The Winter Wonderland Dance was rescheduled to this Saturday, February 29 from 5:00-7:00.

Progress reports come home in today's Wednesday folders!

Book Fair

The Spring Book Fair begins next week on March 2.  Our class will brose the book fair on Tuesday, March 3 from 12:45-1:05.  Our purchase day, when the entire class will have to time to make purchases is Thursday, March 5 from 1:55-2:20.  Students will be allowed to make additional purchases at other times, but only if staff is available to check them out.

Science: Force and Motion

We are currently studying force and motion in science.  Overall your child needs to understanding that there are two types of forces: push and pull.  That a force is energy applied to an object to create movement and change the object's position.  Our test on force and motion will be the week of March 10.  

Here are some links you can use for extra review if needed:  

Study Jams

Force and Motion

Math:  Area and Perimeter

In math, we are currently studying area and perimeter. Your child's assessment will be on Monday, March 2.  We focus on finding the areas and perimeters of quadrilaterals, mostly rectangles.  Multiplication is a large part of this unit.  Please continue to challenge your child to practice their facts every night!  Remember that the Xtra Math program is a great online tool that you can access for fact fluency.  Email me if you lost your log in.  

Link to my current Donors Choose Project:  Boogie Into Third Grade

Dates to Remember:

3/3  Book Fair Browse Day

3/5  Book Fair Purchase Day

3/8  Daylight Savings Begins

3/9  No School for Students, Teacher Workday

3/10  Mrs. Olynick out all day

3/20  Super Kids Day for Tracks 2 and 4

3/30  NC Check In Math Assessment

4/1-4/22 Track 4 Track Out

4/23 Track In Day for Track 4

Want to donate classroom supplies?  Use this link!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4ea9a82da6f85-midyear

Valentine's Day
We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday afternoon at the end of the day.  Please make sure that your child includes a Valentine for EVERY child in the class.  We will make bags to hold the cards on Thursday afternoon.  Thank you to everyone who donated supplies for them!  I emailed out the class list last week, please let me know if you did not get it and I will send you another one.

Homework
As promised at the beginning of the school year I am still not sending home consistent nightly homework.  However, I am getting more strict on the students completing assignments in class to prepare them for the much more independent climate of fourth grade.  Any class work not completed during class will be sent home for homework and is expected to be returned the following school day.  Please check in with your child nightly to see that they are completing class assignments. 

Literary Classics
I would like for every child to have a literary classic in their hand by next Tuesday, February 18.  I know several students have already brought one and been reading them in their spare time.  Reading the literary classics will be a part of their ALL Block menus beginning Tuesday.  I have some in the classroom they are welcome to choose from.  However, I have found them to be more engaged if the parents give them an active role in choosing one from the bookstore or public library.

Timed Quizzes
Please remember to practice multiplication facts each night at home.  The fact that your child is practicing varies depending on which ones they have passed.  I grade the timed quizzes and send them home that day or the next so they should always know what they need to be practicing.

iStation Log Ins
In December, you received a paper that has your child's iStation Log In information, which you access through their Wake ID.  Scores for this assessment will not be sent home.  If you would like to view your child's progress through the year then you need to use the log in to access it at home.  Please let me know if you need a copy of the log in information. 

Upcoming Assessments
Your child has a math assessment tomorrow on geometry, specifically naming the attributes of quadrilaterals and categorizing quadrilaterals.  Our science test on the states of matter has been moved to Wednesday due to school being cancelled on Friday.

Dates to Remember:
2/12  Mrs. Olynick Out in PM
2/14  Valentine's Day Celebration
2/17  No School-Teacher Work Day
3/3  Book Fair
3/9  No School-Teacher Work Day
3/20  Super Kids Day