Hi Families,
We hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and were able to spend some special time with loved ones. Thank you all so much for the amazing surprises for my birthday. The book the kids made is priceless - a real treasure. We had such fun this morning, too, with a chicken mini breakfast, and the cake was beautiful and delicious! I feel the love! Speaking of birthdays, we have several classmates celebrating in April; Elizabeth, Izzie, Kathryn, Mya, and Parker. Happy early birthday to all of you!
On Thursday we will go on our field trip to the CNN Center. Many thanks to Mrs. Babbitt for organizing and providing this trip for our third graders. We are very excited to learn about what goes on behind the scenes! We will eat a Chick-Fil-A for lunch after the tour.
Some of you have asked me about our upcoming chapel on April 15. Of course, if you are able to come join us, we welcome you. If you are unable to come, please know that no one has a huge part - everyone’s voice will be heard - maybe a line or two in the slide show or story (recorded) or a short part in chapel, but with 82 children each having a part, no part will be large. If you are able to make it, we would love to have you. The children will be singing a song, participating in the service, and reading a story or sharing a slide of something they may have felt insecure about at some point in time (before realizing how special they are because God made them). If you are able to join us, please sit on the right side of the chapel in the first twelve rows. This is where we usually sit, but the children will be on stage on risers for their song.
Here’s what’s going on this week:
Reading & Writing Workshop:
We are currently working on timelines of our own lives to practice how to organize the information we learn about our person of interest we will present at our Living Museum on Friday, April 24. Most of the students have chosen their person, but many are still deciding. We need to have our selections complete by the end of the day on Thursday, at the latest.
Each student must have at least three resources to collect information for their historical person, and AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE MUST BE BOOKS. If a student can’t find two books on the person they are interested in here at school, they are welcome to bring a book from home or the public library to use. If they can’t find at least two books on the person they want to present, they must choose another person. This is a requirement. Thank you for helping us encourage the children to choose someone who they can read about during our class reading block.
While the bulk of the work will be done here at school, a note will be coming home that will share information about costumes and props that may come from home. The kids are very excited about this project, and we are too! We hope you can come by to see some of the historical figures come to life!
Math:
Unit nine covers lots of complex skills. If your child is hitting a point of frustration with homework, encourage him or her to try his best and shoot us an e-mail or write us a note to let us know. Students do not have to get all of the homelink problems correct, but they do need to give it a try. It’s OK for Mom or Dad to help a little, but if you are helping a lot, please let us know. One of the beautiful things of Everyday Math is the spiraling curriculum. They will get these skills again and again.
One of the skills we will introduce this week is lattice multiplication. The students tend to love this strategy, and the parents tend to hate it. Ask your child to show you how to do it, and be patient with allowing them to use this strategy. It’s different from how we learned math, but it makes sense, and for many kids, shines light on multiplication that otherwise may not be there.
Social Studies:
We will focus on “What it Takes to be President” this week. We will also begin teaching study skills for social studies tests. Our government unit is a good way to introduce using flashcards and outlines to prepare for a test.
Homework for the Week:
Reading:
Read & Log (We have some serious loggers in our class. Kudos to the kids who are logging MORE than the required minimum! Keep it up!)
Writing:
Free Write in your Writing Notebook
(no less than three full pages)
Math:
Log & Practice X 9s for Friday’s Quiz
Tuesday: Homelink 9.8
Wednesday: Homelink 9.9
Thursday: No Homelink
Friday: Homelink 9.10 (Due Monday)
Other:
Review Word Wall Words - Quiz Friday
Have a great week,
Meadow & Anna
We hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and were able to spend some special time with loved ones. Thank you all so much for the amazing surprises for my birthday. The book the kids made is priceless - a real treasure. We had such fun this morning, too, with a chicken mini breakfast, and the cake was beautiful and delicious! I feel the love! Speaking of birthdays, we have several classmates celebrating in April; Elizabeth, Izzie, Kathryn, Mya, and Parker. Happy early birthday to all of you!
On Thursday we will go on our field trip to the CNN Center. Many thanks to Mrs. Babbitt for organizing and providing this trip for our third graders. We are very excited to learn about what goes on behind the scenes! We will eat a Chick-Fil-A for lunch after the tour.
Some of you have asked me about our upcoming chapel on April 15. Of course, if you are able to come join us, we welcome you. If you are unable to come, please know that no one has a huge part - everyone’s voice will be heard - maybe a line or two in the slide show or story (recorded) or a short part in chapel, but with 82 children each having a part, no part will be large. If you are able to make it, we would love to have you. The children will be singing a song, participating in the service, and reading a story or sharing a slide of something they may have felt insecure about at some point in time (before realizing how special they are because God made them). If you are able to join us, please sit on the right side of the chapel in the first twelve rows. This is where we usually sit, but the children will be on stage on risers for their song.
Here’s what’s going on this week:
Reading & Writing Workshop:
We are currently working on timelines of our own lives to practice how to organize the information we learn about our person of interest we will present at our Living Museum on Friday, April 24. Most of the students have chosen their person, but many are still deciding. We need to have our selections complete by the end of the day on Thursday, at the latest.
Each student must have at least three resources to collect information for their historical person, and AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE MUST BE BOOKS. If a student can’t find two books on the person they are interested in here at school, they are welcome to bring a book from home or the public library to use. If they can’t find at least two books on the person they want to present, they must choose another person. This is a requirement. Thank you for helping us encourage the children to choose someone who they can read about during our class reading block.
While the bulk of the work will be done here at school, a note will be coming home that will share information about costumes and props that may come from home. The kids are very excited about this project, and we are too! We hope you can come by to see some of the historical figures come to life!
Math:
Unit nine covers lots of complex skills. If your child is hitting a point of frustration with homework, encourage him or her to try his best and shoot us an e-mail or write us a note to let us know. Students do not have to get all of the homelink problems correct, but they do need to give it a try. It’s OK for Mom or Dad to help a little, but if you are helping a lot, please let us know. One of the beautiful things of Everyday Math is the spiraling curriculum. They will get these skills again and again.
One of the skills we will introduce this week is lattice multiplication. The students tend to love this strategy, and the parents tend to hate it. Ask your child to show you how to do it, and be patient with allowing them to use this strategy. It’s different from how we learned math, but it makes sense, and for many kids, shines light on multiplication that otherwise may not be there.
Social Studies:
We will focus on “What it Takes to be President” this week. We will also begin teaching study skills for social studies tests. Our government unit is a good way to introduce using flashcards and outlines to prepare for a test.
Homework for the Week:
Reading:
Read & Log (We have some serious loggers in our class. Kudos to the kids who are logging MORE than the required minimum! Keep it up!)
Writing:
Free Write in your Writing Notebook
(no less than three full pages)
Math:
Log & Practice X 9s for Friday’s Quiz
Tuesday: Homelink 9.8
Wednesday: Homelink 9.9
Thursday: No Homelink
Friday: Homelink 9.10 (Due Monday)
Other:
Review Word Wall Words - Quiz Friday
Have a great week,
Meadow & Anna