Week 4

September 11-15

Hello Parents and Students,

PTA

Reflections: Please visit this link for more information about this year's Reflections Art Program. Submissions are due September 29th.

Hawk Move and Groove Dance-a-Thon: Please visit the link below to submit your student's shirt size. All shirt sizes need to be submitted by September 15th. 

Please also visit the link below if you are interested in becoming a business sponser for this event! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Daily 20 Reading Log: Students will begin reading a "just-right" book for 20 minutes each night. Please see the packet handed out on Back-to-School Night to help your child find an appropriate book using the 5 finger method. I encourage you to ask your child comprehension questions after they have read each night. A list of helpful questions can be found in your Back to School Night packet.  


The book your child picks must be at an independent reading level. It is your child's responsibility to complete this log each day. Please sign this folder and send it back to the classroom every Friday. 

PTA Liaison: Thank you to Mrs. Russell (Gwen's mom) for volunteering to be our PTA Liaison. Mrs. Russell will be emailing B6 parents any information from our wonderful PTA. 

Friendship List: I have created a friendship list based on the responses from the Parent Survey from Week 1. If you would like to be included on this list, PLEASE be sure you have filled out the survey. 

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE

Math: On Wednesday, students will have their first math test.  This test will cover lessons 2-9. I will review these lessons in class on Tuesday. Your child will come home on Tuesday night with a completed study guide. Please assist them with reviewing the problems, studying is their homework. This may look something like asking problems verbally, writing similar problems down on a new paper, or covering up the answers and redoing the problem. The assessment given will be very similar to the study guide. 

Reader's Workshop: We will continue our Benchmark curriculum Unit 1: Government for the People. Our focus will be answering the essential question: Why do people participate in government? 

Writer's Workshop: Students will continue to work on their Excited for 3rd Grade writing. Their goal is to finish their final drafts in their best third grade printing. 


Science: The first unit of study for our class will be Balancing Forces. Students will explore how floating trains work. After seeing an animated video of a floating train, students will explore what could be making the train float and what could make it fall back to the track. 

Social Studies: This week, students will continue with Week 2 in our Studies Weekly curriculum. This week we will learn about sources. They will think like a historian and examine primary and secondary sources throughout history. 

P.E.: Please dress appropriately on Monday and Thursday for P.E every week. 

REMINDERS


Thank you,

Mrs. Palmer