March 18th - 22nd & Explanation of Quarter 4 Standards

Congratulations to our March Leader of the Month, Byron! 

This week we learned all about dental health!  We learned about loose teeth, parts of a tooth and dental hygiene.  During our close read, we learned about the important features we see in a non fiction text.  Some of the things we learned about are: headers, labels, captions, photographs, table of contents and more!  We will also learn how to take care of our teeth so that we keep them healthy.

Vocabulary from Bear's Loose Tooth:
nibble:  to take small bites
savor:  to enjoy the taste or smell of
fret: to feel or express worry
perch: a rod or branch that an animal can sit on
pry: to move, lift or open
flutter: to move swiftly back and forth

Here are activities can do at home with your child this weekend:

• Make a brush and floss chart.  Have students make a check mark for each time they floss or brush.  This will help the kids remember the importance of brushing and flossing everyday.
• Make a list of healthy foods to eat and unhealthy foods.

Join us in Addison's Kingdom of Books for our Spring Book Fair by Bedford Falls - March 25-29

Open:

Monday - Thursday from 7:15am-3pm
Friday from 7:15am-12pm

Students will preview the Book Fair on the 21st & 22nd with their classes.

Parents, we need your help to make our Spring Book fair a success. Please consider helping: http://signup.com/go/SsvTdEr

Quarter 3 Report Cards came home Thursday please sign the envelope and return it to me and keep the report card. 

**This will be my only long blog post explaining all the standards for the 4th quarter, so please save it to refer to throughout the quarter. I will post weekly updates on what we are reading and anything else I need to share with you on posts going forward. You can also look at the Quarter 4 column on the report card to see what we'll be working on. Thanks!** 

Other ELA Standards that can be reinforced during homework:

• Identify all 52 letters
• recognize rhyming words and produce rhyming words
• isolate and produce initial, medial vowel and final sounds in CVC words (consonant vowel consonant, ex: bus, cat, log, etc...)
• Produce all 23 consonant sounds this includes hard and soft c and g
• produce all 5 short and long vowel sounds
• Read 75 or more sight words
• Read at a level D book independently or higher
• Identify the main topic and retells key details of a text
• Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book
•  Name the author and illustrator as well as define the role of each
• Identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic
• Writing detailed sentences that include sight words and phonetically spelled words
• Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I
• Recognize, name and use punctuation in writing (periods, exclamation points and question marks) 

For access to leveled books and their 20 minute reading time you could use:

Kids A-Z Login Instructions

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, jrodgers4

Step 3: Their student number is their username and password

ReadingEggs is great for both reading and math! It is often our technology piece on homework.
The students can access ReadingEggs or MathSeeds once they login using their student ID number for both their username and password: https://readingeggs.com/

Save any sight word books or practice pages that come home and go over them as well as using flash cards. 

Here are a couple websites to help with different strategies to use at home for sight words: 

https://www.k12reader.com/sight-word-teaching-strategies/

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/sight-words-101.html 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsAsYlJSSx-qcUr6D4i-LPBvkV2Suy0iV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYHDxmjqlQ&list=PLQK2XiUY9C2goAU9vFtgyRWAO-srC6iJf

Letters and Sight Words of the Week 2018-2019

Date	Letter/Blend/Digraph	Sight Words
August 1	FIRST WEEK
August 6
August 13		I, it, is
August 20		a, as, do
August 27	M and short A	am, and, an
September 4	S	so, see, me
September 10	T	to, the, my
September 17	N	not, on, no
September 24	FALL BREAK
October 1	Short I	at, in, will
October 8	F	he, she, we
October 15	P and Short O	said, saw, was
October 22	C (hard and soft)	can, came, come
October 29	H	his, help, her
November 5	B	big, by, be
November 12	Short U	but, up, us
November 19	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 26	R	ran, run, him
December 3	Short E	when, then, well
December 10	G (hard and soft)	go, give, get
December 17	D	did, had, has
January 7	W/Wh	what, were
January 14	L	like, let, look
January 22	J	put, out, now
January 28	K	must, into, all
February 4	Y	your, you, yes
February 11	V/Z	very, love, of
February 18	FEBRUARY BREAK
February 25	Q	want, went, who
March 4	X	little, have, with
March 11	Bossy R (ar, or, ir, ur, er)	are, for, from
March 18	Long A	ate, make, say
March 25	Long E	please, eat, here
April 1	APRIL BREAK
April 8	Long I	find, fly, why
April 15	Long O	home, going, this
April 22	Long U	new, some, they
April 29	OO	soon, good, too
May 6	OU/OW	down, our, how
May 13	Sh,Th,Ch	there, where
May 20	LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL

In this unit, students will:

• Count forward from a given number (instead of starting at 1)
• Count 20 objects in a line, array & circle and 10 objects scattered and counts out a set from 1-20
• Compare two numbers between 1-10 
• Represent addition and subtraction within 10
• Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10
• Describe relative positions of an object using names of shapes
• Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes
• Describe and directly compares two objects with measurable attributes
• Classify objects and sort by count

In this unit, students will: 

In the Science Lab, Mrs. Knobbe introduced plants and talked about different kinds of plants. The students walked around the school campus looking for different examples of plants.

• Construct arguments and provide evidence to support why plants can be grouped by specific features. 
• Describe how parents and offspring are similar and different. 
• Construct arguments and provide evidence to support why animals and plants can be grouped by specific features.
• Describe how parents and offspring are similar and different.

In this unit, students will:

• Understand why it is important to be a good citizen.
• Learn how American culture celebrates Independence and Memorial Day.
• Be introduced to historical events and figures within a given holiday. 
• Learn about needs and wants/goods and services.
• Identify the Star-Spangled Banner (national anthem) and the Statue of Liberty as American symbols.
• Memorize and be able to tell your street address, city, state and country

Our health standard for the last 9 weeks is discussing accident prevention strategies in the home, at school and in an aquatic environment.  

Save the date...Upcoming Addison Events

Monday, March 25th -Friday, March 29th (at noon) Book Fair

Wednesday, March 27th, 5-8 pm, Bruster's Night

Thursday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, PTA/Foundation meeting and 3rd grade Performance

Friday, March 29th, 7-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Friday, March 29th, Sports-A-Thon during Specials

For any additional school information please visit Addison's website: http://www.cobbk12.org/Addison/