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= Ms. Dymond English Language Arts/Social Studies = =edymond@houstonisd.org=

My conference time is 9:40-10:25 by appointment only. Please email me to schedule an appointment.
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 * ** Read your child's agenda nightly **
 * ** If your child is absent from school a note should be sent the following day. **
 * ** School begins PROMPTLY at 7:45 **
 * ** [|Sign up for PARENT CONNECT to view your child's grades onlinehttp://www.houstonisd.org/domain/7888] **
 *  __Global Passport:__ 3rd grade will be focusing on the continent of Africa and in our classroom we will be learning about Morocco. **

= Spring Break: Monday, March 13th-Friday, March 17th =

=Helpful Websites: = = =

==[|Istation]*: Istation at home for individualized reading practice. Your child has the password and ID taped in the agenda. Make sure you use the domain - kolter.houston.tx==

( Your child may start using iStation at home after September 18th. )
= = === MyOn is an online enhanced library. They offer a variety of titles, including graphic novels which are very popular. Students can pick any book they want and the books will be at the student's reading level. After reading, the student then rates the book. Student earn badges for reading, rating, and taking quizzes on the books they read. You can access MyOn from home at [|myon.com]. ===
 * [[image:http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/39200/myonLogo.png caption="MyOn " link="http://myon.com/"]] ||
 * MyOn ||

= = = Writing: =

Grammar: Reviewing nouns, adjectives, and verbs in preparation for our end of unit test on March 2nd.


= Spelling (Words Their Ways): =

__ ** Homework Routine: ** __

Thursdays: Pretest
= Reading: =

Our genre focus for the rest of February and March is poetry.
=== *We have been building up own reading passage stamina. As of now, the students are taking a reading test that includes two passages with comprehension questions. __Starting in March, they will be reading and answering comprehension questions with 3-4 passages.__ The students are expected to not just answer the questions, but to show their thinking (text evidence). __The students loose points when they do not show how they go their answers (text evidence).__ ===


 * __ Skills/Strategies: __ Figurative language/imagery. **
 * __Vocabulary:__ Lesson **

==__Reading homework:__ Your child is expected to read 30 minutes every day and write 2 summaries (3-5 sentences about what they read in their own words) of 2 different chapters, books, magazines, etc. each week in their Reading Logs (spirals). Reading Logs will be checked at the end of the week.==



=__Economics:__ We are learning about goods, services, supply, demand, small businesses, free enterprise system, expenses, profit, and creating a budget. We will be applying this knowledge to assist us in designing our own business plan.=

==** __IIM Spring Project:__ ** Open for Business--The students will create their own business plan about an imaginary business they will create to offer a product or service for the community. The timeline for the parts of the project are below. The first part of the project, the __ business partner agreement, is due Friday, February 24th __. We sent home the project packet and business partner agreement Monday. If your child misplaced his/her copy, you can download it below. ==
 * ===Business partner agreement: February 24th ===
 * ===Business idea (present idea to teacher): March 3rd ===
 * ===Begin research (Business Log): March 3rd ===
 * ===Marketing idea (present to teacher): March 10th ===
 * ===Expo presentation idea (present to teacher): March 20th ===
 * ===Expo presentation (in class): March 29th ===
 * ===Expo presentation (in cafeteria): March 31st ===

[[file:partner agreement and parent signature.docx]]