Friday, November 30th

Next week we have PE on Monday and Thursday.

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break and had great food and fun with family and friends. We jumped right back into our daily routine in third grade this week, and we have been busy, busy!

I wanted to congratulate our Kohl Spelling Bee finalists. Desmond McCoy and Noah Gray will represent our third grade class in the spelling bee. Tim Siguaw is our alternate.  The spelling bee is scheduled for Thursday, December 20th from 10:00 to 11:00.

This week,I noticed that many students are not using ReadingPlus/iReady at home.  Also, some students are still struggling with their multiplication and division facts. In order to build accuracy and fluency, it is imperative that students practice their math facts nightly at home. We will continue to have regular math dash assessments throughout the school year to build accuracy and fluency. Please help support your child with these important tasks.  Thank you!

Math:

We have been working on measurement using both US Customary units and Metric units this week. Next week, we will work on telling time and calculating elapsed time. After that, we will use graphs to understand data.  

Literacy:

This week we started working on writing an opinion piece supported by facts from a text. All of the students wrote a piece about the importance of recycling and used evidence from the text to support their opinion.  Each week students are also engaging in interactive read alouds, independent reading, guided reading, and word work lessons.

Science:

We started our Metric Measurement and Matter unit. We are learning about the metric system of measurement and will be using balance scales to measure mass in grams, syringes and graduated cylinders to measure liquid volume in milliliters, and meter sticks to measure distance.  We will also learn about the three states of matter and how matter can change phases.

Homework for next week:

• ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
• Read at least 20 min nightly.

• 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, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 daily.

Mark Your Calendar

Thursday, December 6 Vision and Hearing Screening

Monday, December 10th Coffee at Kohl-Innovation in BVSD

Saturday, December 22-January 7 Winter Break

Tuesday, January 8 First day back after Winter Break

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Aisha Galt

Friday, November 16th

We have PE on Wednesday, November 28th.

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday!   We had a fantastic time at the Annie play and at our fall party!  The Backstory Theater productions are always impressive! Thank you to the chaperones for supporting us on this walking field trip and to all of the parents who contributed to our fall party.  We couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you for sending in food for the Kohl Food Drive. It is amazing to see how much can be accomplished when everyone does a little bit.  Kohl collected hundreds of pounds of food!

If your child is interested in participating in the Kohl Spelling Bee on December 20th, please remind them to study the spelling bee words that came home in Friday folders last week. We will be giving all third graders a spelling bee screening test the on Tuesday, November 27th after Thanksgiving break to determine our three classroom spelling bee participants.  These tests will not be graded for a classroom grade. They are just a screener for us to qualify students for the spelling bee.

Mark your calendar:

November 19-23- NO SCHOOL- THANKSGIVING BREAK

November 28th-3rd Grade Recorder Performance 6pm (doors will open at 5:30)

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break with your families.  I am so thankful to be part of the Kohl community!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt

Friday, November 9th

Next week we have PE on Tuesday.

Dear Parents,

Thank you to everyone who has returned the permission slip for our field trip to see Annie at the Broomfield library auditorium on Friday, November 16th.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered to chaperone for this trip. Amber Gray, Laura Meushaw, Sarah Schilling, Mary Ann Lawler, Lisa Fairlee, and Heidi Siguaw please come to the classroom at 8:10 to begin walking to the auditorium.   We will begin walking to the auditorium at 8:15 and will return to school by 1:30 for our fall party!  Students and chaperones will need a sack lunch for this trip. Thank you!

Thank you our room parents for planning our fall party and to everyone who is able to contribute.  Please take a moment to sign up to bring something for our fall party using the following link:  https://helpatschool.org/schools/15/events/2947

Report cards for first trimester will be available through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal on Wednesday, November 14th. There is a letter in your child’s Friday folder about how to access their report card.

Your child has a copy of Spelling Bee study words in their Friday folder.  The Kohl Spelling Bee is scheduled Thursday, December 20th from 9:30 to 11:00 in the gym.  If your child is interested in participating in the Kohl Spelling Bee, they may want to study these words over the next few weeks.  We will be giving all third graders a spelling bee screening test the on Tuesday, November 27th after Thanksgiving break to determine our three classroom spelling bee participants.  These tests will not be graded for a classroom grade. They are just a screener for us to qualify students for the spelling bee.

Homework for next week: We will not be assigning a Dictado sentence or mystery state because it is a short week, and we have a field trip and party planned for Friday.  

• ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
• Read at least 20 min nightly.

• Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. 10 minutes daily

Mark Your Calendar

Monday, November 12- NO SCHOOL VETERANS DAY

Tuesday, November 13 Coffee at Kohl 8:30-9:30 (Heather Hansen from the district will be talking about Literacy)

Friday, November 16th-Field Trip to see Annie the play

Friday, November 16th-Fall Party 1:30-2:30

November 19-23- NO SCHOOL- THANKSGIVING BREAK

Have a wonderful long weekend.  

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt

Friday, November 2nd

Next week, we have PE on Wednesday.

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday!  It has been quite a week with Halloween falling on Wednesday. Today is the last day of our first trimester. It’s hard to believe your children are ⅓ of the way through their 3rd grade year! Report cards for first trimester will be available through the  Infinite Campus Parent Portal on Wednesday, November 14th.

Thank you to everyone who has returned the permission slip for our field trip to see Annie at the Broomfield library auditorium on Friday, November 16th.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered to chaperone for this trip. I am still waiting to hear back from the director about seating, but let’s plan on everyone attending. Amber Gray, Laura Meushaw, Sarah Schilling, Mary Ann Lawler, Lisa Fairlee, and Heidi Siguaw please come to the classroom at 8:10 to begin walking to the auditorium.  If there is not enough space for all chaperones to attend, I will let you know asap.   We will begin walking to the auditorium at 8:15 and will return to school by 1:30 for our fall party!  Students and chaperones will need a sack lunch for this trip. Thank you!

Curriculum Update

We continued to build fluency with 1s-10s multiplication and division.   We used order of operations (ask your child about PMDAS Please Make Dad A Sandwich) to solve multi-step word problems.  I am impressed with their hard work. We will have our Unit 2 math test on Thursday of next week. Then, we will begin our Measurement, Time, and Graphs unit.

Our Plant and Animal Life Cycles unit is coming to a close.  It has been fun to learn about the life cycles of butterflies, mealworms, and pea plants in our classroom. Next week, we will spend time comparing the life cycles of plants and animals.  We will have a unit test on Friday, November 9th. We will begin a social studies unit about regions when we return from Thanksgiving break.

Students read informational texts about migration this week and wrote an informational piece about why some animals and insects migrate.  Next week, students will be reading and writing about prairie dogs and will work on publishing one of their informational pieces the week of November 13th.

Homework for next week:

• ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
• Read at least 20 min nightly.

• 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. 10 minutes daily

Mark Your Calendar

Monday, November 12- NO SCHOOL VETERANS DAY

Friday, November 16th-Field Trip to see Annie the play

Friday, November 16th-Fall Party 1:30-2:30

November 19-23- NO SCHOOL- THANKSGIVING BREAK

Have a fantastic weekend.  

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aisha Galt