Friday, April 27, 2018

Next Week in M3...

Reminders & Announcements:
- Monday is I! I is inside out day! Wear your clothes inside out.
- Today was the last day that our book fair is up at the school, however you can continue to shop online until the 27th. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=kingsprings
- Don't forget to get those pledges for our Fun Run coming up next week!
- Next Thursday will be busy! We have our Safety Village pre-visit AND our Fun Run for the boosterthon. Please have your child wear athletic clothing and sunscreen. 
- Next Friday is FIELD DAY! Please make sure your kids are wearing athletic clothing (shoes included), sunscreen, have a water bottle, a towel and a change of clothes if they would like to change after the water activities.
- If you have not sent back the form/envelope or field trip permission forms yet please please please do so ASAP

What we're learning:
Math: Adding and subtracting within 1000 and explaining the steps taken to get to your answer
Reading: Comparing and contrasting informational text
Writing: Informational about life cycles
Grammar: Context clues
Content: Frog and butterfly life cycles


NO MORE SPELLING THIS YEAR!


Friday, April 20, 2018

Next Week In M3....

Monday is D! D is for Dancing! We'll have a dance party at school! No need to wear anything special or send anything in. 😊

Announcements & Reminders:
- The Book Fair is here! Starting next week students will be able to go buy books in the morning before school and I believe there will be after school times as well. I will update you when I hear! This year there is also an option to buy your books online! I have also made a wish list for our class.
- If you have not sent back your child's field trip permission forms yet, PLEASE do so ASAP.
- On the note, please please please send back that large manila envelope with three stamps on it and the form inside completed. If you have sent back your envelope with no stamps I have emailed you to please send in stamps. With no envelope or no stamps you will have to come pick up your child's report card from the front office over the summer.
- I know we are all very excited and ready for summer but please help remind your child that school is not out yet. This week has been rough with behavior. We have many exciting activities coming up for the end of the year and I have told the students already that they can lose the privilege to participate in those activities based on their behavior. 
- Next week on Wednesday we will do some planting in the garden! Please send your child in clothes that can a little dirty.
- We also have our author visit next Wednesday

A reminder from the PTA:
Did you volunteer for any PTA Event this year? If so, then come Eat, Drink, and be Super at our PTA Volunteer Appreciation Night this Sunday! Your RSVP is requested. Please follow this link for details and RSVP information. (Mobile-friendly link) Thank you! 
-This week we moved our caterpillars into their net so we can watch them emerge into butterflies. We also introduced the kids to our eggs! We get to watch the eggs hatch before school is out. 
Coming soon: A tadpole! 

What we're learning:
Reading- Comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic
Grammar- Context clues
Writing- Informational about life cycles
Math- Adding and subtracting within 1000
Content- Life Cycles- plants

Spelling:

easy, squeaky, needy, gloomy, snoopy, goofy, jerky, thirsty, wormy




Air, don't, near, thought, took, went   

Friday, April 13, 2018

Next Week In M3...

It's been a great week back! We've had to be really quiet due to testing around the school and the kiddos have been awesome! Only one more week of testing to go.

Can you believe that we're almost at the end of the school year already??

Please help me welcome our new friend Prathyuktha! She's already made friends with everybody in our class and we love having her!

Thank you to Mrs. Davis for coming and helping us plant some seeds for our garden this morning!

Reminders and announcements:
- We will be holding an end of the year awards celebration on May 18th in our classroom from 9:30-10:00. Please stay tuned for more details or changes while we get this planned.
- Please send in those field trip permission forms as soon as possible! I have gotten quite a few back already.
- Our next scholastic order will be submitted on the 30th. Class code: RBZR3
https://clubs.scholastic.com/switch-role#61263dbc45a24945089aa6f834598f7a
*Every time you order we get free books for our classroom!
- We got our butterfly larvae in today! We are so excited to watch them grow. Lots of exciting things are going to happen with our life cycles unit in the coming weeks.
- Don't forget to sign up to be a mystery reader - we only have a couple dates left!
- We will continue our adjusted lunch and specials schedule while the upper grades are testing next week.

A note from our PE coaches:
The Jump Rope for Heart Thank You Assembly will be at the 2-5 Campus on Friday, April 20th.  It will be in the gym during their Block Specials time.  Thank you for supporting this years event!

Regards,

Coach Chester & Coach Pat


What we're learning:
Writing- Continuing our personal narratives
Grammar- proper noun review
Math- arrays
Reading- Author's purpose
Content- Finishing up economics with the 8 allocations

Spelling:
rounder
smoother
lighter
funniest
earliest
prettiest
bigger
sadder
hottest

animal
both
talk
those
thought
walk

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Welcome Back!

I am back and so excited to see all the kiddos tomorrow morning!

As promised I've attached a wedding picture!


Announcements and Reminders:
-Tomorrow is PJ day! Please allow your child to wear a pair of school appropriate PJs to school.
- 3rd-5th grade will start their milestone testing on Tuesday April 10th through the 17th. We will have our lunch at 10:48-11:18 in place of our regular time and specials 12:20-12:50.
- I will submit another scholastic order on April 30th
- Crafty Hog spirit night on April 10th!
- We are having an author visit on April 25th


The notes that the sub left me about behavior were not great. We will spend a few minutes discussing appropriate school behavior in the morning. The sub did leave a list of student names who were on their best behavior and those students will be rewarded.

What we're learning:
Phonics: words with "er/or"
Grammar: prefix, suffix, root words
Reading: Author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain)
Math: Odd/Even numbers and introduction to arrays
Writing: Personal Narratives
Content: economics (goods/services, needs/wants)


Spelling: 
painter
writer
farmer
actor
sailor
visitor
swimmer
runner
robber

both
think
look
are
those