Mrs. Fendley's Outstanding, Wonderful Learners!

Friday, February 2, 2018

Snapshot for February 5

Thank you to everyone who attended TechFest and Jason’s Deli Spirit Night! There was a great turn out!

Here is this week's snapshot if you are unable to get the e-mails. You can download the pdf file by clicking beneath the snapshot picture. All snapshots will be available in pdf form on the "Weekly Snapshots" page {here} once they are sent out and posted!

Next week, we will finish reading “Book the Second” ofTales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. We will have a quiz on chapters 12-23 on Thursday. February 8. A study guide will go home on Monday. Our reading skill will be to determine the point of view of a passage or text. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts. In writing, students have been working on their Fractured Fairy Tale Project. Next week, students will finish their rough drafts, take part in peer editing, and will start on their final copy. Please see the attached rubric. This writing project will be on-going over the next few weeks.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, February 12. Click here for the spelling list for the week of February 2-9. The spelling homework and the quiz will be due on Friday, February 9. Many of you have already sent this homework in since we did not have to spelling last week due to MOCK STAAR. Spelling City Certificates can also be submitted by email to my email address. We do have a TimeForKids assignment for this week. On Friday, February 9, students will have to discuss the new magazine in class and will have a quiz over the “Meet the Influencers” article. There will also be extra credit questions over other articles found in this week’s edition. Please click here to see the digital version. Please click here to see the letter regarding a new, optional STAAR Prep Incentive Program that we will be starting in ELAR!

We have an exciting opportunity to be recognized by Rowlett’s City Council for all of our hard work during the City Brochure Project. We have been invited to attend the session on February 6, 2018.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RMLittre@garlandisd.net

Reminders:

February 6- Optional Rowlett City Council Meeting at 6:45

February 9- PTA Spirit Stick Sales during lunch and Parent’s Night Out- See attachment

February 13- College Day

February 14- Valentine’s Day Party! – Mrs. Fendley’s homeroom received a letter regarding

“mailboxes” today

February 19- No School! Teacher Professional Development Day!

February 21- Students will rotate to a new STEAM School class!

February 26- Last Day of Explorer Classes

Helpful Links:

Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/RMLittre/

Mrs. Fendley’s Blog: https://mrsfendleysowls.blogspot.com/

Online Resources for Skills Practice: All of our links can be found at our new PortAPortal account and on the classroom blog.

www.portaportal.com

Guest code: kimberlin3rd

· Point of View:

o Brainpop ( Username: kimberlines Password: brainpop)

o Flocabulary

o Point of View Millionaire Game

o Point of View- Fighter Pilot

o Point of View – Jeopardy

· STAAR Prep Incentive Program – See PortaPortal

o ReadWorks: Passwords are the same student password that they use for every other program. If you have any problems please email me or text me through Remind. J

§ Class Code of Fendley’s Homeroom: 76PTWC

§ Class Code of Osborn’s Homeroom: 4H2VX5

Friday, January 26, 2018

VEX Robotics Videos!

This week students created videos of their teams driving their robotic base around in the hallway. Next week, they will drive their robots to Kindergarten, 1^st, and 2^nd Grade rooms to show off their creations! Now teams will work on building a claw to add to their base!

Click here to see our video!

All About Local Government!

We will have an opportunity to be recognized by Rowlett’s City Council for all of our hard work during the City Brochure Project! Please click here to see the letter about this optional and exciting opportunity! We hope to see you there!

Snapshot for January 29

Click {here} to download the snapshot

Snapshot for January 29

Here is this week's snapshot if you are unable to get the e-mails. You can download the pdf file by clicking beneath the snapshot picture. All snapshots will be available in pdf form on the "Weekly Snapshots" page {here} once they are sent out and posted!

Next week, our students will participate in MOCK or practice STAAR testing. Students will take a MOCK Math STAAR on Monday and a MOCK Reading STAAR assessment on Tuesday. Please encourage your student to do their best on these assessments and to take them seriously. We will start first thing in the morning on Monday and Tuesday, so please try to be on time. These practice tests will give us valuable information as we work to prepare our students to be successful on the real STAAR assessments.

Next week, we will read chapters 16-23 Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Our reading skills will still be determining the main idea, making an inference, and drawing conclusions. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts. In writing, students have been working on their Fractured Fairy Tale Project. Next week, students will finish their rough drafts, take part in peer editing, and will start on their final copy. Pleaseclick here to see the rubric. This writing project will be on-going over the next few weeks.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, January 29. Due to MOCK STAAR, we will not have spelling this week. Click here to see the spelling list for the week of January 29. The spelling homework and the quiz will be due on Friday, February 8. Spelling City Certificates can also be submitted by email to my email address. We do not have a TimeForKids assignment for next week either.

Don't miss out on this FREE event! GISD is hosting TechFest on Tuesday, January 30, 2017, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center. They will start serving FREE pizza at 5:30. The campus with the most participating students at the elementary school level will receive two VEX Robots Kits! There will also be great door prizes. A flyer went home advertising this event. I hope to see you there! :)

Today we had a very special visitor! Rowlett City Council Member, Matt Grubisich, took time out of his day to come and talk to us about local government. We studied the branches of government and the levels of government, such as federal, state, and local governments, earlier this year. With our City Brochure projects, we looked even more closely at our local communities and their governments. We enjoyed our morning with Mr. Grubisich and want to thank him for taking the time to answer all of our questions! We have an exciting opportunity to be recognized by Rowlett’s City Council for all of our hard work during the City Brochure Project. We have been invited to attend the session on February 6, 2018. Please click here for more information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RMLittre@garlandisd.net

Reminders:

January 29 & 30 – Mock STAAR! --- No Lunch Visitors. ** There will still be tutoring and Explorer Classes.

January 30- Free GISD Techfest at the Curtis Culwell Center. Please stop by and help us win 2 VEX Robotics kits!

February 6- Optional Rowlett City Council Meeting at 6:45

Helpful Links:

Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/RMLittre/

Mrs. Fendley’s Blog: https://mrsfendleysowls.blogspot.com/

Online Resources for Skills Practice: All of our links can be found at our new PortAPortal account and on the classroom blog.

www.portaportal.com

Guest code: kimberlin3rd

· Reading Skills Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

o The Detective's Notebook Game

o Inference Battleship

o Inference Jeopardy

o BrainPop Jr (Username: Kimberlines Password: Brainpop)

· Reading Skills: Main Idea

o Main Idea Millionaire

o Main Idea Lightning Strike:

o Main Idea Hamburger Game

· Adverbs:

o Education Galaxy “Study Plan- writing” Topic – Adverbs

o Flocabulary: (Link takes you to Ready Hub. Students know their personal login.)

o Grammaropolis

o Adverb Ninja Fighters

o Adjective Vs Adverb

o Adverb Multiplayer Car Race Game

o Spot the Adverb

o The Adverb and Adjective Trail

o Precision Adverb

Monday, January 22, 2018

TechFest

Don't miss out on this FREE event! GISD is hosting TechFest on Tuesday, January 30, 2017, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center. They will start serving pizza at 5:30. The campus with the most participating students at the elementary school level will receive two VEX Robots Kits! A flyer went home advertising this event. I hope to see you there! :)

Sunday, January 21, 2018

STEAM School Week 2!

Last week, we started STEAM School and look at our amazing progress! Most groups are working to finish their robotic base. They are having to problem solve and use critical thinking skills as they try to get their base running and working in synchronization with their remote control. One group, The Terminators, have managed to accomplish this task! Check out our pictures and a short video below!

Tip: Turn your sound down before playing the video. J

The Terminators

Fairy Tale Elements!

Last week, we reviewed fairytales and fairytale elements to prepare for our Fractured Fairytale Writing Project. Next week, students will write their own Fractured Fairytale, which must contain different fairytale elements. Click here to see the rubric for our Fractured Fairytale Project.

Friday, January 19, 2018

Snapshot for January 22

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Snapshot for January 22

This week, we read chapters 1-15 Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. There will be a quiz over chapters 1-15 on Thursday, January 25. A study guide will be sent home on Monday or you can click here to download it. Next week, we will review for our quiz and will continue to read the novel. We will focus on chapters 16 through 20. Next week, our reading skills are going to be determining the main idea, making an inference, and drawing conclusions. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts.

In writing, we will review and focus on adverbs. There will be a graded assignment on Thursday, January 25. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts. This week students started their Fractured Fairy Tale Project. Next week, students will continue to create a plan for their Fractured Fairy Tale and then will start writing! Please click here to download the rubric. This writing project will be on-going over the next few weeks.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, January 29. Click here to download the new spelling list. The spelling homework and the quiz will be due on Friday, January 29. Spelling City Certificates can also be submitted by email to my email address. Click here to download a copy of the new spelling menu. We do have a TimeForKids assignment this week. On Friday, January 26, students will have to discuss the new magazine in class and will have a quiz over the “Best Inventions of 2017” article. There will also be extra credit questions over other articles found in this week’s edition.

We have an exciting opportunity to be recognized by Rowlett’s City Council for all of our hard work during the City Brochure Project. A letter will be sent home in Tuesday folders with more information.

Reminders:

January 22 – Spring Explorers classes start! 3rd grade afterschool tutoring resumes!

January 24 – Class Pictures

January 29 & 30 – Mock STAAR! --- No Lunch Visitors.

Helpful Links:

Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/RMLittre/

Mrs. Fendley’s Blog: https://mrsfendleysowls.blogspot.com/

Online Resources for Skills Practice:

· Reading Skills Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

o The Detective's Notebook Game

o Inference Battleship

o Inference Jeopardy