December 17

            Happy Winter Break! We hope that you enjoy your time off with your family and we look forward to everyone returning on January 3rd! 

Nutcracker: Everyone did a wonderful job with the Nutcracker! We hope that your child enjoyed the experience of participating in the Nutcracker. A special thank you to all of our volunteers who helped out to make it a huge success! 

Holiday Party: Thanks to all of the parents who organized and donated materials for the party! The students had a wonderful time and had a lot of fun! 

❤ What We Learned This Week 💚

💚Language Arts: This week, we met with our reading groups. However, we did not do whole-group instruction in order to finish our final drafts of our Informational Writings. 

❤Writing: We completed the final copy of our informational writing this week. Students neatly wrote out their final copies and added text features. 

💚Math: This week, we reviewed and took our Unit 3 Test about Adding and Subtracting Numbers up to 1,000, Rounding, and Two-Step Story Problems. After break, we will begin Unit 4 about Multiplication and Division. 

❤Science:  We completed two science lessons this week, including "Can Selection Happen Without People?" and "Why Can Dogs Wag Their Tale?" We will finish up this unit when we come back from break. 

💚Social Studies:  We have pressed pause on social studies to complete our science unit.

Breakfast

• Many of our students are receiving breakfast when they arrive at school. Some of our students are taking up to 25 minutes to eat their breakfast. We would love it if you could talk with your student about the following:

1. Getting your breakfast before you go to the classroom
2. Sitting down and eating while you complete the morning assignment from the board
3. Cleaning up and being ready for morning meeting by 8:35

• We understand that drop-off is a bit tricky right now but if you could help ensure that your student is entering the building by 8:25 that would be helpful to getting our day started in a timely manner.

3rd Grade Necessities...

• Pack a snack and water bottle daily. *The office has a limited amount of snacks for emergency purposes.

• Make your student's lunch choice for the week. Teachers must go in and manually make the choice for your child if you don't make it at home. 

• Set aside reading time at least 5 days a week

• Check your child's blue take-home folder daily. Look for papers being returned for home, notes from school, homework assignments, etc.

• Read the blog each Friday.