Miss Wernery

Thank you for visiting my web page. Please visit the page often to find out what is happening in our third grade class.   

              Wernery Workers                 

  

 

Math: 

We have recently completed our TIME and CALENDARS unit and are beginning FRACTIONS!!! We continue to practice the skills for problem solving!!! We will focus on four steps to problem solving  1)KNOW (what do you know) 2.) WANT (what do you want to know) 3.) PLAN (what is your plan) 4.) SOLVE (now solve the problem and don't forget to write the answer in a complete sentence!!) We continue to work with addition/subtraction, so please encourage your child to practice their facts nightly. 

  

 

 

Language Arts:

We are working to STOP, THINK, and WRITE. We have been practicing our Inner Conversation and using our Inner Voice!!! We are using our inner voice to help us respond, make connections, and find the lesson learned! Wooohooo characters are so important!!! We are finishing our character unit. We have watched how our characters develop before our eyes!! We will be completing our assesment by Friday February 3, 2012. Students are required to read two books by the same author and write a letter to a Disney Producer for a movie! This assessment will be done IN school!!! 

 

 What do good readers do as they read? They use reading strategies. We are going to learn all about helpful reading strategies that will enable your child to become a stronger and more successful reader, which include CONNECTING, PICTURING, WONDERING, PREDICTING, NOTICING, and FIGURING OUT. For success, please encourage your child to read and state the main idea, recall facts and details, sequence events, summarize the story, recognize cause and effect relationships, compare and contrast information, make predictions, find word meaning in context, draw conclusions,  make inferences, distinguish between fact and opinion, identify the author's purpose, interpret figurative language, and make connections. READ! READ! READ! Students will also practice their grammar skills and learning all about sentence structure, while maintaining their spelling skills. 

  

Our Spelling Words Week of 2/6/12:      

 word  girl  burn  work  hurt  verse purse  clerk

earth  perfect  first  pearl  answer  person  thirsty

  Challenge Words:

creature  uncurled  curtain  mixture  return

Our Robust Vocabulary: 

 

 

 

Social Studies:

 Communities....We are learning about our community, state, and country! WE CAN BE IN THREE PLACES AT ONCE!!! We are going to work on citizenship! 

 

 

 

    Science:

First things first................Let's discuss science and technology in society! It is important for our students to realize how science and technology affect our daily lives!! We have begun HABITATS!! 

 Calendar Reminders:

PHYS. ED. is on  Tuesday (don't forget sneakers!!!!) 

ART is on Wednesday

MUSIC is on Thursday

 COMPUTERS is on Thursday

 LIBRARY is on Friday 

 

Wernery's Workers Reminders:

 

      *Please encourage your child to READ NIGHTLY to expand his/her vocabulary and reading comprehension. Each child is encouraged to read for at least 15 minutes.  

 

 *Please remind your child to make responsible choices in school and to complete all homework assignments.    

 

*We also need tissues for all of our runny noses and hand sanitizer to keep the germs away!    

 

COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL!!!!!   Please, feel free to contact me about any questions or concerns. I think it is important to have an open door policy because the key to a successful year is the connections we make by working together. Messages can be left with our school secretary at (860)-945-4840. You can also email me at werneryje@watertownps.org