One More Crayon Who's Quitting!

Dear Dunkin ,

Pretty please with green spinach on top use me for other things instead of guacamole, grass, lettuce and the green stripes on a pencil . You know you can use me for other stuff too like vines on a pumpkins and land on a globe. You don’t use me because you put me in the back! I’m tired of standing next to blue because he says spinach should be blue. Can you believe him? All I am trying to say is please use me!

               Your green friend ,

                      Green Crayon

by: Liesl

Newsletter--Week of 10/3/16

News from 3F

Week of: October 3, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week we will continue to focus on point of view. We will be finishing up our Fairy Tale flip, which should be posted to the class blog at the end of this week! We are also beginning to work on Making Inferences during reading. **Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: We will continue working on Common and Proper nouns this week.  

Writing: This week, students will finish writing an opinion paper on why they are the Pick of the Patch. Within this paper, we will be focusing on linking words and conventions (grammar, capitalization, and punctuation). They are doing a great job working through the Writing Process and have started becoming student editors!

Social Studies: We are taking a much needed break from Science and will begin a new Social Studies unit today! In this unit we will study the continents and oceans, their placement on a world map, and various map skills. Students will be bringing home a map of the world today so that they can begin memorizing the placement of the continents and oceans.

Math: This week we will be working on place value and rounding. Students will be using the idea of estimating in order to help with rounding.

Dates to Remember:

Wed. Oct. 5- Walk to School Day

Newsletter--Week of 9/26/16

News from 3F

Week of: September 26, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week, we will begin to wrap up our study of fairy tales. We will begin the week by finishing our comparison of 3 different versions of The Three Little Pigs. With each version, we have looked at the story elements, theme and point of view. On Wednesday, Miss G. will come introduce our fairy tale project which we will work on for about a week. Students will be flipping a common version of a fairy tale and retelling it from another character’s point of view! **Students should be reading at least 20 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: We will begin reviewing nouns this week. After a quick review, we will be working on making connections between common and proper nouns and sorting words into those two categories.

Writing: This week in writing, students will continue writing about fall. We will finish going through the writing process and by the end of the week each student will have a final draft of this writing piece!

Science: We will wrap up our study of force and motion this week. Watch for a study guide to come home tomorrow for the test on Friday. Please help your child review this study guide, as there are lots of vocabulary words and concepts that have been introduced during this unit!  

Math: This week we will be testing over 10’s, 3’s, 0’s and 1’s. We will then be switching groups for our next unit. Up next….Place Value. J

Dates to Remember:

Wed. Sept. 28-Math Unit Test (10’s, 3’s, 0’s and 1’s)

Thurs. Sept. 29-Laps for Lowell Fundraiser during P.E. (2:20-2:40pm)

Fri. Sept. 30-Science Test (Force & Motion)

More Crayons!

The Day the Crayons Quit (continued)

Dear Tony,

Why do you always use me for ice, cars, and the sky? Why don’t you Choose me for other things like monsters robots and space ships. I am your favorite cran. That makes me sad!

From Blue Crayon.

Dear Duncan,

Hi it is gray crayon you never use me! Oh please use me once!Purple pencil is taking over.Can you get rid of her?She has gone too far!Your unused friend,

Grey Crayon

Dear, Makayla,

You never use me.All I am used for is just for really really really blue skies.Also, I’m just used for a dark purple and I AM NOT A PURPLE………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM INDIGO!!!!!!!!!!What I am trying to say is you need to use me.

Your friend,

Indigo

Dear,Jeremiah

Hi ! I know you like reptiles , but……..  You mainly do ones that are gray and black. Why don't  you color chameleons? They change colors so you can use every one but not us. We want to make…….meteors,rocks,ooo and your imagination.But  don`t make it to big.

Your best colors.

P.s. black and grey made this.

Dear Jacob,

I am tired because you never use me.I can be used for flamingos a pig or even clothes.Can you use me soon?You use other crayon, why can`t you use me?

Your sad crayon,

Pink crayon

Dear Duncan, it’s me pink crayon! You never use me for anything but thank your little sister for  using me for her coloring book so please use me sometime because I’m so lonely  in this box .

Please please use me someday. You can draw roses and bows with me because I am a crayon.We color love Pink

Newsletter--Week of 9/19/16

News from 3F

Week of: September 19, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week we will continue to work with fairy tales and Point of View. Students will be reading stories and highlighting the character’s point of view on their own. We will also continue to focus on making connections: text to text, text to self, text to world. Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: The focus this week will continue to be capitals and punctuation. While we will move onto another area of grammar next week, we will continue to review when, where and how to use capitals and punctuation in our everyday writing!

Writing: We will continue to work on opinion writing. This week the prompt will be as follows: Do you enjoy the fall season? Why or why not? Use your reasons and evidence to prove your opinion.

Science: This week we will begin talking about what magnetic forces can do. Our new Vocabulary Words are electromagnet, magnetic force, and permanent magnet.  We will continue to use previous vocabulary words in explaining magnetic forces.

