Sow Good Seed!

Welcome to Mrs. Compton's Third Grade!

Welcome parents and students!!  We are so excited to have Mrs. Anita Hallman as our new assistant in third grade. She is so Awesome! I am so glad to see the snow gone. We still have lots of work to be done in third grade.  

We are finishing up our unit on money and will begin measurement this week. Students will be learning all about the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I encourage parents and students to watch them as they start showing them this week on television. We are looking forward to EOG Parent Night coming up on February 15th in the Media Center at 6:00 pm. I encourage you to attend. This will be a very informative session that will give you some insight to what will be expected on the End Of Grade Exam.

Writer's Workshop

For Writer's Workshop, students will be discussing new ways to start their stories. We will be working on "New Beginnings". Students will continue cursive writing practice this week. I will also be introducing the prefixes: un-, bi-, dis-, mis-, and non-.

Students will also learn how to use a thesaurus.

Student News

WELCOME BACK!!! I hope the snow is behind us and we can begin the journey towards learning new things. Students don't forget that Monday, February 8th is the 100th day of school! Wow, time sure flies. There will be a Honor Roll Tea for 3rd grade on Wednesday, February 10th at 8:30 am. We will be celebrating our Valentine's Day on Friday, February 12th at 1:05 pm. Please make sure to show mom and dad the letter sent home about this and the class list of names!!!!!

   Reading

In reading this week we will be reading, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi". The genre selection is a fantasy. The story is about a boy and a dog who wander into an unusual garden. We will work in small groups this week to explore the story elements. We will work in small groups to complete phonics, spelling, and guided reading. We will also learn about homophones. 

Math

   For the next two weeks,students will be learning about measurement. We will first explore measuring lengths to the nearest inch, measuring lengths to the nearest 1/2 inch and 1/4 inch, and measuring length in feet and yards. Students will continue each week working in small groups to review money, temperature, multiplication tables and measurement.  Please help them to study every night for this. Students will be working at their own paces to learn multiplication tables, so it is vital that you help them. Lots of fun activities planned.

Social Studies

Students will review this week on the Solar System. We will continue to discuss the constellations and Moon Phases. Students will take a test on Thursday to complete the Solar System Unit. Next week we will begin learning about the properties of soil.

Parents,

Thank you so much for all that you do. Please be sure to read this page and look at all the information that is written. We hope to see you on EOG Night. It will be a night that will be of great importance. The third grade team will explain what to expect in all areas of study.  I would continue to encourage you to work with your child at home and check their homework. Please make sure they are reading for 20 minutes each night. The students have to do Reader Responses on what they are currently reading. I will also be sending reading stories for the students to do each night. These stories will ask questions at the end of each story. It is very important that students learn how to gather facts from their reading. Each week you will be recieving information about the A.R. tests your child has taken. Students are also learning their multiplication tables. I have sent home  multiplication booklets with the multiplication tables in them. Students will be taking these quizzes on a daily basis until they master them. Please note that if your child is struggling in any academic area, we are doing all we can to get them extra help in the classroom.  I will continue to keep you updated and thank each one of you for all your help and support. It is my goal that we work together to make all the students successful.

Spelling Words This Week!

1. hear

2. here

3. new

4. knew

5. its

6. it's

7. our

8. hour

9. there

10. their

11. they're

12. seen

13. scene

14. eye

15. I

Vocabulary Words This Week!

awesome

convinced

disappeared

discovered

incredible

impossible

Students, it is so important to remember to practice your 12 Power Words. You must be able to recognize, spell, define, use in a sentence and in a question. The 12 Power Words are below:

Trace

Analyze

Infer

Evaluate

Formulate

Describe

Support

Explain

Summarize

Compare

Contrast

Predict

DISCLAIMER:

LInked sites are not under the control of the school district or its employees. The school district is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site or any changes or updates to such sites. This web page provides links as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site. Please contact the school if you have concerns.

Websites to Visit

 Make A Flake: http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/make-a-flake.swf

 Writing Poetry: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/

Learn to Write a Letter:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

 How to write great sentences:

http://www.quia.com/jq/19694.html

Cool Math Games:

 http://www.coolmath.com/

Maps and Locating Continents: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

http://www.tinyurl.com/Olympics-kids. Kids can visit and meet the Olympic mascots and play games.

Skeletal System Game

 http://www.pavenet.org/users/all_share/Cohort7/portfolios/ccoker2/6308/sciencexplorers/index.htm