Last week before Winter break!

Homework for the week:

Monday- spelling 5 times each

Tuesday- spelling pyramids

Wednesday- vocabulary in sentences

Thursday- vocabulary in a story

Friday- ENJOY THE BREAK!

Spelling:

sharp

yard

artist

carve

porch

storm

sport

story

chore

shore

sore

hoard

oars

pour

your

Vocabulary:

amazement

bravery

disappointment

donated

leader

nervous

refused

temporary

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Happy Tuesday! We are squishing together our week a little bit, as I don't want the kids taking their spelling test the Monday after Thanksgiving! We are now in Unit 2 Week 5.

Spelling:

1. chick
2. much
3. pitch
4. teacher
5. lunch
6. hatch
7. cheese
8. stretch
9. thick
10. truth
11. pathway
12. them
13. fish
14. whales
15. what

Vocabulary:

1. bounce
2. imagine
3. inventor
4. observer

Tuesday- Spelling 5 times each

Wednesday- Spelling pyramids

Thursday- vocabulary words in sentences and vocabulary words in a story

Happy Thursday!! With conferences this week Unit 2 Week 4 will be starting Friday instead of today. So, homework will also be pushed to Friday.

Thursday- Read 30 minutes
Friday- spelling 5 times each
Monday- spelling pyramids
Tuesday- vocabulary words in a sentence
Wednesday- NO SCHOOL
Thursday- vocabulary words in a story
Friday- No Homework

Spelling Words:
1. scrubs
2. screams
3. scratch
4. scrape
5. screen
6. spread
7. splash
8. spray
9. streak
10. strength
11. strong
12. squeak
13. three
14. throw
15. thread

Vocabulary Words
1. population
2. recognized
3. success
4. resources
5. caretakers
6. relatives
7. survived
8. threatened

Also, I will not be here on Thursday or Friday, as I will be getting married! Students will have a substitute. Please talk to your students about appropriate behavior with a sub. Students will still complete their homework and turn it in as usual.

Thanks!
Ms. Looper

Homework October 29th- November 4th

Homework Unit 2 Week 3

Spelling
wrap
wrists
wrote
wreck
wring
write
wreath
knit
knife
knight
knock
knee
gnome
sign
gnaws

Vocabulary
announced
candidates
convince
decisions
elect
estimate
government
independent

Schedule
Thursday- spelling five times each
Friday- spelling pyramids
Monday- vocabulary words in a sentence
Tuesday- vocabulary words in a story
Wednesday- no homework

Unit 2 Week 2 Homework!

Spelling
heel
week
creek
free
green
street
freeze
seal
weak
bean
team
clean
cream
field

Vocabulary:
arrived
immigrated
inspected
moment
opportunity
photographs
valuable
whispered

Thursday: spelling 5 times each
Friday: spelling pyramids
Monday: vocabulary words in a sentence
Tuesday: vocabulary words in a story
Wednesday: no homework

Welcome to Unit 2 Week 1! I know Wednesday is a weird day to start spelling, but we're on a day 1-5 schedule and NOT a Monday through Friday schedule.

Spelling:
sky
fry
pie
tied
tight
right
bright
grind
child
cube
cute
mule
music
drew
few

Vocabulary:
attempt
awkward
cooperation
created
furiously
interfere
involved
timid

Homework:
Wednesday- spelling 5 times each
Thursday- spelling pyramids
Friday- vocabulary words in a sentence
Monday- vocabulary words in a story
Tuesday- None

Students should be reading every night for at least 30 minutes! We are working on multiplication and are about to begin division, so going over facts with them helps their math skills.

Thanks!
Ms. Looper

No homework for the remainder of the week! Just have your student read at least 30 minutes a night :)

I hope everyone had a very relaxing long weekend with your students!
Monday- No School!
Tuesday- The students will not have homework.
Wednesday- Spelling 5 times each
Thursday- Spelling pyramids
Friday- Vocabulary words in sentences
Monday- Vocabulary words in a story

The spelling test will be on TUESDAY!

Spelling words:

1. coast 
2. float
3. toad
4. coal
5. soak
6. gold
7. sold
8. scold
9. slope
10. broke
11. note
12. bone
13. slow
14. show
15. foe

Vocabulary

carved

clues

grand

landmark

massive

monument

national

traces

Good evening parents!

This week's SPELLING:

1. plain
2. braid
3. fail 
4. grain
5. snail
6. paint
7. sway
8. tray
9. gray
10. stay 
11. state
12. fake
13. same
14. weigh
15. they

VOCABULARY:

design

encouraged

examine

investigation

quality

simple

solution 

substitutes

HOMEWORK

Tuesday- spelling 5 times each

Wednesday- Spelling pyramids

Thursday- vocabulary words in a separate sentence

Friday- use all vocabulary words in one story

Interims come home on FRIDAY! You should be seeing your student's graded papers coming home on a weekly basis. You can also check their grades on the parent portal https://parent.mypolkschools.net/ ! Feel free to call or email me if you have any questions. We also have NO SCHOOL MONDAY! The spelling test will be on Tuesday, when students get back from their break.

Thank You!

Ms. Looper

Sorry I'm late in getting this up this week!
Spelling:

1. date
2. lake
3. skate
4. plane
5. grade
6. fine
7. life
8. rice
9. wise
10. smile
11. rose
12. globe
13. smoke
14. come
15. used

Vocabulary

admires

classmate

community

contribute

practicing

pronounce

scared

tumbled

Tuesday- spelling 5 times each

Wednesday- spelling pyramids

Thursday- vocabulary words in a sentence

Friday- vocabulary words in a story

Spelling test will be on Monday! I hope to see you all at open house tonight!

Happy Wednesday parents!

Spelling:

1. step
2. mess
3. head
4. crops
5. stop 
6. rock
7. clock
8. sock
9. pond
10. jumps
11. shut
12. luck
13. slump
14. bugs
15. mug

Vocabulary:

1. celebrate
2. courage
3. disappointment
4. precious
5. pride
6. remind
7. symbols
8. tradition

Spelling test will be on MONDAY next week, not Friday this week. The homework is as follows:

Tuesday- spelling 5 times each

Wednesday- Spelling Pyramids

Thursday- Vocabulary words in a sentence

Friday- Vocabulary words in a story

Students will also be working on a culture project, so they will be asking questions about your family's culture and traditions!

Have a wonderful week :)

Thank you parents for an awesome first week of school!
Students will be doing homework IN CLASS this week, just to practice the routines. They will only bring it home if they didn't finish it in class. Please have your student reading for about 20-30 minutes every night, just to keep them improving!

Spelling Words:

1. clap
2. camp
3. hand
4. stamp
5. snack
6. rack
7. grabs
8. glad
9. bill
10. miss
11. click
12. pick
13. sick
14. grin
15. lift

Vocabulary Words

1. ached
2. concentrate
3. discovery
4. educated
5. effort
6. improved
7. inspired
8. satisfied

Welcome!

Welcome to a brand new school year!!

I am so excited to be teaching 3rd grade at Dixieland Elementary this year! I know we are going to have a wonderful year together! This website will be updated weekly to show events in our classroom, as well as show the homework for the week. I will also post things we have been doing in class, books to read at home with your students, and great resources to use at home to encourage learning. Feel free to email me using this site, as it is connected to my work email! I can't wait to meet everyone!

Ms. Looper/ Ms. Kirby :)