What Is Happening In Mrs. Mac's & Mrs. Short's Class!
Communication is Key!
We continue to have so much excitement going on in third grade. Mrs. Mac & Mrs. Short have both met with almost everyone in both rooms for fall conferences before school, after school & during our specials. We enjoyed being able to share your child's adjustment into our classroom & set goals to assure each child is working up to their potential & at their own level. Please remember you can continue to keep in regular communication with us & what is going on in school by checking your child's daily planners, notes sent home, checking this blog newsletter & our website, sending us a written note or email, or giving us a call at 248-684-8075. Report cards will be posted in December, March & June as well.
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| The kids are displaying their visualization pictures! |
In Language Arts--We have been working on Compare & Contrast writing. We have compared & contrasted 2nd grade & 3rd grade, different seasons, holidays, animals, different books & characters etc... We have worked on the strategy of visualizing parts of text & noticing interesting or descriptive words. We illustrated our visualizations & recorded interesting words for our data binder. We have been working on long vowel E spelling patterns. Students are enjoying our new read aloud--The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks by Nancy McArthur. Don't forget our sock making homework assignment which is due Monday, November 5th.
In Math--we finished Unit 2 and took our pre-test & then our unit test if we scored below at 95%. This test was not review like Unit 1, so it was more difficult. We introduced the students to a variety of different ways to solve addition & subtraction problems. Then they will be able to use the method that works best for them. We started Unit 3 last week, too. Unit 3 has four main areas of focus:
- To explore the need for standard units of measure
- To measure lengths using customary and metric units
- To develop the concept of area
- To investigate the relationship between diameter & circumference
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. This can be used in addition to the www.everydaymathonline.com website that can be used to reinforce lessons taught in class. Remember that students can get online & play the EDM games with their classmates that are online at the same time. Very cool!
Science/Social Studies--The kids were so excited to get their first textbook ever! Mrs. Mac introduced them to their new book called--Meet Michigan! They were thrilled to see all the places & maps we were talking about in color. We learned about all the state symbols last week. We continue to learn about Sound in science.
We had a lot of fun celebrating Halloween together. Thanks for sending in donations to make our finger pen craft, bags to decorate, candy treats, donuts, cider, paper products, etc... We appreciate all the donations & the kids had a great day. The parade indoors went smoothly as well.
Frenchie The Explorer assembly on November 1 was a big hit! The kids loved learning about the Voyageurs & early Michigan living from Frenchie.
Don't Forget!
*Don't that students do not have school on Tuesday, November 6. Teachers have professional development on this day. Don't forget to vote as well.
On November 6, 2012 at the general election, district voters will be asked to vote on a renewal of 18 mills on non-homestead properties for 10 years. This is a renewal of funding that voters authorized in June 2003-THERE WILL BE NO TAX INCREASE TO PROPERTY OWNERS on their primary residences. This renewal allows Huron Valley Schools to get the full per student operational dollars ($6,966) that the state authorizes under Proposal A. If this proposal is not successful, the district will lose approximately 10% of operational funding annually. The State of Michigan does not make up this funding if the millage is not approved. Please be an INFORMED voter.
Please go to our P.T.A. page & JOIN THE P.T.A! We really, really, really want 100% participation. Remember you don’t need to attend meetings to join but are encouraged to attend if you can. It only costs $7 per individual student or $13 for the entire family. Check out their page for LOTS of great information & important dates. Thanks!
SQUARE 1
ART:
Square 1 Art order forms were sent home today. If you would like to place an order, the
deadline is Wednesday, November 14th. Merchandise will arrive to COE during the
week of December 10th.
Everyone’s art work looks great!!!
THERE
WILL BE AN ICE CREAM PARTY FOR THE GRADE LEVEL WITH THE MOST AMOUNT ORDERED.
*November 9th Pep Grant Celebration 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
*November 12th Veterans Assembly 9:40 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.
*November 14th Square 1 Art orders are due
*November 15th Chess Club for 3rd Grade (4:00-5:00)
*November 21-25 No Schools in Session for Thanksgiving Break
*December 7th Early Release Day for students/Professional Development for staff*November 14th Square 1 Art orders are due
*November 15th Chess Club for 3rd Grade (4:00-5:00)
*November 21-25 No Schools in Session for Thanksgiving Break
*December 10-14 Holiday Shoppe
*December 12-13 Vision screening for grades 1, 3, 5
*December 14 Math Pentathlon 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
*December 17-20 Vision screening for grades 1, 3, 5
*December 18 Native American Presentation--3rd grade
*December 24-Jan.2 No Schools in Session/Winter Holiday
RESPECT RAP! Third grade was responsible to discuss the R (respect) in C.A.R.E. rules during community time this Thursday. We taught the school the chorus of this rap & watched this great video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOvZLOL9zd0