Happy weekend everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the "blizzard"! If you can call it that. Oh well, it's nice to see the fresh new snow. At least the kids will enjoy it.
It's time for the snowmen to come down and the valentine birds to go up. The kids love it when we decorate the room and they are so appreciative. We had our root beer float party on Friday. They reached their goal of 75 coins and as a result received their reward. Now, we are going to pick a new goal and work towards something else. Some more exciting basketball for my son Tyler's varsity boys. We beat the first place team Pelham on Friday night. It was senior night and the game was at home. The perfect setting. What a great team. The kids were "over the moon"! We had the "Mad Scientist" come to us from Maine on Wednesday. She did all kinds of magnets with the kids. They really enjoyed it. The program is sponsored by the PTA. Hopefully they will come again next year. This week in reading, we will be doing Unit 4-week 1 in Wonders. Our genre for the story this week is Folktale. The new spelling words are posted on the spelling page of this site. We will have a test on Friday. In math, we continue to work on fractions and area. Keep up the practice for those multiplication facts. It is really helping on our fast math. I have added more teacher suggestions in IXL. The kids are doing a great job in that program. In science, we are learning all about clouds and wind currents. The kids are really enjoying the unit. We made a cloud book this week and we are really good at identifying the different clouds. In social studies, we continue to study the geography of the United States through the GROW program. We are gearing up for our presidential unit which will begin after February vacation. Have a great rest of the weekend everyone. Our targeted mask day is on Monday. Please stay healthy and safe. Again, the kids are doing a great job as they continue to learn and grow in third grade. We are halfway through the school year. It's hard to believe. For the Valentine's party, the kids have chosen to do an ice cream sundae party. I will get the ice cream and will be asking the kids to bring in some different toppings when we get together to discuss the treats. I will send home a list of all the kids' names. The kids can make a decorative box at home for their valentines. Let's see how creative they can get. Enjoy the day everyone. Happy Sunday everyone. I am enjoying a guys weekend with my 3 college roommates up in Sunapee. Having fun looking at pictures and just catching up. We all went to New England College in Henniker. Watching lots of football!
This week we are back to normal in the classroom. Testing is over for now and the kids did a great job. In Wonders, we are in Unit 3-week 5. Our genre is Expository text. The new spelling words are listed on the spelling page. We will have a test on Friday. In math, we are beginning unit 5. It's all about fractions. Please keep up the good work with multiplication facts. Lots of us have been studying at home. I have put lots of multiplication practice into IXL so the kids can go on when they are at home. In science, we are starting our new unit on weather this week. In social studies, we will be starting our big presidential unit right after February vacation. We have our first community meeting this Thursday. It will be live streamed to the classrooms from the gym. We are honoring three of our students. Very exciting. We are working on an opinion writing piece and we will finish up this week. The kids are doing an awesome job. I tell the kids everyday that I thank my lucky stars that I get to be with The Dunking Doughnuts each day of the school week. We really have a special bond. The kids do their best at everything! Have a great week everyone. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Stay safe and healthy. We are a very strong class when it comes to that! See you guys on Monday morning! This week Good morning everyone. It is a sad day for us Patriot's fans. Buffalo was just too much for us. Oh well, wait until next year.
We are not doing Wonders for reading this week. WE will be doing two days of Aimsweb testing. These are given three times during the year. The kids will be tested on Reading and Math. We should see some nice improvement from September. We have talked about using the whole time for the test and do go slow and do your best. We will be testing on Tuesday and Wednesday first thing in the morning. I know the kids will "wow" us! We just finished our math test for unit 4. The kids did a great job. Please keep practicing your multiplication facts. We also finished up our science unit on animals. We did some awesome experiments and had some awesome discussions. Now it's on to weather. I hope everyone is having a good three day weekend. Too bad it will be bad weather for our day off. Oh well, enjoy it! Keep staying safe and healthy. The Dunking Donuts are doing a great job in keeping healthy. Thank you for that. Have a great week everyone. Good morning everyone. I hope you all enjoyed your "Blizzard Bag" day. Please don't forget to bring in your completed work on Monday so you can get credit for it. In reading this week, we will do Unit 3-week 4 in Wonders. Our genre is Expository text. The new spelling words are listed on the spelling page of this website. We will have a spelling test on Monday the 10th on last week's word.
In math, we continue to work on perimeter, area and attributes of polygons. Please keep studying your multiplication facts. We have started fast math once again. The kids need about three more gold coins in their daily behavior bucket. Then Mr. Mud will give them a root beer float party that they earned. We will probably achieve our goal this week. Don't forget that Monday the 17th is a no school date. It is Martin Luther King Jr. day. The skiing day from Friday will be made up, so tell the kids not to worry. Enjoy the rest of the day. Be careful if you are on the roads this morning, it is slippery up here on the Mud Hill. Enjoy the game today. Don't forget it has been moved to 4:25. Stay healthy and safe and I will see everyone on Monday. Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful vacation. I know I did. It was a nice needed break and we all should be ready to tackle the new year. I will take it easy on you on Monday! ha, ha.
In Wonders, we will be on Unit 3, week 3. The genre is Expository Text. The new spelling words are listed on the spelling page of this site. We will continue to study our multiplication facts and review addition and subtraction up to 4 digits, carrying and borrowing. Don't forget that skiing and snowboarding will start this week. Looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday morning. Please bring something to share or a good story that we will all enjoy. I can't wait to hear about your holiday adventures. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and enjoy the game on Sunday. Stay healthy and safe. |
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