Math: This week we will continue with multiplication/division. We will focus on the distributive property and will also touch on multiplication of 1’s and 0’s. Please make sure to continue to help your child with multiples of 3.

Dates to Remember:

Tues. Sept. 20- Picture Day

Thurs. Sept. 22- Kindergarten Buddies! J

Fri. Sept. 23- No School

**ALL Week: Wheaton North Homecoming Week**

TUESDAY—USA Day: Wear Red, White, and Blue to show Northside Pride

WEDNESDAY—It’s Greased Lightnin’…1950’s Day: Poodle Skirts, Leather Jackets, Jeans…a dress up day that’s a blast from the past!

THURSDAY—Northside Pride Day: Blue and Gold Day!

The Day the Crayons Quit

On Wednesday, we read part of the book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. In this book, Duncan opens his crayon box to begin coloring, only to find that all of his crayons have left letters for him, complaining about the way he uses them. Black Crayon wants to be used for more than outlines, Blue Crayon is tired of coloring water, Purple Crayon is tired of being colored outside of the lines when he could be used for more royal images...you get the point!

After about several colors' complaints, the class had a chance to take the point of view of a crayon color and write letters to themselves with their own complaints. Some chose to do their final drafts on paper and some chose to work with Google Docs! The first installment of 3F's Crayon letters are below. The rest will be posted soon! Enjoy!

Dear Max,

I wish you used me for grass Not the big things.I get tired really quickly because you do so much big stuff with me.And you use me to much!If we can write with a crayon you always pick me. I wish you stop making me tired.

Your friend Green Crayon.

Dear Dylan,

I know you really like red but I can’t take it like this anymore! You make fire trucks, planes,houses ,Santa’s sleigh and red soccer balls.

Can you do something

little like Rudolph's nose,

Polished rocks and

Your name?

I really

Need

A break!

Your best color,

Red Crayon

Nate,         

Hey why do you only use me for grass, green dragons, signs, signs,and more signs and me? So just start using me for post-its, continents on the map or globe. And please use me for division.

From.

              Green crayon

Dear Trey

Cerulean crayon here! Hey! Why don't you use me? I'm like light blue and I know you like light blue.You always use your favorite colors. Use me because you don't know me!

Your want to be used friend,

Cerulean Crayon.

Dear Addy,

Why do you never use me? I could be used for oceans, pretty skies, or  even drinks and maybe people’s clothes. I am even taller than white crayon! Come on! When you bought me I thought I was your favorite. Now will you pleeease use me?

Your lonely friend

       Turquoise

Newsletter--Week of 9/12/16

News from 3F

Week of: September 12, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week we will be introducing Point of View. Students will be reading stories and highlighting the character’s point of view. For example, we will read the story “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale.” With each story, we will talk about the main character’s point of view and how their view changes the story. We will also continue to focus on making connections: text to text, text to self, text to world. Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: The focus this week will continue to be on capitalization. Students are having trouble remembering to capitalize proper nouns and words that start our sentences. Please help to remind your child about these important steps.

Writing: We will continue to work on opinion writing. This week the prompt will be as follows: What do you think is the best grade? Why? Students will be brainstorming in groups and then writing their own opinion paragraphs. This week we will also begin talking about the Writing Process: Planning, Drafting, Editing, Revising, and Publishing. This process will continue all year and the goal of it is to help students begin correcting their own writing!

Science: We will continue to talk about predicting patterns of motion. For example, when we look at a boy on a swing, we know that the swing will go back and forth. The vocabulary we have been learning and practicing is listed below for your reference, and in hopes that you will continue practicing these words with your students!

Lesson 1: force, motion, position

Lesson 2: balanced forces, gravity, unbalanced forces

Lesson 3: predict

Math: This week we will continue with multiplication/division of 10’s. We will then venture out and begin to study multiples of 3’s. This might be the first time that your child will learn their 3’s. Please make sure to help your child, if you have free time, counting from 3 to 30.  

Newsletter--Week of 9/6/16

News from 3F

Week of: September 6, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week students will be reading a mystery series called Cam Jansen. With this story, we will continue to focus on story elements and vocabulary. We will also focus on character traits and will continue reviewing making connections: text to text, text to self, text to world. Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: The focus this week will continue to be on capitalization. Students will review when to use capitals in their writing. Please encourage your child to reread and make corrections within their daily work and homework.

Writing: We will take a short break from Opinion Writing to learn about our Work on Writing station of Daily 5. In this station, students will have a variety of choices about what they would like to write about. Make sure to ask your student about our Class Journals, Book Cover Stories, and Journal Jots!  

Social Studies: While we continue to study force and motion, this week we will focus on being able to predict the motion of an object. For example, when we look at a boy on a swing, we know that the swing will go back and forth. We will be practicing this skill by conducting several experiments this week!  The vocabulary we have been learning and practicing is listed below for your reference, and in hopes that you will continue practicing these words with your students!

