Third Grade Newsletter

For the week of October 29-November 2

Please VOTE on Tuesday! No School!

Next week, beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 7th and running through Friday, Nov. 9th, Highland will be raising money for the children of Africa. As the 2nd grade classes have learned about Africa, they learned that a child dies from hunger there every 15 seconds, and they have been inspired to help! Please send your coins or dollars for donation with your student, or feel free to bring it yourself. We will be collecting it in a giant bank outside the music room. Thank you so much for your support and generosity!

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Eicher Reading: We will continue to focus on main idea with a test on Thursday. Study Island is a great way to study for this test. We will also continue to read The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please look for reading assignments over this book. We will not have spelling words next week due to Pioneer Day on Monday and being out on Election Day.

 

Eicher Math: In math we will be focusing on times 2's and 3's. We also be looking at different multiplication strategies. Please check for homework each night.

 

Bishop Reading: We are still learning how to identify the main idea of a passage or paragraph. We are now reading the chapter book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.  In writing, we are finishing up a quick writing piece about monsters.  We will continue to work on our opinion piece about Disney villains. The new spelling words are: handle, trouble, simple, people, middle, table, little, gentle, poodle, pickle, noodle, saddle, juggle, uncle, riddle, example, throttle, obstacle, miracle, muscle. In grammar, we will be learning about singular (1) and plural (2 or more) nouns. Example: boy-boys, bench-benches, berry-berries No tests next week because of pioneer activities on Monday and Election Day on Tuesday.

 

Bishop Math: Each day in class we will work on: telling time, counting money, problem solving, subtraction with regrouping, and multiplication. Please continue to memorize the multiplication facts. Some students are already on their 3’s.  You must study these at home! Please look for a small amount of math homework each night.  Also look for graded papers in the Friday folder. My tests are cumulative so any old tests are a great source to use when reviewing for a test. Our next test will be on November 8^th.

 

 

 

 

 

Bartley Reading: We will continue to focus on main idea with a test on Thursday. Study Island is a great way to study for this test. We will also continue to read The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please look for reading assignments over this book. We will not have spelling words next week due to Pioneer Day on Monday and being out on Election Day.

 

 

Bartley Math: We will start Chapter 3 next week over multiplication.  We will learn how addition is related to multiplication and how to multiply with the factors 0 and 1.  Vocabulary words are:

array - a set of objects in row and columns

equal groups - groups that have the same number of objects

factor - a number that is multiplied by another number to find a product

multiply - When you multiply, you combine equal groups to find how many in all.

product - the answer in a multiplication problem

Please go over these words with your child.  Also Study Island is a great way to practice skills that have been taught or that we are working on.  Your child will know how to log on the web site. 

We will also start 3x's multiplication.

 

 

 

Cash Math: We will continue learning multiplication strategies next week. Along with memorizing facts, the students need to be able to draw diagrams to solve multiplication problems. These include models and arrays.  We will be working on 3's and 4's next week. Please help your child memorize these facts at home.

 

Cash Reading: We will continue to focus on main idea with a test on Thursday. Study Island is a great way to study for this test. We will also continue to read The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please look for reading assignments over this book. We will not have spelling words next week due to Pioneer Day on Monday and being out on Election Day.

 

 

Science: We are learning about animals and their traits. Please review the study guide each night.   

 

      Please feel free to call or email us if you have questions or concerns. 

                                  You may reach us during planning at 9:40-10:25 or at 2:45.

School phone- 659-0432

 

Robin Bartley robin.bartley@glasgow.kyschools.us

Sherry Bishop sherry.bishop@glasgow.kyschools.us

Jackie Cash jackie.cash@glasgow.kyschools.us

Melissa Eicher melissa.eicher@glasgow.kyschools.us

October 22 -26

 

Bartley Reading: Next week we will we will begin reading the chapter book, The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please watch for this to be sent home with a post-it note to be signed after your child has read to you. A list of vocabulary words will be sent home to be reviewed daily. Our new reading comprehension skill will be main idea, however, we will continue to review character and setting.

