Media by Moonlight is TONIGHT from 5:00-7:00.  Pastries with Parents is on Wednesday, November 13 from 8:00-8:45.  Come out and support our Book Fair!

I will be out of the classroom on November 12 and 13 for a training.  Please contact the school with questions, concerns and transportation changes.  

Frog Pourquoi Book

In yesterday's Wednesday folder you received an order form to order our class pourquoi book.  Your child is writing a story to be included in a real published book!  I need all order forms returned to me by next Friday, November 15.  Please return them even if you are not ordering a book so I can receive a FREE book for our classroom.

What will we do on Saturday School?

We have two upcoming Saturday Schools due to a hurricane in September.  We will have class on November 16 and December 7.  Saturday School hours are from 9:15-12:45.  It is a full day of instruction with no recess, specials classes, or lunch.  

I try to make these a fun day for your child.  We will be covering content that directly correlates with our curriculum, but is fun, hands on, and in addition to our normal lessons.  If your child is absent they will be counted absent as on any other school day, but they will not have make up work.  

On our November 16 Saturday School we will be having a solar system day!  This will be a fun day of hands-on solar systems experiments to prepare us for our science test that will be coming up that next week.  

Multiplication Fact Fluency

We have begun the most exciting math unit of the year for third graders....multiplication!  Over the next 5 weeks your child will be practicing fact fluency, learning strategies to gain fluency, and applying multiplication in word problems.  I can plan the lessons, give the worksheets, and play the fun games in class; but if your child is not practicing memorizing the facts at home then they WILL fall behind.  In third quarter, it is assumed that your child has learned all multiplication facts 0-10 and they will begin to apply them in multi-step word problems and area problems.  

Use this link to access some videos I am using in the classroom to help with fact memorization:  Multiplication Videos

Additional Homework Practice

I have received some feedback that parents don't feel they know what their child is learning in class because of no homework.  Please keep in mind that I send home all classroom assignments, checked by me, within a day or so of completing them.  If you have not been receiving work from your child, please contact me.  In my opinion, this is more valuable than homework because you can see how your child is performing and get the teacher feedback.  

Should you feel that you need more homework, I am sending home the unit homework resource for EL.  You received a copy of Unit 1 in your child's Wednesday folder.  I will continue to do this for the remainder of the school year.  You can also utilize Dreambox, Prodigy, and Xtra Math programs for extra math support.

Again, I feel that the MOST important thing you can be doing with your child is reading with them and practicing multiplication facts. 

Dates to Remember:

11/4-11/14  Book Fair

11/7  Media by Moonlight 5:00-7:00

11/11 No School, Veteran's Day Holiday

11/12-11/13  Mrs. Olynick is out of the classroom for a training in Carey.

11/13  Pastries with Parents 8:00-8:45

11/16  Saturday School 9:15-12:45

11/20  Progress Reports Sent Home

11/27-11/29  No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

12/3 & 12/4  IOWA Testing (only for students who qualify)

12/7  Saturday School 9:15-12:45