We completed the In View and TerraNova standardized assessments this week. These assessments are combined to determine which students are eligible for enrichment. We typically get the results back late May/early June.
We found time last week to begin our first author study on Roald Dahl, where we will look for repeating themes, language, and style. We will also study Mark Twain, Patricia Polacco, Peter Sis, and John Muth.
This week's spelling words are: dunk, unkind, wink, stunk, behind, bound, mend, remind, understand, sank, spend and blink. Spelling generalizations are words that end with -nk and -nd. When words end with these patterns the n is hard to hear.
Additional words you can use for this unit are: pink, tank, junk, mink, bend, found, friend, send, blank, chunk, drank, shrink, trend, hound, blind, bland, skunk, slunk, rank, drink, tender, lender, grounded, and sounded. See earlier post http://3rdgradehudson.blogspot.com/2011/09/parent-information-highlights.html for additional activities. Activities we are doing in class include identifying parts of speech, roots, prefixes and suffixes.
Important Dates & Reminders
The MOVbands have been pretty distracting so I'm having students put them in their backpacks or desks except for recess, lunch and specials. Hopefully, once the newness wears off students will be able to wear them throughout the day.
April 9 - Progress reports sent home
April 11 - Early dismissal at 1:15
April 17 - Third Grade Musical (see earlier post for more information: http://3rdgradehudson.blogspot.com/2012/04/3rd-grade-musical-performance.html)
April 17 - Third Grade Musical (see earlier post for more information: http://3rdgradehudson.blogspot.com/2012/04/3rd-grade-musical-performance.html)
April 21 - Invention Convention at UA High School (http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4935700267914769940&postID=5242561711290921440)
April 27 - Kids Fest 5:00 till 8:00
April 30 - Ohio Reading Achievement Retakes (only for students who did not pass in fall)
April 30 - Ohio Reading Achievement Retakes (only for students who did not pass in fall)
May 1 - Ohio Mathematics Achievement Assessment
