Friday, January 31st

Next week, we have PE on Tuesday and Friday. 

QUICK REMINDERS:

February 11th, 2020-Field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

February 13th-Valentine’s Day Party 1:30-2:30 

February 14th- No School for Students-Professional Development for Teachers 

February 17-No School- President’s Day

Dear Parents,

Please remind your child to bring their recorder for music. Next week, we have music on Monday and Thursday. Also, if you have not had a chance to pay for your child’s recorder please do so as soon as possible.

Please take the time to sign the permission slip and pay the fee for our upcoming field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Tuesday, February 11th.  All students need a signed permission slip to attend. Please let the office know if the fee is a challenge for your family.  Thank you!

You can also let us know if you would like to be a chaperone for this trip via the link- we will need parent volunteers!  In order to chaperone, you must have completed a school background check. We would like to have at least 5 parents come with us. Parents who chaperone will need to send in a check or cash for their entrance to the museum- $7. Parents are not able to pay their portion online.  

https://kohlelemen.revtrak.net/field-trips/#/f/2019-20-3rd-grade-field-trip-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science

Our Valentine’s Day party is right around the corner. Our class party will be on Thursday, February 13th from 1:30-2:30. As always, parents are invited to attend the party. Please stay tuned for information from our room parents about our Valentine’s Day party.

If your child chooses to bring Valentine cards to school, they need to have one for each child in our class. We have 25 students in our class.  Valentines should be brought to school on February 13th.  Handmade cards are encouraged.  Here is a list of student names to help with this task.  Thank you for your continued support.

James, Jackson, Amelia, Hunter, Evan, Alex, Eli, Haylee Jo, Gavin, Sienna, Zane, Leora, Elena, Griffin, Eliza, Lily, Stella, Naomi, Haylee, Robert, Henry, Brenden, Karma, Clara, Ezekiel

Literacy:

Students are reading and writing informational texts.  They have read and written about paleontologists. Next week, students will read and write about the difficulties of living in Alaska in the winter.  Please talk to your child about the purpose of informational writing and share interesting facts that you learn through your own reading of informational texts.

Math:

We are finishing up with our Addition and Subtraction of Multi-digit Numbers unit.  Our chapter text will be next Thursday, February 6th. Please take some time to review your child’s nightly math homework with them.  This individual support can make a huge difference in building their understanding and confidence of the math concepts at hand. Thank you!

Science:

Our Metric Measurement and Matter unit is coming to a close.   We will begin a social studies unit about regions of the United States late next week.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt

Friday, January 24th

Next week, we have PE on Monday and Thursday. 

QUICK REMINDERS:

February 11th, 2020-Field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

February 13th-Valentine’s Day Party 1:30-2:30 

February 14th- No School for Students-Professional Development for Teachers 

February 17-No School- President’s Day

Dear Parents,

Please remind your child to bring their recorder for music. Next week, we have music on Wednesday. Also, if you have not had a chance to pay for your child’s recorder please do so as soon as possible.

Thank you to those of you who have had a chance to sign the permission slip and pay the fee for our upcoming field trip. We are going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, for Tuesday, February 11th.   You can use the following link to sign the permission slip and pay the field trip fee. You can also let us know if you would like to be a chaperone for this trip via the link- we will need parent volunteers!  In order to chaperone, you must have completed a school background check. We would like to have at least 5 parents come with us. Parents who chaperone will need to send in a check or cash for their entrance to the museum- $7. Parents are not able to pay their portion online.  Thank you!

https://kohlelemen.revtrak.net/field-trips/#/f/2019-20-3rd-grade-field-trip-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science

Our Valentine’s Day party is right around the corner. Our class party will be on Thursday, February 13th from 1:30-2:30. As always, parents are invited to attend the party. Please stay tuned for information from our room parents about our Valentine’s Day party.

If your child chooses to bring Valentine cards to school, they need to have one for each child in our class. We have 25 students in our class.  Valentines should be brought to school on February 13th.  Handmade cards are encouraged.  Here is a list of student names to help with this task.  Thank you for your continued support.

