Here's our plan for the week:
Reading: We are continuing to read Charlotte's Web and closely reading the story titled: Room to Grow (read multiple times to pull out meaning and understand concepts). During the reading, the students will be focusing on asking and answering questions.
Vocabulary Words: scared, contribute, pronounce, community, tumbled, classmate, admires, and practicing
Spelling: final -e pattern
Math: We will be estimating and using compatible numbers to add and subtract
Writing: Friendly letters - the students write a letter to one family member
Science: Frog Life Cycle
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Friday, Sept. 23 Cross-Country UPDATE
Due to the damp weather, we will not be having running practice on Friday morning. Monday morning will be practice as usual. Thank you!
Monday, September 19, 2016
Read-A-Thon WOW! and 9/19 - 9/23
Our third-grade class had an epic weekend of reading! As a total amount for the weekend, they read for 1,630 minutes! We had some kiddos reading upwards of 200 minutes. Wonderful news!
Homework note: Many of you are FABULOUS at this already, but please remember to sign/initial the planners each day and include the number of minutes that your child has read. Aside from our Read-A-Thon week, each kiddo is to read 15 minutes per day, and the planner must be signed to indicate that the student has done that.
Here's a peak into our week...
Reading: Continue Charlotte's Web, investigate the question "What can traditions teach you about cultures?" through reading The Dream Catcher and Yoon and the Jade Bracelet. The students will use visualizations and sequencing to understand the stories.
Vocabulary: celebrate, pride, courage, remind, disappointment, symbol, precious, tradition
Spelling: short vowel sounds (e, o, u)
Writing: friendly letter
Math: (from last week) rounding to tens and hundreds, estimating sums
The Skyview Homecoming parade is on Friday! Kiddos are welcome and encouraged to wear Sandstone gear, Skyview gear/colors.
Enjoy your week,
Mrs. Urbaniak
Homework note: Many of you are FABULOUS at this already, but please remember to sign/initial the planners each day and include the number of minutes that your child has read. Aside from our Read-A-Thon week, each kiddo is to read 15 minutes per day, and the planner must be signed to indicate that the student has done that.
Here's a peak into our week...
Reading: Continue Charlotte's Web, investigate the question "What can traditions teach you about cultures?" through reading The Dream Catcher and Yoon and the Jade Bracelet. The students will use visualizations and sequencing to understand the stories.
Vocabulary: celebrate, pride, courage, remind, disappointment, symbol, precious, tradition
Spelling: short vowel sounds (e, o, u)
Writing: friendly letter
Math: (from last week) rounding to tens and hundreds, estimating sums
The Skyview Homecoming parade is on Friday! Kiddos are welcome and encouraged to wear Sandstone gear, Skyview gear/colors.
Enjoy your week,
Mrs. Urbaniak
Monday, September 12, 2016
Sept 12 to 16
Welcome to the week! I hope that everyone had a fantastic weekend. My husband and I were in my first catfishing tournament on the Yellowstone on Saturday and Sunday. What a blast! My apologies when I turn all of the students into catfisherkids....
Here's a peek into our week-
Reading: start Chapter 1 of our Wonders Reading Program, review story structure as we read Charlotte's Web, use text evidence to support answers, visualize the events of a story (Bruno's New Home)
Vocabulary: ached, concentrate, discovery, educated, effort, improved, inspired, satisfied
Spelling: Short vowels (a, i)
Math: start Chapter 1 of our Math program- review of adding and subtracting, use an addition chart, and round to tens.
Writing: build ideas to write narratives and organize structure, use a web to brainstorm events from their weekend, and write a friendly letter.
Science: read about and examine life cycles
Art: finish our foreground, midground, and background paintings, add a tree for the subject
Testing: SRI test (will give us a Lexile reading level)
Enjoy the cooler weather!
Mrs. Urbaniak
Here's a peek into our week-
Reading: start Chapter 1 of our Wonders Reading Program, review story structure as we read Charlotte's Web, use text evidence to support answers, visualize the events of a story (Bruno's New Home)
Vocabulary: ached, concentrate, discovery, educated, effort, improved, inspired, satisfied
Spelling: Short vowels (a, i)
Math: start Chapter 1 of our Math program- review of adding and subtracting, use an addition chart, and round to tens.
Writing: build ideas to write narratives and organize structure, use a web to brainstorm events from their weekend, and write a friendly letter.
Science: read about and examine life cycles
Art: finish our foreground, midground, and background paintings, add a tree for the subject
Testing: SRI test (will give us a Lexile reading level)
Enjoy the cooler weather!
Mrs. Urbaniak
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Sept 6 to 9
Hello families!
Tonight is our annual Open House. The format will be different than years past. Each teacher and Mr. Venner will be creating two sessions from 6:00-6:20 and 6:30-6:50. Both of the sessions will be the same, so please come to the one that suits you best! There will be your child's work from the last two weeks for you to see, as well as a presentation from me about what to expect in third grade. It will be quick and brief, but important information. I hope to see you there!
This week, we are still in the process of learning classroom procedures and building teamwork. The students are noticeably becoming quicker and more focused. To help you know what we are doing each day, your kiddos are now in charge of planners. I will talk more about the planners at the Open House, but the important thing to know about the planners is that they need to come to school and go home each day, along with the folders. There is a place for you to sign the planner each day at the base of the day's column. It is your child's responsibility to show you the planner and have you sign it.
This is some of the work that we are doing this week:
Reading: We are reading Charlotte's Web and practicing remembering and sharing events, stating opinions and giving reasons to support them, and story elements.
Writing: We are working on activities from last week. Yesterday, we made a collage of pictures from home and magazines on the writing journal covers.
Math: The students are working on writing numbers in standard and expanded form (54 = 50 + 4 or 438 = 400 + 30 + 8), as well as building numbers with base ten blocks.
Classroom: (Carryover from last week) We will be sorting the various learning goals for the year into their respective subjects. We'll use these to create our Hopes and Dreams for the year.
I hope that you will be able to attend our Open House tonight. Please note, my classroom phone is still not working. If you need to contact me, email is the best option (urbainakw@billingsschools.org).
Thank you!
Mrs. Urbaniak
Tonight is our annual Open House. The format will be different than years past. Each teacher and Mr. Venner will be creating two sessions from 6:00-6:20 and 6:30-6:50. Both of the sessions will be the same, so please come to the one that suits you best! There will be your child's work from the last two weeks for you to see, as well as a presentation from me about what to expect in third grade. It will be quick and brief, but important information. I hope to see you there!
This week, we are still in the process of learning classroom procedures and building teamwork. The students are noticeably becoming quicker and more focused. To help you know what we are doing each day, your kiddos are now in charge of planners. I will talk more about the planners at the Open House, but the important thing to know about the planners is that they need to come to school and go home each day, along with the folders. There is a place for you to sign the planner each day at the base of the day's column. It is your child's responsibility to show you the planner and have you sign it.
This is some of the work that we are doing this week:
Reading: We are reading Charlotte's Web and practicing remembering and sharing events, stating opinions and giving reasons to support them, and story elements.
Writing: We are working on activities from last week. Yesterday, we made a collage of pictures from home and magazines on the writing journal covers.
Math: The students are working on writing numbers in standard and expanded form (54 = 50 + 4 or 438 = 400 + 30 + 8), as well as building numbers with base ten blocks.
Classroom: (Carryover from last week) We will be sorting the various learning goals for the year into their respective subjects. We'll use these to create our Hopes and Dreams for the year.
I hope that you will be able to attend our Open House tonight. Please note, my classroom phone is still not working. If you need to contact me, email is the best option (urbainakw@billingsschools.org).
Thank you!
Mrs. Urbaniak
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