October 24th

Thursday, October 24th

Dear Parents,

Please have your child study their multiplication and division facts for 0s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 9s, and 10s for homework tonight.  They can use their strategy cards and the website links on our class webpage to study.  Students completed the Unit 1 test yesterday, and many of them did very well!  Tests will be coming home in Friday folders tomorrow.  We will begin Unit 2 on Monday, which is Multiplication and Division with 6s, 7s, 8s, and Multiply with Multiples of 10.  You may have noticed that we skipped some pages in the Homework and Remembering workbook.  I encourage your child to complete these pages for extra practice at some point, but I will not officially assign them.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt

October 22nd

Tuesday, October 22nd

Dear Parents,

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful day!

Thank you for coming to your child’s parent teacher conference.  After meeting with all of you I understand why we have such a wonderful class.  You are a group of very supportive parents.  Please continue to talk to your child about their goals at school and let me know if you have any questions or concerns as the year progresses. 

I spoke with many of you about the importance of studying math facts with your child.  Please check out the math links on our classroom website http://mrsgalt.blogspot.com/

Reviewing your child’s math homework and reading log with them is also a great way to support your child’s academic growth.

I am excited to announce that we are beginning our Wetland Life Cycles lessons with Thorne Nature Experience this Friday, October 25^th .  A teacher from Thorne will be working with students during three progressive visits to extend our Plant and Animal Life Cycles unit.  Please ask your child about what they learned and did during these lessons on October 25^th, November 1^st, and November 8^th. 

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt 

Tues., October 15th

Tuesday, October 15^th

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.  I had a productive professional development day and am looking forward to meeting with all of you during parent-teacher conferences this week.  Your third grader is welcome to join us for the conference too.

I wanted to thank all of the parents who helped with our fall party.  It was a great success!   

Students will be coming home with a mystery state and a reading log for homework tonight. These assignments are due on Friday.  Students should also have their math homework workbooks.  Pages 42-66 contain Home Multiplication Strategy Cards.  Please help your child tear these pages from their workbook and cut the cards apart.  Students should use these cards throughout the year to practice their multiplication facts.  They can check their work by looking at the back of the card, which provides multiple models for how the problem can be solved.  Students will have additional math assignments on Wednesday and Thursday.

I am looking for parent volunteers to help me prepare some of the materials that came with our new math program.   This work can be done at home and entails punching out cards and organizing them for student use.  If you are able to help with this task, please let me know.  I can send the materials home with you after our parent-teacher conference this week.  Thank you!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt

Friday, October 4th

Happy Friday!  Well the snow has melted, and the weather forecast looks good for next week.  As you know, Jog-a-Thon has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 9^th from 9:45-10:30.  October 9^th is also Walk to School Day!  Please remind your child to dress appropriately and bring a water bottle on Wednesday.  I passed out Jog-a-Thon bottles today. 

The online sign up for parent-teacher conferences is open. Thank you to the many parents who have already signed up. I am looking forward to sharing your child's progress and setting some goals for this year. If, for some reason the three dates do not work for your schedule, please let me know so we can arrange another time to meet. It is important that I see all my families during conference time. 

Your kids have been working hard and have earned their first compliment party!! (I have a jar of marbles, and they earn marbles for good group behavior.)  To celebrate our success we will have a pajama day and read-in this Tuesday, October 8^h.  Kids may come to school in appropriate PJs and may also bring a pillow, blanket, or stuffed animal.  I encourage students to bring additional reading material from home.  If your child would like to bring an electronic reading device this it is fine as long as it is okay with you too. 

Please support your child with regular math fact practice. The following websites are great resources for fact practice.

www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm

www.mathfactcafe.com/

www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html

The following free iPad Applications are also great for math practice:

Flash To Pass, Counting Money, Rocket Math, My Math Flash Cards.

Lastly, if you have not had a chance to pay the $8.00 fee for project supplies and supplemental reading materials please do so.  Thank you!

I hope you have a great weekend.

Sept. 26th Update

Dear Parents, I hope you are having a good week.  Please remind your child to complete their mystery state, reading log, and math homework tonight.  All of these assignments are due tomorrow. Our class had the most marchers in the Broomfield Days parade!  We have been awarded a class breakfast.  Students voted to have donuts and juice on Thursday, October 3rd. Thank you for taking the time to read this update.  Please let me know if you have any questions. I am enjoying teaching your children.  We have a fantastic class!