McKay’s Blurb
3rd
Grade
Board
Report
05/05/09
Computer
Lab: The new Odyssey program appears to be going
well, the students seem to be enjoying it (
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid
Lindgren
Pippi Longstocking (Swedish
Pippi Långstrump) is a fictional character in a series of children's
books by Swedish
author Astrid Lindgren.
She is very unconventional, assertive and
extraordinarily strong, being able to lift her horse one-handed without
difficulty. She frequently mocks and dupes adults she encounters, an attitude
likely to appeal to young readers; however, Pippi usually reserves her worst
behavior for the most pompous and condescending of adults.
In 1944, Astrid Lindgren sent the
manuscript of the book to Bonnier Publishers but they turned it down, which is
considered one of the biggest mistakes in publishing history.[citation needed] The manuscript
was then sent to and accepted by another publishing company, Rabén and Sjögren. The first four Pippi books
were published in 1945–1948, with an additional series of six books published
in 1969–1975. Two final stories were printed in 1979 and 2000. The books have
been translated in to numerous languages.
At the conclusion of this
story we will watch the movie and have Pepparkakor Cookies from Scandinavia
Math: Daily math
meeting: We meet every morning
and work on the calendar, patterns, money, time, temperature, story problems,
and number sentences.
Math
Lessons this week:
Daily math drills: We have been working on 100 addition
drills, 100 subtraction drills, and have just started our daily drills and are
working on doubles, plus one, plus zero, plus two, and doubles plus one,
subtracting zero from a number, subtracting one and two from a number, multiplying
by 7, 10, 0, 2, perfect squares, 1, and 5, we are utilizing the Math in a Flash
program in the computer lab, as well as Math Blaster multiplication and
estimation. Our class has just recently
been taking 100 multiplication drills and we also have a Multiplication Maniac
contest going on. Any student who
successfully masters all of the multiplication facts 0-12’s earns a King Size
candy bar of their choice. We have been
playing Around the World; trying to learn our addition facts. We are also using
the Accelerated Math Program this year. At this time, we are working on estimation in
Accelerated Math.
Lessons this week: Adding and writing checks
for money amounts to $99,999.99, acting out, drawing pictures, and writing
number sentences for division story problems, multiplying a multiple of 10,
100, or 1,000 by a single-digit number, multiplying by 9, solving a problem by
making it simpler, making a table to solve a problem, identifying
transformations: translations,
rotations, and reflections, cumulative written assessment 21, identifying a
fractional part of a set, determining age, identifying right, obtuse, and acute
angles, naming triangles by angle size (I know this seems like a lot, however
most of it is review, many of these lessons were pulled and taught prior to NM
State testing)
Art: 3RD Grade is planning on
performing 3 plays late in May and we are using our art time to practice. They are:
Rafunzel, The Emperor’s New Hair, and Slurping Beauty. Our plays are scheduled for Tuesday, May 19
at 2:45 in the multi-purpose room.
Making
Mother’s Day books and Space books
Music: Flutophones:
we played about 5 pieces at the Art Show and we ROCKED the
house!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Handwriting: Cursive…perfecting our skills through
practice and also working on first and last names
Language: Writing super sentences w/ illustrations
which will lead into Writing Paragraphs, Daily Oral Language (both in reading
and in language), Daily Bites every afternoon, Vocabulary Power workbooks (chapter
review, homophones, homographs and other homophones), Language Practice (exploring
word meaning, analogies, context clues), Wacky Web
Tales (parts of speech), and daily journal writing. WE’VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON WRITING STORIES
USING WEBBING, writing poetry (Haiku, Diamante, Cinquain, Auto-Bio, Name, and
Number)
Spelling: Egypt words
Phonics: Prefixes and French endings
Science: Finishing up science
textbooks w/ readings on Simple Machines and Forces, on Thursday we will begin
a unit on magnets
Social
Studies:
Ancient Egypt
Physical Education: The students love P.E. with Mrs. Jackson and
Miss Dawna
Accelerated Math: working on mastering objectives
READING GROUPS: None during testing, Play
practice in multi-purpose
DIBELS: Will perform the last progress monitoring for
the year this week. It’s been
interesting to see where these kids came in at and where they are now.
MAPS: I was
extremely pleased with the progress these students have made since their disastrous
showing during the December MAPS testing.
I think it did them good to see (the graphs Mrs. Rudiger) just how low
they scored compared to the rest of the school.
I worked on positive thinking and stressed how important these tests
were. I am proud to say that this class
came up in everything with the exception of a couple who maintained their
scores from last time. I believe these
results showed the students that they are indeed capable of doing well when they
set their mind to it and TAKE THEIR TIME.
Field Trip: We are currently planning our field trip to El
Paso. Our visit will include: The El Paso Zoo, Insights Science Museum, and
Lunch at the Sunland Park Mall, Western Playland, and Pizza at Peter
Piper’s. So far we have deposited $455.00
into our account from pop-ice sales.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jody
McKay