James, Jackson, Amelia, Hunter, Evan, Alex, Eli, Haylee Jo, Gavin, Sienna, Leora, Elena, Griffin, Eliza, Lily, Stella, Naomi, Haylee, Robert, Henry, Brenden, Karma, Clara, Ezekiel

Have a fantastic weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt

Friday, January 15th

Next week, we have PE on Wednesday. 

QUICK REMINDERS:

January 20, 2020- No School- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February 11, 2020-Field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Dear Parents,

Please remind your child to bring their recorder for music. Next week, we have music on Tuesday and Friday.
Also, if you have not had a chance to pay for your child’s recorder please do so as soon as possible.

We have scheduled our third field trip, to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, for Tuesday, February 11th.
You can use the following link to sign the permission slip and pay the field trip fee. You can also let us know
if you would like to be a chaperone for this trip via the link- we will need parent volunteers!  In order to chaperone,
you must have completed a school background check. We would like to have at least 5 parents come with us.
Parents who chaperone will need to send in a check or cash for their entrance to the museum- $7. Parents are
not able to pay their portion online.  Thank you!

https://kohlelemen.revtrak.net/field-trips/#/f/2019-20-3rd-grade-field-trip-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science

 On Monday, we had our first lesson with Blue Sky Bridge. Hopefully your child shared the short handout that was sent home on Monday about body safety and the touching rules.  They will visit our classroom again on 1/27, 2/3, and 2/10.

Literacy:

We completed our humorous text set and completed a short opinion writing about which of the texts we read was
the funniest. We also started a realistic fiction genre study this week.

In writing, students wrote to a narrative prompt.  They read two texts and then had to write a letter to one of the
characters from the point of view of another character.  

Math:

This week, we continued Unit 4, Addition and Subtraction of Multi-digit Numbers. We worked on rounding numbers
to the nearest hundred and ten.  Please practice rounding with your child at the store and when you are going out
to eat by asking questions like: About how much money do you think we are going to spend? Students also
explored strategies to add multi-digit numbers. Next week we will continue reviewing addition strategies and start
to explore multidigit subtraction with regrouping. 

Science:

This week we continued our Metric Measurement and Matter unit.  We are investigating the characteristics of
the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. We are also learning about how matter can change phases. 

Please help your child to remember to complete their homework each night and return it the next day.
Often, at this time of year, we can see motivation for school drop a bit. Encourage your child to continue to
do their best work and try their hardest while they are in school. We appreciate all of your support from home. 

Enjoy the long weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt

Friday, January 10th

Next week, we have PE on Monday and Thursday.

QUICK REMINDERS:

January 20, 2020- No School- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Dear Parents,

Please remind your child to bring their recorder for music. Next week, we have music on Wednesday.

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful winter break. It was great to see everyone and jump back into our work.  I am always impressed by the academic, social, and emotional growth that takes place during the second half of our third grade year. Please continue to communicate with me about how I can best support your child. 

Next week third grade will be starting a 4 week long unit on personal body safety. We are honored to have Blue Sky Bridge, a group dedicated to ending child abuse, here each Monday. Hopefully you were able to have any questions about this program answered at the parent event earlier this week or you can talk to Erin McCort, erin.mccort@bvsd.org, our counselor, if you have further questions.  

Students are coming home with information about the Kids Heart Challenge in their Friday folders. If you would like to donate to this cause, the best way to do this is online. 

Literacy:

We are reading a humorous text set together and discussing what makes stories funny.  Providing evidence for our thinking is a major focus of our work. For example, “I think it was funny when…...because…….”

Students are also working on writing short personal narratives to a prompt on their Chromebooks. 

Math:

We started Unit 4, Addition and Subtraction of Multidigit Numbers this week and spent a few days reviewing place value. Please continue to support your child with regular multiplication, division, addition and subtraction math fact practice.  Also, your child is welcome to complete iReady math lessons at home for extra practice. 

Science:

We are well into our  Metric Measurement and Matter unit. We are investigating the metric system of measurement and have used a balance scales to measure mass in grams, syringes to measure volume in milliliters, and meter sticks to measure distance.  We are also learning about the three states of matter and how matter can change. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt