Curriculum Night

Monday Night is Curriculum Night. Please join us for one of the sessions. Hope to see you there!

 

Session 1: 6:30 - 7:10

Session 2: 7:20 - 8:00

Book Order Rewards!

Wow! Our book order just arrived and we got lots of reward coupons with it! If you ordered a book online, I'm sending home a $5 coupon for your next order! AND, I received a $3 coupon for each online order to spend on books for our class library!

Emily's Scorpion

While learning about animal habitats in Science, we discovered that scorpions live in the desert. Scorpions will occasionally shed their skin or molt. Emily's family recently found this scorpion shell in a box that was moved from Arizona. What do you think... is this cool or gross?!

You can learn more about scorpions by clicking here

Beyond the Classroom: McKinley

McKinley's family traveled to Minnisota this weekend for his cousin's wedding. It looks like they had a great time! Thanks for sharing these McKinley!

 

I danced with the bride.

 

 

We visited Great Grannie Luster. She will be 96 on Sunday! WOW!

 

 

We saw a baseball game. Twins v. White Sox. Sox Won!

 

 

We swam in our hotel pool. It had a waterslide!

 

-McKinley

No Graded Folders This Week

Last week was a short week, so no graded work will be sent home today.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Beyond The Classroom: Devin

Devin made a replica of our class using Legos! How creative!! Thanks for sharing this with us Devin!

Reading 20 Minutes at Home

Dear Parents,

Up until now, a large part of your child's school day has been spent learning to read. In third grade, a shift occurs where your child will begin reading to learn. Meaning now that your child can skillfully read books, they will start getting more enjoyment and information from reading.

In our classroom we spend about an hour each day doing Reader's Workshop. At this time your child will be reading their leveled book from the library, reflecting or responding to what they have read, and also conferencing with me about their reading. This is a very important part of our day and your child's library books are the key to making this time meaningful.

For this reason, I've asked that your children do not take their library books home for their 20 minutes of nightly reading. When kids take their library books home, 2 things are likely to occur which impact the effectiveness of Reader's Workshop:

1. They forget their book at home and have nothing to read during Reader's Workshop.

2. They finish their books at home and spend most of their Reader's Workshop time down in the LMC looking for new books.

Your child's nightly reading is like the icing on the cake, a bonus to all the purposeful reading they have done here at school. You're probably wondering what your child can read for their nightly 20 minutes... here are some ideas:

• They can borrow a book from our classroom library.
• They can read books that you have at home. Reading with siblings and parents is a great way to spend those 20 minutes.
• They can read books from the public library.
• They can read children's magazines that you might subscribe to.
• Anything else that you feel is appropriate reading for your child!

Please let me know if you have any questions about this change from last year! :)

Mrs. Meyer

Graded Work Folders

Every week (usually on Thursday) your child will bring home a folder of the graded work they have completed.

Please remove the papers, sign the front, and return it to school the next day. These papers will give you a good idea of what to expect on your child's progress reports and report card.

Scholastic Book Order

Scholastic Book Orders were sent home yesterday!

There was an important letter stapled to the top which explains how you can order books online. This is the only way you will be able to place an order this year.

If you order a book this month, you will get a $5 credit for next month's book order AND our class will get a $3 credit to help build our classroom library!

This month's book orders are due on Thursday, September 13th. Your books will arrive the following week.

Have fun shopping!