Hi, Parents!
We have a lot coming up next week, and we learned a ton this week.
Important dates to remember:
Next week is Kindness Week.
- 10/1 – MONDAY: “Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti” Celebrate by wearing as many colors as you possibly can! Students can also wear Vegas Strong shirts in remembrance of the Route 91 shooting
- 10/2 – TUESDAY: Be Kind like Josh T-shirt – Wear the shirt, live the message
- 10/2 – TUESDAY: Field Trip to the Springs Preserve
- 10/3 – WEDNESDAY: “Hurtful Words and Actions Can’t Be Taken Back” Celebrate by wearing your uniform shirt backwards! Not a Free Dress Day
- 10/4 – THURSDAY: “Let Respect Shine” Celebrate by wearing your Vegas Golden Knights gear or something Gold!
- 10/4 – THURSDAY: Book Report Due
- 10/5 – FRIDAY: “Get you BLUE On” All students and staff wear BLUE. We are wearing BLUE to show our commitment to being Upstanders! NOT A FREE DRESS DAY
This week we published our first piece of writing! Your students worked hard. We also learned how to read a rubric and self assess. Next week we will start working on our personal narrative unit.
In math we completed our unit on multiplying by a factor of 10. Next week, we will jump into properties of operations as strategies to multiply. This is a really tough unit and requires students to apply computation skills. We will find some inventive ways to drive these concepts home. Please continue to practice math facts nightly as knowing their facts gives them the confidence they need to succeed as we transition out of multiplication.
In reading, we completed our unit on central message. Students will take that assessment next week. Next week we will work on summarizing key details before moving into informational text features.
In science, we had some fun with motion. Your students built slides and tested different objects with gravity, friction, and weight. They really enjoyed this lesson! I posted some pictures on the parent announcement portion of Classcraft.
I sent home progress reports with all students today. Please fill them out and return them at your earliest convenience. Please note if your student is missing an assignment, I do have some papers in the no name basket. Also, please remember that we have a lot of time left in this semester. Students are getting used to the expectations and demands of 3rd grade. We will continue to work toward our goals through December when report cards are issued.
We celebrated a lot of personal successes in XtraMath and Lexia this week. Thanks for keeping education a priority in your home. Have a great weekend!
Ms. B. in Class 