Mrs. Fendley's Outstanding, Wonderful Learners!

Reminders:

September 24- Reading Log Due

September 26-27 – Mrs. Fendley off campus at a workshop!

September 28 – Spirit Sticks on sale during lunch, Family Fun Night from 6-8 PM *PTA meeting at 5:45!

October 1- Reading Log Due

October 2 – Fall Pictures

October 3 – Gilmour Gallop forms due (participation form linked)

October 5 – Donuts with Dudes, Gilmour Gallop race, and PRIDE Parties! R-Controlled Vowels list due

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 padlet account and on the classroom blog.

o BoomLearning: https://wow.boomlearning.com/student-login

§ The username will be your student’s first names & last name initial followed by an underscore (_) and the word “fendley”.

§ Example: Lily Moldenhauer = lilym_fendley

§ Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

§ If your student goes by a shortened version of their given name, the username will reflect that. Rebecca White = beccaw_fendley

Friday, September 14, 2018

Snapshot for September 17

Thank you to everyone who came Meet the Teacher this Thursday! We loved getting to spend the night with you! Attached you will find the PowerPoint presentation from Meet the Teacher. Please let us know if you have any questions. J

Next week is Cyber Safety Week! Attached is the Cyber Safety Poster Contest Flyer. Entries are due on September 21 if you would like to participate. I also attached the new Texas Bluebonnet Award Program that our amazing librarian, Mrs. Papa will be doing in the library this year!

On Tuesday and Thursday, we will have MAP testing first thing in the morning. Please send a jacket because the computer lab may be chilly. In class, we will get goals and talk about the importance of taking your time to show what you know on these assessments.

Next week, we will complete our novel study of Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman. Students will have a test over the book on September 21. A study guide will be going home with students on Monday. We will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo. We will also continue to focus on the structure of a fictional text and on identifying the plot elements. There are optional practice links on below.

In writing, we will continue our persuasive unit. Students will continue to write their rough draft of their persuasive piece. In grammar, we will focus on homophones. In Social Studies, we will continue our Map Skills Unit. There are optional practice links on below.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, September 17. We will also have our spelling homework and test due on Friday, September 21 over the Single Syllable Homophones. We will continue to use the same spelling menu. All materials have been linked to the blog.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

Reminders:

September 17- PTA Hat Creek Spirit Night! We hope to see you there! Mrs. Fendley will be there around 6:30! J

September 17- Reading Log Due

September 21- Spelling homework and test – Single Syllable Homophones

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 padlet account and on the classroom blog.

o BoomLearning: https://wow.boomlearning.com/student-login

§ The username will be your student’s first names & last name initial followed by an underscore (_) and the word “fendley”.

§ Example: Lily Moldenhauer = lilym_fendley

§ Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

§ If your student goes by a shortened version of their given name, the username will reflect that. Rebecca White = beccaw_fendley

Friday, September 7, 2018

Snapshot for September 10

Thank you to everyone who came to help the 3^rd Grade Team sort and prepare our new resources! We really appreciate your help and couldn’t have done it without you!

Next week, we will continue to read Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman. We have limited copies of this text so if students have their own copies of this book at home, they are welcome to bring them to school. We will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo. We will also continue to focus on the structure of a fictional text and on identifying the plot elements. There are optional practice links on below.

In writing, we will start our persuasive unit. Students will create their own persuasive writing and will take it through the writing process. In grammar, we will focus on common prefixes. There are optional practice links on below. In Social Studies, we will continue our Founding a Nation Unit as we continue to learn more about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and our Founding Fathers.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, September 10. We will also have our spelling homework and test due on Friday, September 14 over the prefix de- and dis- list. We will continue to use the same spelling menu. All materials have been linked to the blog.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

Reminders:

September 10- Reading Log Due

September 13- Meet the Teacher 5:45-8 pm in the Library

September 14- Spelling homework and test – Prefix de- and dis- list

September 17- PTA Hat Creek Spirit Night! We hope to see you there! J

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 padlet account and on the classroom blog.

o BoomLearning: https://wow.boomlearning.com/student-login

§ The username will be your student’s first names & last name initial followed by an underscore (_) and the word “fendley”.

