Study Island

We have started using a new computer program here at Roosevelt called Study Island. Every student from Mr. Peri and Mr. Grzesik’s class gets to go on this program at least 40 minutes a week to help practice some of the things we’ve been learning in the classroom. You can access this program at home and we would love to see your student using this at home 3 nights a week.

Your student’s log in information is:

User name: firstname.lastname@fps

Password: 123

Your student can practice any of the information that has been placed on their by one of their teachers.

Don’t forget to have your child try there best and if they get above a 75% on the information you get to take a break and play a game!

Find the website here: www.studyisland.com

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we learned that readers expect to learn alongside their characters. We will do this by thinking about life lessons Opal, the main character from “Because of Winn-Dixie”, learned and how we can attribute that to our lives. We will also learn that readers celebrate the lessons characters have learned that apply to their own lives. We will do that by reading in our partnerships and discussing those life lessons.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we started our next Writers Workshop unit, opinion/argument writing. We will learn how to collect ideas like an essayist. We will also complete a couple of sections in our data binders. The sections we will complete are our mid-year goals and our quick write reflection page. We will look at our first quick write piece and compare that to our most recent quick write piece to see how we have grown as a writer.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is letter blends (-sh,-ch,-th,-wr, and –tch)

shape

church

watch

father

wrap

check

finish

sharp

mother

write

catch

chase

shall

thick

wrote

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their January reading log. Those reading logs will be due February 2^nd.

Scholastic book orders will be placed on Friday January 30^th. This is a change from what was placed on the book order. Please make sure to have those book orders in by this Friday. Don’t forget, the more books you and your child order help us get more books for our classroom.

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week, as a reader, we learned that characters have what it takes to overcome challenges. We will do this by reading the blurbs on the back of multiple books and thinking what kind of traits that character shows to get them through any potential challenges. We also will learn that secondary characters often teach the main character something. We will discuss the secondary characters from our mentor text ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’ and find out what effect they had on our main character.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we started our next Writers Workshop unit, opinion/argument writing. We completed our pre-assessment writing piece and will learn how to collect ideas like an essayist.

SPELLING NEWS:

No Spelling this week due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as a records day on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their January reading log. Those reading logs will be due February 2^nd.

Our Gonoodle Brain Breaks!

Wondering what to do on that cold/snow day while your child is looking bored or has a bit too much energy? Maybe they just want to do some dances at home? If that’s the case then head to www.gonoodle.com and have them do a couple of fun “brain breaks” at home. These are fun little movement activities that help them refocus or get their wiggles out.

The website is free to sign up for and offers tons of good videos for kids to move along to!

Still not sure about signing up for it? Check us out doing some of our “brain breaks”!

Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Parade here at Roosevelt!

Mr. Peri and Mr. Grzesik would like to invite you to come see your child walk around our school in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

At 2:00 on Friday afternoon we will be parading around the school (with many very cool art pieces).

Please join us in this march to honor the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week noticed when characters act in surprising ways and question why they did that. We will also learn that readers expect characters to change or grow and learn from their experiences. Finally we learned that readers k now that characters face struggles/challenges that become turning points in the story.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. and transferred that into a piece of writing about how you could improve yourself, your family, your community, the nation and finally your community. We also created a piece of art work to go along with our writing!

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling words went home on Monday. Just as a reminder, these words should be going home every week, as hard copy, in your students school/home folder. (long o sound spelled ow, oa and o)

snow

load

almost

row

soak

window

foam

most

flow

goat

throw

float

blow

below

soap

The spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their January reading log. Those reading logs will be due February 2^nd.

Reading / Writing / Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we reviewed our expectations for Reading Workshop. We got back into the swing of things by reading long and strong from our book boxes.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we learned about New Year’s resolutions and what they are. We made our own New Year’s resolutions that you will see in our data binders. We also published our best birthday ever stories that you will see in our third grade hall!

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling words went home on Monday. (Irregular plurals)

goose

woman

calf

fish

mouse

leaf

children

geese

calves

leaves

half

child

women

mice

halves

The spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their January reading log. Those reading logs will be due February 2^nd.