Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

This past week was Red Ribbon Week!  The students learned what it meant to be drug free this past week.  Tuesday we had a speaker come in and motivate our students to never try drugs.  We also decorated out door to represent the theme this year, “Love yourself, be drug free.”

Welcome November!

This Tuesday, the 4th, our 3rd graders will be taking their mid year preliminary SAGE test.  It will last ALL day.  The Language test will be first.  It will be from 9-11:30.  Math will commence from 12-2:30.  This test will allow me to see where they are and how to help them better their scores for Spring.

3rd grade IXL logins will be made this week, so 3rd graders can start doing their IXL homework.

Mr. John’s Class:

Mr. John’s class and my class are buddied up this year.  His students will come in and help our students with reading.  Those volunteer opportunities I posted in last week’s post will be taken on by those Upper El students.  Jaida Ryan has volunteered to come in for a little bit too.  Mr. John’s class will start this coming week.  Once I see how that runs, I will have Jaida come in as a Read to Someone volunteer.  If you are wanting to help us out, please email me 🙂

We hope to do more things such as a field trip with Mr. John’s class.  He mentioned his class might be doing a skiing field trip.  We will see if this can be coordinated with our class too.

Book Report DUE NOVEMBER 17th:

Students will choose a book to read that is appropriate for their reading level.  If you are unsure of your child’s reading level, please email me.  Here are the directions:

Students need a brown lunch bag or any large gift bag.

Outside of the bag needs to include:

• Decorate outside of the bag: include pictures and artwork relevant to novel.
• Include title and author of the novel

Inside the bag:

• 5 items that symbolize: characters, setting, plot, theme, and favorite part.
• For each item in the bag, students will need to explain the relevance and meaning that item holds in novel. Practice with your child!

*A student may need help/guidance, but this is their report.  Please let them choose their own book and do their own work.

This Past Week:

In group lessons:

Level 1s: 3 kinds of triangles review and kinds of polygons

Level 2s: Kinds of angles review.  What is a reflex angle?

Level 3s: 3 kinds of triangles and what kind of angles are in those triangles (example: an equilateral triangle has 3 angles and they all are acute)

In cultural this past week:

History:

Level 1s: BC and AD timeline and Past, Present, and Future

Level 2s: Constellations

Level 3s: Pre-Cambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian eras

Cheers!

Ms. K