May 18 - Week 37

News

Medical Notes

If your child has a medical note that prevents them from playing at recess, please make sure that you also inform P.E. and music teachers. Students move a lot in both of these classes and teachers need to know of any limitations.

Snacks

Students may bring a dry, quick, and healthy snack. Good suggestions are apple slices, carrot sticks, grapes, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. Please do not send chips, cookies, candy, anything that needs to be peeled, and anything that needs a utensil to eat for your child to have as a snack.

Water Bottles

Students may bring a filled water bottle with only clear (unflavored) water. Do not add flavor packets to the water in case of spills. Students may not bring cups with straws. Only water bottles that can securely close will be allowed.

Character Strong

Morning Drop Off

PARENTS, Please watch and follow staff directions in the morning drop off. We need you to pull all the way forward. Please do not stop at the kindergarten doors as you back up traffic. We need to keep everything flowing. We have staff on hand to assist students getting to class.

Afternoon Pick Up

Here is the link to our Safety Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal.

Illness

Please remember to follow our attendance guidelines and keep your child home when they are sick. While we value your child’s learning time in the classroom, help prevent the spread of illness and ensure the health of other students by making sure your child is fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please also talk to your child about healthy habits like frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when coughing.

Important Dates

Homework

May 22: Last Day of School and Early Release at 11:45

Students are encouraged to read every night and review multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will continue to explore mysteries as we finish out the school year!

Ask your child what they've learned about the animal they are researching.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, students will finish writing our fractured fairytales and fun writing choice boards!

Ask your child what a fractured fairytale is.

Skills Block:

This week, students will use skills block time to open their markets for students to visit across grade levels. For the remainder of the week, we will be partaking in end of the year activities and fun!

Ask your student what it means to make a profit.

Math:

Students will review strategies that they have learned throughout the year.

Ask your child to explain the difference between finding area and perimeter of a shape.

Science:

This week in Science, students will participate in an Environmental Changes ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) where we will problem solve a situation where there is an overpopulation of rabbits in Whidbey Island.

Ask your child about their solution for the overpopulation of rabbits.

Social Studies:

Students will be selling the products that they've been working hard to make during the Market Project.

Ask your child what they have decided to make for their business.

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