Friday, September 29, 2017

Friday, September 29, 2017

Next week we have PE on Wednesday

Dear Parents,

We would like to send out a big thank you to our two wonderful guest speakers this week, Mr. Randy Ahrens, Broomfield Mayor and Mr. Fischel, Amber’s dad (3Gr) who gave us a very inspirational talk about having a positive attitude and never giving up.


Please be sure to check your child’s Friday folder today for a permission slip for our first field trip to the Denver Zoo. We will be going on October 20. If you are interested in helping us with this trip, please check the box on the permission slip and make sure that your volunteer documents are in order with the office. If you have any questions about that, please let me know or contact Mary in the office (720-561-8600 or mary.bunge@bvsd.org). I need all permission slips and money for the trip in by October 19. If you have a financial difficulty please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you!

Jog-a-Thon is almost here!  Our class will participate in the Jog-a-Thon from 9:00 to 9:40 on Friday, October 6th.  Jog-a-Thon donation envelopes are coming home in Friday folders today.  Thank you for supporting our school through this fun fundraiser.  

On October 27th Kohl will be hosting our first ever Trunk or Treat!  We would love to have at least one parent volunteer from each third grade class to set up their car trunk with treats for this event.  Please let us know via email if you plan to be set up a trunk or treat station.  Thank you!
CURRICULUM UPDATES:

Literacy: Your child’s login information for ReadingPlus and iReady is in the Friday folder today. If you do not see a highlighted iReady login on the Reading Plus letter, then your child does not have iReady lessons to complete at home.  We are using both programs in the classroom to help improve reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary development. Your child should be using one of these programs at least once a week at home to support their learning at school.

We have published our first piece of writing- a personal narrative paragraph. These will be on display in the hallway, and we will use this first writing as a baseline for growth throughout the year. Our next writing unit is informational writing. Students will be learning about healthy habits and using this information in a special presentation to share their learning with others. More about this to come...
Math: We will have our first unit assessment on Tuesday. This will cover all multiplications and divisions of 0,1,2,3,4,5,9 and 10 facts. Students will need to be able to solve math fact problems and word problems using both multiplication and division. If your child is not studying/practicing their math facts each night for at least 5 minutes, this might be a very difficult assessment. I will be able to support students on the test by reading the problems, but they need to be able to do the math on their own.

Starting on Thursday, students will begin having Math Dashes. These are short, ‘timed’ fact checks for students. Students will work on each one until they pass it and then move on to the next. The first dash will cover facts of 2s and 5s multiplications. The second is 2s and 5s divisions. When your child passes all of the dashes I will treat them to an ice cream sandwich for all of their hard work. This usually takes several months.

Social Studies/Science: We are wrapping up our first unit in Social Studies, local community government. Students have learned about the many important people in our local government as well as how our local government works and how we can have a voice in our community. We will have an assessment on this unit at the end of next week.

 Our next unit will be Science- Life Cycles. We are lucky to have a couple of CU Students, Johnny and Andrew, who will be helping us with a couple of lessons in this unit as well. We met them on Tuesday. They are part of the CUTeach program.


Homework for next week:
  • ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
  • Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.  Help your child practice their Dictado sentence.  This should be written in their homework notebook each week.
  • Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10. 5 minutes daily
Here are a few websites for math fact practice:
  • Have your child use MobyMax to practice math, reading, writing, social studies, science and more!  We have used this site once in class and will continue to use it at least once a week at school.  It is a great resource as it adjusts content and pace for each student’s level and needs.

Mark Your Calendar:
Friday, October 6th-Jog-a-Thon 9:00 to 9:40
Friday, October 20- Field Trip to Denver Zoo
Friday, October 27th-Fall Party 1:30-2:30 Parents are welcome to join us in our classroom to celebrate.
Friday, October 27th- Trunk or Treat 5:30-7:30

Enjoy the weekend!  
Sincerely,
Mrs. Aisha Galt
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