Hello Third Grade Parents!
We have had a busy week. We wrapped up our End-of-Module Assessment today. We will be starting our next Module in Eureka this week. We are starting with time intervals tomorrow! We are excited about the possibility of a sunny day tomorrow. We started a craft/observation in Science last week. Due to the current shift in weather we were not able to conduct the experiment (hoping tomorrow will work out-fingers crossed). In reading we are working on responding to text and showing text evidence. This is a critical skill that will be carried through school from here on out. Please glance at weekly homework and check to make sure students are writing in complete sentences when asked questions in regards to text or passages read. Any and all support is greatly appreciated. We are learning map skills in Social Studies. We will be focusing on Longitude and Latitude tomorrow, and mapping locations in Arizona using coordinates. We do not have school on Monday-so we will not have Spelling. I will send home a reading packet tomorrow that will be due next Friday. Math still due the following day. I am returning a number of graded papers tomorrow, so please check your child's Third Grade Folder. We have a ton of birthdays in October! Please let me know if you would like to bring treats, so we can arrange good time to set aside for the kiddos. As a reminder-Birthday invites may only be passed out at school if the entire class is invited. If you would like to contact a parent-you can email me anytime. Last thing, we talked about Junior Heroes today. It is a new program this year at Sandpiper. Students can keep track of acts of kindness and service that they provide to the community, friends/family, or at the school. There is a blue cardstock sheet that explains more that I sent home today. Many of the students have already brainstormed some wonderful ideas to serve around the community. Have a wonderful Friday, and three day weekend. Sincerely, Mrs. Harris
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Hello Third Grade Parents!
Today was a fun but challenging day. We had a ton of class activities to cover, Spelling Test and Pre-test, Rocket Math Drills and Speed Tests, Library, Math Lesson Reviews, make-up tests for absent classmates and Social Studies map activities. As a whole we had one of those days where every move and action was upsetting every classmate (looks, glances, movements, sounds etc.). We were also very, VERY chatty, and missed numerous instructions because of this and I had to repeat instructions and lessons many times. All of this to say, unfortunately our day came to an end abruptly and we did not get to Fun Friday (a 20-30 min. reward time each Friday that rewards students for doing homework and following STAR expectations during the week). When students have Fun Friday-I typically stuff folders with graded papers and conference quickly with them about the papers that are going home, and some of the work they were graded on. Since we did not have this time-students will bring home graded papers on Monday. Please check folders Monday after school. Homework (the Spelling/Reading packet) was still sent home today. Also, Ms. Griffin (front office) would like the emergency cards returned ASAP (no later than Friday), thank you in advance for your help with that. The emergency cards will also be in the folders on Monday if you did not update them online. Thank you to everyone that responded to my note about the curriculum fee, we appreciate the swift responses. Please let me know via email or returning the paper-with what you intend on doing in regards to the fee, or if you need assistance with it. I'm looking forward to a fresh Monday. The majority of students did well for the substitute, and I said that they would be earning a special treat. We will enjoy some donuts and juice Monday morning prior to our Monday Meeting. We will be reading, The Jelly Donut Promise-and talking about being kind and respectful to each other and our teachers. I am looking forward to our meeting, and getting off to a great start on Monday. Our class won Third Place in the Box Top contest, so PTO gave us popsicles to enjoy. We will hopefully enjoy them next Friday in the garden during Science time. Assignment sheet will be given to students on Monday. We have Spirit Week Next Week in honor of Direct Giving Week: Mon.: Crazy Sock Day Tues.: Crazy Hair Day (no perm. color please) Wed.: Sandpiper shirts or wear blue day (News Channel 10 will be here) Thurs.: Sports Day & Hat Day Fri.: Neon Day & Glow Party 6-8pm Thank you to all of the parents that have already donated to PTO (your child will be entered into the drawing that PTO will hold). Also classes that have 100% participation will get a prize (see the blue direct giving packet sent home last Friday for more details). Have a wonderful weekend. Sincerely, Mrs. Harris Hello Third Grade Parents,
we all made it to September. It has been a wonderful first month getting to know all of your children on a deeper level. They are a wonderful group of kiddos! Real quick recap of where we are at: Math-Continuing with Multiplication and Division strategies (a new one for many of them has been the "tape diagram"). They are working had on practicing and understanding these new concepts. We also started our Math Fluency program, Rocket Math. The students had a great time practicing math facts, and doing the one minute time test. In reading we are talking about Asking and Answering Questions as you read, and text structure-sequencing. We are finding transition words that authors use in order to organize a piece of writing in a logical, sequential order. In writing we continue to work on expanding sentences and paragraph formation, as well as responding to text and questions in complete sentences. In social studies we are learning about geographers and map skills using maps and landmarks in Arizona. Last, in Science we continue to talk about the Sun as a source of energy. I look forward to seeing everyone in the morning, and to having a wonderful week. A few more important things, there are a few people that have still not joined Class Dojo. Please check it out, so we can begin posting student work for you to see. Also, if you have not returned the Class Curriculum Fee, please do so ASAP. Last, homework packets were passed out Friday. The new Assignment Sheet will be handed out in the morning (if you need to see it earlier you can view it on the website). |
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