November 29, 2018

December News

I am so proud of all of the students for their performance in the third grade musical. All students did a fantastic job and really enjoyed this opportunity. They showed such growth as they progressed through learning each part, dance and song. A big thank you to Mrs. Ferguson for all of her hard working preparing everyone for this wonderful production.

Events

Week of December 3-iReady Reading mid-year Diagnostic

Week of December 10-iReady Math mid-year Diagnostic

December 12-Leprechaun Project-making stockings

December 13-14-Chippewa Holiday Shoppe during school hours.

December 20-class Holiday Party in the morning.

Reminders

Our schedule of alternating weeks for spelling and vocabulary assessment was interrupted which caused us to have both assessments on the same Friday. In order to adjust our schedule and get back to alternating weeks we will not have spelling words next week. Those students who participate in the Vocabulary Word activities will have vocabulary next week and students who are participating in Word Study will also have Word Study next week. If you are unsure which activity your student participates in please email me or ask your child.

Learning Focus

Math

Students finished up their enrichment Thanksgiving Dinner projects as well as their first Math Unit-Multiplication and Division. Our next unit of study will be Place Value.

Social Studies

We are beginning Economics this week. As part of this unit we will be participating in a project based learning activity in which students will create their own product to make in Santa’s shop and will have to apply economics concepts as they work  through this project.

ELA

Students who work with Mrs. Dean are finishing up their Egypt Game projects and are moving onto an enrichment project that corresponds to the book everyone has been reading, The Year of Miss Agnes. The class has been participating in research about Alaska in 1940, which is the setting for the book. We have also been having some Socratic Seminars, vocabulary building activities as well as writing reading response journal entries. Another group of students is reading Sarah Plain and Tall and practicing a variety of reading skills. These two books have several parallels which will be exciting to explore.