Dear Parent(s),
We have enjoyed a wonderful two weeks with your children. It was a pleasure to meet and speak with all of you during Sneak a Peek and Open House. The students are learning and settling into our classroom expectations and procedures.
The first week included many get to know you activities and data driven assessments for basic facts in math, writing about a summer memory and math problem solving/exemplars,
This week we learned and assessed the children's knowledge of synonyms and number sense. You will begin seeing graded work in their Thursday folders starting next week. Guided reading groups have formed and we have completed a Rock/Mineral book focusing on beginning, middle and end of the story.
Our social studies map skills assessment is planned for Tuesday, August 30th. Then, we will begin a unit in science covering Rocks and Minerals.
We visited the Media Center, Computer Lab and Mrs. Clark's 1st graders for Book Buddies this week.
Spelling City information : go to the GM website; click on Web Link Notebook; click on third grade and scroll down to the Spelling section; click on Spelling City_3rd. Note: Stacy Moore's name will appear and not ours. Scroll to Sort 2 for next week. This should work! Encourage your students to play the games to practice their words for the week. A test will be administered every Friday.
Behavior rewards have been offered on an individual and group basis. For example, 10 stickers this week equaled an invite a friend to lunch on Monday. Table points add up as the week progresses and a small treat is given each Friday. Continuing to impress upon the children that they are indeed classmates and not playmates should help us all to enjoy more rewards and fewer consequences. Thank you for your support!
It is a privilege to teach and nurture your child each day! Have a nice weekend!
Fondly,
Mrs. James and Mrs. Verma
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