Mrs. Saxon's 3rd Grade Class | R.B. Hunt Elementary School

September 30th – October 4th

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

Thank you for being focused and generous this week!

Also, a HUGE congratulations to Clay for being the FIRST student at R.B. Hunt to make it into the MILLION WORD Club. We are so proud of your hard work!

10/11: end of 1st quarter
10/14: Teacher planning day – no school for students
10/24: Report Cards issued
10/25: Parade of Characters and Fall Festival
11/11: Veterans Day – No school
11/25-29: Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!

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September 16-19

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

Open House is next Tuesday (9/24) from 5:00 – 6:30. Your child is pumped to be your guide! We hope to see you there!

Our class visits the Book Fair on Monday (9/23) from 1:20-1:40. You can send cash or put money in their e-wallet. There will be “open shopping” times all week if you forget to send money in on Monday when we go as a class.

We will continue to read our next class novel is “Snot Stew” by Bill Wallace. Please let me know if you would like an alternative assignment for your child.

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September 9 – 13

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

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September 2 – 6

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

Be An Arts Hero

Not all heroes wear capes! Thank you to Julian for rescuing this lizard in our classroom and returning it outside!

Picture Day is Thursday, September 19th. Dress for success! Order forms were sent home in red folders.

Next week we will officially be halfway through the 1st quarter of 3rd grade. Can you believe it?! Now is a good time to check in with your child on their A.R. progress. I would like students to be at a minimum of 50% toward their goal.

Next Wednesday(9/11), interims will be available via Home Access Center. Please make sure you are checking this site weekly to stay on top of your child’s grades.

Fall Testing 2023 - FAST PM 1 | Details

ELA and Math FAST scored are posted on the family portal. Please contact me if you have any issues accessing them.

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August 26 – 30

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

Fall Testing 2023 - FAST PM 1 | Details

Tuesday (9/3) and Thursday (9/5) we will be FAST testing at 8:30 am. Please be present and at school on time. If your child is absent, they will take their test on another day with a different class. Thank you!

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August 19 – 23

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

A.R. is officially up and running! Your child should be taking A.R. tests on any books they read to receive points. Congratulations to Clay, Jack, and Gretta for already earning 10 points and getting their chain of success!

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Your child’s first ELA test will be sent home today. If you look through the assessment, you will see the extent of the rigor. The transition from 2^nd to 3^rd grade is huge. That is why we are taking this slow and helping them learn, step-by-step, what is expected. Please look through the test to see the many notes, boxes, circles, cross outs, underlining, and highlighted items. These are some of the strategies we are teaching. In time, we expect to see them applied independently while taking tests. You can help by encouraging your child to use these strategies at home or while reviewing their work with them. We took this test as a class. Next week they will be expected to put these strategies to work and complete their assessment independently.

Thank you for being FOCUSED and DETERMINED this week!

Important Dates:

8/29: PTAO meeting @ 8:45 am
9/2: No school
9/3: SAC meeting
9/11: Interims issued
9/20: Teacher Inservice – no school for students
9/24: Open House – 5:00-6:30
9/26: PTAO meeting at 8:45 am
10/11: end of 1st quarter
10/14: Teacher planning day – no school for students
10/24: Report Cards issued
10/25: Parade of Characters and Fall Festival

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!

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First Week of 3rd Grade!

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

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Please help your child memorize their username and password for computer access. This info can be found on the back of their red folder. They will need this to log into any computer on campus as well as logging into Clever. The faster they memorize this, the faster they can get to work. Thanks for your help!

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Don’t forget to pack a delicious and nutritious snack daily. We have a working snack at 10:00 each day.

We are currently reading Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary as our class novel. Please let me know if you would like me to provide an alternative assignment for your child.

eSchoolPlus Home Access Center (HAC)

Students will take their first formative assessment in ELA next week. All assessments and work will be sent home in their red folder every Friday. I will input their grades into HAC once they have completed their test. Please keep up with this weekly to make sure your child is on track and there are no surprises when report cards go out. If you need any help logging into HAC, please contact Wendy Thurston at the front office. Her email is: [email protected]

Thank you for being on task and helpful this week!

Important Dates:

8/29: PTAO meeting @ 8:45 am
9/24: No school
9/3: SAC meeting
9/11: Interims issued
9/20: Teacher Inservice – no school for students
9/24: Open House – 5:00-6:30
9/26: PTAO meeting at 8:45 am
10/11: end of 1st quarter
10/14: Teacher planning day – no school for students
10/24: Report Cards issued
10/25: Parade of Characters and Fall Festival

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!

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Welcome to 3rd Grade!

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

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Meet the teacher – August 9th 8:30 – 11:00! I can’t wait to meet you! Please bring your school supplies with you. 🙂

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Homework

Please check your child’s red folder every day. He/she will be expected to read a minimum of 20 minutes per night. There will be additional math homework assignments, but THE MOST IMPORTANT habit your child can develop for academic success is to set aside a consistent time for independent reading every day. They should have a book on their level from our Media Center at all times. Once they have finished reading it, they will be expected to take the AR quiz before checking out another book. If your child is absent, please call the school or email me, so I can prepare their make-up assignments.

