Just a quick Blog this week as today is already Tuesday!  First, thank you to everyone for attending conferences.  It was wonderful to see everyone and discuss your child!  I appreciate all of the parent emails as well, this is a great way to answer questions or to check on what is going on in the classroom.  Secondly, a HUGE thank you for the best Bones Party!  The students had a wonderful time and were definitely kept busy and full of activities!  The parent support was amazing and I enjoyed seeing everyone and talking.  This week it is the typical spelling test on Thursday, the Reading quiz on Friday...the vocabulary should come home today, the Skeletal test is on Friday...the study guide came home last week, and picture retakes are on Thursday, November 1.  Please make a note that Tuesday, November 6 is an early release day.

Have a great week!

Ready OK!!!!!

I am going to be the cheerleader for the class!  I know we can do it, we just need to focus!  The purpose of this blog is to reach out to the parents and let them know that our class is having difficulty with our classroom behavior.  Specifically...talking and being slightly disrespectful when it comes to listening and responding to teacher directions.  I have put into place the behavior calendar which you may have seen.  This month it is on green paper.  If your child signs the behavior calendar during the day, he or she will bring it home for you to sign.  Please sign that night so it can be brought back the next day.  There is a key at the bottom to help you understand some of the terms we are using in the classroom.  Please know that this can be used for positive behavior as well!  On Fridays the students will bring home the calendar and you will need to sign it on the Friday line as I will check them on Mondays for this signature.  I just want to be sure that you are getting communication at home about what is taking place in the classroom.  Having said all of this, I would greatly appreciate you take a moment to speak with your child about what it means to be a respectful listener and focus during instruction so learning can take place.  I will continue to work very hard on this in the classroom with as much positive reinforcement that I can provide.  There will be consequences for unacceptable behavior, for example, losing some recess time to gain back instructional minutes lost while waiting for students to stop talking.    I will continue to keep you informed and please contact me if you have any questions at all.  Thank you for your support!

A few updates:

Reading:  Quiz on Friday..A Pen Pal for Max
Spelling:  Test of Thursday
Science:  Light test on Friday.  Please look in folders for study guide
Math:  Chapter 3 test is on Thursday.  We will be beginning Chapter 4 on Friday.

Next week is a full week with no early release of days off! Remember to get your Fall Festival tickets!  Thank you to all of the parents who have supported our classroom funds and who have sent in festival prizes.  I love having my parent helpers!!!!!  Thank you so much for dedicating your time to come into the classroom.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support!  First quarter closes on Oct 12 and report cards go home on Friday, October 19.

Have a great rest of the week!

JUST AN UPDATE ABOUT MATH!!!!!

I need to postpone the Chapter 2 Math test until Tuesday, September 18.  We made the model of the eye and took a little longer than expected.  I want to make sure that I prepare the students with their study guide so we will be spending tomorrow reviewing the chapter!  Look for the study guide to come home tomorrow and be sure and review over the weekend!

Thank You!!!!!!!!!

First Quarter is going very quickly!

Thank you to those of you that have already subscribed to the blog.  As you can see, I try and blog once per week but it does happen that it occurs once every other week...sorry!  I am trying really hard to stay on top of this and thank you to those parents who have emailed me reminding me!!!

We now have a group of wonderful parents helpers who have volunteered to be our Room Parents!  These incredible women will be sending out "stuff" over the next week to get our classroom up and running.  Please check your child's backpack/green folder for the information.

I sent home a Scholastic Book Order on Parent Night followed by a letter on how to order books on line.  I have not received any orders as of yet.  If you have placed an order, please let me know so I can check and if you are interested in ordering please get your order in ASAP.  I would like to send orders in by this Friday!

Weekly Updates:

Reading:  Weekly Quiz on Friday.  Story this week is The Case of Three Bears Breakfast.  Remember to have your child study the vocabulary, it comes home every Tuesday.

Writing:  We are finally completing the pieces to our paragraphs and will begin writing our Robot Paragraphs this week.

Spelling/Grammar:  Spelling Test is on Thursday and Grammar on Friday.  Grammar is focusing on plurals and adding endings.

Math:  Completing Ch. 2 and Estimation.  Study guide will come home on Wednesday with the test on Thursday.  I may postpone the test until Friday so check the planner.  I want to make sure that the students are ready with estimation.

Science:  The eye.....a study guide will be sent home today with the short quiz on Friday on labeling the parts of the eye.

SS:  We are completing our Landform Dictionaries this week!

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Just a few notes:

No school on Monday Sept 17
We seem to have a cold virus going around the classroom....stay healthy!!:))))))

Welcome to Third Grade!

First and foremost, thank you to all of the families that attended Parent Orientation on Thursday, August 16.  I certainly enjoyed seeing and meeting everyone and having you learn what your child will be doing in 3rd Grade this year!!!

It is hot outside!  We have been very fortunate to be able to go outside as much as we have been, but we are still facing hot temperatures so we have been inside this week.  The students have been doing a great job with their water bottles!  Keep up the good work!

It has been a wonderful start to the year.  The students are settling in and learning the classroom expectations.  I am getting to know your children and their strengths!  The one behavior reminder I have is interrupting and the quickness to stop talking when a quiet signal is given.  We are working very hard on this, but I have had several students sign the behavior book due to talking and just being silly without thinking.  Please take a moment to review with your child that when a quiet signal is given, it means to be quiet:)))

This is what is happening in the classroom:

Reading:  The Day Eddie Met the Author and the test is on Friday along with the vocabulary piece.  You should have seen this on Tuesday in the green folder.  Next week we are reading Babe and I.

Writing:  Completing Short Notes about Summer and Super Sentences.  

Spelling and Grammar:  Spelling Tests are on Thursday.  Grammar content is commands and exclamations then moving on to common and proper nouns next week.

Social Studies:  Landforms and Landform Dictionaries

Math:  Completing Chapter 1 which is on Place Value.  The test will be next week, most likely toward the end of the week.  Then we move into Comparing Numbers and Greater than or less than.

One last thing...I am gathering the Room Parent volunteers this week and will be sending out an email for the volunteer meeting on August 28th or August 31.  Once this is done and I meet with these wonderful parents, I will then publish a parent helper schedule for the classroom.  

I will be posting some wish list items this week so if you are interested in donating let your child  know and they can bring a post it note home!  Thank you to those parents who have donated so far, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support!

Have a great week!