Happy Holidays!

One more day! 

Tomorrow is our last day of school before the Holiday Break.  The only homework they should have to turn in tomorrow is their fluency practice sheet. 

They took their government test this morning. I graded them and already sent them home today.  Please check to see how your child did.

Don't forget that your child needs a package of mechanical pencils for the party tomorrow. 

I hope you have a wonderful Holiday and a Healthy New Year!

See you in 2012!

Local Government Quiz

We completed a study guide today for the the Local Government Quiz which will be on Thursday.  If your child knows the study guide-they will do great on the test.

Thanks!

Good morning-

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  If you did not return your child's interim report, please return it to school tomorrow. 

Please turn in the goodies for the treat bags for our Holiday Party on Friday.  Don't forget that I am also asking each child to bring in a package of mechanical pencils for the gift exchange during the party.

Have a great day!

Friday

Good afternoon-

Interim reports are going  home with all students today. Please look over your child's progress, sign the bottom and return to school on Monday.  The interim is attached to your child's Fall OAA scores.  Just a reminder-400 is passing.
 
We took our unit review spelling test today.  Graded tests will be sent home on Monday. There will be no spelling words next week. 

Next week in Reading Street we will be continuing with our review unit.  There are no tests next week.

The only reading homework I am going to assign next week is fluency practice.  Please have your child practice their fluency each night.  They don't have to read for 20 minutes, but I hope that some will still do it on their own!

I am going to finish up our social studies unit next week---so I will get the test in before the break!  As of today I am going to plan on giving the test on Thursday.  We will complete a study guide in class on Tuesday.  The kids will have Tuesday and Wednesday to study at home.

Don't forget to send in treats for the goodie bags for the Holiday Party on Friday.  Also-I sent home a letter about the kids doing a mechanical pencil exchange on Friday during the party.  Please make sure that the pencils are appropriate for a girl or a boy, that they are wrapped, and your child's name is the only name on the package. 

Thanks!  Have a great weekend.

Tuesday, December 13th

Good morning-

Just wanted to remind everyone that we get to go to the Santa Shop tomorrow morning.  Please make sure that your child has money if you would like them to shop for gifts. 

We will be taking the unit 5 math test tomorrow.  We reviewed in class yesterday and today. Please go over the study guides with your child. 

The kids will take their spelling test on Friday. Their spelling words are on the back of the Family Times.  Make sure that they have studied. 

Have a great day!

December 8, 2011

Good afternoon-

Just a reminder that we will be taking a spelling test, vocabulary test, and a reading comprehension test tomorrow.  Please make sure that your child is prepared.

Next week Reading Street is a review week.  We will review all the skills we worked on the last 5 weeks. The kids will take a longer reading comprehension test this week.  There will be a spelling test on Friday-the list of words is on the Family Times.

It looks like we will be taking the unit 5 math test next week. 

Our class goes to the Santa Shop on Wednesday, the 14th of December.  If your child is going to buy stuff at the Santa Shop, please make sure that they have their money on Wednesday.

Have a great night!
Mrs. Amann

Week of November 28-December 2

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break!

We are back to a normal schedule.  All Reading Street papers went home on Monday.  There will be a spelling test, vocabulary test, reading comprehension test, and a phonics test on Friday!

Last week the kids took their science test on Rocks and Minerals.  I graded them and sent them home on Wednesday too! Hopefully you had a chance to review it with your child.

We started unit 5 in math yesterday.  We are working on place value.  The kids have a place value chart and a multiplication chart in their take home folder.  Please leave it in their folder so they can use it at home and at school.

Homework:

Reading:  Read and fluency all week/due on Friday
Spelling:  Test Friday, paper homework on Monday and Tuesday
Vocabulary:  Test Friday
Math: Nightly math practice (If your child has passed their subtraction test, feel free to start working on multiplication facts!
Science:  None
Social Studies:  None

Thanksgiving Week

We have a short week of school due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.  The only homework the kids have is to study for the science test on Rocks and Minerals.  They will take the test on Wednesday.  I sent home a study guide today.  We will continue to review tomorrow in class.  If your child knows the information on the study guide, they should do great on the test on Wednesday.

