Newsletter 10/7 - 10/18

Hello! Thank you for meeting with me last week.  I found it very enjoyable and worthwhile!
Here is the information for the next couple of weeks:

Reading Volunteers: Looking at the calendar, Oct. 22nd will be the best day to start with volunteers because of Fall Break.  If you are a Tuesday volunteer, please come in that day at 8:50 - 9:30 a.m.  If you are a Thursday volunteer, please come on the 24th at that same time. Thank you in advance for your service!

Math: I'm so thrilled with the results of our Chapter 2 test.  The students have worked hard and we are finally getting into the swing of this new math program. Thank you for being such great sports! We have started Chapter 3, which is titled "Understanding Multiplication".  The students already have a great jump-start on this concept!
Times Tables: We have started our pass-offs.  The students have been passing off 0's, 1's & 2's.  Next will be 5's and 10's.
Mountain Math- We will start our "Math Wall" this week. This is another opportunity for the students to practice 3rd grade core skills.

Reading/Literacy:  The students have been heavily engaged in our Daily 5 program.  They are spending their time in "Read-to-Self", Word Work, Listening (Read-Aloud- Candy Shop Wars II), and Writing.  Many foundational skills are being taught through our "Framing Your Thoughts" program, which I explained at SEP's.  We have also incorporated our Guided Reading Groups on Mondays that include a "Close Reading". Each Close Reading will aid in furthering the students' comprehension skills.

Unit Study- Our current unit study will focus on "Living & Non-Living".  In this unit, the students will classify living and non-living things in an environment. They will also describe the interactions between
living and nonliving things in a small environment.

Social Studies- Communities- We are trying to reschedule our fieldtrip to Parowan in the spring months when it is warmer. We will pick up where we left off at that time. In the meantime, we will introduce our geography unit.

Art- Mrs. Petersen is starting a new weaving project that aligns with our math unit- learning about base ten, arrays etc.

Music- The students will continue working on seasonal music along with many other skills.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I've left anything out.