Information regarding Valentine’s Day was sent home Thursday.  Please email me with any questions.  🙂

Thank you for your generous donations of puzzles and prizes for our class!  We are SO grateful!

Academics:

ELA:  Historical Nonfiction

Math:  Number patterns, balanced equations, algebra

Science:  How living things get energy

Social Studies: Supply and Demand

Alice

Thank you for being sincere and respectful this week!

Important Dates:

2/2:  Interims issued

2/6:  Hurricane make-up day – School in session for teachers and students!

2/20:  No school

Reminders:

Next week is Literacy Week! Hooray!  Make sure your child has a good book(s) to read!  

Literacy Week
Jan. 23– Wear a shirt with
words
Jan. 24– Dress up like you
are going to the beach. No
swimsuits.
Jan. 25– Dress up like a
fairy tale character.
Jan. 26– Dress like a pirate
or sailor. 

Jan. 27 – Wear a fishing hat and red shirt

Academics:

ELA:  Writing process and presentations

Math:  Subtraction with regrouping using partial sums and compatible numbers, review and test

Science:  How living things change

Social Studies: Economics

Ophelia

Thank you for being helpful and thoughtful this week!

Important Dates:

1/26:  PTAO meeting at 8:45 

1/23 – 1/27:  Literacy Week! Please check email from Mrs. Saxon!

Jan.23-27 Dive into
Literacy Week
Jan. 23– Wear a shirt with
words
Jan. 24– Dress up like you
are going to the beach. No
swimsuits.
Jan. 25– Dress up like a
fairy tale character.
Jan. 26– Dress like a pirate
or sailor. 

Jan. 27 – Wear a fishing hat and red shirt

2/2:  Interims issued

2/6:  Hurricane make-up day – School in session for teachers and students!

2/20:  No school

Reminders:

Please do not send lunch boxes on Tuesday, 12/20.  We will be eating lunch in class.  Wednesday, 12/21 is Polar Express Day.  Students are welcome to wear their pajamas and school appropriate shoes.  We will still have recess that afternoon.

I will be sending home an optional reading challenge to complete over break.  If your child finishes, they will receive a prize when they return to school in 2023!

Academics:

ELA:   Biographies/testing

Math:  Testing week

Science:  Invertebrates

Social Studies: Traditions around the World

N/A – short week

Important Dates:

12/15:  $3 cash due for pizza

12/17:  Breakfast with Santa 

12/20:  Holiday crafts and luncheon

12/21:  Polar Express Day!  Don’t forget to wear your jammies! 🙂

12/21:  Last day of school before break – early release @1:50

1/5:  Students return to school

1/9-1/11:  F.A.S.T ELA testing – make sure your child gets a good nights rest and encourage them to try their best!

Reminders:

We have a lot of testing going on next week as we wrap up 2nd quarter.  I can’t believe we are halfway through the year!  Please make sure your child comes to school well rested and prepared for school.  We are going to work hard before we play hard the following week!

Thank you so much to families for making our “Saxon’s Sweets” tree a success!  Between the adorable ornaments, sparkly lights, and tempting gift cards to YUMMY spots all over town, I would say it was a HUGE success!  A super shout-out to our room parent, Amber Halcrow for going above and beyond.  

$3 is due on or before December 15th so I can order pizza for our class luncheon on the 20th.    

Academics:

ELA:   THEME

Math:  Mental math strategies using place value

Science:  Vertebrates

Social Studies: Traditions around the World

Caden

Thank you for being goal-driven and thoughtful this week!

Important Dates:

12/15:  $3 cash due for pizza

12/17:  Breakfast with Santa 

12/20:  Holiday crafts and luncheon

12/21:  Polar Express Day!  Don’t forget to wear your jammies! 🙂

12/21:  Last day of school before break – early release @1:50

1/5:  Students return to school

1/9-1/11:  F.A.S.T ELA testing – make sure your child gets a good nights rest and encourage them to try their best!

Reminders:

A Sign-up Genius was sent out on Monday for our Holiday Luncheon.  I am also requesting $3 from each student by 12/15 (Venmo or cash) to purchase pizza for lunch on the afternoon of December 20th.  Thank you so much for making this a special time for your child!

Feeling crafty?  I am looking for 2 or 3 parent volunteers that would be interested in providing a holiday craft to work on with students during our craft rotation on December 20th. I plan to have an ornament making station for my block.  Crafts would need to be completed in 30 minutes to get through all rotations and volunteers would need to provide all materials.  Let me know if you are interested!  I appreciate your help BIG time!

Our class voted on the theme of “Saxon Sweet Treats” for our tree in the Festival of Trees PTAO event.  Please help make this happen!  We have a mini tree we need to decorate.  Here are a few ideas to help make our class tree a success:

• small battery-powered lights
• mini candy or ice cream ornaments
• gift card to Rita’s, MayDay, Coneheads,  Kilwin’s, Savannah Sweets, Whetstone, etc. ($5 or $10)

Thank you for your help! All items are due by Monday, 12/12. Fingers crossed one of our students will be a winner of one of these awesome trees!

Academics:

ELA:   Historical Fiction continued

Math:  Mental math strategies using place value

Science:  Classifying plants

Social Studies: Traditions around the World

Hayden

Thank you for being honest and sincere this week!

Important Dates:

12/7:  F.A.S.T math testing – make sure your child gets a good nights rest and encourage them to try their best!

12/15:  $3 cash due for pizza

12/17:  Breakfast with Santa 

12/20:  Holiday crafts and luncheon

12/21:  Polar Express Day!  Don’t forget to wear your jammies! 🙂

12/21:  Last day of school before break – early release @1:50

1/5:  Students return to school

1/9-1/11:  F.A.S.T ELA testing – make sure your child gets a good nights rest and encourage them to try their best!

Reminders:

Only 2 days of school next week.  If I don’t see you before then, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  I am so grateful for all eighteen of my 3rd graders.  I love coming to school each day to work and learn beside them.  Enjoy your break!  I can’t wait to see you on the 28th!

Academics:

ELA:   Historical Fiction

Math:  Composing and decomposing numbers, standard form, expanded form, word form

Science:  Plants

Social Studies:  Celebrating Diversity

Parker

Thank you for optimistic and thoughtful this week!

Important Dates:

November 17th: Interims issued

November 23 – 25th:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

Check HAC and your child’s progress on A.R. weekly.  Help hold them accountable for their class grades, A.R. points, and percentage correct in A.R.  Making education a priority in your home will have a positive impact on their academic career.  No homework on the weekends – enjoy this beautiful weather!

Please double check your child’s math homework to make sure they are on the right track.  The homework is a review of concepts we have gone over in class – it will not be anything new.   If they are really stuck on a problem, skip it and I will go over it in the morning.  I appreciate your help!

Academics:

ELA:   Author’s Purpose

Math:  Area and Perimeter

Science:  Plants

Cuyler

Thank you for being reliable and honest this week!

Important Dates:

November 11th:  No school

November 17th: Interims issued

November 23 – 25th:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

Academics:

ELA:   Comparing texts

Math:  Identifying and comparing quadrilaterals

Social Studies:  Celebrating Different Cultures

Ryan

Thank you for being resilient and responsible this week!

Important Dates:

November 11th:  No school

November 17th: Interims issued

November 23 – 25th:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

Fall Festival is tonight!  I hope to see you there.  Thank you for helping make our face painting booth a success! 🙂

Next Friday, October 28th, is our school Character Parade.

Please have your child come to school dressed in their costume with a change of clothes.  No masks or SCARY costumes permitted.  

The parade begins around 8:35. The students will parade around the bus loop by grade level.  Make sure you have turned in your blue slip to receive your pre-printed badge if you plan to join us.

A sign-up genius was sent out for our Fall Party on October 28th.  Students will still have a normal lunch break that day – these are just some fun snacks for the afternoon.  🙂  Please make sure everything is store bought and not homemade.   Thank you for your contributions!

Link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0949afa72da5f58-halloween1

2nd quarter STAR Reading results were sent home Thursday.  Please ensure your child is reading a minimum of 20 minutes a day at home.  If you don’t use it, you lose it!  2nd quarter reading goals are posted – make sure your child not only makes their A.R. goal, but their percentage correct as well (85%).  I appreciate your support at home!

Academics:

ELA:   Realistic Fiction

Math:  Using multiplication to divide, Unit 4 test

Social Studies:  Hispanic Heritage Month

Poppy

Thank you for being kind and considerate this week!

Important Dates:

October 21st – Fall Festival

October 25th – Report cards go out via HAC

October 27th – Picture re-takes

October 28th – Parade of characters and Halloween treats

November 11th:  No school

November 17th: Interims issued

November 23 – 25th:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders: