We made it through the first week of school with our heads held high, our hands back in the handwriting routine, our first few notebook pages filled, and our brains excited for WEEK TWO!
Here's a quick recap of what happened this week:
What to look for in the week ahead: 8/28/2017:
Here's a quick recap of what happened this week:
- We started diving into our new science curriculum with an exciting experiment that got the students AMPED up for learning about ENERGY!
- Completed some placement exams for reading so we know where to start with the reading curriculum that is also NEW.
- Read some awesome folktales from Hawaii and Africa!
- Spent some time getting to know each other and learning how things work in the 3rd/4th grade classroom this year.
- Jumped right into our math lessons where we worked on time and graphs(3rd grade) as well as addition review and sequences (4th grade).
- On Thursday we completed a STAR Reading test to determine students' A.R. reading level. We will be setting our A.R. goals in the near future.
- Witnessed the SOLAR ECLIPSE (online-was too cloudy outside=\ )
- Enjoyed time in music and art - P.E. will start next week!
- Thursday morning, we spent some time in meditation- it was amazing!
Ask your student about it!
What to look for in the week ahead: 8/28/2017:
- Reading (both grades): We will start crackin' open our new books and we'll read some short stories!
- Science: We will continue talking about different forms of energy and will start learning about SOUND ENERGY.
- Math:
-3rd Grade- Measuring rectangles in inches, time, and we'll start practicing addition facts
-4th Grade- Place value, reviewing subtraction, and ordinal numbers - Spelling: We will start our first spelling list!
- Monday, 8/28/2017: We will be making our first trip to the Public Library so students can check out books and get a jump start on their A.R.!
Important Dates
Thursday, 8/24/2017: Magazine Fundraiser KICKOFF!
Monday, 8/28/2017: Magazine Fundraiser:Reach Out Booklets are DUE!
Thursday, 8/31/2017: Mass @ 9:00 am
Friday, 9/1/2017: NO SCHOOL - Steeple Chase Registration Due!
Monday, 9/4/2017: NO SCHOOL-Labor Day
Saturday, 9/9/2017: Steeple Chase- 7:00 am-10:00 am
Sunday, 9/10/2017: Fall Festival
Monday, 8/28/2017: Magazine Fundraiser:Reach Out Booklets are DUE!
Thursday, 8/31/2017: Mass @ 9:00 am
Friday, 9/1/2017: NO SCHOOL - Steeple Chase Registration Due!
Monday, 9/4/2017: NO SCHOOL-Labor Day
Saturday, 9/9/2017: Steeple Chase- 7:00 am-10:00 am
Sunday, 9/10/2017: Fall Festival
Miscellaneous...
- Please join our class on our Class Dojo if you have not already done so! We'd love for you to see our progress and get daily(or semi-daily) updates from the class!
- Your student should be bringing their Student Assignment Book (S.A.B.) home every night. I encourage you to check in with them and take a look at it to see what we did in class that day. Most nights they will also bring home their green homework folder (which actually will carry more than just homework). Surprisingly, most of the students are literally BEGGING me for homework...but they are so on top of things, they've been finishing most of their work in class. As the year goes on, I suspect both of these things may change... =)
- Scholastic Book Orders were also sent home this week-don't forget to turn them in to get your student some awesome books and to earn some books for our classroom!
- Check back on my website (karibethweingart.weebly.com) to stay in touch with "Updates from the Classroom"! I will post any announcements or important info there as they come.
- Feel free to shoot me an email or a message on Class Dojo if you have any questions, concerns, or great ideas for our class!