www.arbookfind.com

Students & parents, this is where you can look up any book to see if it is an AR book, the difficult level, and how many points is it worth.

Parent Night

Parent night is approaching quickly.  I have received RSVPs from some of you.  I hope that all of you will be able to attend.  I look forward to going through some important aspects of 3rd grade.  I will have hand-outs from my Power Point presentation for you to keep notes on.  See you soon!

Since I forgot it last week...spelling week of 17th-21st.

The 3rd week is flying by.....

Whoa!  I can't believe tomorrow is already Friday!  This week has went by so fast.  I think it feels that way because we have been working so hard.  I can't believe how far we have come in just 3 short weeks!  We had our first math test today.  The results were wonderful!  Tomorrow we will be taking our 2nd spelling test and the 1st end of chapter Treasures test.  We will also be MAP testing in math.  We took the reading MAP test on Wednesday.  You'll learn more about that at our upcoming Parent Night, Thursday, September 20th at 5:45.  I look forward to seeing you all there!  A parent letter will be going home tomorrow.

Beginning of week 2

Hello students and parents!  It is week 2 and boy, we are sure getting into some great routines!  I am so pleased how far we have come in such a short time.  In reading, we are currently working on comprehension, beginning, middle and end, character and setting.  We are doing our very best when answering questions to restate the question in our answers and making sure we use complete sentences that make sense.  That's a big deal!  In math, we are working on place value and comparing numbers.  I was so please to see that everyone had their homework completed this morning from the long weekend!  Great job!  In writing, we are working on generating ideas for writing personal narratives.  We are going to choose from our list to write a story about a small moment.  These are a lot of fun to write and read!  Don't forget to keep reading each night.  A.R. tests can be taken any morning.  If you have questions or comments, feel free to contact me!  Thank you!  Mrs. Austin

Week 1/week 2 Spelling List

These are the words for next Friday, September 7th.  Even though it is the second week of school, we will consider this week 1 for our weekly spelling tests.  The sheet I will send home on 8/29 will also include 4 dictation sentences.  At this point, I will not be grading these sentences, but showing errors.  Your child will be asked for correct their mistakes, if any.  Later, once students are used to it, I will begin to grade them.  I will make you, as well as them, aware of when they will be graded.

Fabulous First Day!!!

Hello 3rd graders and parents!  I just want to say how I am impressed with you all!  We have such a bright and caring group of kids.  Everyone had such great manners and patience today.  One of our activities was sitting in a large circle and telling about ourselves.  It was so neat to hear about your family, summer, and favorite thing we did today.  For the most part, everyone was polite and patient, waiting their turn to speak.  Tomorrow we will delving into workbooks in grammar, spelling, and possibly math.  We will also be writing about our summer.  This will be just a draft or cold write.  I look forward to reading all of them!  Tomorrow I will also be handing out the spelling list for week 1/week 2.  I am combining the weeks because they are both short.  The test will be on Friday, September 7th.  See you tomorrow:)  Mrs. Austin