Nov
Week 12
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Reminder: Ella has snack this coming week (Week 13)
Last week the school’s administration and I made the decision to go through with an assistant change. Ms. Emilee has been great support for almost 2 years, but with her other other job and the needs of our classroom, we are looking for what is best for our class. Ms. Anna, who many of you know from the office, was the one who approached me and wanted to be back in our classroom. 3 years ago, Anna, was my wonderful assistant, and I am very excited to have her back. She will still also take care of our school’s athletic program from 3pm-4pm and during the morning studio hours when I am teaching 3rd grade studio. She will also be our class in the afternoon hours on Friday too! Ms. Emilee’s last day will be this coming Thursday (the 10th).
Upcoming Week:
Friday is a Professional Development afternoon for the teachers, so dismissal is at 1pm this week.
Monday is the last SAGE practice test for 3rd graders. They will be taking their Math test from 10:45am-12:00pm. 3rd graders will stop and clean up at 10:10, so they can get their recess in before testing. Again, they are allowed a snack and their water bottle.
The computers on wheels (COW) cart is back in our room this week! Thursday right after lunch until dismissal, students will be doing IXL lessons from lessons they have received in the classroom and also begin their first MyOn assignment that I will create. Our first one will be an in class assignment. Assignments not completed by the end of the day will be due by Sunday. Since cultural is Geography this week, each grade will read assigned geography books that I pick from the MyOn library and each student will do a simple assignment in conjunction with the reading.
I signed our classroom up to have Officer Childs’ do a simple DARE presentation that will be 30 minutes long. Officer Childs is our usual officer that patrols our school. I put in for him to come in Friday, so we’ll see what day works out best for the other 2 classrooms he’s presenting to also.
Reading Folders! If your child has been doing the take home reading folders, I only received 2 back this past Friday (Janessa and Hunter). Monday is that cushion day where they can turn it in and still be considered on time. I give out the new homeworks on Mondays. Have a look and maybe a chat with your child who is doing those folders to make sure they get them in. I still make copies for those kids who aren’t turning them in, so I am hoping they make it home.
Please have your child be working on a Non-Fiction book choice (MyOn books allowed). Here is the project list for book reports:
Book Report Presentation Choices
*You may only do 1 choice once
___Book cover
___Oral report to the teacher and/or class
___1 page written report
___A wanted poster for a character in your book
___Poster advertising your book
___Design a bookmark
___Make a poem about your book
___Create a picture book about your favorite parts from the beginning, middle, and end
___Create a video about the book
___Dress up as favorite character and tell about the book
___Create a mobile with 5 events
___Write and draw an alternative ending
___Create a timeline with at least 10 events
___Draw a map describing places
___Create a travel brochure
___Make a puppet show explaining your book
___Create a board game
___Diorama of a scene
___Do a 1 page report about the author
___Create a week long journal as if you were the character
Box Tops will be NEXT Tuesday! (Nov. 15th)
Past Week:
Thank you to our room mom, Alicia, and for Susan who helped set up beginners crochet. The kids who had needles found the needles a bit difficult, but they learned a crochet style with their fingers. I gave a lesson on straw weaving and most students found great success between the two lessons.
Individual lessons are moving and goovin according to your child’s needs. During Friday’s PD, I will be working Anna on who is where and what can be continued and what could use some reworking to help support our schedule.
In leveled group lessons this week:
Level 1s: Penny review, 2D curvilinear shapes and quadrilateral shapes (4 sided shapes)
Level 2s: Naming fractions, simple money adding word problems, intro to angles (right, obtuse, acute, and straight)
Level 3s: Working with numbers that having missing addends, sums and unknowns
Weekly Writing: Personal Narrative graphic organizer. Our students are going to be working on a Personal Narrative story about a favorite memory. I gave a lesson on how to use a simple graphic organizer. It is due this Tuesday afternoon right after lunch. I have the students keep in a folder on shelf so it doesn’t go anywhere and get lost.
In cultural this week: Zoology/Physiology
Level 1s: All about the vertebrate: Fish! (What is a fish, internal/external parts of the fish, Different kinds of fish)
Level 2s: The eye: How do we see, external/internal parts of the eye, paper parts of the eye book/model)
Level 3s: Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nematodes (roundworms, such as parasites): What are each, what do they do, and simple parts of each. We didn’t get a lot of time with the roundworms, so we’ll pick back up with a review on them next Zoology week.
Have a great upcoming week! Happy upcoming Election Day!
Cheers!
Ms. K