There is no nightly reading, fluency, nightly math practice and no Reading Street this week.  Enjoy the break!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family!

Thursday

Good afternoon!


The kids are in the middle of taking their unit 4 math test right now.  I hope to have them graded and returned tomorrow!  We will begin unit 5 after the Thanksgiving Break!


Homework for tonight:

• Read/fluency-also due tomorrow
• Nightly math practice-also due tomorrow
• Spelling Test
• Vocabulary Test

Have a great night!

Wednesday

We will be taking our unit 4 math test tomorrow.  We reviewed yesterday and today in class, and the study guides have been sent home.  Please make sure that your child reviews the study guides.

Homework for tonight:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Practice Fluency
• Nightly math practice
• Study spelling and vocabulary words
• Review for math test

Have a great night!

Tuesday

We are off and running with a new week.  It is a regular week, so there is nightly reading, fluency, and nightly math homework each night this week.  We also started a new story in Reading Street, so there will be a spelling test, vocabulary test, and a reading comprehension test on Friday.


In math we are finishing up unit 4.  We started to review for the math test today.  I sent home the study guide we used.  We will complete another study guide tomorrow in class and take the test on Thursday.  We will begin unit 5 (on decimals) after the Thanksgiving Break.


This week we continue to learn about rocks and minerals.  I will send home a study guide next week and take the science test probably on Wednesday. 


I look forward to talking with  you during conferences tonight and next Monday.


Have a good night.

Tuesday

I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather today.  I just wanted to make sure that you saw that I sent home conference papers yesterday.  Please mark which night of conferences works best for you and return the slip tomorrow so I can schedule a time!


Enjoy the rest of the day!

Week of November 4-11

• Just a reminder that we do not have school tomorrow (Election Day) or Friday (Veteran's Day).
• There is no nightly reading, fluency, or nightly math this week since we are only together for three days!
• All grade reading tests were sent home today.  Check out to see how your child did!
• Report cards will be going home on Thursday.  Today I sent home the conference forms.  Please select which date you would like, and return on Wednesday!
• We are not doing a story this week in Reading Street-so we will not have a spelling test, reading comprehension, or vocabulary test this week.
• In math, we continue to work on multiplication.
• The kids took a practice subtraction fact test on Friday.  I sent home the graded fact tests today.  I will give another subtraction fact test on Thursday.  They have to be able to answer 48 out of 50 of the facts in 5 minutes!

Have a great week!

Week of October 31st

Good afternoon.  For some reason I am not able to change my homework for the week.  So please look at daily posts in regards to homework. 

Reading:  There is no nightly reading homework tonight due to Halloween.  I would like for them to practice their fluency tonight since that only takes one minute.  I did send home nightly reading sheets today. The Family Times went home today too.  Our story this week is called I Wanna Iguana.  All graded tests went home today too.
Spelling:  The spelling list for the week went home today too.  All of our spelling words end with "le".  There will be spelling test on Friday.
Math:  There is no nightly math practice tonight.  We will begin unit 4 tomorrow.  The focus of unit 4 is on multiplication.  The math test from last week also went home today.

We are at the end of the 1st quarter.  Report cards will be coming home soon.  For the 2nd quarter, the students have to be able to answer 50 subtraction problems in 5 minutes or less and score a 96% or better.

Thanks to everyone that sent in treats for our treat bags.

Have a Happy Halloween.

Red Ribbon Week

The week of October 24-28 is "Say No to Drugs".

Here are the activities planned for the week:

Monday- Kick off Red Ribbon Week.  Wear as much red as possible!

Tuesday-  Put a cap on drugs.  Wear your favorite hat.

Wednesday-  Follow your Dreams-Not Drugs!- Pajama Day!

Thursday-  Do Sports NOT Drugs-  Wear your favorite team clothing.

Friday- Wear a crazy tie!
Don't forget that we do not have school tomorrow.  Have a great weekend!

Tuesday

We will be taking a science test on Thursday.  We completed the study guide today in class.  Please help your child study.  If they know the information on the study guide, they will do fine on the test! 

The spelling homework tonight is a word search.  They also have math homework on measurement.  Don't forget that it is a short week due to teacher in-service.

Have a great night.
Mrs. Amann

Monday

I hope you had a great weekend.  There seems to be some issues with updating homework.  I've tried all weekend, and I can't get it to work.  This week in Reading Street, we are reviewing the 5 stories that we've already read this unit.  A Family Times went home today. It has a list of our new spelling words.  They are all review!  We will continue to review all week.  The spelling test will be on Thursday because we have teacher in-service on Friday.  Nightly reading and fluency will also be due on Thursday of this week.

All tests have been graded and returned today-including math.  Please look over them with your child.

Tonight they have to write their spelling words 4 times each.

Hopefully I will be able to post homework by the end of the day.  I will keep trying!

Have a good night!
Mrs. Amann

Book Fair Tomorrow!

Our class will be visiting the book fair tomorrow.  If your child will be purchasing a book, please make sure that they come to school tomorrow with their money.  I am not sure if there will be any other time to send them to the book fair!

Have a great day!

Smile!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is picture day.  If you would like to have your child's picture taken, make sure they come to school with their money tomorrow!  I do not know what time we will get our pictures taken so it is best to send it with them first thing in the morning.

Have a great day!

Friday!

We survived another week!!!  The kids took a quiz this week in social studies on the compass rose.  The test has been graded and returned.  Today they took a reading comprehension test, vocabulary, phonics, and a spelling test.  They will all be returned on Monday. 

We will be taking our unit 2 math test on Wednesday of next week.  We will complete study guides in class together on Monday and Tuesday.  Please review the study guides at night with your child.  If your child has not passed their addition fact test, they will get a chance again next week.  If your child has mastered their addition facts feel free to start working on subtraction facts!!!  The focus in unit 3 in math is on measurement.

In science we are learning about the scientific method and different tools used in science.  When we get closer to a test, I will let you know. 

Interim reports went home today to all students.  Hopefully you will have a chance to look over it and discuss your child's progress with him/her.  I would love to see no check marks in the behavior section!  Please sign and return the bottom half on Monday.

Homework has been updated on the side for next week!

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Amann

Tuesday

Good evening!
Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow your child will be taking the Reading OAA test.  We will start the test at 9:15 in the morning.  Please make sure your child has a good breakfast and is not late to school tomorrow!

They will also be taking a quiz on the compass rose.  Hopefully you were able to go over the study guide with them tonight.

Hope you have a wonderful evening!
Mrs. Amann

Looking Ahead to the week of October 3-7

We have a busy week coming up.  Next Wednesday, October 5th, all 3rd graders will be taking the Reading OAA test.  A letter was sent home to my class on Friday from Mrs. Walker about the test.  It is important that your child comes to school on time on Wednesday.  We will be testing for 2 1/2 hours in the morning.  If your child comes late that morning, they will not be allowed into the room.  All students will take this test again in the Spring.  A score of 400 or more is passing.  I will send more information home about that when we get this first round of test scores back! 

In social studies, we will finish up learning about the compass rose.  We will complete a study guide together in class on Tuesday.  Please help your child study for this test.  They will not be able to use their study guide this time around.  The bullying test also went home this week.  Hopefully your child share their test with you. 

Our focus this week in math is working on adding and subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers.  Many children are still struggling with "borrowing" and "carrying".  Any extra practice at home on these skills would be appreciated.  You can use this as your 15 minutes of daily math practice too!

Homework for next week has been updated.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Amann

Tuesday

Good evening.  Just a quick update of what we've been up to this week.  I sent home the graded math tests today.  Please make sure you take a look at it.  I will give another fact test Thursday for those kids that did not pass last week.  Remember, if your child's test had a smiley face on it, they don't have to take it anymore!  We are working on word stories and adding 2 and 3 digit numbers in math. 

