Welcome to Mrs. Steinhauser's 3rd Grade Class Info Page!
Georgia's Online Assessment System:
You should have the "Quick Start Student Guide" which will take you step by step how to help your child take the sample online tests. On this paper, you will have the student ID and password. Please encourage your child to take as many of the assessment tests as possible as this will help them do better on the CRCT tests in the spring. See the section below for all of the details.
Accelerated Reader - Are you interested in helping your child improve their reading skills? The Accelerated Reader (AR) program is a great way to motivate your child and to keep you informed on their progress. This is also a weekly requirement for our classroom, so get in on the action and let's get our kids reading, reading, reading! To further encourage our kids, we will be starting a rewards program. For every 5 points your child earns on the AR tests, he or she will earn a reward such as a pencil, cool eraser, book, wristband, notepad, or other fun incentive. We want to do everything we can to encourage our kids to read, so check out this site and be sure to read with your child at home.
To see what your child has already read, then click on the link below and setup an account. You'll need your child's AR login number, and the password for all of our children's accounts is initpass . So ask your child to get their AR login number and you can see what they are reading and testing on at school. You can even setup the account to email you whenever your child takes a test! It's an easy and fun way to stay up to date on what they are reading and learning.
Weekly Vocabulary Activities:
1. Write a sentence using each vocabulary word that shows the meaning of the word.
2. Write a paragraph using at least half of vocabulary words.
3. Use graph paper to create a word search using vocabulary words.
4. Use graph paper to create a crossword puzzle using vocabulary words.
5. Create a set of Flash Cards: Write the word on one side and the meaning of the word on the other side.
6. Picture Flash Cards: Write the word on one side and illustrate the meaning of the word on the other side.
7. Dictionary Skills: Look up each vocabulary word and write the pronunciation and origin of each word.
8. Write synonym for each word.
9. Write antonym for each word.
10. Find word in different types of print and cut out and glue onto piece of paper.
Email Janie at
JanieRoss@Flexible-Solutions.com
for questions about this website.
Quick Start Student Guide - Georgia's Online Assessment System (OAS)
- Go to http://www.georgiaoas.org
- Log in with your 10-digit Georgia Test ID and you assigned password (Mrs. Steinhauser sent this home)
- From the Student Welcome Page, select View Student Tests
- Choose a subject area (e.g. Math) from the list of available subjects
- Select a test, then click Take Test
- Answer question, selecting Next Question to advance to the next page or passage
- Once you have answered all test questions, Grade My Test
- If you have answered all questions, click OK
- View the test results
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and decide what to do with the test results: send them to a teacher, save the results, or discard them
- Select Student Tests, Teacher-Assigned Tests or Logout
1. boycott: a peaceful way of protesting by asking people not to buy a certain thing
2. fasting: another peaceful way to protest by not eating food for a period of time
3. huelga: Spanish word for strike
4. migrant farm workers: farm workers that move to different farms to find work
5. pesticides: poison used to kill bugs on plants at farms
6. protest: to say that you don't like something
7. stoop labor: work that causes a person to bend over all day
8. strike: group of people who stop working to protest unfair conditions in their jobs
9. union: a group of workers uniting to discuss their jobs
11. reopened
12. reopened (yes, 2 times)
13. reread
14. rerun
15. sailor
16. scoreless
17. successful
18. suddenly
19. unable
20. unlock
Parents - be sure to check your child's papers that they bring home from school and review the papers with your child. Go over what they missed and help them see their mistakes - particularly if it is a CRCT paper.
CRCT is getting really close! Give your child every advantage by having them take the practice CRCT tests on the website. Mrs. Steinhauser sent home info for each child with their login information and password.
I will check on the word "reopened" and see if there is another word.
Spelling Assignments this week: (No regular Spelling Contract this week!)
Monday - write each word once. Underline the root word and circle the prefix or suffix.
Tuesday - write each word and tell its meaning
Wednesday - write each word in a complete sentence
Thursday - study for spelling test
Friday - spelling test
Reading Assignments - (No Reading Log this week!)
Read Georgia Studies Weekly - read carefully and complete assignments that go along with the reading.
Monday - complete crossword on back
Tuesday - questions will come home
Wednesday - new paper
