Blog Archives - Welcome to Third Grade with Mrs. Lilleboe

Weekly Update: November 15 - November 19

11/19/2021

Announcements and Friendly Reminders:

No School - Thanksgiving Break (November 20 - 28)
Winter Party - This will be on Thursday, December 16. A Sign Up Genius for supplies will be emailed out to you all soon from our awesome Room Mom, Rebecca Tait (Luke's mom) so be on the lookout for it after Thanksgiving break. I appreciate all that you can do to help out our class with party supplies. Thank you!!!
TAG Referral Window is now open until December 9 - Interested parents can find more information on the TAG website
Math Unit - We had a mid-unit quiz today in Geometry. The unit test will be after Thanksgiving break on Tuesday, December 7. The unit test will focus on 2D shapes (quadrilaterals and triangles), 3D shapes (pyramids and prisms), perimeter and area. Use the "Math Links" tab on this website, Splash Learn and DreamBox for more support at home with these concepts.
Spelling Quiz - Compound Words will be on December 9. There will be just one list for the whole class for this upcoming spelling focus (compound words). Students will get their list on Monday when we return from break.
Science Unit - New unit starts on the Monday after Thanksgiving break. We will start the Space unit!! Our focus is on the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon (rotations, revolutions) and the 8 planets in our Solar System (even though I don't like to leave poor Pluto out). This unit test will be on Tuesday, December 14.
Math Unit before Winter Break - this is our Personal Finance unit. We will start it on December 8th and take the unit test (assessment) on December 15th.
Home Access Center - Please check Home Access Center (HAC) to see your child's current grades on assignments, quizzes and test. If you see a "M" in Home Access, it means you child has not completed and turned in the assignment. Remember, students can make corrections or redo any assignment, quiz or test that is below 70% for a possible 70% per school district policy.
Class Dojo - Check messages and your child's daily participation by tapping on the Class Dojo app each day. I try to post almost daily a Class Story to share a tidbit of what's going on in our classroom for parents. Each month I'll print off a Class Dojo report and send it home in Thursday folders. Thanks so much for all your support.
Water bottle and Snack- Please, make sure your child has a water bottle and snack in his/her backpack everyday.
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Weekly Update: November 8 - November 12

11/10/2021

Announcements and Friendly Reminders:

We have 22 students in our class! Welcome Aditi and Aditya to our class.
Masks - Masks are still required by RRISD (unless parents have opted out), students and teachers are still required to wear masks while on school grounds except for snack, lunch and recess times. The district and our school board will decide on the mask mandate for second semester (more information to come).
Library Information - This year, our class visits the library weekly on Thursdays. Due to a procedural change, our class needs to return their library books each week on Wednesday. We will still select and check out new books on Thursday. Please help your child remember to bring his/her books back on Wednesdays.
Behavior in cafeteria - As I mentioned in an email last week, we are having some teasing and unfriendly behavior happening in the cafeteria. The class has had 2 lessons with Mrs. Robinson (our school counselor) on treating friends with kindness, reading and understanding other people's emotions by their expressions on their faces, understanding what "teasing" is and how "teasing" can be hurtful to others. We will continue to work on our understanding of how our actions and words affect other classmates over the next couple of weeks with some Social Emotional Learning lessons in hopes this will resolve our class's unkind behavior in the cafeteria.
TAG Referral Window is now open - Interested parents can find more information on the TAG website
Spelling Quiz - Long "i" Sound - quiz on November 16. Spelling words can be found on Schoology in the Writing Course (Spelling folder).
Math Unit - There will be a Geometry quiz is projected to be on the Thursday right before Thanksgiving break (November 18). The quiz will cover 2D shapes (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, triangles). The unit test will be after Thanksgiving break (possibly on December 9 or 10). The unit test will focus on 2D shapes (quadrilaterals and triangles), 3D shapes (pyramids and prisms), perimeter and area. Use the "Math Links" tab on this website, Splash Learn and DreamBox for more support at home with these concepts.
Science Unit - We'll focus on the push and pull forces, how an object can change its position, gravity's pull on an object, friction and magnetism. This test will be taken on the Wednesday or Thursday before Thanksgiving break. Use the "Science Links" tab on this website for more support at home with these concepts.
Home Access Center - Please check Home Access Center (HAC) to see your child's current grades on assignments, quizzes and test. If you see a "M" in Home Access, it means you child has not completed and turned in the assignment. Remember, students can make corrections or redo any assignment, quiz or test that is below 70% for a possible 70% per school district policy.
Class Dojo - Check messages and your child's daily participation by tapping on the Class Dojo app each day. I try to post almost daily a Class Story to share a tidbit of what's going on in our classroom for parents. Each month I'll print off a Class Dojo report and send it home in Thursday folders. Thanks so much for all your support.
Water bottle and Snack- Please, make sure your child has a water bottle and snack in his/her backpack everyday.
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Weekly Update: November 2 - November 5

11/4/2021

Friendly Reminders:

Library Information - This year, our class visits the library weekly on Thursdays. Due to a procedural change, our class needs to return their library books each week on Wednesday. We will still select and check out new books on Thursday. Please help your child remember to bring his/her books back on Wednesday (starting next week).
Behavior in cafeteria - As I mentioned in an email earlier this week, we are having some teasing and unfriendly behavior happening in the cafeteria. The class has had 2 lessons with Mrs. Robinson (our school counselor) on treating friends with kindness, reading and understanding other people's emotions by their expressions on their faces, understanding what "teasing" is and how "teasing" can be hurtful to others. We will continue to work on our understanding of how our actions and words affect other classmates over the next couple of weeks in hopes this will resolve our class's unkind behavior in the cafeteria.
Veteran's Day - This year, we will be holding our Veterans Day celebration in a virtual format, which will be shared via email to our school community and in classrooms, as well as posted on our school website on November 11.
Spelling Quiz - Long "i" sound is November 12.
TAG Referral Window is now open - Interested parents can find more information on the TAG website
Math Unit - There will be a Geometry quiz is projected to be on the Thursday right before Thanksgiving break (November 18). The quiz will cover 2D shapes (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, triangles). The unit test will be after Thanksgiving break (possibly on December 9 or 10). The unit test will focus on 2D shapes (quadrilaterals and triangles), 3D shapes (pyramids and prisms), perimeter and area.
Science Unit - We'll focus on the push and pull forces, how an object can change its position, gravity's pull on an object, friction and magnetism. This test will be taken on the Wednesday or Thursday before Thanksgiving break.
Home Access Center - Please check Home Access Center (HAC) to see your child's current grades on assignments, quizzes and test. If you see a "M" in Home Access, it means you child has not completed and turned in the assignment. Remember, students can make corrections or redo any assignment, quiz or test that is below 70% for a possible 70% per school district policy.
Class Dojo - Check messages and your child's daily participation by tapping on the Class Dojo app each day. I try to post almost daily a Class Story to share a tidbit of what's going on in our classroom for parents. Each month I'll print off a Class Dojo report and send it home in Thursday folders. Thanks so much for all your support.
Water bottle and Snack- Please, make sure your child has a water bottle and snack in his/her backpack everyday.
Become a member of Elsa England's PTA. Tons of great perks! Sign up today! Click Here