Week 7

I hope that you had a great weekend with your kiddos.  I had a great weekend with mine:).  I just wanted to pass along a website to you that I think your kids might enjoy.  It is full of learning games and fun activities for all ages.  http://powermylearning.com/

On another note...we are beginning a new unit this week covering the topic of Inspired by the Sea.  We will be talking about and reading stories based around the sea.  In Math, we will discuss addition and subtraction fact families.  I pretested the children over unit two so I can challenge those that do not need to cover this concept again.  They will be given an alternate assignment that will challenge them on similar concepts just at a higher level of thinking.  Science class will include the concepts of force and motion this week. 

Hope you have a wonderful week with your family!

Le

Week 6

This weekend ask your children about:

• The Elements of Poetry ~ they have been working on a poetry project all week
• Wind Energy ~ we created a windmill this week and talked about the potential and the kinetic energy that exists
• Money ~ money, money, money, mon - ey...we have been on a money kick this week learning how to represent it, write it, add it, subtract it, and make change
• Personal Narrative Writing ~ some of the kids have finished their final copies and you will begin to see them come home.  They are great pieces of writing for their first go at the writing process

Reminders and Requests:

• Please continue to study those math facts
• We are in need of some tissues.  These kiddos go through tissues like wild fire.  If you could donate some to the class that would be wonderful!
• As it gets cooler, please keep in mind that shorts are probably not the best bottoms option for these little ones:)
• I would love to have your help in the classroom anytime you are available.  Please send me a quick email, even the morning of and let me know you would like to come in.  We ALWAYS have something for you to do!

Next week:

• We will finish up Unit One ~ Stories Worth Telling Again and Again
• The children will take an assessment covering Unit One.  You can't prepare for this at home.  It is all based on things that we have done in class. 
• We will pretest Chapter 2 in Everyday Math so I can best meet the needs of all students.  Then I will proceed with teaching the subject matter that each individual child needs.  

Tip of the Week:

• XtraMath.org
  Is a free website for your kids that is accessible from home and best of all it runs itself! Really. There are several videos that you can watch on their site if you want more information, including a video about how the site works. They play games like “beat the teacher.”  It is super easy and it gives you lists of which problems they missed plus how many and which facts they have mastered.  This site is similar to FASTMATH (a program we have here at school).
   
  Have a wonderful weekend!!!
   
  Le

Scholastic

If you are planning on ordering from ordering from Scholastic our class activation code is the following:

Activation Code:

JLJV6

Please use this code to earn a $5 credit for next month from Scholastic.  Have a great evening!

Here is the link to order  https://orders.scholastic.com/JLJV6

Le

Week 5

~Learning and Growing Together~

Mrs. Hahn’s Class

This week we have spent a great deal of time reading, learning about feeling words, and how a character’s feelings affect the events that happen in a story.  Your children are also very close to writing their first personal narrative of the year.  A few of them have already started on their rough drafts.  We will work to take their piece of writing through the entire writing process.  In Math class, we have been learning how to estimate sums and differences to the nearest ten. 

Entertainment Book sales end at the beginning of next week, so please return your requests for the books.  The sale of these books will greatly benefit the school.

~Next Week~

          Next week we will finish our study of energy in Science with an emphasis on wind energy.  We will also finish our study of stories that are worth telling again and again.  The class will do a week long poetry project to learn the elements of poetry.  We will be discussing in great depth the concept of money in Math.
         Please encourage your child to study their spelling words each week, read at home, and work on their math facts.  I am seeing big improvements on their math facts at school.  Big things are happening in third grade!  Ask your child about singing on the announcements this morning!

Tip of the Week:  

Crack open the dictionary          

Let your child see you use a dictionary. Say, "Hmm, I'm not sure what that word means... I think I'll look it up."

www.hahnsclass.blogspot.com is where you can find our class learning each week

 

Feeling Words

Today in Guided Reading we were working on recognizing feeling words in a story.  We talked about how those feeling words change the events that often happen in a story.  We kept track of the feeling words and we noticed that as the feelings of the characters changed the events of the story changed too.

Feeling Words Web

We read "Grandpa's Face" today and created feeling webs.  The children went on a feeling word search throughout the book with their elbow buddy.  Then they made feeling word webs as they found feeling words throughout the story.  We discussed as a class how feeling words dramatically effect the events that take place in stories.  Without the feelings of characters, there would be no stories. 

Week 4

~Learning and Growing Together ~

We had a really busy week in our class.  We did a great science experiment with thermometers and different colored envelopes to determine how color affects temperature.  The class is independently working their way through the scientific method.  They are also learning how to draw technical drawings to demonstrate their science experiments.  I am so proud of them.  Also, we have continued testing in the computer lab gathering information on each student to determine areas of strength and weakness.  The purpose of gathering this information is to best meet the needs of each individual student in our class.

          Next week we will continue learning about energy in science.  We will also continue our study of stories that are passed down and stories that are worth telling again and again.  We will be discussing money and continue our work on facts in math.
         ~Next Week~
         Please encourage your child to study their spelling words each week and to continue to read at home and work on their facts.  I am seeing big improvements in their math facts at school.  Thank you for helping your child succeed!

Tip of the Week:

Find ways to read, write, and tell stories together with your child. Always applaud your young reader and beginning story writer!