Monthly Archives: October 2018

Monday, October 29th, 2018

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Monday, October 29th

  • Music
  • PBIS Reward: Go Noodle
    • This is for students who had 6 or fewer color changes this month.

Tuesday, October 30th

  • Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)
  • Metroparks Presentation in the morning

Wednesday, October 31st

  • Technology
  • Halloween Parade @ 10am
  • Half Day, Dismissal @ 11:30am

Thursday, November 1st

  • Art
  • Weekly Homework is due Thursday, 11/1/18 (Hero Writing)
  • Weekly Home is sent home (Scholastic News)

Friday, November 2nd

  • Media (Return your library book!)
  • Social Studies Test on Chapter 2

Conferences

Conferences will be on Wednesday, November 7th (5:00-7:30p.m.) and Thursday, November 8th (12:45-3:15 p.m. & 5:00-7:30 p.m.). Please sign up for a conference time. Because conferences are scheduled in 15 minute increments, please be respectful of others and arrive on time. In order for me to accommodate all parents, please schedule just one time slot per child.

If you are unable to attend conferences, please send me a note or email.

Please click on the link to sign up for conferences: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4bacad22a4fd0-warneck1

Halloween

Please have your child leave any masks and props at home. Also, the Halloween parade is at 10am. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate so we can parade outside!

Students do not need to bring their backpack on Halloween.

I am asking for plain donuts and apple flavored juiceboxes for a Halloween snack. Please click on the sign up link if you would like to donate either item. Thank You!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BACAD22A4FD0-halloween

Writing Homework

All third graders have a required writing homework assignment.  The theme of this writing is “Heroes Around Us.” Please help your child write a personal story about the theme and use the attached rubric as a guide. This story can be about a hero in their life (family member, coach, neighbor, etc…) or someone famous (sports star, community leader, etc…).Remember to have your child write the story, you may help, but he/she needs to do the actual writing.

The writing paper is included in this packet. Please have your child write the title of their writing on the top shorter line followed by his/her first name (Example: My Hero by Sue). Please do not include your child’s last name on the writing paper (for Reflections purposes). Your child should write their story on the longer lines below the title/first name line.

“Heroes Around Us” is also the theme for the Reflections contest this year. If your child would like to submit his/her writing for the Reflections contest, please sign and return the attached consent form. If your child participates in the Reflections contest, he/she will earn 2 extra credit points on this assignment.

This homework assignment is due by Thursday, November 1st.

Hero Writing Homework

English Language Arts

Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and/or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage.

Here is our Focus Wall for next week:

Math

Congratulations to Ava, Alyssa, Noah, Alaynna, Emerson, Charlotte, and Cole for earning 100% on their subtraction math test.

We will be starting multiplication in math this week.

Fire Safety Assembly

A BIG thank you to the Allen Park Fire Department for putting on a great fire safety assembly for our students!

Science

In science this week, students learned about friction (the force that slows you down on a playground slide) and  investigated what materials slide best.

Vocabulary Segment on Announcements

Every morning, we watch the Arno News or Announcements. As a fun way for our Arno Cougars to learn vocabulary words, there is a vocabulary segment. The vocabulary segments feature staff, students, families, and community members. If you would like to make a vocabulary video, please email me and I will send you a word.

Motivational Mondays

On Mondays, there is a motivational segment on the announcements. Our class is in charge of recording the motivational segment. After our announcements, we watch a pre-selected motivational video from Mr. Zielinski. The motivational news segment and Mr. Zielinski’s videos are very inspiring!

Homework Helper

  • Read
  • Weekly Homework: Hero Writing
  • Practice Subtraction problems, with and without regrouping
  • Practice multiplication facts (Students should already know facts 0-5).
  • Study Spelling Words

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

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Monday, October 22nd

  • Music
  • Fire Safety Assembly in the morning

Tuesday, October 23rd

  • Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)
  • Math Test on Subtraction

Wednesday, October 24th

  • Technology

Thursday, October 25th

  • Art
  • Weekly Homework is due next Thursday, 11/1/18 (Hero Writing)
  • Arno Skate Party at Lincoln Park Skating Center from 6-8pm

Friday, October 26th

  • Media (Return your library book!)
  • Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up Link posted on Mr. Zielinski’s blog

Writing Homework

All third graders have a required writing homework assignment.  The theme of this writing is “Heroes Around Us.” Please help your child write a personal story about the theme and use the attached rubric as a guide. This story can be about a hero in their life (family member, coach, neighbor, etc…) or someone famous (sports star, community leader, etc…).Remember to have your child write the story, you may help, but he/she needs to do the actual writing.

