This week in Room 106, Week 16

This week in Room 106, Week 16

Below are the I-can statements from the past week:

• I can state the natural characteristics and resources in Michigan.
• I can write a paragraph describing the natural characteristics from a map.
• I can describe the attributes of geometric shapes. 
• I can compare geometric shapes: quadrilaterals. 
• I can code digital animation games alone and with a partner on SCRATCH. (PLTW)
• I can find the meaning of unknowns words in grade level text using a variety of strategies: implore and procession. 
• I can reread the sentence slowly and the sentence before and after the unknown to find the meaning, using in my head, picture clues and text clues. 

Project Leads the Way ends this Friday, 12/20/19. Please help me say, Thank you to Mrs. Kipp-Dohn, as she concludes her assignment at Dicken. Hopefully, she is scheduled to return to Dicken in the Fall. 

Over break, there will be a reading challenge of 7 hours which averages about 45 minutes a day. I am not sending homework; however, I would like students to practice math facts (0, 1's 2's, 5's and 10's). Use a variety of methods to practice: paper and pencil, flash cards, and website games/ apps.
On my blog there is a link under Math games that will allow your child to pick a drill (practice) game to practice facts. A couple times a week is suffice.

University of Michigan Empowerment Program

There is still time to sign up for the free 12-1week program offered only for 1st and 3rd graders at Dicken. The program will teach life social skills and conflict resolution at Dicken. More than 1/2 of the class has signed up. University of Michigan will conduct interviews as a baseline to gauge where the students are prior to beginning the program. 

Solving Unknown Words

Solving Unknown Words in the Text

• What would make sense in the sentence?
• You read ________. Does that make sense?
• Look at the picture to help you read the word.
• Think about what is happening in the story right now.
• Go back to the beginning of that sentence and start it again.
• Skip over the word and continue reading until the end of the sentence. Now, go back to the beginning of the sentence and start again.

Below is a link that I found:
unknown-words help for parents



I hope this helps.

This week in Room 106 Week 15

This week in Room 106 Week 15

Below are the I can statements:

• I can assess my knowledge of Unit 3, EDM.
• I can determine how to use a ruler and choose the best ruler for measurement.
• I can read and create a line plot.
• I can determine the meaning of unknown words using the pictures and read the sentence slowly.
• I can determine the meaning of unknown words using prior knowledge. 
• I can write a paragraph about a region in Michigan. 
• I can determine the resources of Michigan. 
• I can partner code using SCRATCH program. (PLTW)

Next week is Spirit Week, Monday, Dec. 16- 20.

1. Monday is Upside Down/Inside out/ Backwards Day
2. Tuesday is Fancy/ Dress like Celebrity... Fancy Lunch at lunchtime
3. Wednesday is Color Day, each grade level has a color: Y5: Green, K: Pink, 1st: Yellow, 2nd: Red, 3rd: Blue, 4th: Purple, 5th: Orange
4. Thursday is pajama day.
5. Friday is dress like a snowflake or snowman day.

Friday, Dec. 20, Holiday party 2:15- 3:15 PM. See room parent sign up.
Friday, Dec. 20, 2019: Winter Break begins at 3:59 PM
Monday, Dec. 23- Friday, January 3, 2020: No School, Winter Break

Reading Challenge will be 7 hours of reading over 15 days. Any books: read or listen to books.

Record hours with parent signature and student's name.

Unit 4: Measurement and Geometry

Measurement & Data
3.MD.B. Represent and interpret data.
	3.MD.B.4. Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
3.MD.C. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
	3.MD.C.5. Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
	3.MD.C.6. Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
	3.MD.C.7. Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
3.MD.D. Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
	3.MD.D.8. Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different  areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Geometry
3.G.A. Reason with shapes and their attributes.
	3.G.A.1. Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared  attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
Mathematical Practice
MP.The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.
	MP.6. Attend to precision. Show details
	MP.7. Look for and make use of structure. Show details

This week in Room 106 Week 14

This week in Room 106 week 14

Below are the I can statements:

• I can self assess what I know for Unit 3, EDM.
• I can use prior multiplication facts to add or subtract an equal group. 
• I can write a pen pal letter to a University of Michigan student with paragraphs and answering questions. 
• I can look for chunks in unknown words to decode.
• I can look for words in unknown words to decode.
• I can use the base words in unknown words to decode.
• I can look for the physical features in a region in Michigan. 
• I can code. (PLTW)
• I can learn to code with a partner. (PLTW)

 A few sheets were sent home to encourage parents to permit his/ her child to participate in a University of Michigan program teaching Empowerment to first and third graders at Dicken for 1 hour during a 12-week period in early part of 2020. The program will focus on managing stress, strategies to reduce stress and solve everyday problems. Below are the benefits:

1. Each class will receive $200 for supplies.
2. Part I, parents will receive $15 after 1st survey. (online)
3. Part II, parents will receive $15 after 2nd survey upon completion of the program. (online)
4. Part III, parents who complete a 6-month follow survey will receive $15. (online)

All monetary gifts will be VISA gift cards mailed to the home addresses.

