WKCE Testing: Mon., Oct. 29, Tues., Oct. 30, & Wed. Oct. 31

Remember to have your child get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast to provide them with the energy needed to do their best on these important tests.

Reading: This week reading will focus on test taking skills. In addition, students will learn how to take notes by reading with a question in mind. This strategy is needed to help students gather information with focus and purpose. 

Math: Our focus for math will be on test taking skills. In addition, students will be introduced to multiplication through work with arrays.

Writing: Our focus will be on writing friendly letters.

Inquiry: Our focus will be to research to build and present knowledge on governement topics.

THANK YOU: I would like to thank Mrs. Morris for organizing treats for the Halloween party last Wednesday. Thank you also to everyone who contributed treats. I heard that a great time was had by all!

I would like to take this time to thank everyone for their well wishes regarding my husband's recent surgery. The surgery went well. However, the doctors had to do more reconstructive work on his spine than originally anticipated. Therefore, I will be out the week of October 29th to care for him at home. I plan to return to school the week of November 5th. The students will remain in the very capable hands of Mrs. Kaminski until I return. Thank you.

WKCE TESTING

WKCE Testing is fast approaching. Please, make sure your student gets a good night of rest and a healthy breakfast during our testing period. We are hoping for great testing results and need your help!

WKCE Schedule - 3rd Grade:
Wednesday, October 31- 10:30 Reading (40 min)
Thursday, November 1- 10:15 Reading (40 min)
Monday, November 5- 10:00 Reading (40 min)
Tuesday, November 6- 10:30 Math (25 min)
Wednesday, November 7- 10:30 Math (30 min)
Thursday, November 8- 10:15 Math (30 min)

Dear Parents,

I wanted to let you know that my husband is having major surgery on Wednesday, October 17th. I will be absent Oct. 17-18th. I  hope to return on Friday, Oct. 18th unless something arises. I will be out Oct. 22-24th to care for him at home. I plan to return on Monday, Oct. 29th. I have worked with the sub office to assure that we have consistent coverage for my absences. I appreciate your understanding during this stressful time.

Due to the short week next week our spelling test will be given on Wednesday (10/24) instead of Thursday.

Our reading and writing focus for next week will be the same as this week. However, math will focus on money concepts. (Counting, writing, adding and subtracting with money.)

Thank you,
Mrs. Germain

Reading: This week we will focus on monitoring while reading t increase comprehension. Students will learn to stop, think, and react while reading. They will use post-its for think sheets to keep tract of thoughts that they want to remember from the text. In addition, we will continue to review what to do when meaning breaks down.

Math: Our math focus will be on using place value understanding and properties of operation to perform multi-digit math. This will include: rounding to the nearest 10 and 100; addition and subtraction regrouping; even and odd numbers; and greater than/less than or equal to symbols. In problem solving we will practice locating "clue words" to help decide whether it is an addition or subtraction problem, solving the problem accurately, and clearly explaining our thinking.

Writing: Student will continue to work on adding ore details to their writing, concentrating on topic sentence and paragraph structure. One important project in the future will be writing a friendly letter. Please remember to have your child practice spelling words each night.

Mitchell Golden Awards: We are proud to announce that room 104 has won two of the Golden Awards at Mitchell. The first was in Art. The students received this award for having the best behavior out of all classrooms and working hard. The second award we received for the week of October 1st was in SEL (Social and Emotional Learning - guidance). Our students won this award for being supportive of each other and working hrd in SEL that week.

Conferences: It was a pleasure meeting everyone and discussing your child's progress on conference night last Thursday. I am still in the process of completing a few telephone and after school conferences. As always feel free to call or email me with any questions/concerns you may have regarding your child. Thank you for your time and coopertin in helping to educte your child. :)

Looking Ahead:

• There will be no school for students on October 25th and 26th.
• PTA Halloween Dance October 24th

Important Reminder: There is a student in our classroom who is allergic to peanuts. Please don't send any snacks to school that contain peanut butter or peanuts in them. Thank you for helping to keep all of our students safe.


Parents and Guardians of SPARC students: There will be no SPARC program on Thursday, October 11th due to conferences. There also will be no SPARC program on Thursday, October 18th since there is no school for students that day due to Staff Development Day. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.

                                                                                    

Thank you Mitchell PTA for organizing the awesome “Mitchell in Motion” fundraiser. We had a great time!!

 

Reading: We continue to monitor for comprehension. Our focus will be to notice when the reader strays away when reading and strategies to help the reader stay focused. In addition, we will notice when meaning breaks down due to lack of understanding and to stop and repair it before reading on.

 

Math: We will continue to work on place value strategies to aid with addition and subtraction skills, and rounding numbers.

 

Writing: Next week I will be conferencing with the students individually to go over their District Writing Assessments. Students will write goals for their writing during this conference.

 

Inquiry: Our focus is on government. The students will continue to explore information and write questions related to government.

 

Looking Ahead:

October 11^th – Parent-Teacher conferences and picture make-up day

 

October 24^th – PTA Halloween Dance

 

October 25^th and 26^th – No School