Friday, February 28th

Next week, we have PE on Tuesday and Friday. 

QUICK REMINDERS:
March 3rd and 5th-Parent Teacher Conferences 

Dear Parents,

Our parent teacher conferences are next week.  I look forward to meeting with you during our scheduled time on March 3rd or 5th. 

As most of you know, third graders will be taking the CMAS tests this year.  This is a state standardized test. The tests have been scheduled for third grade on April 7th, 8th, 9th.  Students will complete the math CMAS test in the morning on those days. On April 14th, 15th, and 16th students will complete the language arts CMAS test in the afternoon. If you are planning appointments or a trip, please plan outside of the CMAS testing dates if possible. It would be so helpful to have all the students complete the tests during our scheduled testing weeks. Thank you!

 Literacy:

We are reviewing opinion, informational, and narrative writing styles.  Last week, we read a text called Prairie Dogs. Students used information from this text to write an opinion piece about whether they would want to live near a prairie dog town if they were a farmer. This week students wrote an informative piece about how prairie dogs are similar and different from the kind of dog people keep as pets. Lastly, students will write a narrative about a day in the life of a prairie dog. 

Students have also been working on a health research project with Mrs. Sbrocca.  Please ask your child about this project. They made some great videos to share their learning!

Math:

We are well into our Geometry unit.  This week we spent time reviewing attributes of quadrilaterals and finding the perimeter and area of geometric shapes.  

Students are learning many new geometry vocabulary terms. Please review them with your child: angle, decagon, hexagon, octagon, polygon, pentagon, right angle, parallel, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, trapezoid, perimeter and area. This will be a huge help for this unit. Please don't forget to keep up with their multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction tables! We are using all four operations in this unit.

Our unit assessment will be next Wednesday. 

Social Studies:

This week we continued our unit on Regions of the United States by learning about how to find places on a map using latitude and longitude. We also worked on building vocabulary to support our learning during this unit. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt

Thursday, February 13th

Next week, we have PE on Wednesday. 

QUICK REMINDERS:
February 14th- No School for Students-Professional Development for Teachers 

February 17-No School- Presidents’ Day

March 3rd and 5th-Parent Teacher Conferences (Please sign up for a conference using HelpatSchool.)

Dear Parents,

I would like to thank all of the parents who joined us for our field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Tuesday. It was a great success.  We couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you to our room parents, as well as all who helped out with the Valentine’s party. The kids had a great time and felt very loved.

Literacy:

Students are working on reading and writing informational/explanatory texts.  This week students wrote an informational piece about what they learned at the Denver of Nature and Science and some finished a piece about the challenges of living in Alaska during the winter.  Next week, we will continue to practice writing to a prompt using student Chromebooks.

 Math:

We started Unit 6, Geometry, this week. In this unit students will be learning about the attributes of quadrilaterals and how to find area and perimeter of geometric shapes.

Please continue to practice math facts!

Social Studies:

We are working on a study of the regions of the United States.  This week we explored landforms. Next week, we will work on developing map skills.

Friday Folders were not sent home today and will resume next Friday.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt

Friday, February 7th

Next week, we have PE on Wednesday. 

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 

(Party Supply Sign-Up: 

https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/15/events/5974?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbvsd.helpatschools.com%2Fschools%2F15%2Fevents%23Parties )

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

February 17-No School- President’s Day

Dear Parents,

We had quite a week of winter weather! It looks like it is going to continue next week, so please remind your child to dress for the weather.

Thank you to everyone who has signed the permission slip and paid for our upcoming field trip. We are going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Tuesday, February 11th.

This is my current list of chaperones for the trip: Peter Hedberg, Regan Kalish, Cortney Kraham, Kim Dahl, and Nadia Thrower.  If you do not see your name and hope to join us, please let me know. Please meet us in our classroom at 8:45, so we can all head to the bus together.   Students and chaperones will need to bring a sack lunch and a drink. Please dress in comfortable walking shoes as we will be walking around the museum all day.  Thank you!

Our Valentine’s Day party is 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

Have a great weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Galt