Important Information

This year our school will continue to implement the school-wide positive behavior program. Our next celebration will be taking place on December 14th and it will be our “Slumber and Snow” day. In order for students to attend, they must meet the following requirements: (1) must have 50(+) dojo points, (2) cannot have more than 14 negative dojo points, and (3) ABSOLUTLEY NO office

referrals.

Reading Story of the Week: Kamishibai Man by Allen Say Reading Skill Focus: We will be reviewing skills from the second nine weeks.

Word Study Focus: vowel sound in “town”

We will practice these words for two weeks and take a quiz on 12/6/18. Quizzes count as daily grades. 1. clown 7. crown 13. blouse 2. crowd 8. cloud 14. house 3. powder 9. round 15. thousand 4. frown 10. pound 16. found 5. bow 11. sound 17. coward 6. power 12. count 18. mountain HFW: hours, black, products, happened, whole

Quizzes and Tests

Math Unit 3 test……..Fri. Dec.. 7th

Language Arts

Focus: Nouns

This week, we will be reviewing skills from the second nine weeks.

Writing

Focus: Informational

Our writing focus for the 2nd 9 weeks will be an informative writing piece. Students will be shown models of quality informational writing and will practice writing their own.

Mrs. Lee’s Weekly Newsletter December 3rd – December 7th

Vocabulary Words will be quizzed on 12/6/18. Quizzes count as daily grades.

1. Familiar- well known from being seen often

2. Applause- clapping meant to show appreciation or enjoyment

3. Rude- impolite or having bad manners

4. Vacant- empty or not occupied

5. Rickety- shaky or likely to fall apart

6. Blurry- unclear or smeared 7. Blasted- made a sudden

sound 8. Jerky- moving in sudden,

uneven, or awkward ways

Unit 3: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Patterns

in Addition and Multiplication In this unit students will: -Understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and addition. -Find the area of a rectangle with whole number side lengths by tiling it -Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side-lengths in context of solving real world and mathematical problems -Construct and analyze area models with the same product -Describe and extend numeric patterns -Understand the commutative property’s relationship to area -Create arrays and area models to find different ways to decompose a product -Use arrays and area models to develop understanding of the distributive property -Solve problems involving one and two steps and represent these problems using equations with letters representing the unknown quantity -Create and interpret pictographs and bar graphs -Find area of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts

We are already practicing for our 1st Math Challenge. The 1st Math Challenge will cover 90 multiplication facts.

Students must get 81 correct in 4 minutes.

Please practice multiplication facts each night!

***HOW CAN I HELP AT HOME**** GET or MAKE flash cards. It is a great investment !

Specials Weekly Rotation Monday- PE (Day 5) Tuesday- STEM (Day 1) Wednesday- art (Day 2) Thursday- PE (Day 3) Friday- music (Day 4)

A Note from Mrs. Lee

I will be having surgery on December 5th, and I will be out of

the classroom until mid-late January. I will stay connected with families through Class Dojo, but I

may not be quick to respond during my recovery period. Thanks for

your understanding!

Homework this Week

Monday –math fact practice

Tuesday – math fact practice

Wednesday – math fact practice, math test

review part 1

Thursday – math fact practice, math test review

part 2

**All homework is subject to change based on content

covered each day **

Important Dates Dec. 10th – PTO (2nd & 3rd grade performing)

Dec. 14th – PBIS Slumber & Snow

Dec. 19th – Christmas party

Dec. 20th – Jan. 2nd Christmas break

Math

Science

This week in science we will be learning about pollution

and conservation. 1. Hazardous Waste: Waste that can pollute the

environment even in small amounts 2. Litter: Trash that is not disposed of in a way that

prevents harm to the ecosystems 3. Pollutant: A material that causes pollution 4. Pollution: The addition of harmful material to the

environment 5. Biodegradable Material: Matter that breaks down

easily in the environment 6. Compost: Decayed material from once-living things

that is used to enrich soil 7. Decomposer: An organism that breaks down the

remains of dead organisms or materials that are made from once-living things

8. Ecotourism: Travel to natural habitats that avoids harming them and helps preserve these areas and the living things there

9. Recycle: To collect old materials, process them, and make new items.