§ Example: Lily Moldenhauer = lilym_fendley

§ Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

§ If your student goes by a shortened version of their given name, the username will reflect that. Rebecca White = beccaw_fendley

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Snapshot for September 4

Thank you to everyone who came to the PTA Spirit Night at YogurtLand! It was great to see so many of our students outside of school.

Next week, we will continue to read Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman. We have limited copies of this text so if students have their own copies of this book at home, they are welcome to bring them to school. We will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo. We will also focus on the structure of a fictional text and on identifying the plot elements. There are optional practice links on below.

In writing, we will continue our personal narrative unit. Students are taking their composition focusing on their first day of school through the writing process and will create final drafts next week. We will continue to focus on verb tenses in grammar, focusing on past, present, and future verbs. There will be a graded assignment over verb tenses next week. There are optional practice links on below. In Social Studies, we will move to our Founding a Nation Unit as we continue to learn more about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and our Founding Fathers.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Tuesday, September 4. We will also have our spelling homework and test due on Friday, September 14 over the prefix de- and dis- list. We will continue to use the same spelling menu. All materials have been linked to the blog.

If anyone is available to donate their time on Tuesday, September 4, we would really appreciate it. We need some help preparing and sorting new resources that we have received to use with our upcoming units and lessons. We are so excited to have these materials but could really use help getting them student ready! The 3rd Grade team will leave all materials in the Kimberlin Workroom Tuesday morning. If you are available, please let us know.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

Reminders:

September 3- No School

September 4- Reading Log Due

September 10- Reading Log Due

September 13- Meet the Teacher 5:45-8 pm in the Library

September 14- Spelling homework and test – Prefix de- and dis- list

September 17- PTA Hat Creek Spirit Night! We hope to see you there! J

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 padlet account and on the classroom blog.

o BoomLearning: https://wow.boomlearning.com/student-login

§ The username will be your student’s first names & last name initial followed by an underscore (_) and the word “fendley”.

§ Example: Lily Moldenhauer = lilym_fendley

§ Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

§ If your student goes by a shortened version of their given name, the username will reflect that. Rebecca White = beccaw_fendley

Friday, August 24, 2018

Snapshot for August 27

Wow! The first week of school flew by! We had so much fun getting to know all of our amazing 3^rd Grade students.

This week, we will continue to read Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman. We have limited copies of this text so if students have their own copies of this book at home, they are welcome to bring them to school. We will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo. We will also focus on the reading skill sequencing as we read our focus stories of the week Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelo.

In writing, we will continue our personal narrative unit. Students will be creating their first composition of the year focusing on their first day of school! We will be looking at verb tenses in grammar, focusing on past, present, and future verbs. In Social Studies, we will continue our Celebrate Freedom unit as we learn about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, August 27. We will also have our spelling homework and test due on Thursday, August 30 over the compound words list. All materials have been linked to the blog.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

Reminders:

August 30 – Summer Slide Ice Cream Celebration: Get your yellow “Happy Camper” reading log turned into your 3rd grade homeroom teacher to participate!

August 31- No School

September 3- No School

September 13- Meet the Teacher 5:45-8 pm in the Library

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 padlet account and on the classroom blog.

o BoomLearning: https://wow.boomlearning.com/student-login

§ The username will be your student’s first names & last name initial followed by an underscore (_) and the word “fendley”.

§ Example: Lily Moldenhauer = lilym_fendley

§ Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

§ If your student goes by a shortened version of their given name, the username will reflect that. Rebecca White = beccaw_fendley

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Snapshot for August 20

Thank you to everyone who attended our Back-to-School Porch Party Night! It was great to see and meet you all! We are so excited to start this school year with you!

This week, we will start reading Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman. We have limited copies of this text so if students have their own copies of this book at home, they are welcome to bring them to school. This week, we will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo. In writing, we will start our personal narrative unit. We will also review ending punctuation and capitalization. In Social Studies, we will begin our Celebrate Freedom unit as we learn about the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, August 27.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy