They did it!  I am so proud!  Students were using strategies, taking their time, and double-checking answers.  I could not ask for more!  Scores will be sent home in red folders today.  They are also available via the Family Portal.  Contact Wendy Thurston if you need help logging in at [email protected] . Enjoy your weekend to PLAY!  They have earned it!

Thank you so much for all the love during Teacher Appreciation Week.  I am so grateful. 

Bowling field trip forms were sent home this week if your child had enough SHINE points to go.  Please sign (front and back) and return these ASAP to guarantee your spot!

Swim week is NEXT WEEK (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday… NO SWIM ON WEDNESDAY)!  Hooray! Swim bags were sent home Thursday.  Please send everything your child will need each day in those. Here are some reminders:

• Please send children to school IN their bathing suits with a school appropriate cover-up
• Sun block applied at home
• Pack a swim bag with a plastic bag for wet bathing suits, a towel, water bottle, and change of clothing (including underwear!)
• Goggles are permitted
• A quality, nutritional snack for the afternoon – they are always STARVING!

**  We are the 2nd group leaving so we will be gone from 10:30 – 12:00 if you arrive late or need to check out early.  **

Additionally, weather forecast doesn’t look promising for Monday.  Coach will notify you if there is a possible make-up date.

We are more than halfway through 4th quarter!  Is your child 50% or more toward their A.R. goal?!  Please make sure your child is reading daily.  This makes a significant difference in their academic success.

These kids are PUZZLE MASTERS!  Another 1,000 piece puzzle completed in our class!  

Benefits of puzzles and the brain:  Puzzles engage both the left and right sides of the brain, activating areas related to analytical and logical thinking on the left, and creativity, holistic thinking, and visual-spatial reasoning on the right. They also benefit the frontal lobe, which is responsible for concentration, judgement, and emotional regulation. 

Next Tuesday we will take the ELA F.A.S.T test and Thursday will be Math.  Your child is prepared academically and are ready to “show what they know!”  I am already proud of every single student – regardless of scores.  However, I have a few requests from you prior to testing:

• Make sure your child gets a good night sleep the night before.
• Have a POSITIVE morning!  Encouragement is key!
• Eat a delicious breakfast.
• Remind them to take their time and double-check their work.
• Arrive to school on time.  Testing begins PROMPTLY at 8:30.   

A blank envelope with information was sent home with your child Tuesday.  Please write a note encourging them to try their best and work hard.  I will place these notes on student desks before they have F.A.S.T testing on Tuesday and Thursday.  Thank you for you support in making these students feel loved!

Swim week is the week AFTER testing!  Here are some reminders for that week:

• Please send children to school IN their bathing suits with a school appropriate cover-up
• Sun block applied at home
• Pack a swim bag with a plastic bag for wet bathing suits, a towel, water bottle, and change of clothing (including underwear!)
• Goggles are permitted
• A quality, nutritional snack for the afternoon – they are always STARVING!

We are more than halfway through 4th quarter!  Is your child 50% or more toward their A.R. goal?!  Please make sure your child is reading daily.  This makes a significant difference in their academic success.

Students worked hard this week during ELA “Boot Camp” and will continue next week with Math!  We had the added bonus of having Ms. Larson train students on some helpful tools to use during the computer-based test such as enlarging font, highlighter, line reader, and strikethrough.  

Interims were posted on Wednesday.  We are halfway through 4th quarter!  Is your child 50% or more toward their A.R. goal?!  Please make sure your child is reading daily.  This makes a significant difference in their academic success!

We had some fun after a long week of CSA testing!  Thank you so much for helping make this happen! Enjoy your long weekend!  They’ve earned it!

Next week (4/21 – 25) we will have an ELA “Boot Camp”  and the following week (4/28 – 5/2) we will have a Math “Boot Camp” to prepare students for the important F.A.S.T test coming up on May 6th and 8th.  Students will rotate between the 3rd grade classes to REVIEW power standards being covered on this computer-based assessment.  It is crucial your child is here to review this material so they feel confident and prepared to CRUSH this FINAL, BIG test!  I appreciate your support in making this happen!

Swim Week

Field trip forms have been sent home.  Please sign and return both sides.  Thank you!  More information about this week will go out closer to the date.  

Swim Week

Field trip forms have been sent home.  Please sign and return both sides.  Thank you!  More information about this week will go out closer to the date.  

Go to Jersey Mike’s on the Island from 4pm-7pm next Thursday, April 17th. As an added incentive, Jersey Mike’s is going to provide lunch for the class with the largest turn out.  Let’s make this happen!

Field Day is Thursday, March 13th.  Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes.  Don’t forget water and extra snacks.  They work up an appetite!  

We finished Turtle in Paradise  this week by Jennifer Holm.  It is a new class favorite!

Thank you for all your support with Boosterthon this week!  We met our school goal of $60,000! WooHoo!  This week students enjoyed extra recess, hat day, crazy hair day, movie day, and bringing in a stuffy.   Our class will run Friday, February 28th from 9:15-10:15.  We’d love to have you cheer us on!  Don’t forget to make sure you are a cleared volunteer and sign in with the front office.  

Our next class novel is Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm.  Please let me know if you would like an alternative assignemnt for your child.

Boosterthon is up and RUNNING!  We have many fun class incentives to earn the more pledges we get.  Money earned will go to putting in some much needed TURF on our soccer field.  These kids play hard!  Our class will run Friday, February 28th from 9:15-10:15.  We’d love to have you cheer us on!  

We finished Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White!  Our next class novel will be Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Reminder – Our Media Specialist, Ms. Nehemias is challenging all students to read some “classics” this month to earn a brag tag – these titles include:  Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Matilda by Roald Dahl, and Charolotte’s Web by E.B. White.  Our next class novel will be Where the Red Fern Grows, so we will be covering 2 of these books in class!  Please encourage your child to read the others!