This is my last post before Thanksgiving break.  I am SO grateful for my students and families.  I genuinely LOVE coming to school and teaching your children every day.  Rest up to prepare for a busy few weeks ahead!  

The FUNK has made it’s way around our room.  🙁  We are officially out of tissue paper and would greatly appreciate some more boxes!  Thank you!  

Dreambox, Lexia, and A.R. will ALL be available during Thanksgiving break!  Encourage your child to use these resources!  I will have a prize when we return for the the student with the MOST Dreambox lessons completed!

Academics:

ELA: Historical Fiction; prefixes

Math: Unit 6 formative, adding multi-digit whole numbers

Science:  Classifying Vertebrates

Social Studies:  Diversity

N/A – Short week next week!  If I could nominate our entire class, I would!

Important Dates:

• 12/21:  End of 2nd quarter
• 12/20:  Class Holiday Celebration (more info coming soon)
• 12/21:  Polar Express Day – students school appropriate pajamas.  Slippers are permitted if they bring a change of shoes for recess.

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Thank you to all who served and sacrificed for our country!

Students worked hard this week on their animal research project!  They picked an animal of their choice, researched on Pebble Go, wrote a rough and final draft, and then presented their research to the class via Adobe!  Be sure to check out their work on Clever!  I was so impressed with what they accomplished in 4 school days.  Way to go!

Academics:

ELA: Animal Research Project

Math: Place value relationships

Science:  Classifying Plants

Social Studies:  Veteran’s Day

Stella

Thank you for being a thoughtful and kind this week!

Important Dates:

• 11/7:  SAC meeting
• 11/10:  No school
• 11/22 – 11/24:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Academics:

ELA: Summative Testing

Math: Decomposing shapes and Unit 5 formative

Science:  Plant adaptations continued

Social Studies:  Character Counts – Citizenship

Loyal

Thank you for being a problem solver and focused this week!

Important Dates:

• 11/7:  SAC meeting
• 11/10:  No school
• 11/22 – 11/24:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Red Ribbon Spirit Week Fun! 

Congratulations to Ellis for being the FIRST 3rd grader to make it into the MILLION Word Club!  We are proud of you!  Hey!  We are proud of you!  

Storybook Parade is this Friday at 9:00 around the bus loop!  Students should come dressed in their costumes and bring a change of clothes if they need them.  

If you signed up to send in a treat on the sign up genius, please do so on or before Friday!  Thank you so much for your generosity!

Academics:

ELA: Author’s Purpose continued; contractions

Math: area continued

Science:  Plant adaptations

Social Studies:  Cultural Characteristics of diverse populations

Delphine

Thank you for being patient and insightful this week!

Important Dates:

• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters
• 11/7:  SAC meeting
• 11/10:  No school
• 11/22 – 11/24:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Red Ribbon Week is next week!  Please help us celebrate by dressing up!

Monday:  Color the World with Character – Wear tie-dyed clothes

Tuesday: From Head to Toe I make Responsible Choices – Wear crazy socks

Wednesday:  My Character Counts – Hats off to being Drug and Bully Free – Wear your favorite Hat

Thursday:  Team Up for a Healthy Lifestyle so we can all be Drug and Bully Free – wear your favorite sports team shirt

Friday:  We can Inspire Others with our Positive Attitude – wear red to say no to drugs!

Our most recent STAR reading test results were sent home today!  I am so proud of our class growth!  ROCKSTARS!

On Friday, October 27th we will have our annual Parade of Characters.  I am encouraging students to bring a book to match their costume.  Remember – no weapons or blood and guts!  Families are welcome to join us.  You must be an approved volunteer.   Parents are required to submit their information for a pre-printed badge before October 19th.  Information was emailed from the office yesterday.  Please let me know if you need me to make a hard copy for you to be sent home.    Lastly, Please send in a change of clothes if you think your child will be uncomfortable in their costume the remainder of the day.  

A sign-up genius was sent out today to sign up for treats to donate for our class Halloween celebration on the 27th.  Students will have regular lunch that day.  Please send in items on or before Friday, October 27th.  We have 22 students total.  Thank you so much for your contributions!

Academics:

ELA: Author’s Purpose; long vowels

Math: Lines, points, rays, symmetry, area

Science:  Plant Structures

Social Studies:  Celebrating Cultures

Thank you for thinking outside the box and taking initiative this week!

Important Dates:

• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

On Friday, October 27th we will have our annual Parade of Characters.  I am encouraging students to bring a book to match their costume.  Remember – no weapons or blood and guts!  Families are welcome to join us.  You must be an approved volunteer.   Parents are required to submit their information for a pre-printed badge before October 19th.  Information was emailed from the office yesterday.  Please let me know if you need me to make a hard copy for you to be sent home.    Lastly, Please send in a change of clothes if you think your child will be uncomfortable in their costume the remainder of the day.  

A sign-up genius was sent out today to sign up for treats to donate for our class Halloween celebration on the 27th.  Students will have regular lunch that day.  Please send in items on or before Friday, October 27th.  We have 22 students total.  Thank you so much for your contributions!

Academics:

ELA: connecting text to illustrations, compound words

Math:  Unit 4, geometry

Science:  Scientific Tools

Social Studies: Review week

Lina

Thank you for being empathetic and encouraging this week!

Important Dates:

• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Academics:

ELA: informational text structures, r-controlled vowels

Math:  Unit 1 – 3 summative, division continued

Science:  Scientific Process continued

Social Studies: Hispanic Heritage Week

Mason

Thank you for being hilarious and respectful this week!

Important Dates:

• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Thank you for coming to Open House despite the MONSOON outside!  I loved listening to your children proudly give a tour of their classroom.  It put a huge smile on my face! 

A sign up sheet was put out during Open House to volunteer at our Fall Festival booth.  I think several people missed it in the chaos of the evening.  We have a few spots still available.  Please contact me or our room parent Tiffany Hogan if you are available to serve snow cones for a 30 minute time block.  Grandparents and responsible teens needing volunteer hours are welcome to help as well.  We need someone from:  

6:00-6:30

6:30-7:00

7:00-7:30

7:30-8:00

Congratulations to Ellis and Stella for winning our bubble gum estimation jar!  The total count was 152 and they BOTH guessed 150.  Stella and Ellis split the gum evenly (which made for a great division problem example!) and even shared a piece with every student in the class.  Way to go! 

Academics:

ELA: Main idea, vowel patterns

Math:  Division

Science:  Scientific Process

Social Studies: Hispanic Heritage Week

Lucy

Thank you for being helpful and kind this week!

Important Dates:

• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!

Our next class novel will be “White Fur Flying” by Patricia MacLachlan.  Please let me know if you would like an alternate assignment for your child.

Academics:

ELA: Unit 1 Summative, Writing Project

Math:  Distributive property of multiplication continued, Unit 3 Formative

Science:  States of Matter

Social Studies: Constitution

Dylan

Thank you for being considerate and respectful this week!

Important Dates:

• 9/26:  Open House – 6:00 – 7:30
• 10/13:  end of 1st quarter
• 10/16:  Teacher planning day – no school for students
• 10/19:  PTA meeting @ 8:45 am
• 10/24:  Character Counts program @ 9:00
• 10/27:  Fall Festival, Parade of Characters

Reminders:

*PLEASE encourage  your child to read nightly!