The writing paper is included in this packet. Please have your child write the title of their writing on the top shorter line followed by his/her first name (Example: My Hero by Sue). Please do not include your child’s last name on the writing paper (for Reflections purposes). Your child should write their story on the longer lines below the title/first name line.

“Heroes Around Us” is also the theme for the Reflections contest this year. If your child would like to submit his/her writing for the Reflections contest, please sign and return the attached consent form. If your child participates in the Reflections contest, he/she will earn 2 extra credit points on this assignment.

This homework assignment is due by Thursday, November 1st.

Hero Writing Homework

English Language Arts

Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and/or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage.

Here is our Focus Wall for next week:

Math

The students will take their Chapter 4 math test on subtraction on Tuesday, October 23rd.

Up Next-Chapter 5, Using Bar Models: Addition and Subtraction

Science

In this week’s mystery, students explored the surprising properties of magnets and experimented with an invisible force that acts at a distance.

Vocabulary Segment on Announcements

Every morning, we watch the Arno News or Announcements. As a fun way for our Arno Cougars to learn vocabulary words, there is a vocabulary segment. The vocabulary segments feature staff, students, families, and community members. If you would like to make a vocabulary video, please email me and I will send you a word.

Motivational Mondays

On Mondays, there is a motivational segment on the announcements. Our class is in charge of recording the motivational segment. After our announcements, we watch a pre-selected motivational video from Mr. Zielinski. The motivational news segment and Mr. Zielinski’s videos are very inspiring!

Homework Helper

  • Read
  • Weekly Homework: Hero Writing
  • Practice Subtraction problems, with and without regrouping
  • Practice multiplication facts (Students should already know facts 0-5).
  • Study Spelling Words

Monday, October 15th, 2018

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Monday, October 15th

  • Music

Tuesday, October 16th

  • Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)

Wednesday, October 17th

  • Technology

Thursday, October 18th

  • Art
  • Weekly Homework Due (Scholastic News)

Friday, October 19th

  • Media (Return your library book!)

September Super Cougar

Congratulations to Alaynna for being our class September Super Cougar. Alaynna is Responsible, Respectful, and Safe. She goes above and beyond our PBIS expectations. Way to go, Alaynna! Keep up the great work!

Social Studies

We took our first Social Studies test and congratulations to Alyssa, Cole, Ava, Bryce, Alaynna, LaNorah, Charlotte, Emerson, and Miguel for earning 100%!

English Language Arts

Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and/or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage.

Here is our Focus Wall for next week:

Science

This week in science we started our unit on forces, called “Invisible Forces.” Your child learned how almost any action one can imagine consists of a push or a pull, or as scientists call them: a force.

In class your child was presented with a list of action verbs like “drag,” “lift,” “press,” and asked to decide whether they were pushes or pulls. You can help support your child’s learning by continuing this at home. Try applying it to actions that might be of personal interest, like the actions involved in a favorite sport (a throw, a hit, a slam dunk, a tackle, etc.).

Math

Room 122 is currently working on subtraction with and without regrouping. Please give your child some practice problems at home since some students still struggle with regrouping, especially regrouping across zeros.

Also, we recently took our Chapter 3 Addition test and many students earned 100%! Very impressive! Congratulations to Ava, Gwen, Bryce, Greg, Cole, Alyssa, Brooke, Charlotte, Emerson, Abigail, Alaynna, and LaNorah for earning 100% on their Addition math test!

Baseball Day

On Friday, the third grade classes were encouraged to wear baseball/softball gear since we read and learned about Roberto Clemente.

Vocabulary Segment on Announcements

Every morning, we watch the Arno News or Announcements. As a fun way for our Arno Cougars to learn vocabulary words, there is a vocabulary segment. The vocabulary segments feature staff, students, families, and community members. If you would like to make a vocabulary video, please email me and I will send you a word.

