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Welcome students and parents. Below you will find a sample schedule which shows a typical day of our classes as well as our class syllabus. I am thrilled to see so many familiar names on my incoming student roster, and if you are a parent of an incoming 3rd grader, welcome to CSA! I take tremendous pride in making our classroom a fun, safe, routine based environment. Our homework and Spelling Menus for each week will also be listed at the bottom of this page. Students will receive paper copies at school each day and should never need to print out anything additional. If there is a case where homework is lost or misplaced however, printable versions can be accessed using the "Homework", "Spelling Menus" and other tabs on the right side of this page.

Sample Daily Schedule

Announcement: "Monday, April 6th, 2020 ELA 90 min •…"

Michael Riczinger

Created Apr 5

EXAMPLE SCHEDULE

ELA (English Language Arts) 90 min

Vocab: Use a class dictionary to find and write the definition for the word of the day: “champion”. Then, use the word in a complete sentence to show that you understand the word's meaning.
Phonics: After reviewing our sample questions, students will complete and turn in the assigned 2 pages of ELA (Statements and Questions & Capitalization and punctuation Worksheets). They may also review our initial outline lesson if they would like extra assistance.
Writing – Students will write a short creative essay of at least 8 sentences. It can be about whatever topic you like, but you must use at least 8 of this week’s spelling words. These words are listed below and are also linked on my teacher page.

clap 6. rack 11. pink 15. champion
camp 7. grabs 12. click 16. flicker
hand 8. glad 13. sick 17. trampoline
stamp 9. lift 14. grin 18. nickels
snack 10. miss

Reading 20 minutes. As a class we will read and the first 4 pages of our story of the week "The Castle on Hester Street". We will then discuss examples of similes and metaphors used in the story.

Math - 45 min

We will watch the brief McGraw Hill/SAVAAS video that describes Place Value Relationships. As a class, we will then complete the initial lesson along with solve and share pages 27 & 28.
Students will then begin independent practice pages 29-32 from our Math Text. What they do not finish in class will be completed for homework (Students, make sure you show your work if it is asked of you).

Social Studies - 45 min

In spaced, small groups, students will read pages 26, 30 and 31 from our Social Studies text. We will then complete a review activity as a class which describes the characteristics of rural, urban and suburban communities.

*** Note: Our daily homework load typically consists of ELA and Math assignments and is between 4-5 pages***