Mrs. Morris 3rd Grade Class

Terra Vista Wolf Leaders of the Pack

Mrs. Morris

Welcome to 3rd Grade!

My name is Mrs. Morris and I have been teaching for 13 years. This will be my 11th year teaching at Terra Vista. Prior to that, I taught intervention programs at several elementary school sites. I specialize in reading and writing and creating an engaging and dynamic classroom. I come with lots of fresh and exciting ideas that I can't wait to share with your 3rd grader. It's a year of many firsts and I am excited to share this experience with your child. I was born and raised in Grand Terrace, California, and currently live in Redlands with my husband, Dustin and our six year old son, Laurent and our four year old daughter, Lorelei. I attended the University of Redlands where I earned my teaching credential and my Masters of Business Administration. When I'm not busy teaching I'm hiking, traveling, and making new memories with my family.  

Wonders Weekly Assessment Skills

The spelling and vocabulary skills that are tested weekly can be found on the sheet below. Use this as a guide to help your child prepare for these skills.

Wonders Weekly Skills

Homework

Week of January 22nd

Monday

Math Lesson Ch. 9 Show What You Know

Read 20 Mins. & Respond to Prompt of Choice

Tuesday

Math Lesson 9.1

Read 20 Mins. & Respond to Prompt of Choice

Wednesday

Math Lesson 9.2

Read 20 Mins. & Respond to Prompt of Choice

Thursday

No Homework- No School Friday

Return homework cover sheet, signed on Friday.

Useful Information

Tutorial videos on how to use and access Aeries

Accessing the Student Grades on the Aeries Parent Portal
http://www3.etiwanda.org/videos/gr/

Signing up for weekly email grade update:
http://www3.etiwanda.org/videos/we/

Scholastic Book Club Orders:
Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/HKXNC

Upcoming Events

PE is every Tuesday/Thursday. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and do not forget your water!

Spirit Day is every Friday!
Wear your Timberwolf Shirt or Navy/Grey.

Back to School Night Presentation

Please click the following link to access our Back to School Night presentation.

Other Resources

Vocabulary

Prefix, Root Word, and Suffix

Many english words are formed by combining basic words (root words) with prefixes, and suffixes. Prefixes are added to the beginning (pre) of the word, and suffixes are added to the ending of the word. These combinations of words make new words. Being able to identify the prefix, suffix and root word can assist a reader understand the meaning of that word. This is a useful skill to foster reading growth in our students! 

Use the below Quizlets to practice our weekly Prefix, Root word, Suffix (PRS)

1. Mis- = Bad, or badly wrong

2. Pre-= Before, or in advance 

3. Re- = Again, back, or backwards

4. Hyper- = Over, beyond, high

5. -able= In position to do something

6. -less= Without

7. 
retro-, an-, anti-= Backward, back, against, opposite

8. ab- = Away from

9. Contra/Counter- = Against, opposite

10. Jur/Jud/Jus- = Law, justice

11. ben/bene/bon- = Good, well

12. mal/male- = Bad

13. Bio- = Life

14. Vit/Vive- = Alive, life

15. flect/flex- = To bend

16. Frail/Fract- = Fragile, break, shatter

17. Junct/Join/Jug- =To join, meet, or link

18. Naut/Naus/Nav- = Relating to the sea, ships, or travelers 

19. -Ness = The state of being (the adjective), the quality of being (the adjective), the measure of being (the adjective)

20. -Less = To be without

21. Micro- = Small

22. Mega/Megal/Megalo- = Large, great

23. Ab- = Away from

24. Ad- = Toward, to

25. Il-, Im-, In-, and Ir- = Not

26. Pro- = To be for, approving, in favor of, positive

27. -Ish= The ability to

Reading Resources

Tumble Book Library
Tumble Books
Login with your Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Card

Storyline Online
Storyline Online

Capstone Interactive
Capstone
Username: mases Password: books

Children's Books Forever!
Children's Books Forever

ConnectEd

ConnectEd
Login with student's username and password

Starfall
Starfall

Mighty Books
MightyBooks

Suggested Supplies

I will provide all of the necessary supplies needed to be successful in the classroom. Students will be provided with individual materials, labeled specifically for your child. If you would like to donate any classroom supplies to our classroom community the following items are always accepted and appreciated.

  • Glue Sticks

  • Pencils

  • Whiteboard Markers

  • Cardstock Paper

  • Notebooks

  • Crayons

We encourage all students to bring their own individualized and labeled set of standard jack headphones/earbuds. We will use these during iReady and limited times on the computer.