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Heres What Were

Learning This Month

Phonics and Spelling
All students have been placed into spelling groups that
are developmentally appropriate using data from
spelling assessments. Please review your childs weekly
spelling words and plan to devote some reading
homework time to spelling practice.

Reading
All students have been placed into reading groups
that are developmentally appropriate using data from
reading assessments. Please continue to encourage
nightly reading at home and be aware of your childs
current reading level.

Grammar
Punctuation
Statements, Questions, Commands, Exclamations

Writing Science
Brainstorming Ideas Inquiry/Research Skills

Social Studies Content Health
Economics Bucket Filling
Money Personal/Community
Budgets Health
Earning, Spending, Saving


Mathematicians Corner
How to Help at Home

Knowing basic number facts is an important skill for
students and this skill is identified as such in the
Common Core Standards for Mathematics.
Everyday tasks such as telling time, measuring,
shopping and handling money depend on fluency
with number combinations. It is the basis for estimation
and more complex computation. This fact fluency
supports problem solving and helps students judge the
reasonableness of their results. It frees the mind to
engage in higher order thinking.
Please take some time to help your child increase
his/her mathematical fluency by practicing Rocket
Math nightly or as needed, depending on their
progression through the levels. Check the agenda for
homework regarding current Rocket Math levels.

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The Patriotic Post
Mrs. Muoz, 3
rd
Grade
October 2014
Box Tops
Due
Readers Corner
How to Help at Home

Take some time to check out some of the digital
resources found on my webpage. Its a great way to
practice 3
rd
Grade Skills!

http://munoz.aes.mdso.eportalnow.net/links.html

*Spelling Practice *Reading Practice
*Handwriting Practice *Typing Practice

Upcoming Events:
Field Trip to Aviano Mayors Office Nov. 3
Class/Individual Pictures
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Problem Solving: Exemplars
To be successful, students must be able to apply skills and concepts to problem-
solving situations and to communicate their thinking to others. In an effort to
help kids achieve their fullest potential and learn critical life skills, Aviano
Elementary School has selected the Exemplars Assessment Rubric for the
purpose of instruction and assessment. This assessment will be used to meet our
schools SMART Goal 1, which states: By 2014, all students at Aviano Elementary
School will demonstrate improvement in math problem solving across the curriculum as
measured by system-wide and school-based assessments.
Exemplars rubrics are based on scientific research and classroom tests before it
was published. Exemplars is used in 50 states and more than 27 schools
worldwide.
Below are suggestions for ways you can help your children become successful
problem solvers and communicators.

Encourage your kids to solve problems.
Students who do demanding work and solve real problems achieve at higher
levels than students who do not.

Help your kids become good self-assessors.
Students who are good self-assessors achieve at higher levels than those that do
not self-assess. Exemplars has rubrics that kids can use to assess their own
performance. Talk about these with your children. Ask them to evaluate their
own papers and then ask them how they can make each one better.


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6+1 Writing Traits:
A Quick Overview and Some Definitions
What do you mean by the word trait?
A trait is a quality or characteristic critical to successful
performance. The traits of good ice skating, for instance might
be grace, balance, technical and athletic skill, rhythm, speed,
and so on.


The traits of good writing include:

Ideas Word Choice
A clear point, message, theme or story
line, backed by important, carefully
chosen details and supportive
information.

Language, phrasing, and the knack for
choosing the just right word to get the
message across.

Organization Sentence Fluency
How a piece of writing is structured
and ordered.
The rhythm and sound of the writing
as it is read aloud.

Voice Conventions
The fingerprints of the writer on the
page. The writers own special,
personal style coming through in the
words, combined with concern for the
informational needs and interests of the
audience.


Editorial correctness and attention to
any detail a copy editor would review;
including spelling, grammar and
usage, capitalization, paragraph
indentation, and punctuation.


What is a rubric?
A rubric is a scoring guide. Aviano Elementary school has chosen
to use a point-based rubric for scoring our student writers work.
Rubrics will be sent home and placed in student Writing Journals as
the year progresses.

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Watch Us Learn!

Cave Projects
3Sc.6: Illustrate Earths land features using models.
3Sc.8: Illustrate changes in Earths surface that are due to slow and rapid processes.


3E1b.3: Ask questions and
support answers by
connecting prior
knowledge with literal
information from the text.
3E2a.5: Use various
reference materials.

This is a lava cave. The
cave has a lot of animals
in it. --Ryan

My cave is a lava cave.
Lava caves make tunnels.
--Ethan W.

This cave was formed by
waves. It has shiny rocks
in it. --Raymond

This cave is waterproof.
The shells were supposed
to be stalactites.
--Sydney

Sea caves are formed by
water. Kai & Ethan F.

Our cave is formed by
water. You can see
crystals inside.
Chloe & Madison

This is a lava cave. It is
dangerous. Do not go in
it! --Alex






Aviano Elementary
Information Center Resources
You can access many great resources through our Information Center Page linked to our School ePortal Website:
http://aes.mdso.eportalnow.net/
Pull down the link to the Information Center.
Click on the Card Catalog tab to:
Access your library account to see which books you have checked out, or renew them. All stu-
dents may reserve books that are already checked out by someone else. If you cant remember
how to do this, you can watch a movie located on the card catalog link.

Login: First_Name Last_Name Password: StudentNumber
Click on the eBooks tab to access these & other DoDEA funded eBooks.
Theusernameforthesesitesisavianoeandthepasswordisdodea.

Do you own an ipad, ipod or Kindle Nook? I will be sending home instructions
on how you can download e-books onto your personal devices. Stay tuned!
General Databases to include magazines!
Kids InfoBits is for beginning researchers. This database covers geography,
current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history,
sports and more. Shows levels of reading difficulty. Password: dodea

Sirs Discoverer is a general reference resource for young researchers.
Includes magazines, newspapers, and more! Username: student password: dodea

eLibrary - Access general information from books, magazines, maps and more!
User name: student Password: dodea

Primary Search is a general purpose database. It is designed for elementary
school students and features an encyclopedia, dictionary and picture database.
Login is: dodea Password is: ebsco
Culture Grams for Social Studies
Login: student Password: dodea
Student-friendly country and state reports, includes customs, lifestyle,
recreation, photo galleries, economic conditions, distance calculation,
currency conversions, audio pronunciation files, & maps!
ResearchResources
Encyclopedia Britannica Sites
User name: avianoe Password: dodea

Encyclopedia Brittanicas 21st Century Explorer Site In addition to encyclo-
pedias, this site offers dictionaries, atlases, activities and much more!

Encyclopedia Brittanicas Image Quest Need a picture for a project? Want to see
a close up of an insect? This site has the best education images all in one place!

Encyclopedia Brittanicas Learning Zone for Primary Students Come join the fun and learn how to
use encyclopedias and reference resources!
Access these sites from the Reference tab on the Information Center page on our eportal.
Logins and passwords are listed below.
The sites below are better than Google, Wikipedia, or Yahoo because these sites are fre-
quently reviewed for accurate and appropriate, kid-friendly content.
Science Power Knowledge Sites
User name: avianoe Password: dodea
These sites are content-driven, visually stimulating, and media-rich
online science resources specifically designed for learners in gr 3 to 6.
IncludesEarthScience,LifeScienceandPhysicalScience