Looking Ahead... Sept. 21-25

Important Dates: 

• September 23 - Picture Day

• September 25 - Walk-a-Thon 9:55-10:40

• September 28 - 7 Habits Shirt Orders Due!!

• September 30 - Book Orders Due


Reading: 

We have started Unit 1 in Reading: Building the Life of a Reader. We discussed how to choose just right books and are learning strategies to help up become better readers. Please have your child read every night. Remember to record your child's minutes on their Learning Targets Sheet every night.

Math: 

We began Unit 1 in Math last week and dove right into multiplication!! On Friday, we started to discuss division. We will be learning multiplication and division together this year. Be on the look out for a bright orange packet that will be coming home this week. It stays at home and is used to help your child practice their facts. It's a 3rd grade expectation that they have their math facts memorized by the end of the school year. Remember to have your child do XtraMath every night as well.
Homework comes home every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and is due the next morning. 

Writing: 

We started generating ideas last week for our personal narratives.  Throughout the unit, students will choose a "seed" idea and work to develop a solid beginning, middle, and end of their story focusing around their seed idea.

Spelling/Grammar: 

We will be beginning spelling/grammar this week. Spelling words will come home every Monday and they will also be posted on the blog. There will be a spelling test every Friday over the words. Grammar and spelling will be assessed through classroom activities, tests, and their writing pieces.

Social Studies: 

We will begin our first Social Studies Unit this week: Michigan Geography! The students will be learning all about the state that they live in! This is a very important unit for the students to learn! 


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A few reminders...

Picture Day is Sept. 23 

Walk-A-Thon donations due: Sept. 25

7 Habits T-Shirt Orders due: Sept. 28 

Scholastic Book Orders due: Sept. 30

Our First Week!

We have successfully made it through our first week of 3rd grade. I hope your kiddos had as much fun as I did this week getting to know all about them and doing some fun team building activities. 

We had a very exciting afternoon when we each were assigned our classroom jobs! The students will be changing jobs throughout the school year, so if your child comes home a little bummed that they didn't receive their first choice, there is hope!! =) 

Looking Ahead: 

Monday, Sept. 14: Celebrating Milton Hershey's Birthday! 

Friday, Sept. 18: Evacuation Drill to Georgetown Ice Arena @ 9:30 

Tuesday, Sept. 22: Hearing and Vision Screening 

Friday, Sept. 25: Walk-A-Thon!!

*Remember to check your child's folders and backpacks each night. They have been getting a lot of papers that need to be returned.* 

* Picture Day forms went home today! 

Our First Day!

We had so much fun today! I was so excited to see all of you! I can't wait to watch you grow throughout the year.

A couple reminders: 

-Turn in forms from open house

-ME BAG due Friday 

-Classroom Economy letters of recommendation due Thursday 

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!

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I cannot wait to see all of you tomorrow! Our first week we will be going through a lot of procedures and getting back into the groove. Under the specials tab you will see our specials for the entire year! 

Tomorrow we have: Music! 

Remember to turn in: 

1. Student Profile Sheet (it was in your mailbox at Open House) 

2. Conduct Sheet

3. Getting to know you paper

I'm bursting with excitement to see all your smiling faces tomorrow morning! Cannot wait for an excellent year! 

School Supplies!

I'm so excited for the school year to begin! Here are a list of things that you will need within the first week of school. There are so many great Back to School Sales going on right now! :)

3rd Grade

Homework folder

Pencil box (5x8)

Pencils

Glue sticks

Highlighter

One 70 page single-subject spiral notebook

Ballpoint pens (any dark colors)

Four pack thin dry erase markers (any dark colors)

One inch hard cover 3 ring binder

5 count binder tabs

Wedding Pictures!

Drew and I got married on June 20, 2015!