Motivational Mondays

On Mondays, there is a motivational segment on the announcements. Our class is in charge of recording the motivational segment. After our announcements, we watch a pre-selected motivational video from Mr. Zielinski. The motivational news segment and Mr. Zielinski’s videos are very inspiring!

Scholastic News

If you would like the interactive student experience of this Scholastic News issue, you may choose to go to Scholastic News Magazines or download the free Scholastic Magazines app. Our classroom password is warneck.

Homework Helper

  • Read
  • Weekly Homework: Scholastic News
  • Practice Subtraction problems, with and without regrouping
  • Study Spelling Words

Monday, October 8th, 2018

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Monday, October 8th

  • Music
  • Social Studies Test

Tuesday, October 9th

  • Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)
  • September Super Cougar Pizza Lunch

Wednesday, October 10th

  • Technology

Thursday, October 11th

  • Art
  • Weekly Homework Due (Scholastic News)
  • Math Test on Chapter 3: Addition

Friday, October 12th

  • Media (Return your library book!)

LAST CALL FOR PTA Membership

If you haven’t joined our FANTASTIC PTA yet, please do! Just click on the link below or complete the membership form and send into school to join. It only costs $7 to join. Also, please keep in mind that the PTA is only able to send out emails directly to members. If you’d like to stay informed of PTA events, simply join to be added to their email communications. Thank You!

Reading

Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage. Student understanding of the anchor text and vocabulary will be assessed on Fridays.

Students will also work on grammar and spelling throughout the week. Assigned spelling words will also be assessed on Fridays.

Here is our Focus Wall for next week:

Science

This week we investigated the question, “What Makes Bridges So Strong?”. Thank you to everyone who donated pennies for our activity.

Book Buddies

Ms. Cathy and Honey came in for book buddies on Friday. We were able to have 5 groups read with Honey. More students will get to have their turn next week.

Summer Reading Participants

Congratulations to our summer reading participants! Way to go Ashton, Zachary, Bryce, Camden W., Alyssa, and Cole!

Vocabulary Segment on Announcements

Every morning, we watch the Arno News or Announcements. As a fun way for our Arno Cougars to learn vocabulary words, there is a vocabulary segment. The vocabulary segments feature staff, students, families, and community members. If you would like to make a vocabulary video, please email me and I will send you a word.

Arno Green Team Announcement

Arno is no longer collecting caps/lids for the Allen Park Community Center.  The goal was met and 20 new benches will be placed around the city’s parks.

Motivational Mondays

On Mondays, there is a motivational segment on the announcements. Our class is in charge of recording the motivational segment. After our announcements, we watch a pre-selected motivational video from Mr. Zielinski. The motivational news segment and Mr. Zielinski’s videos are very inspiring!

Scholastic News

If you would like the interactive student experience of this Scholastic News issue, you may choose to go to Scholastic News Magazines or download the free Scholastic Magazines app. Our classroom password is warneck.

Homework Helper

  • Read
  • Weekly Homework: Scholastic News-Koala
  • Study Spelling Words

Monday, October 1st, 2018

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Monday, October 1st

  • Music
  • Fire Drill @ 1:30pm

Tuesday, October 2nd

  • Gym (Wear Tennis Shoes)

Wednesday, October 3rd

  • Technology

Thursday, October 4th

  • Art
  • Weekly Homework Due (Math Review Worksheet)
  • PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm

Friday, October 5th

  • No Media Today!
  • Half Day, Dismissal @ 11:30am

PTA Information

Membership

If you haven’t joined our FANTASTIC PTA yet, please do! Just click on the link below or complete the membership form and send into school to join. It only costs $7 to join. Also, please keep in mind that the PTA is only able to send out emails directly to members. If you’d like to stay informed of PTA events, simply join to be added to their email communications. Thank You!

English Language Arts

Every week your child will read an anchor text as well as a paired text. The anchor text is used to work on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills and strategies. The paired text may be similar in theme and or genre. This text will reinforce vocabulary usage.

Here is our Focus Wall for next week:

Fun Run 

It’s not too late to donate to this great cause! We now accept credit card payments online in addition to cash and checks sent in to the school. Donations will be accepted online until October 5th.

Homework Helper

  • Read
  • Study Spelling Words
  • Weekly Homework: Math Worksheet