- Friday, Dec. 15th: Reindeer Lane Gift Shop (our classes will attend at 8:30 am on this day)
- Tues. Dec. 19th: Christmas Breakfast, 8:30am. Please send assigned items.
- Wed. Dec. 20th: End of the 2nd 9 weeks
- Wed. Dec. 20 - Mon. Jan. 8: Christmas Break
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Text Features/REVIEW
- Strategy: REVIEW
- Vocabulary Skill: REVIEW
- Vocabulary Words:
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: REVIEW
- Spelling Skill: REVIEW
- Spelling Words:
- Writing: REVIEW
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday:
- Thursday:
- Friday: Tests Today:
- Dec. 8th: School Spelling Bee
- Tues. Dec. 19th: Christmas Party - more information will be sent home.
- Wed. Dec. 20th: End of the 2nd 9 weeks
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Graphic Sources
- Strategy: Text Structure
- Vocabulary Skill: glossary/dictionary
- Vocabulary Words: dim, gas, gignatic, ladle, patterns, shine, temperature
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Subject/Verb Agreement
- Spelling Skill: Spellings of /j/, /k/, /s/ sounds
- Spelling Words: uclock, large, page, mark, kitten, judge, crack, edge, pocket, brake, change, ridge, jacket, badge, orange, ceiling, advantage, pledge, Kentucky, pencil
- Writing: Narratives
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling homework assigned
- Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 49 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 50 (if not completed in class), study for vocabulary quiz
- Thursday: Study for DLR 16 Quiz, study spelling
- Tests Today: Subject Verb Agreement Test, Vocabulary Quiz
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 16 Quiz
- Dec. 8th: School Spelling Bee
- Tues. Dec. 19th: Christmas Party - more information will be sent home.
- Wed. Dec. 20th: End of the 2nd 9 weeks
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Character, Setting, and Plot
- Strategy: Inferring
- Vocabulary Skill: glossary/dictionary
- Vocabulary Words: antlers, imagined, languages, narrator, overhead, poked
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Main and Helping Verbs
- Spelling Skill: Prefixes un,-, re-, mis-, dis-
- Spelling Words: unhappy, recall, disappear, unload, mistake, misspell, dislike, replace, mislead, disagree, rewrite, unroll, unknown, dishonest, react, unfortunate, discourage, uncomfortable, recycle, mispronounce
- Writing: Narratives
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling homework assigned
- Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 49 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 50 (if not completed in class)
- Thursday: Study for DLR 15 Quiz, study spelling
- Tests Today: Main and Helping Verb Test, Pushing up the Sky vocab and Character/Plot Test
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 15 Quiz
- Nov. 13-16: Book fair
- Thursday 5-7pm: Family Night @ the book fair
- Nov.15th: Holiday Portraits
- Nov. 20-24th: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holidays
- Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Drawing Conclusions
- Strategy: Important Ideas
- Vocabulary Skill: homophones
- Vocabulary Words: area, artificial, grapevine, preservative, proof, raise, raisin
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Action and Linking Verbs
- Spelling Skill: Contractions
- Spelling Words: let's, he'd, you'll, can't, I'd, won't, haven't, hasn't, she'd, they'll, when's, we'd, should've, wasn't, didn't, they'd, would've , could've, needn't, you've
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling homework assigned
- Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 45 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 46 (if not completed in class), study vocabulary
- Thursday: study spelling
- Tests Today: Action and Linking Verb Test, Drawing Conclusions Test
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test
- Thursday, Nov. 9th: Field Trip to Birmingham Zoo
- Friday, Nov. 10th: Observance of Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
- Nov. 13-16: Book fair
- Thursday 5-7pm: Family Night @ the book fair
- Nov.15th: Holiday Portraits
- Nov. 20-24th: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holidays
- Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Review: Main Idea and Details, Compare and Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Author’s Purpose
- Strategy: Review: Visualizing, Monitor and Clarify, Text Structure
- Vocabulary Skill: Review: synonyms, compound words, antonyms, Context Clues
- Vocabulary Words: NONE! :-)
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Review: Common and Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns, Irregular Plural Nouns, Singular Possessive Nouns, Plural Possessive Nouns
- Spelling Skill: Review: Syllables vc/v and v/vc, syllable –le, compound words, blends spl, thr, squ, str, and Consonant Digraphs /sh/, /th/, /tch/, /ph/, /ch/, /ng/
- Spelling Words: NONE! :-)
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday:
- Tuesday: Study for DLR 13 Quiz
- Wednesday:
- Tests Today: UNIT 2 TEST, DLR 13 Quiz
- Thursday: FIELD TRIP!
- Friday: NO SCHOOL!
- Tues. Oct. 31st, 12;15-1:15 - Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Stewart's Halloween Party. Please send assigned items with your child by Tuesday.
- Thursday, Nov. 9th: Field Trip to Birmingham Zoo
- Friday, Nov. 10th: Observance of Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
- Nov. 13-16: Book fair
- Nov.15th: Holiday Portraits
- Nov. 20-24th: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holidays
- Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Main Idea and Details
- Strategy: Text Structure
- Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
- Vocabulary Words: bill, goo, hunters, material, platform, tons, twigs
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Plural Possessive Nouns
- Spelling Skill: Consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, /ph/, /tch/, /ch/, /ng/
- Spelling Words: father, chapter, other, alphabet, watch, English, weather, catch, fashion, shrink, pitcher, flash, athlete, trophy, nephew, northern, establish, emphasis, hyphen, challenge
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling homework assigned
- Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 37 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 38 (if not completed in class)
- Thursday: study spelling
- Tests Today: Plural Possessive Noun Test, Amazing Bird Nests vocab quiz
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Tues: Hats off to Being Drug Free - wear your favorite hat
- Wed. Wear Red clothing
- Thurs: Fall Festival
- Fri: Wild About Being Drug Free - wild hair day
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 9am: 3rd Grade Music Program
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival
- Friday, Oct. 27th: Honor Roll Party
- Volunteers needed for duty free lunch
- Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Author's Purpose
- Strategy: Monitor and Clarify
- Vocabulary Skill: antonyms
- Vocabulary Words: bottom, cheated, clever, crops, lazy partners, wealth
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Singular Possessive Nouns
- Spelling Skill: words with blends spl, thr, squ, str, scr
- Spelling Words: splash, throw, three, square, scream, strike, street, split, splurge, thrill, strenth, squeak, throne, scratch, squeeze, squid, squander, arthritis, instrument, strategy
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Spelling homework assigned - due Friday (2 activities required) Complete grammar pg. 33 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 34 (if not completed in class), study for vocab quiz, study for spelling test
- Thursday: Study for DLR 11 Quiz
- Tests Today: Singular Possessive Noun Test, Reading Test WITH vocabulary
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 11 Quiz
- Oct. 16-20: School Breakfast Week
- Friday, October 20th, 8am: Birmingham Zoo Field Trip money due
- Friday, October 20th: Picture Retakes
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 9am: 3rd Grade Music Program
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival
- Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Draw Conclusions
- Strategy: Questioning
- Vocabulary Skill: Compound Words
- Vocabulary Words: butterflies, collection, enormous, scattered, shoelaces, strain
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Irregular Plural Nouns
- Spelling Skill: Compound Words
- Spelling Words: sunglasses, football, homework, haircut, popcorn, railroad, snowstorm, earring, scarecrow, blueberry, butterflies, lawnmower, campground, sandbox, toothbrush, thumbtack, earthquake, scrapbook, courthouse, whirlpool
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling homework assigned - due Friday
- Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 29 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 30 (if not completed in class), study vocab
- Thursday: Study for DLR 10 Quiz, study spelling
- Tests Today: Vocabulary Quiz and Irregular Plural Nouns Test
- Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 10 Quiz
- Mon. and Tues. October 9th & 10th: FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
- Friday, October 13th: First 9 Weeks ENDS
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival & 3rd Grade Program
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
READING:
- Skill: Review
- Strategy: Review
- Vocabulary Skill: Review
- Vocabulary Words: REVIEW
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Review
- Spelling Skill: Review
- Spelling Words: REVIEW
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: FALL BREAK - No School
- Tuesday: FALL BREAK - No School
- Wednesday:
- Thursday: Study for DLR 9 Quiz
- Friday: Tests Today: DLR 9 Quiz
- Please help out our guidance counselors by taking this short survey
- October 2-6: Food Drive
- Wednesday, October 4th: Walk to School Day
- Mon. and Tues. October 9th & 10th: FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
- Friday, October 13th: First 9 Weeks ENDS
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival & 3rd Grade Program
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
READING:
- Skill: Compare and Contrast
- Strategy: Visualize
- Vocabulary Skill: Context clues
- Vocabulary Words: adorable, compassionate, exactly, iguana, mature, mention, trophies
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural Nouns
- Spelling Skill: final syllable -le
- Spelling Words: handle, trouble, simple, people, middle, table, little, gentle, poodle, pickle, noddle, saddle, jugle, uncle, riddle, example, throttle, obstacle, miracle, muscle
- Writing: Narratives, paragraph structure
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling HW assigned
- Tuesday: Grammar pg. 25 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Grammar pg. 26 (if not completed in class)
- Thursday: Study for DLR 8 Quiz and spelling test
- Tests Today: Singular and Plural Noun test, Main Idea and Compare/Contrast Test
- Friday: Tests Today: DLR 8 Quiz and spelling test, complete Main Idea and Compare/Contrast Test
- Please help out our guidance counselors by taking this short survey
- Monday, Sept. 25th: Parent Support Association Meeting, 10am - DPES Lunchroom
- Tuesday, September 26th: School Picture Day
- October 2-6: Food Drive
- Wednesday, October 4th: Walk to School Day
- Mon. and Tues. October 9th & 10th: FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
- Friday, October 13th: First 9 Weeks ENDS
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival & 3rd Grade Program
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill:Main Idea and Details
- Strategy: Monitor and Clarify
- Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms
- Vocabulary Words: cuddles, flippers, frozen, hatch, pecks, preen, snuggles
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: common and proper nouns
- Spelling Skill: v/cv and vc/v syllables
- Spelling Words: finish, pilot, even, wagon, music, silent, rapid, female, lemon, pupil, focus, robot, tulip, camel, salad, resident, spinach, climate, tradition, innocent
- Writing: Narratives
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday: Spelling HW assigned
- Tuesday: Grammar pg. 21 (if not completed in class)
- Wednesday: Grammar pg. 22 (if not completed in class), Study for vocabulary quiz
- Thursday: Study for DLR 7 Quiz and spelling test
- Tests Today: Common and Proper noun test, Vocabulary Quiz
- Friday: Tests Today: DLR 7 Quiz and spelling test
- Monday, Sept 18, 10-10:30am: Parent workshop on bullying, DPES Lunchroom
- Please help out our guidance counselors by taking this short survey
- Tuesday, September 26th: School Picture Day
- October 2-6: Food Drive
- Wednesday, October 4th: Walk to School Day
- Mon. and Tues. October 9th & 10th: FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
- Friday, October 13th: First 9 Weeks ENDS
- Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
- October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
- Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival & 3rd Grade Program
- If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
- Monday, August 28th, 10am: Parent Support Association Meeting - if interested
- Monday, September 4th LABOR DAY, NO SCHOOL!
- Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
- Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
- Consider completing a parent survey HERE
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click HERE.
PLANS
READING:
- Skill: Review: Character/Setting/Theme, Sequence, Compare/Contrast, Author’s Purpose
- Strategy: Review: Background knowledge, Story Structure, Visualization, Summarizing
- Vocabulary Skill: Review: Multiple meaning words, homophones, glossary/dictionary, context clues, prefixes and suffixes
- Vocabulary Words:NONE
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Grammar Skill: : Review: Sentences/Fragments, Subjects/Predicates, Statements/Questions, Commands/Exclamations, Compound Sentences
- Spelling Skill: Review: VC/CV Syllables, plurals, adding endings (-ed, -ing, -er, -est), Vowel digraphs: ee, ea, ay, ei, ow, oa, Vowel Diphthongs
- Spelling Words: NONE
- Writing: Paragraph organization
ASSIGNMENTS
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday:
- Thursday: Study for DLR 6 Quiz
- Friday: Tests Today: DLR 6 Quiz, UNIT 1 TEST
