Janurary 27-31

Hi Families,

Just when I thought the weather was taking a turn for the warmth, today arrived!   Please make sure during these cold winter days that your child has pants on and brings a warm coat.  If the temperature is as high as 20 degrees we will take the kiddos out to recess.  However, if they are not dressed appropriately on these days, they will not be allowed outside.  There were a few disappointed children last week when they found out they had to stay inside. 

Here are upcoming reminders:
Thurs., Feb. 6-- 3rd Grade Taste Fest (1:30) and International Festival program (3:00 and 7:00)
Tues., Feb. 11-- Field Trip to the Kansas City Symphony
                          Valentine's Day Party
Wed., Feb 12 and Thurs., Feb. 13-- Student-Led Conferences
Thurs. Feb. 12-Mon., Feb. 17-- NO SCHOOL- President's Weekend

International Festival Update
The International Festival Committe met last week to begin planning for the event.  Please make sure to use the sign-up genius if you can volunteer to help that day, and/or to let us know what food your child will be bringing to the festival.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080944A8AC2E5-international1

 

The festival and program are next Thursday, Feb. 6.  The taste fest begins at 1:30 in the 3rd grade pod, and the music program will follow at 3:00 in the gym.  The boys and girls will ALSO have their evening performance at 7:00.  Mrs. Ronchetti has asked that the students arrive to school by 6:40 that evening.

 

Social Studies and Writing-

Research Report- Students have been doing such an amazing job researching information about their country.  On Friday, we began organizing all of that information and creating an outline with it.  This week, we will continue to organize the information and type out the reports.

 

Math- 

Students will continue to use fractions this week.  They will learn how to create equivalent fractions and how to put fractions into simplest form. 

 

Spelling-

There is a new list in your child's Monday folder.  Many of the topics the students have been researching appear on this week's spelling list. The final test will be on February 7.

 

Have a wonderful week!  Try to stay warm!

 

 

Janurary 21-24

Hi Families,

I hope you all had a great long weekend!  The weather was amazing for this time of year.  It was kind of shock when I went outside this morning to temps that felt below zero!


Here are some upcoming reminders:

Thurs., Feb. 6-- 3rd Grade International Festival and Taste Fest
Tues., Feb. 11-- Field Trip to the Kansas City Symphony
                          Valentine's Day Party
Wed., Feb 12 and Thurs., Feb. 13-- Student-Led Conferences
Thurs. Feb. 12-Mon., Feb. 17-- NO SCHOOL- President's Weekend

International Festival--
 We are still looking for a few more volunteers to help us prepare for the International Festival and Taste Fest.  We will be having a short meeting later this week.  If you are interested in helping out with this event, please let me know and I will give you the meeting information. 

Reading/ Writing/ Social Studies--
Students will spend the rest of this week doing research about the country they are studying.  They are learning how to take notes on notecards.  They put 1 fact per card.  Once the research is complete they will learn how to organize the notecards. 

Math--
We started Topic 10 today about fractions comparisons and equivalence.  Students will learn how to compare fractions based on common denominators, numerators and by using number lines.

Spelling--
Students received their Geography spelling/vocabulary list last week and will have their final test this Friday.

Read to Feed--
Students should continue reading and logging the number of minutes that they read.

Have a great week!!

January 13-17

Hi Families,

Welcome to a New Year!!  I hope you were able to find some much needed time to relax and unwind through the holidays.  We are officially now in the 2nd half of the school year!

Here are some upcoming reminders:
Mon., Jan. 17--Read to Feed--start reading today and log all of your minutes
Thurs., Jan. 16-  Field Trip to the School of Economics
Fri., Jan. 17-- School Spelling Bee- Laney Reishus and Tate Nekola will be representing our class.  Good luck to both of them!
Fri., Jan. 17-- PTO sponsored BINGO night
Mon., Jan. 20-- NO SCHOOL- MLK Jr. Day
Thurs., Feb. 6-- 3rd Grade International Festival and Taste Fest
Tues., Feb. 11-- Field Trip to the Kansas City Symphony
                          Valentine's Day Party
Wed., Feb 12 and Thurs., Feb. 13-- Student Led Conferences
Thurs. Feb. 12-Mon., Feb. 17-- NO SCHOOL- President's Weekend

School of Economics Field Trip- We will continue to prepare for our field trip by completing activities within our "shop" groups.  The field trip is on Thursday.  We will need some extra time to get there in the morning in order to arrive on time.  Therefore, it is very important that ALL students are at school on Thursday before the 8:50 bell rings.  The buses will need to be pulling away from the school at about that time.  So please have your child here on time (or a few minutes early) on Thursday.
 
Hot dogs will be provided as a lunch that day, along with a few other snacks that the students will get to purchase from the different "shops".  If your child does not eat hot dogs, please feel free to send them with a sack lunch.

Math-  We have started learning about fractions and will complete Topic 9 with a test on Friday. 

Spelling/Vocabulary- Students will receive a new spelling/ vocabulary list this week.  The final test will be on Jan. 24.  The vocabulary words are related to geography and mapping.

Social Studies-  We are beginning to prepare for our International Festival.  Students will be learning about geography through their research.  They will also practice using various mapping skills, knowing the difference betweeen types of maps and globes, as well as, learning the names of the continents and oceans.

Reading/ Writing-  Students will begin to research the country of your family's ancestry.  They will organize their research into topics and practice notetaking using books and the internet as resources. 

Have a wonderful week!!