Lesson 1: force, motion, position

Lesson 2: balanced forces, gravity, unbalanced forces

Lesson 3: predict

Math: This week we will continue to learn about multiplication and division. Students will be tested on 2’s and 5’s multiplication and division. We will also begin studying 10’s. While some students are beginning to master their facts, this is not an expectation at this point in the year. Please continue to assist your child as needed.

Dates to Remember:

Wed. Sept. 7- Math Test: 5’s/2’s Multiplication and Division (Some students already completed this test last week!)

Fri. Sept. 9- Scholastic Book Orders Due

**PLEASE NOTE: Weekly newsletters will continue to be posted on our classroom blog. I will send an email reminder each week with the link to access the blog. If you would like a paper copy instead, please let me know! 

Welcome to 3F!!

Welcome third graders! I can't wait to meet each and every one of you! I hope you're ready for a fun-filled year! If you're like me and can't wait to start school, email me and let me know what you're excited for. I'd love to learn a little about you before we meet next week! :-)

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Back-To-School Social on Tuesday and then again on the first day of school!

See you soon!

Mrs. Freckelton

Last Newsletter--Week of 5/23

News from 3P

Week of: May 23, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: Poetry will come to an end this week. We will be putting together our poetry anthology books. Their books are turning out to be fabulous! Thanks for the contribution of your notes for your child. If you still would like to send them in, let me know! ****Students should still be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Writing: This week in writing, we will be finalizing our narrative stories. J

Science: This week we will wrap up the study of conservation. SCARCE will be visiting tomorrow morning to help demonstrate the process of reusing and recycling! Thanks PTA!!

Math: Students will continue their study of measurement of mass. We will finish up with a quiz this week.   

Dates to Remember:

Mon. May 23-LAST Kindergarten Buddies!

Mon. May 23-ALL library books due

Tues. May 24-SCARCE visit—thanks PTA!!

Wed. May 25-Watermelon Day

**Mon. May 30-NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day

**Tues. May 31-Discovery Day in AM and Field Day in PM

**Wed. June 1-LAST DAY OF 3^rd GRADE! L J

Newsletter--Week of 5/16

News from 3P

Week of: May 16, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: Poetry will continue this week. We will focus on Concrete and Picture Poems. We will also begin compiling our poems into poetry anthologies! These should be finished up sometime next week! ****Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Writing: This week in writing, we will be continuing our narrative topics and be putting all our pieces together to write our last stories!  Students are required to do a few drafts and lots of additions! J

Science: This week we will focusing on natural resources. We will talk about renewable and nonrenewable resources. We will also be discussing recycling.

Math: Students will continue their study of measurement. We will review inches, ½ inches and ¼ inches. We will then move into metric liquid measurements.

Dates to Remember:

Tues. May 17-Cook’s Night Out at Chipotle! 4:00-8:00pm

** No School on Monday, May 23^rd

Newsletter--Week of 5/9

News from 3P

Week of: May 9, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: Poetry will continue this week. We will focus on Acrostics, Haikus, Cinquain and the I Am poem. ****Students should be reading at least 20 minutes for homework every night!

Writing: This week in writing, we will be continuing our narrative topics and finish up the current story. We will be writing one more story before the end of the year! Students are required to do a few drafts and lots of additions! J

Science: This week we will finish up our study of Earth and its changes. We will be doing a study guide tomorrow and test on Friday.

Math: Students will be testing over distributive property, perimeter and area this week. From there, we will be jumping into our unit of measurement (inches, ½ inches and ¼ inches).

Dates to Remember:

Mon. May 9- Kindergarten Buddies

Thurs. May 12- Franklin Music Concert @ 9:30am

Fri. May 13- Earth’s Changes Science Test

**SCRAPBOOKING If you are able to send in any of the following, I would appreciate it:

·         Letter Stickers

·         PHOTO Tape (this is what we need the most of!)

·         Skinny Scrapbooking Markers or Pens for writing about their time in third grade

·         ANYTHING that would be good for scrapbooking ( fun papers, die cuts)

·         White Cardstock Paper

·         If you would like to send in $$$ instead, I will be doing some shopping to purchase photo tape and other supplies.  

Newsletter--Week of 5/2

News from 3P

Week of: May 2, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: This week students will be continuing with poetry and figurative language. We are excited to have Bill the Poet visit tomorrow to help us write some poetry of our own! Students will also continue to work with nonfiction short passages. With the nonfiction passages, students will be required to find the main idea of each passage and supporting details too! ****Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Writing: This week in writing, we will be continuing our narrative topics and be putting all our pieces together to write our own stories!  Students are required to do a few drafts and lots of additions! J

Science: This week we will continue our study of Earth and its changes. We will focus on how volcanoes and earthquakes can change the way the Earth looks. We will also introduce the vocabulary: Erosion and Weathering.

Math: Students will continue with perimeter and area. We will also talk about the Distributive Property and how we can use it to solve for the area of a shape.

Dates to Remember:

Tues. May 3-Bill the Poet Visit

Thank you SO much for all of the beautiful flowers today! My day was definitely made brighter by all of your thoughtfulness!