Snapshot for September 16

Snapshot for September 16 

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Today student went down to take their MAP Reading test.  I am so proud of the effort and strategies that I saw today.  Several students did not complete the test and will be going to finish it throughout the week.  We are also making great progress on our DRA assessments and are nearly done!  J

Due to MAP and DRA testing we are behind on our Back to School, Mallory novel study but will get back on track this week.  This week we will also study a story and a collection of poems focusing on figurative language and describing the author’s use of similes, metaphors, and hyperboles.  While looking at the story and the poems, we will discuss the structure and characteristics of these two different types of text.

In writing, we will continue our personal narrative unit.  We are writing short stories about one moment from our lives.  We wrap up our study of conjunctions and there will be a graded assignment on Tuesday, September 17.  We will also wrap up our study of common and proper nouns and there will be a graded assignment on Friday, September 20. 

For homework, we will have spelling homework and a quiz over the “ Long I” list on Friday, September 20.   Our next reading log is due on Monday, September 23.

On Saturday, September 21, GISD is hosting the Literacy for Life Community Event from 10:30-3:00 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center.  THE CAMPUS WITH THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE WILL BE AWARDED A CLASS SET OF CHROMEBOOKS AND A CHROMEBOOK CART!  Students are encouraged to dress up as their favorite storybook character for the event.

To help us win the Chromebooks, we are offering the following:

·        Each student who attends will get a ticket to an ICE CREAM/DANCE PARTY.

·        The class with the most students in attendance win "MRS. SULLIVAN'S STORYTIME PARTY WITH COOKIES AND MILK!"

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RFendley@garlandisd.net  

Reminders:

September 20- Super Family Fun PTA Knight 6-8 pm

September 30- Student holiday!

October 4 – Donuts with Dudes at 7:30 am

Helpful Links:

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

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

Online Resources for Skills Practice: Optional practice games and resources for current skills are linked our class padlet and BoomCards account.  Each site has different optional practice opportunities.

·        Our class padlet account can be found on the classroom blog or by using the link below.

https://padlet.com/rfendley/owls 

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

§  Students have their BoomCard username stapled to their agendas

§  Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

Snapshot for September 9

Snapshot for September 9

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Thank you so much for coming out to Meet the Teacher on Thursday night! We loved getting to spend the evening getting to talk to you and getting to know you.  If you were unable to attend, the PowerPoint is attached to this snapshot

This week, we will continue to assess students on their oral reading and comprehension skills using our Developmental Reading Assessments (DRAs). We will start the beginning of the year MAP assessments.  In class this week, we will continue reading our first novel study over Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman.  We will also continue to focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo.  Next week’s focused skill will be on identifying different types of point of view.

In writing, we will continue our personal narrative unit.  We are writing short stories about one moment from our lives.  We wrap up our study of conjunctions and will start our study on common and proper nouns.  There will be a graded assignment of the four types of questions on Friday, September 13.     

For homework, we will have spelling homework and a quiz over the “Long O” list on Friday, September 13.

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

@Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RFendley@garlandisd.net  

Reminders:

September 12- MAP Math Assessments – Bring a light jacket

September 16- MAP Reading Assessments – Bring a light jacket

September 30 – No School for Students

Helpful Links:

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

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

Online Resources for Skills Practice: Optional practice games and resources for current skills are linked our class padlet and BoomCards account.  Each site has different optional practice opportunities.

·        Our class padlet account can be found on the classroom blog or by using the link below.

https://padlet.com/rfendley/owls

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

§  Students have their BoomCard username stapled to their agendas

§  Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

Snapshot for September 3

Snapshot for September 3

 

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I can’t believe that the first 3 weeks of school have already flown by!  I am so excited to be your student’s Reading and Writing teacher.  Every week I will be sending out a “snapshot” to let you know what we have covered and what we are about to cover in class.

Next week, we will continue reading our first novel study over Back to School, Mallory by Laurie Friedman.  Last week we focused on chapters 1-6.  Next week we will cover chapters 7-9.  Next week, we will focus on character traits and will focus on the changes we see the characters in our book undergo.  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 also continue our study of dictionary skills and alphabetizing words to the 3^rd letter.  Many of us are struggling with this skill so I have attached optional practice links to the bottom of this email. The “Dictionary Task Cards” practice assignment will be sent home on Friday for you to see if the extra practice would benefit your student. There will be a graded assignment over this skill on Wednesday, September 4.

In writing, we will continue our personal narrative unit.  We are writing short stories about one moment from our lives.  We wrap up our study of the four types of sentences next week and will start our study of conjunctions and compound sentences.  There will be a graded assignment of the four types of questions on Tuesday, September 3.     

For homework, we will have spelling homework and a quiz over the “Long a and Long e” list on Friday, September 6.

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

+ Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RFendley@garlandisd.net  

Reminders:

September 2- No School

September 5- Meet the Teacher 6:00-8:00 pm in the Library

September 6 – Summer Slide Ice Cream Celebration: Get your yellow “Happy Camper” reading log turned into your 3rd grade homeroom teacher to participate!

Helpful Links:

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

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

Online Resources for Skills Practice: Optional practice games and resources for current skills are linked our class padlet and BoomCards account.  Each site has different optional practice opportunities.

·        Our class padlet account can be found on the classroom blog or by using the link below.

https://padlet.com/rfendley/owls 

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

§  Students have their BoomCard username stapled to their agendas

§  Password: 1234 or students may have changed it

Snapshot for April 29

Snapshot for April 29 

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Thank you to everyone who joined us Thursday nigh for Open House Night!  We enjoyed seeing you and getting to showcase our latest projects! J

Next week, we will start our “iWrite International Fiction Project”.  Students will select a country to research.  They will be given time in class and during Power Hour.  Students may also bring their research flip book home for extra time.  Research flip books will be due for a grade on Monday, May 6.  We will also start our novel study over “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo. We will focus on reviewing our informational text skills within our STAAR prep unit. 

For homework, we will have our Abstract Vowel (ou) List, which will be due on May 3.   

I will be out on Monday and Tuesday as I will be in Kentucky with one of our 5^th Grade Robotics teams while they compete at Worlds!  Congratulations to all of our STEAMposium robotics and rubber band car teams!

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

Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RFendley@garlandisd.net  

Reminders:

May 2- After School Reading Tutoring until 4:30

May 9 – Last After School Reading Tutoring Day - until 4:30

May 10 – Muffin with Moms 7:30-8:00

May 13-14 – STAAR Math and STAAR Reading

May 13-15- No Lunch Visitors due to STAAR testing

May 24- Field Day!  Bring water, sunblock, a hat, a towel, and change of clothes

May 29- Awards at 8:30

May 30 – Last Day of School L

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. 

https://padlet.com/rfendley/owls

·         Imagine Literacy It is recommended that students complete at least 1, 20-minute lesson a week.

·         Study Island Reading: Click on “Texas Programs” and select “Reading”.  Then you may select any skill that you would like to work on.  Start with the mini-lesson and then work through the activities! Student login information is in their blue folders.

·         Education Galaxy

·         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

Snapshot for March 25

Snapshot for March 25 

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This week, we will complete our study of persuasive text and will begin our review informational text skills.  This week, students will complete the MOCK STAAR Math and Reading Assessments.  On Monday, students reviewed good test-taking tips and strategies in both content areas.  Students completed an “I am in control!” activity to remind them of these good test taking and reading strategies.  They were told to take them home to look over them for our Wednesday MOCK test.  A picture of the one I created is linked in case any did not make it home.  J

Students are allowed to bring snacks on Tuesday and Wednesday to enjoy during testing.  Please do not send anything that is loud to eat, has a strong smell, sticky, or juicy.  Great snack ideas include but are not limited to trail mix, Cheerios, fruit snacks, granola bars, goldfish, or crackers.  Students may also bring a water bottle.

Students finished “Book the Fourth” last week!  Students and were given a study guide for their “Book the Fourth” quiz, which is on Friday, March 29.

In Writing, we will continue our Fractured Fairy Tale projects.  Due to MOCK STAAR and other projects, we have not spent as much time on these, so the due date has been extended. Final copies will be due on April 9^th.

We do not have a spelling list this week.  There are great lessons, reviews, and activities on both Education Galaxy and on Study Island Reading if students have any extra time this week. 

Thank you to everyone who participated in “Donut Let You Skills Slide” technology incentive program!  Keep up the hard work!

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

Rachel Fendley

3rd Grade ELAR Teacher

Kimberlin Academy

RFendley@garlandisd.net  

Reminders:

March 26- MOCK STAAR Math  ** Spring Creek BBQ PTA Night! Mrs. Fendley will be there from 5:30-6! 

March 27- MOCK STAAR Reading

May 13- STAAR MATH

May 14- STAAR Reading

Helpful Links:

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

Online Resources for Skills Practice:

·         Imagine Literacy It is recommended that students complete at least 1, 20-minute lesson a week.

·         Study Island Reading: Click on “Texas Programs” and select “Reading”.  Then you may select any skill that you would like to work on.  Start with the mini-lesson and then work through the activities! Student login information is in their blue folders.

·         Education Galaxy

·         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