In grammar we will be reviewing previous skills taught since the beginning of the year. The spelling list will be sent home Monday. We will not have any final tests next week, just formative assessments.

Bartley Math: We will continue with interpreting and representing data.  Please check over papers your child brings home.  We will have a quiz over data and graphs on Tues.    The test will be given on Friday.  We have started our multiplication facts.  Today we worked on 2's.  Please start quizzing your child over these facts.



Week of September17 - 21

Bartley Reading: Our story this week will be What about Me? We will begin this on Tuesday. We will continue to study sequence and review compare/contrast as our main skill. In grammar we will be focusing on how to write a paragraph. Spelling test will be on Thursday of next week with a pretest on Wednesday. Spelling Words: clean, agree, teeth, dream, grain, coach, display, window, shadow, cheese, peach, braid, Sunday, float, thrown. Bonus: entertain, complain, bleachers, willow, and wheat.

 

Bartley Math: We will work on using addition properties to add whole numbers, estimate sums, two-digit addition and adding money.  We will also work on addition math facts.  Please check your child's work daily.  Some students are still having trouble rounding to the nearest 10's and 100's.  Please go over these skills too.  We try to get one math grade a week.  Some grades may be only a short quiz over what we have studied.  Please look over these quizzes and tests.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading Feb. 21 - 24

This week we will review fact and opinion and adjectives.  We will also read and retake our test over The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.  Since it is a short week we will not have a spelling test and will not have homework.

We will also start our writing piece over a trip they have taken.  They can write about a family trip or school trip.  You may want to ask your child about their writing.  They are very excited about sharing their memories.                           

English:  adjectives

We will take a test over adjectives on Friday

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Homework:  No homework this week.

If you have any questions you can email me at robin.bartley@glasgow.kyschools.us or call 659-0432 at 9:45 during my planning or after school.

Math

We will complete Chapter 7 over money.  The test will be Friday.  Please check over your child’s work and have them practice counting money.  Many students are still having trouble with this.

Also thank you to everyone who helped with the Valentine party.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading February 13 -17

This week we will read The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.  We work on fact and opinion.

English:  adjectives

Spelling: vowels oo, u

put                            pull

cook                          brook

stood                         hook

full                            hood

wood                         pudding

July                           cushion

shook                        footprint

push

Homework: Monday and Wednesday Your child will have a book to read.  Please listen to them read.  Sign the book and send it back to school.

Math

We will continue to work on Chapter 7 money.  Please review coins and their value with your child.  I still have many students who don’t know the value of the coins.  Also practice adding up coins.

*Jump Rope for Heart is Tuesday

*Valentine party is Tuesday at 1:00

I now have a blog.  You can go to my blog at www.robinbartley.blogspot.com

If you have any questions you can email me at robin.bartley@glasgow.kyschools.us or call 659-0432 at 9:45 during my planning or after school.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading February 6^th – 10^th

This week we will read The Quilt Story.  We work on compare and contrast and character and setting.

English:  adjectives

Spelling:  Words ending in le

ankle                          bubble

title                            giggle

apple                          sparkle

cable                          tickle

purple                        mumble

able                            twinkle

bugle                          scramble

bundle

Homework: Monday and Wednesday Your child will have a book to read.  Please listen to them read.  Sign the book and send it back to school.

Math

We will begin Chapter 7 Money.  We will work on the value of pennies, nickels and dimes, and counting to find the value of a group of coins.  Please check over your child’s work daily.  Have them correct any problems they may have missed.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading   Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

This week we will be reading A Weed is a Flower.  It is a story about the life of George Washington Carver.  We will work on cause and effect and also drawing conclusions. 

Spelling:  Comparative Endings

sooner                             smaller

soonest                            smallest

hotter                              fatter

hottest                             fattest

busier                              angrier

busiest                             angriest

happier                            straighter

happiest                           straightest

English: am, is are, was and were

Homework:  Monday and Wednesday please listen to your child read the book they bring home.  Please sign the book and send it back to school.

Jump Rope for Heart is on February 14.   If you have not signed the permission form please do so and send it back to school.  The money is due on February 14.