This week in Room 106, Week 13

This week in Room 106 Week 13

(Two Day Week prior to break)

• I can write my favorite candy paragraph, using a graphic organizer. (It began the week after Halloween.)
• I can sign into Google Drive and Google docs. (Many steps)
• I can publish my favorite candy paragraph. 
• I can plan how to solve a multiple step math word problem. 
• I can plan a project with all simple machines and 1 magnet. (PLTW)
• I can read a fiction story about a nonfiction topic and state the genre with evidence. 
• I can draft my pen pal letter with K-grams. 

Although this was a short week, we accomplished many small and big feats.
Reading Challenge was to read a minimum of 4 hours over the break.

In order to qualify submit by paper / note or email:Child's nameHours ReadParent signature (paper copy only)

homework: 3.9 & 3.10

December Highlights

Monday, December 9, 2019: Super Science day, 3rd grade 2:00 - 3:00 PM Volunteers are needed
Friday, December 20, 2019: Holiday party (See Anne and Jenifer for details.) 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Monday, December 23, 2019- Friday, January 3, 2020: Winter Break Vacation
Monday, January, 6, 2020: School resumes

This week in Room 106, Week 12

This week in Room 106, Week 12

• I can expand 3 and 2-digit numbers to add.
• I can make and read an array with factors and a product.
• I can turnaround multiplication number sentences.
• I can state the fiction elements of story independently.
• I can show comprehension of a fiction story independently.
• I can show the difference between realistic fiction and nonfiction.
• I can write a paragraph describing my favorite candy.
• I can graph weather observations with both high and low temperatures.
• I can identify all 6 simple machines in centers.
• I can identify the fulcrum in a simple machine.
• I can label geography features on a map of Michigan for a designated region.

Report letters go home Tuesday, November 26, 2019. (NWEA scores)

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, No School, compensatory day.

Thursday, November 28, 2019: No School, Thanksgiving break.

Friday, November 29, 2019: No school, Thanksgiving break.

Homework: 3.7 and 3.8 math sheet due On Tuesday, 11/26/19

This week in Room 106 Week 11

This week in Room 106 Week 11

Below are the I can statements Students learned in spite of the snow day and my absence on Friday.

• I can use my hand to summarize informational text with main idea and details.
• I can pause after reading a section of informational text in order ask Who and What did I read.
• I can solve subtraction problems with 3 digit and 2 digit using counting up method (open number line.)
• I can solve subtraction problems using expand and trade algorithm, using base ten blocks. 
• I can make a lever and pulley in Project Lead The Way.
• I can analyze different levers and pulley and diagram the differences in PLTW.
• I can use a graphic organizer and write a paragraph on my favorite candy bar. 
• I am beginning understand a primary and secondary source used in studying history.
• I can conduct an artifact dig with landfill and waster to explore the remains of ancestors. 

Homework: I cancelled homework this week by accident. I did not pull the homework prior to leaving for a funeral of a close family member.

Reminders:
Please turn in holiday basket forms, half yellow sheet sent on Monday.
We are collecting donations for the Holiday baskets too. See the office for more details.

This week in Room 106, Week 10

This week in Room 106, Week 10

• I can read informational text use fact boxes to gather more information.
• I can read informational text and notice the size of all the print.
• I can read informational text and pause after a section to ask What? and Who? 
• I can solve What's my rule in tables.
• I can create a front end, traditional or nearest 10 or 100 estimate.
• I can expand a 3 digit number by place value.
• I can use the partial sums algorithm to add.
• I am beginning to write paragraphs.
• I can respond to a pen pal and write a letter.
• I can review my knowledge of geography as I follow a crate from MI to Panama canal to Asia.
• I can define force. (PLTW)
• I can design a wheel and axle to carry a small load (PLTW).

This week's homework is Links: 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
I will send home checked work, book order and important letters on Monday. We spent Friday afternoon saying Goodbye to Maxwell. Thank you for your donations for the celebration.

Friday, Nov. 15, 2019: I-Max will bring Rover the Robot and showcase,  Born to the Wild ,                                                        11:15- 12:15 in the gym, both 3rd grade classes,  sponsored by PTO
Friday, Nov. 15, 2019: 1:15- 2:15, Time for Waste, Ecology Center will come to Dicken and our classroom to allow students to excavating "artifacts" of waste from compost and landfill. 

Colder Temperatures

As the temperatures decline, it is imperative that parents send students to school with the proper outer wear.: gloves, hats, warm coat, and boots, if necessary.

Graphic Novel Article

Below is a link to an article about letting kids read graphic novels. Yes, I have banned the books in my classroom; however, students should be permitted to read a home under controlled conditions: balance the reading with longer chapter books, informational text and encourage a second and third read of the same graphic novel for more comprehension.

graphic novel article