Blog Archives - Welcome to Third Grade with Mrs. Lilleboe

Weekly Update: September 27 - September 30

9/29/2022

Announcements:

Book Fair! Our Elsa England Book Fair is coming soon! Students will need to have their parents set up an eWallet for purchasing books and items at next week's book fair. Book Fair Information Link
Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you! Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center. I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend. Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments.

Upcoming Events:.

Oct 6 - Science Test - Unit 2 Changes in Matter
Oct 7 - End of the first grading period (end of first quarter)
Oct 10 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (no school day) & Family Book Fair Shopping Day
Oct 10 - 14 Elsa England's Book Fair
Oct 19 - Fall School Pictures at 8:40am
Oct 24 - No School Day (Teacher Work Day)

What's Been Happening In Class?

Writing: Personal Narrative (small moment writing). This week we learned 5 ways in which we can "hook" our readers. Then, we tried a couple of "hooks" or "leads" using our small moment (personal narrative) planning (double time line/explode the moment). Then, we started writing our personal narrative rough drafts. We'll continue the writing process next week.
Reading: We are continuing in our Informational (nonfiction) reading unit. This week our focus was on identifying the main idea and supporting details. We'll continue exploring main idea next week. Plus, we'll begin learning another reading strategy: Cause and Effect
Math:
- Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our new unit - Fractions. In this unit students will:
  - Identify fractional units - fractions in a set, area model, bar model, number line fractions
  - Compose and decompose fractional units
  - Compare fractions
  - Equivalent fractions
  - Word problem solving with fractions
- Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Multiplication and Division. Students will use a variety of strategies to solve multiplication problems (arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, number line) and division problems (equal groups, repeated subtraction, skip counting, fact families).
Science: Changing Matter Unit - Examine the heating and cooling process with water. Student should be able to describe and explain how water changes from a solid - liquid - gas with adding and removing heat using unit vocabulary (melt, freeze, evaporation, condensation, adding heat, removing heat, water vapor). Next week we will look at physical properties of matter as we observe and analyze mixtures.
Social Studies: We are continuing our discussion on "being a good citizen" and how as a citizen we have rights and responsibilities we must follow. In addition, we took time to focus on Hispanic Heritage (a focus in the month of September).

Weekly Update: September 19 - September 23

9/22/2022

Announcements:

Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you! Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
Fall Parent/Teacher Conference: These will be held on Monday, October 10th (no school day). You will have the opportunity to choose between a "virtual" appointment or "In-Person" appointment. Your conference will be approximately 15 minutes. A sign up sheet was sent out via email yesterday, September 22nd.
Bluebonnet Book Program: Our class's goal for each student is to read 5 books! The Bluebonnet Program goes until mid-January so we have plenty of time to read, read, read. So, let's get to it!
Bluebonnet Book List 2022 - 2023 Link to book list
Mrs. Lilleboe's Amazon Wish List (books for bluebonnet reading program) Link to list
Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center. I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend. Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments.
Third Grade Information Presentation: If you have yet to look over the Third Grade Information Presentation, please take time to do this. This slideshow will provide you with tons of necessary information you will need this school year.

Upcoming Events:.

Sept 26 - No School - Teacher Work Day
Oct 6 - Science Test - Unit 2 Changes in Matter
Oct 10 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (no school day)

What's Been Happening In Class?

Writing: Personal Narrative (small moment writing). This week we have brainstormed small moment ideas, chosen a small moment for our personal narrative, and stretched out this small moment in a process called "Exploding the Moment". Next week we will learn and add a "lead" or "hook" to our personal narrative as we write our rough draft.
Reading: We have started our next unit - Informational or Nonfiction Reading. This week we compared and contrasted between fiction and nonfiction books. We also identified nonfiction text features in magazines and nonfiction books.
Math:
- Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our new unit - Fractions. In this unit students will:
  - Identify fractional units - fractions in a set, area model, bar model, number line fractions
  - Compose and decompose fractional units
  - Compare fractions
  - Equivalent fractions
  - Word problem solving with fractions
- Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Will start their new math unit on Tuesday which is Multiplication and Division.
Science: Changing Matter Unit - Examine the heating and cooling process with water. Student should be able to describe and explain how water changes from a solid - liquid - gas with adding and removing heat using unit vocabulary (melt, freeze, evaporation, condensation, adding heat, removing heat, water vapor). Next week we will look at physical properties of matter as we observe and analyze mixtures.
Social Studies: We are continuing our discussion on "being a good citizen" and we learned about Constitution Day! Plus, we are learning about leaders and inventors from US History (Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison).

Weekly Update: September 12 - September 16

9/16/2022

Announcements:

Counselor Corner: Here are some resources for parents that our wonderful counselors have put together. Counselor Corner Information Slide
Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you! Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
Fall Parent/Teacher Conference: These will be held on Monday, October 10th (no school day). You will have the opportunity to choose between a "virtual" appointment or "In-Person" appointment. Your conference will be approximately 15 minutes. A sign up sheet will be posted soon.
Birthday Celebrations: Our School's Policy on celebrating birthdays at school.
Bluebonnet Book Program: Our class's goal for each student is to read 5 books! The Bluebonnet Program goes until mid-January so we have plenty of time to read, read, read. So, let's get to it!
Bluebonnet Book List 2022 - 2023 Link to book list
Mrs. Lilleboe's Amazon Wish List (books for bluebonnet reading program) Link to list
Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center. I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend. Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments.
Third Grade Information Presentation: If you have yet to look over the Third Grade Information Presentation, please take time to do this. This slideshow will provide you with tons of necessary information you will need this school year.

Upcoming Events:.

Sept. 19th or 20th - Math test (Swyers and Lilleboe): Unit 1 - Multiplication/Division (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
Sept. 23 - Math test (Bae, Jones and McKenzie students) Unit 1: Addition and Subtraction (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
Sept 26 - No School - Teacher Work Day

What's Been Happening In Class?

Writing: Learning the Writing Process (brainstorming, drafting, feedback, revising, editing, publishing). Mentor Sentence work - our focus was on Compound Subjects.
Reading: We have been learning how good readers become better readers by using strategies. This week we Asked Questions, Identified Details (text evidence/clues from the story), and examined Story Elements in Fiction.
Math:
- Swyers and Lilleboe Students: Multiplication and Division Unit. Students have been noticing and identifying the "relationship" or "pattern" in a table, determining the importance in knowing the Double Double Double strategy in figuring out our 2's, 4's and 8's multiplication facts, and using arrays and equal groups in their understanding of multiplication (there are ___ groups of ___, and there are ____ rows and ____ column is unit (factors, product, sum, relationship, pattern, rule, table, doubling, array, times as many). We identified and demonstrated various division strategies (equal groups, array, repeated subtraction, and fact families) with Division Station work.
- Bae, Jones, and McKenzie Students: Addition and Subtraction Unit. Students have been using the number line (adding on or bridging) strategy to determine the sum of 2 addends. They have also been identifying and estimating numbers by rounding to the tens and hundreds. They are working on subtracting 2-digit numbers and 3-digit numbers using a variety of strategies (Counting On and Counting Back).
Science: Matter Unit - States of matter and their physical properties. We learned about density (Sink and Float) and how to measure mass. Test was today, September 16th.
Social Studies: We are using Class Dojo daily now. We also are continuing to reinforce our Social Contract and PAWS Expectations. Our Social Contract is our way of building a strong community in our classroom. We also talked about Goal Setting and Growth Mindset. Lastly, are continuing our discussion on "being a good citizen" and we learned about Constitution Day!

Weekly Update: September 6 - September 9

9/8/2022

Announcements:

Splash Learn: A flier went home yesterday in Thursday folders on how to set this up for Home Practice. Please follow the steps in setting this up so you child can continue to work on his/her math skills and concepts at home.
Class Dojo: Please check Class Dojo DAILY for how your child is performing in class and for messages from me! I do not always use email. I find it easier and faster to communicate with parents through Class Dojo messaging. Thanks!
Fall Parent/Teacher Conference: These will be held on Monday, October 10th (no school day). You will have the opportunity to choose between a "virtual" appointment or "In-Person" appointment. Your conference will be approximately 15 minutes. A sign up sheet will be posted soon.
Birthday Celebrations: Our School's Policy on celebrating birthdays at school.
Bluebonnet Book Program: Our class's goal for each student is to read 5 books! The Bluebonnet Program goes until mid-January so we have plenty of time to read, read, read. So, let's get to it!
Bluebonnet Book List 2022 - 2023 Link to book list
Mrs. Lilleboe's Amazon Wish List (books for bluebonnet reading program) Link to list
Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center. I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend. Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments.
Third Grade Information Presentation: If you have yet to look over the Third Grade Information Presentation, please take time to do this. This slideshow will provide you with tons of necessary information you will need this school year.

Upcoming Events:.

Sept. 16 - Science DCA Test: Unit 1 - Classifying Matter (online games and activities for review are in the Science Links tab on this website)
Sept. 20 - Math test (Swyers and Lilleboe): Unit 1 - Multiplication/Division (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
Sept. 23 - Math test (Bae, Jones and McKenzie students) Unit 1: Addition and Subtraction (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
Sept 26 - No School - Teacher Work Day

What's Been Happening In Class?

