Hi Everyone,
It was great to connect during conferences week. If there is anything else that you thought of afterwards that you're wondering, please don't hesitate to email me.
Reminders:
I know students were sad they missed out on the 2nd grade concert last year, so Mr. Collins and Ms. Gillis are working on getting a concert together this year! 3rd graders will be performing a concert on April 15th @8:00am during the school day. The performance will be virtual (live recording) as well as recorded for future viewing. Students are encouraged to dress up in something nice, avoid jeans and tennis shoes if possible.
- Students at NDLC will be participating in an Egg Crack-off!Please send a hard-boiled egg in a container to school with your child on Thursday, April 1. Eggs cannot have paint, crayon, marker, or film on them.
- A bright yellow KAT envelope went home this week.
Coming up:
Curriculum:
Math: Our mathematicians have had a blast comparing different units of weight and liquid volume! These are concepts that are so fun for kids to see at home as well (like, searching for the weight on soup labels, cracker boxes, soda cans, etc.). The next part of this unit is all about shapes. We'll start with triangles and angle measurements, and then see if we can come up with our own definitions of shapes (squares, rectangles, parallelograms, etc.) based on examples and non-examples of each.
Writing: We finished our information unit this week! Their final writing "test" will be coming home with a purple sheet stapled to it. On the sheet are some of the teaching points students learned this unit that they should have in their writing for it to be at "third grade" level. Next we're going to have an independent writing project where students get to choose what kind of writing to write -- information, opinion, or narrative!
Reading: We've been working on building up our reading stamina and even had a reading MARATHON on Friday to see how long we could read for! You should be seeing a reading log come home each night where students are writing the pages and amount of time they are reading (both at school and home.)
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Jenny Kocourek