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Welcome to 3rd Grade ELAR 

Contact your child's teacher here:
Mrs. Munoz                                     Mr. Hofer
Mrs. Jester                                        Mrs. Hofer
READING:
HMH Online Reader Information:
link-https://launchpad.classlink.com/acaedu
Directions for class link: click here
​use HMH app


Library Information:

Students are reading Little Women at home and completing assignments in class.
Here is the pacing guide and chapter 1 questions.
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hello_from_the_k-5th_griffin_library_.pdf
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Spelling

  • Spelling lists will go home every week on Friday. They will be stapled to the planner sheet. 
  • Spelling tests will be the following Friday.
Spelling Test: May 9th
swimming   drumming   dropping   sitting
taping           invented       saving         smiled
planned       changing        joking        loved
gripped        tasted             wooden     smooth
​crooked       chew
Bonus:
admired       scrapped       forgetting      skidding

Poems

  • Poems will be recited in class.
  • Students will have approximately three weeks to memorize their poems.
13 Colonies due May 8th
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Reading Log: 

  • Reading logs will go home with students on Monday.
  • Reading logs will be due the following Monday.
  • Students are to read 20 minutes minimum per night. 
  • The 20 minutes each day, can be split up if students aren't up to reading for 20 minutes straight. They could break it into 10/10 min or 5/5/5/5 min for a total of 20 minutes per night. If really needed, parents can alternate reading a pages with students. 
  • Students will then need to fill out the reading log entry for that night.
  • This semester we will only be using the reading log below. 
Reading Log (click here)

REMEMBER: The purpose of the reading log is to
 get students reading and thinking about what they read as well as building up their fluency and stamina for bigger reading assignments.


Idioms

  • Each nine weeks, students will be tested over the idioms they worked on in class.
  • The test will be the last Tuesday of the nine weeks.
  • Students will be required to match the idiom to their definition.
4th Nine Weeks Idiom Test: May 7th
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Author of the Month

Each month we will be spotlighting one famous children's author.
  • Students may pick up a biography sheet on the author to fill out from the board across from Mrs. Munoz's room. 
  • It will be due to ELAR teachers the last school day of the month.
  • If they participate in 5 of the 8 months, they will receive a  certificate at awards ceremonies at the end of the year.

March Author of the Month Sheet: Due April 30th

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ELAR Resources:

Room Recess 
ABCYa!

Kid Friendly Search Engines1- Kidtopia 
‘Kidtopia is a Google custom student safe search engine for preschool and elementary students, indexing only educator approved web sites.’
2- Kid’s Search Engine
‘KidsSearch.com is a Safe Search Engine for children. We use Google's Safe Search technology and advanced filtering tools on web content. We offer kid friendly links through our directory, each site is peer reviewed for appropriate content, usefulness and fun.’
3- Teach the Children Well
‘Teach the Children Well is a collection of links to sites carefully selected by a teacher for students as well as their parents and teachers. The site was designed for elementary grades but many of the sites will also be of interest to older students.’
4- Kiddle
‘Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids powered by Google, offering safe kids web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.’
5- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is not necessarily designed for kids but it does however offer features that allow users to search the net without compromising their private and personal information. DuckDuckGo does not store search history, doesn’t run ads, and does not track users.
6- GoGooligans

GoGooligans is another kid search engine that provide a number of important features including: use Google index to retrieve results, apply  different kinds of filtering features, excludes inappropriate sites and keywords, offers search in over 30 languages and many more.
7- KidRex
‘KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.’
 
Room Recess 
ABCYa!

Kid Friendly Search Engines1- Kidtopia 
‘Kidtopia is a Google custom student safe search engine for preschool and elementary students, indexing only educator approved web sites.’
2- Kid’s Search Engine
‘KidsSearch.com is a Safe Search Engine for children. We use Google's Safe Search technology and advanced filtering tools on web content. We offer kid friendly links through our directory, each site is peer reviewed for appropriate content, usefulness and fun.’
3- Teach the Children Well
‘Teach the Children Well is a collection of links to sites carefully selected by a teacher for students as well as their parents and teachers. The site was designed for elementary grades but many of the sites will also be of interest to older students.’
4- Kiddle
‘Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids powered by Google, offering safe kids web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.’
5- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is not necessarily designed for kids but it does however offer features that allow users to search the net without compromising their private and personal information. DuckDuckGo does not store search history, doesn’t run ads, and does not track users.
6- GoGooligans

GoGooligans is another kid search engine that provide a number of important features including: use Google index to retrieve results, apply  different kinds of filtering features, excludes inappropriate sites and keywords, offers search in over 30 languages and many more.
7- KidRex
‘KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.’
 
Room Recess 
ABCYa!

Kid Friendly Search Engines1- Kidtopia 
‘Kidtopia is a Google custom student safe search engine for preschool and elementary students, indexing only educator approved web sites.’
2- Kid’s Search Engine
‘KidsSearch.com is a Safe Search Engine for children. We use Google's Safe Search technology and advanced filtering tools on web content. We offer kid friendly links through our directory, each site is peer reviewed for appropriate content, usefulness and fun.’
3- Teach the Children Well
‘Teach the Children Well is a collection of links to sites carefully selected by a teacher for students as well as their parents and teachers. The site was designed for elementary grades but many of the sites will also be of interest to older students.’
4- Kiddle
‘Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids powered by Google, offering safe kids web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.’
5- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is not necessarily designed for kids but it does however offer features that allow users to search the net without compromising their private and personal information. DuckDuckGo does not store search history, doesn’t run ads, and does not track users.
6- GoGooligans

GoGooligans is another kid search engine that provide a number of important features including: use Google index to retrieve results, apply  different kinds of filtering features, excludes inappropriate sites and keywords, offers search in over 30 languages and many more.
7- KidRex
‘KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.’
 
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  • Home
  • Meet Third Grade
  • Mission Statement
  • Third Grade Schedule
  • Core Subjects
    • ELAR
    • Math
    • Science
    • Social Studies
  • Communication
  • Behavior Expectations
  • Grading Policy
  • Curriculum
  • Organization
  • Field Trips
  • School Wide Expectations
  • ACA Awards Criteria
  • Specials Expectations