Writing: Learning the Writing Process (brainstorming, drafting, feedback, revising, editing, publishing). Mentor Sentence work - our focus was on Compound Subjects.
Reading: We have been learning how good readers become better readers by using strategies. This week we Asked Questions, Identified Details (text evidence/clues from the story), and examined Story Elements in Fiction.
Math:
- Swyers and Lilleboe Students: Multiplication and Division Unit. Students have been noticing and identifying the "relationship" or "pattern" in a table, determining the importance in knowing the Double Double Double strategy in figuring out our 2's, 4's and 8's multiplication facts, and using arrays and equal groups in their understanding of multiplication (there are ___ groups of ___, and there are ____ rows and ____ column is unit (factors, product, sum, relationship, pattern, rule, table, doubling, array, times as many). We identified and demonstrated various division strategies (equal groups, array, repeated subtraction, and fact families) with Division Station work.
- Bae, Jones, and McKenzie Students: Addition and Subtraction Unit. Students have been using the number line (adding on or bridging) strategy to determine the sum of 2 addends. They have also been identifying and estimating numbers by rounding to the tens and hundreds. They are working on subtracting 2-digit numbers and 3-digit numbers using a variety of strategies (Counting On and Counting Back).
Science: Matter Unit - States of matter and their physical properties. We learned about density (Sink and Float) and how to measure mass. Test will be on September 16th. Students can practice and learn more about matter by going to the "Science Links" tab.
Social Studies: We are using Class Dojo daily now. We also are continuing to reinforce our Social Contract and PAWS Expectations. Our Social Contract is our way of building a strong community in our classroom. We also talked about Goal Setting and Growth Mindset. Lastly, we just started our new unit on Being a Good Citizen.

Weekly Update: August 29 - September 2

9/2/2022

Announcements:

Scholastic Book Orders: It is vital that your child read everyday for 20 - 30 minutes. Ideally, it would be best if you read with your child so that they can practice their fluency, articulation and comprehension skills. Reading STAAR is this year, so keep your child reading!!! Orders are due by this weekend. September 5th. Place your orders online - Your Class Activation Code NP79X. The link to order is HERE. Thank you for all your amazing support!
Bluebonnet Book Program: Our class's goal for each student to read 5 books! The Bluebonnet Program goes until mid-January so we have plenty of time to read, read, read. So, let's get to it!
Bluebonnet Book List 2022 - 2023 Link to book list
Mrs. Lilleboe's Amazon Wish List (books for bluebonnet reading program) Link to list
Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center. I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend.

Upcoming Events:.

Sept. 5 - Scholastic Book Orders due - order online using our code NP79X
Sept. 5 - NO SCHOOL
Sept. 16 - Science DCA Test: Unit 1 - Classifying Matter (online games and activities for review are in the Science Links tab on this website)

What's Been Happening In Class?

Writing: Brainstorming ideas for writing.
Reading: We have been reading from our book boxes as we learn the STOP & JOT strategy. The kids have been reading and stopping after each page to think about what they just read. Do they have any thoughts? Questions? Predictions? Confusion? Enjoyable moment in the book? Surprising moment? We are also learning about reading stamina...to become stronger and longer readers. Lastly, we've practice the Visualization Strategy and Making Predictions Strategy for helping us with our reading comprehension.
Math:
- Swyers and Lilleboe Students: Multiplication and Division Unit. Students have been noticing and identifying the "relationship" or "pattern" in a table, determining the importance in knowing the Double Double Double strategy in figuring out our 2's, 4's and 8's multiplication facts, and using arrays and equal groups in their understanding of multiplication (there are ___ groups of ___, and there are ____ rows and ____ column is unit (factors, product, sum, relationship, pattern, rule, table, doubling, array, times as many).
- Bae, Jones, and McKenzie Students: Addition and Subtraction Unit. Students have been using the number line (adding on or bridging) strategy to determine the sum of 2 addends. They have also been identifying and estimating numbers by rounding to the tens and hundreds.
Science: Matter Unit - States of matter and their physical properties. We completed a fun Beach Clean Up activity consisting of learning about some of the physical properties of matter (magnetism and texture). Test will be on September 16th. Students can practice and learn more about matter by going to the "Science Links" tab.
Social Studies: Started Class Dojo and continued to reinforce our Social Contract and PAWS Expectations. Our Social Contract is our way of building a strong community in our classroom. We also talked about Goal Setting and Growth Mindset.