Homework Policy
We believe that homework should be a reinforcement of skills taught and practiced in class. Students should be able to complete homework independently. Students should be responsible for the organization and completion of assignments. Students will receive homework Monday through Thursday. They will be required to read a minimum of 90 minutes a week and record it in their reading log. They will also have some other form of homework in one of the following areas: Language Arts, Math, Science, or Social Studies. Homework should take approximately 30 minutes.
Homework for
~Ask mom/dad to sign your agenda each day.
~Read every day and fill out your Reading Log. We will have a Reading Log check each Monday for a Language Arts grade. Remember, to write the title of the book you are reading how long you read and to have your parent initial for the week.
Spelling:
September 5, 2014 Dear Parents:
We would like to explain how we have decided to organize Spelling this year in 3rd grade. As mentioned at Curriculum Night, we will use the Words Their Way program. This program will encourage students to examine words they might already know how to read, and sometimes even spell, as a way to gain insight into common prefixes, suffixes, and vowel/consonant relationships. This system enables students to analyze unfamiliar words they encounter when reading and writing rather than just straight word memorization. Every two weeks we will take a Spelling pretest on Friday. Today your child took their first Spelling pre-test. The pretest is called the RED list. If your child missed two or less on the first list (RED list), they are automatically placed on the BLUE list which follows similar spelling patterns but with more complicated words. Both lists along with online activities can be found at www.spellingcity.com/oakgrove3. In addition to the available activities at the website, we would like your child to complete four activities in the two week period in between the pretest and the post-test. Attached is a list of activities. Please initial next to the activity as your child completes it. Your child does not need to turn in the activities. The initialed activity log is due on the post-test date. At that time we will distribute a new activity list when we pretest. Most of the activities are to aide in the understanding of the spelling pattern as well as the mastery of the word. Please see post-test dates below for 1st semester.
Click here for dates and details
Click here for activity and sign off sheet
Book Report
Be sure to be working on book reports!
Signed book Choice Sheets are due November 7th
Book reports are due November 20th
See powtoon below or click here for more info on the book report
http://www.powtoon.com/presentoons/bup5jVN7oIZ
~Monday- 20 Reflex, OAS, or Reading
~Tuesday- 20 Reflex, OAS, or Reading
~Wednesday - 20 Reflex, OAS, or Reading
~Thursday- 20 Reflex, OAS, or Reading
~Friday- none