Career Day Is Tuesday, December 10Th

12/2

Announcements

Students brought home a permission slip for our in-school field trip with Mad Science on December 18th. The cost of the field trip is $5. Please email me if your child will be absent.

Career Day is Tuesday, December 10th.

If you would like to purchase books from Scholastic, please order online using our classroom code,LBMQN. You can also use this link, When you order books using our classroom code, we earn free books for our classroom library.

If you are interested in volunteering to help out in the Computer Lab or help with copying, please sign up using Volunteer Spot. The emails with the links have been sent out. Click the link to volunteer in the Computer Lab.

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

In Writing, students were introduced to their country research project. They were assigned a country and will be researching the geography, lifestyle and population of their country over the next several weeks.

In Reading, students read the play "The Calabash Kids". Students identified how Shindo, the main character, affected other parts of the play.

In Computers, students began researching their country.

In Math, students identified patterns with the facts of 7. This is the last set of facts we need to learn. The 7s are unlike any of the other facts since they are not related to any other. Since we know all of our other facts, 7x7 is the only new fact we learned today. We discussed strategies to use to help us remember our 7s facts. Students practiced all of their facts to help them develop fluency.

In Science, students created a mixture using salt, rocks and sand. Students learned that in order for it to be a mixture they need to be able to separate all of the materials. Students brainstormed ideas for how to separate the materials. They removed the rocks using their hands. We added water so the salt would dissolve and used a filter to separate the sand from the salt water. Students concluded that evaporation would separate the salt from the water. We watched a video of a time lapsed bowl of salt water evaporating.

Homework

Math: Worksheet

Spelling: Test on Friday, December 6th

Reading: Read for 20 minutes

Current Event: Due Friday, December 6th for Gwyndolyn, Kiana, Sydney

Field Trip Permission Slip

11/27

Announcements

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am truly thankful for having such wonderful students and supportive parents!

Thank you so much to all of the parents and family members who were able to attend our poetry celebration! The students worked so hard on their poems and loved sharing them with you.

Today students are bringing home a permission slip for our in-school field trip with Mad Science on December 18th. The cost of the field trip is $5. Please email me if your child will be absent.

Here is a letter from Mrs. Polizzi regarding Career Day on December 10th. If you are interested, please complete the form and return it by December 2nd. Career Day Information

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

Students read some of their poems in our Poetry Celebration. We had a little celebration after our poetry reading since students did such a great job.

Students made immigrants out of clothespins. Students had to choose a country they wanted their immigrant to be from. They had to dress their clothespin how someone from that country would dress. They turned out great and I know they will be excited to bring them home soon to share with you.

Homework

Spelling: Test on Friday, December 6th

Field Trip Permission Slip

11/26

Announcements

Sharing the Season: Grade Three Poetry Celebration
Please join us at 9:10 tomorrow (11/17) to hear our third grade poets share poems about the season. Afterwards, join us in the APR for some seasonal refreshments. (Parents who plan on taking their child out of school after this event to get an early start on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend will need to sign her/him out as per normal office procedures.) We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Today students are bringing home a permission slip for our in-school field trip with Mad Science on December 18th. The cost of the field trip is $5. Please email me if your child will be absent.

Here is a letter from Mrs. Polizzi regarding Career Day on December 10th. If you are interested, please complete the form and return it by December 2nd. Career Day Information

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

In Reading, we read journal entries from three immigrants.

In Writing, students wrote their own journal entry with a partner imagining themselves as an immigrant to the United States. They described what life was like for them using what we learned from other immigrants, the book Molly's Pilgrim and our virtual tour of Ellis Island.

Students had Music today.

In Math, students used multiplication to calculate the area of rectangles.

Today we rehearsed for our poetry reading.

Homework

Reading: Read for 20 minutes

Spelling: Test on Friday, December 6th

Field Trip Permission Slip

Dress up and wear fall colors! :-)

11/25

Announcements

Today students are bringing home a permission slip for our in-school field trip with Mad Science on December 18th. The cost of the field trip is $5. Please email me if your child will be absent.

We still need fabric and clothespin stands!!!

