 notices, they will miss recess that day or Fun Friday. Lets work together to create responsible students!
Curriculum Update
Reading: This week we are focusing on the question: "How can we use money wisely?" Our main selection this week is "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday".
Here are our week's language arts objectives:
Students will determine the sequence of events in the order in which they occur
Students will visualize a story to improve comprehension
Students will use a glossary and dictionary to learn unfamiliar words
Students will summarize to tell about and remember important events
Students will examine features of proverbs
Writing: Your child is writing a fantasy story about a character that discovers they have a super power. Ask your child about how his/her story is coming! This writing assignment is from a writing competition. You child will be sent home with all the information this week.
Math: We are learning strategies to solve subtraction and addition problems with large numbers (3 and 4-digit numbers). We will also work a lot with two-step word problems this week. Your child brought home their prep test to be signed. Please sign it and have your child bring it back in. I want to keep you in the lope about how they are doing! The assessment will be next week and will be similar to the prep test but will also include more subtraction and addition word problems. If your child feels like he/she needs extra practice with word problems I will send some home upon request!
Science: This week our 3rd graders will be finishing their biomes group projects! Ask your child what she/her knows about his/her biome. I'm sure they can tell you all about the animals and plants that live there, the climate, and the location! Stay tuned for information about their individual home projects!
Social Studies: We will be studying about world communities and how they are similar and difference from our community
Boston Duck Tour= Success!
The Boston Duck Tour field trip was excellent! I was very proud of the class and their behavior on the trip. Our tour guide complimented us on both our behavior, the questions we asked, and our answers to questions. He was very impressed with your children! We learned a lot and had lots of fun. Please ask your child what he/she learned, I'm sure you'll learn something new too! I special thank you to Sr. Mona and Sr. Aamina for helping us out all day; we appreciate your help!
Check out this link to see the tour we went on!
http://www.bostonducktours.com/tour_main.html
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Friendly Reminders
HOME BINDERS
Similar to last year, we will be creating binders for students to keep corrected work, progress reports, homework, notes home, notes to school, important paperwork, etc. If you are able to do so, please send your student to school with a 1 1/2 inch binder and 5 dividers so that we can create these home binders. We have been using purple "Home Folders", but once progress reports and corrected work start coming in, we will want something more stable to go back and forth from home to school. We'd appreciate your help in setting up this home binders!
HOMEWORK
Your child will have spelling/phonics homework every night except Friday. Every Friday morning your child will take a spelling quiz. Please make sure they are studying their words every night and completing their spelling/phonics homework.
I will assign either 1-2 math practice worksheets OR page(s) from your child's math workbook.
Your child should also be reading EVERY night for 20 minutes or more.
LOCKERS
We have lockers this year! We need to lock all our materials up every Friday because our classroom is used by the weekend school. If you have not sent one already, please send your child in with a lock by Friday.
Week 2
Hello 3rd grade families! This week we are all settled in and are really getting to know the routines of the classroom. We started our curriculum this week in all subjects. Here is a summary of what we learned about this week:
English Language Arts: Spelling started this week! We started off with words that are commonly misspelled by 3rd graders. The students were also introduced to our word wall. We took our Baseline Group Test for reading. This test will give me a better idea of your child's vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar abilities coming into 3rd grade.
This week our 3rd graders became genre experts! Ask your child to tell you about all the genres of literature they learned about.
Math: Unit 1 is all about place value! Your 3rd grader learned how to compare 4-digit numbers and learned about how to name the value of each digit in 4-digit numbers. We also started mental math. It is always great practice for your child to memorize their subtraction and addition facts. Try timing your child at home. Flash cards work nicely also.
Science: For the next couple weeks we will be learning about organisms and where they live. This week we learned about habitats and the reasons why animals live where they do. We started using our science journals. The students were very excited! Ask your student what they wrote about.
Social Studies: This week we discussed what social studies is and the different topics that we will be studying this year. Your 3rd grader understands that economics, history, geography, culture, citizenship, and government are all apart of social studies. Ask your 3rd grader how!
First Week of School
The first week of school went excellent! Everyone is excited and ready for the new year. This week we focussed on routines and getting to know each other. We did a lot of fun community building activities and also already started looking at all the exciting subjects that will be will learning this year.
Thank you very much for bringing in all materials that were on the supply list and joining me for the Orientation Night. It is very nice to meet all of you and I look forward to working with you this year.
On this website you will find important reminders of upcoming events, information about what your student is doing in class each week, photos of our work, a wish list of supplies for the classroom, homework assignments, and great websites for extra practice and activities for you to do with your child at home.
Please view the website each week for updates!
Thank you!
Ms. Gordon