We took our bullying test today in Social Studies.  They kids were allowed to use their study guide on the test today.  You will see that the study guide and the test were exactly the same!  If your child did not do well then they didn't read carefully and look at the study guide while taking the test.  I couldn't have made it any easier.  They were allowed to come up and ask me to read anything that they wanted me to.  We will begin to learn about mapping skills in Social Studies this week.

Have a great night. 
Mrs. Amann

Monday

Good afternoon. I hope you had a great weekend.  Hopefully we have a break from the rain!  Just a couple of things.  I did pass back spelling, vocabulary, and word analysis tests from Friday.  Please check with your kid to see how they did.  Math tests will be passed back tomorrow.  We started unit 2 in math today.  We worked on fact families today.  I did send home math homework tonight.  It is about fact families.  During social studies we've been learning about being a bully.We will finish discussing bullying today.  I am sending home a study guide for them to study from.   There will be a test on bullying tomorrow.  MAKE SURE THEY BRING THEIR STUDY GUIDE BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
Have a great night,

Mrs. Amann

Great Week!

Homework is posted for next week. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
 

Tests, Tests, Tests!

       We have a bunch of tests coming up!!!  Tomorrow the kids are taking an addition fact test.  They have to be able to answer 50 problems in 5 minutes.
    On Friday the kids have their first math test.  Please review the study guide from today and there will be two more study guides tomorrow.   
  There is also a spelling test, vocabulary test, and a phonics test on Friday in reading.

Have a great night!  Try to stay dry!

Fact Test Thursday

Make sure your child has been practicing their addition facts.  They will take a time fact test on Thursday.  They will have 5 minutes to complete 50 problems.  It will be taken as a grade.  If your child does not pass this time around, they will get another chance next week.  Study, study, study!

Math Websites for Daily Math Practice at Night

Math Websites

Below are some math websites you may find useful for your child.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.mathsisfun.com/

http://www.ixl.com/

Calling All Volunteers!

I am looking for anyone that would like to help out in the classroom.  I would like to have some parents that could come in and read with students.  I could also have some volunteers work on math skills with kids.  If you are interested in volunteering, I could use helpers in the morning from 10:15-11:15.  You can email me at amann_e@westcler.org if you are interested.

Thanks!
Mrs. Amann

A Couple More Things!

I sent home passwords today so you can log into Progress Book and follow your child's grades.  You can also see when they have a missing assignment.  Make sure you keep this information in a safe place!

Starting Monay, I will begin to send home Refocuses for any child that gets in trouble in class.  If your child receives a refocus, they will have to bring it home and show it to you.  You will need to sign it, and return it the next day.  If your child does not return it the followng day, they will be calling you in the morning and telling you about their refocus!

We also started filling our marble jar!  Ask your child what we can get if we fill it!

Until next time......

Great Week!

   Well we finished our first "real" week of school.  The kids took their spelling test, vocabulary test, and a phonics test today.  I will have all tests graded and returned on Monday.  This year I am not asking for you to sign and return them each week.  Just know to be looking for them.  I  will do my best to always have them graded so they can be returned on Monday.  If your child had a 100% on any of their tests, they can return the test to school, after you've seen it, and I will post in the classroom!   We did take the reading comprehension test today for Charlie McButton.  It was not taken as a grade.  They took the test on their own, but then we went over the answers together.
     I am looking to give the unit 1 math test next Friday.  Check back with the Blog later next week.  I am planning on reviewing for the math test on Wednesday and Thursday.  Please review the study guides with them.  They will also be taking an addition fact test next week, for a grade. They have to be able to score a 96% or better to pass their timed fact test. 
  Next week we will discuss bullying in social studies.  Talk about bullying with your child at home next week.

Have a great weekend.  The homework is posted for next week!
Thanks......
Mrs. Amann