WEEK OF AUGUST 27 – 31 , 2012

The third graders have been very busy!! There is a lot going on in class, and we continue learning and having fun. This is what we will be working on this week:

ü  Math: we will be reading and writing bigger (six digit) numbers, we will be retelling what is known and needed  for solving a problem, and we will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as continuing number patterns. Please scroll to the end of this blog post for some COOL websites you can click on to review these concepts.

ü  Theme: we will be learning about Respect, Trustworthiness, Fairness and Caring.

ü  Spelling: lesson 3 is about the long vowel sounds for /a/ and /o/. The quiz will be on Friday.

ü  R/W Workshop: the students will continue writing creative stories utilizing the steps in the writing process. We will all continue to enjoy The Witches for Read Aloud, and the children get ready to “meet” the Grand High Witch in this amazing Roald Dahl book.

ü  Handwriting: letters /t/ and /i/ in cursive.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! MAP ON SITE TEACHER TRAINING - In our constant quest for growth and excellence, and in following with the recommendations of our 2010 SACS Accreditation Team, our faculty has embraced numerous projects and training to raise the academic level of our curriculum, to incorporate the proven teaching methods into our lessons, to stay current with international teaching practices, and to improve the assessment, reporting, and documentation systems for our students and parents.

Our teachers have been using the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) as a tool for not only validating our school curriculum, but also for adapting levels of instruction, differentiating for our diverse student population, and maximizing student learning in the classroom. On Thursday, September 6 and Friday, September 7 we have arranged for our teachers to participate in an on-site training with a MAP specialist brought down from Northwest Education Association (NWEA). For this training, all Elementary teachers some of the Secondary teachers will attend. Because of that,

there will be NO school for grades Nursery to Grade 5 on Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7.

Our teachers are making the necessary accommodations in the delivery of the curriculum to make sure that this does not affect the instruction of our students. As only a few of the secondary teachers will attend the training,

the Middle and High School students will have classes as normal on Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7.

We thank our parents for their support and understanding in this matter, and encourage anyone who has a question to email our Head of School at debgilespk@yahoo.com

If you would like to review the concepts that we are covering in Math class, pleAse click on one of the links below and have F-U-N doing so!

PLACE VALUE GAMES

http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/place-value/clickthedigit.html

http://www.aaamath.com/g3_21ex1.htm

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/MyPlace/default.htm

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/numbers_to_1000/

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/place-value-models

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/place-values

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/convert-from-expanded-form

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/fruit_shoot_place_value.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/mathman_place_exp.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/scooterQuestJunior.htm

viedos and tutorials

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/value.htm

http://www.adaptedmind.com/v.php?vId=28

  HOMEWORK

Monday	Read your novel Math paper Choose a DIFFERENT activity from the list to do with your Spelling words
Tuesday	Read your novel Math paper Use your spelling words to write sentences (you can do 2 words per sentence)
Wednesday	Read your novel Math paper Spelling Sheet
Thursday	Read your novel Math paper Study for the Spelling Quiz tomorrow
Friday	Read your new novel Have a great weekend