When he/she asks, “Why can’t I skip my 20 minutes of reading tonight?”, please consider the following –

Student A reads 20 minutes, five nights of every week;

Student B reads only 4 minutes a night…or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night X 5 times each week.

Student A reads 20 min. X 5 times a week = 100 minutes minutes a week;

Student B reads 4 min. X 5 times a week = 20 minutes.

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week X 4 times each month.

Student A reads 400 minutes a month;

Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month X 9 months.

Student A reads 3,600 minutes in a school year;

Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of 10 whole school days a year.

Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading practice.

By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days, while Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days. One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

Some questions to ponder:

Which student would you expect to read better?

Which student would you expect to know more?

Which student would you expect to write better?

Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?

Which student would you expect to be more successful in school…and in life?

Homework for Life:

Find something useful to do for someone else.

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March 13-17

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

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We have a lot going on next week. Refer back to this site if you need any reminders or contact me with any questions. Please send in any items for our class party by Tuesday or Wednesday morning.

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Monday, May 20th: MEMORY DAY! Signing yearbooks, creating favorite memories, writing letters of advice for incoming 3rd graders

Tuesday, May 21st: Bring a towel and book to read in the WOODS!

Wednesday, May 22nd: Class Party! A sign-up genius has been sent out. Please send in $5 to help purchase Chick-fil-A nuggets. Thank you so much for your support and contributions!

Thursday, May 23rd: GAME DAY – bring a game from home! No electronics. MEGA PARTY! Don’t forget socks.

Friday, May 24th: MOVIE day (early release at 1:50)

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Academics:

ELA: Fractured Fairytale presentations

Math: Step it up to 4th grade work

Science: review

Social Studies: review

Our entire class

Thank you for being the best 3rd grade students I could ask for.

Important Dates:

5/14: Math F.A.S.T testing (last time, best time!)

Monday, May 20th: MEMORY DAY! Signing yearbooks, creating favorite memories, writing letters of advice for incoming 3rd graders

Tuesday, May 21st: Bring a towel and book to read in the WOODS!

Wednesday, May 22nd: Class Party!

Thursday, May 23rd: GAME DAY – bring a game from home! No electronics. MEGA PARTY! Don’t forget socks.

Friday, May 24th: MOVIE day (early release at 1:50)

5/24: Last Day of school – early release at 1:50

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!

Check H.A.C weekly

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May 6 – 10

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Meghan Saxon

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Swim Week! Unfortunately, swim was canceled today due to inclement weather. 🙁 We were bummed!

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms! I hope you are covered in love Sunday and everyday. You are raising incredible children – thank you!

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Thank you so much for your thoughtful gifts this week! I am incredibly grateful. I genuinely ENJOY coming to school each day to teach and learn along with your children. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

Please make sure your child is present Monday and Tuesday next week. On Monday we will have a shortened “boot camp” in which students will rotate between 3rd grade classes to review POWER STANDARDS covered on the Math F.A.S.T test. Tuesday morning students will take their final F.A.S.T test. Please make sure they:

Get a good night sleep the night before
Eat a quality breakfast
Arrive to school on time and do not check out early (roughly 8:30-10:30)
Have a positive morning – encourage them to do their best, double-check answers, and use their scrap paper to show their work!

6.8.15 - On Eliminating Busy From Our Vocabulary

Monday, May 20th: MEMORY DAY! Signing yearbooks, creating favorite memories, writing letters of advice for incoming 3rd graders

Tuesday, May 21st: Bring a towel and book to read in the WOODS!

Wednesday, May 22nd: Class Party! A sign-up genius has been sent out. Please send in $5 to help purchase Chick-fil-A nuggets. Thank you so much for your support and contributions!

Thursday, May 23rd: GAME DAY – bring a game from home! No electronics. MEGA PARTY! Don’t forget socks.

Friday, May 24th: MOVIE day (early release at 1:50)

James and the Giant Peach - Read To Them

Our class novel is “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl. Let me know if you would like an alternate assignment for your child!

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Academics:

ELA: Students are creating their own version of a fractured fairytale

Math: REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!

Science: review

Social Studies: review

Thank you for being optimistic and respectful this week!

Important Dates:

5/14: Math F.A.S.T testing (last time, best time!)

Monday, May 20th: MEMORY DAY! Signing yearbooks, creating favorite memories, writing letters of advice for incoming 3rd graders

Tuesday, May 21st: Bring a towel and book to read in the WOODS!

Wednesday, May 22nd: Class Party!

Thursday, May 23rd: GAME DAY – bring a game from home! No electronics. MEGA PARTY! Don’t forget socks.

Friday, May 24th: MOVIE day (early release at 1:50)

5/24: Last Day of school – early release at 1:50

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!

Check H.A.C weekly

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September 30th – October 4th

September 16-19

September 9 – 13

September 2 – 6

August 26 – 30

August 19 – 23

First Week of 3rd Grade!

Welcome to 3rd Grade!

March 13-17

May 6 – 10

Email Updates

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