Thank you to everyone who has donated fabric and clothespins. I still need more fabric and one more package of stands for the clothespins. They look like little wooden doughnuts. You can find them at most craft stores like Michael's and A.C. Moore. We will be doing a little reading and writing activity to bring the book Molly's Pilgrim to life. The activity will take place the week of Thanksgiving. We will be making little immigrant figurines, so we need scraps of fabric for children to cut out clothing to dress their clothespin figures.

Sharing the Season: Grade Three Poetry Celebration
Please join us at 9:10 on Wednesday, November 27th (an early dismissal day) to hear our third grade poets share poems about the season. Afterwards, join us in the APR for some seasonal refreshments. (Parents who plan on taking their child out of school after this event to get an early start on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend will need to sign her/him out as per normal office procedures.) We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Here is a letter from Mrs. Polizzi regarding Career Day on December 10th. If you are interested, please complete the form and return it by December 2nd. Career Day Information

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

In Reading, students read the book Molly's Pilgrim. Students discussed what a modern pilgrim is today.

In Computers, students researched immigrant families and what life was like for them immigrating to a new country.

In Math, students identified the patterns with the facts of 3 and 6. Students noticed that they can use their facts of 5 to help them determine their facts of 6 and they can use their facts of 2 to determine their facts of 3.

Today we had buddy reading with 1st graders. Each third grader was paired up with a 1st grader to read with.

Homework

Reading: Read for 20 minutes

Math: Worksheet

Spelling: Test on Friday, December 6th

Field Trip Permission Slip

11/22

Announcements

We still need fabric and clothespin stands!!!

Here is a letter from Mrs. Polizzi regarding Career Day on December 10th. If you are interested, please complete the form and return it by December 2nd. Career Day Information

If you would like to purchase books from Scholastic, please order online using our classroom code, LBMQN. You can also use this link, When you order books using our classroom code, we earn free books for our classroom library.

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

In Writing, students continued writing their Fall poems.

In Reading, students went on a virtual tour of Ellis Island. Students learned how immigarants came through Ellis Island when they came to the United States. They learned reasons for why immigrants came to the United States. Students will use the information they learned today to write a journal entry as an immigrant and will create their own immigrant doll next week.

Students had Guidance today.

In Math, students used the understanding that multiplication and division are related by solving equations with unknowns.

In Science, students identified the observable properties of their pencil after they used it for the week. We discussed what materials and processes are used to build a house. We observed short videos of houses being built and identified how the observable properties of the materials changed.

Homework

Reading: Read for 20 minutes

Math: Practice your multiplication facts

Spelling: Test on Friday, December 6th

11/21

Announcements

Students brought home graded work yesterday. Please discuss the grades with your child and sign the communication log. Please return the graded work in the folder. I am keeping a portfolio of each students' work. You may make a copy of the assignment for your records. Below is a list of graded assignments that were sent home today.

Spelling Test

Request for Fabric Scraps and Clothespins:

Can Castles begin on Monday! Bring in your cans.

Here is a letter from Mrs. Polizzi regarding Career Day on December 10th. If you are interested, please complete the form and return it by December 2nd. Career Day Information

Below is a link to the Math and Reading Newsletters. You will find information regarding what students are learning and activities you can do with your child at home.

Class Updates

In Writing, students continued writing their Fall poems.

In Reading, students compared the point of views of the two sister in "The Hidden One".

Students had Art today.

In Math, students used the understanding that multiplication and division are related by solving equations with unknowns.

In Social Studies, we read about the five regions of the United States. Students identified the geographic features in each region that would make people want to live there.

Homework

Reading: Read for 20 minutes

Math: Worksheet

Practice your multiplication facts

Spelling: Sort due TOMORROW

Test on Friday, December 6th

Current Event due TOMORROW for Gabriella, Adam, Sophie V.

11/20

Announcements

Students are bringing home graded work today. Please discuss the grades with your child and sign the communication log. Please return the graded work in the folder. I am keeping a portfolio of each students' work. You may make a copy of the assignment for your records. Below is a list of graded assignments that were send home today.

Spelling Test

Request for Fabric Scraps and Clothespins: