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
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:
Online Resources for Skills Practice: All of our
links can be found at our new PortAPortal account and on the classroom
blog.
Guest code: kimberlin3rd
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Reading
Skills Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
o
BrainPop
Jr (Username: Kimberlines Password: Brainpop)
·
Reading
Skills: Main Idea
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Adverbs:
o Flocabulary: (Link takes you to Ready Hub. Students know their personal login.)
