Weekly Update: September 6 - September 9

Announcements:

• Splash Learn: A flier went home yesterday in Thursday folders on how to set this up for Home Practice. Please follow the steps in setting this up so you child can continue to work on his/her math skills and concepts at home.  
• Class Dojo:  Please check Class Dojo DAILY for how your child is performing in class and for messages from me!  I do not always use email.  I find it easier and faster to communicate with parents through Class Dojo messaging. Thanks!
• Fall Parent/Teacher Conference: These will be held on Monday, October 10th (no school day). You will have the opportunity to choose between a "virtual" appointment or "In-Person" appointment. Your conference will be approximately 15 minutes. A sign up sheet will be posted soon.
  
• Birthday Celebrations: Our School's Policy on celebrating birthdays at school.  
• Bluebonnet Book Program: Our class's goal for each student is to read 5 books! The Bluebonnet Program goes until mid-January so we have plenty of time to read, read, read. So, let's get to it!
  Bluebonnet Book List 2022 - 2023  Link to book list
  Mrs. Lilleboe's Amazon Wish List (books for bluebonnet reading program)  Link to list
• Home Access Center: I've started posting grades into Home Access. Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  I will be grading and posting more assignments this weekend. Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. 
• Third Grade Information Presentation:  If you have yet to look over the Third Grade Information Presentation, please take time to do this.  This slideshow will provide you with tons of necessary information you will need this school year. ​​

Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​

• Sept. 16 - Science DCA Test: Unit 1 - Classifying Matter (online games and activities for review are in the Science Links tab on this website) 
• Sept. 20 - Math test (Swyers and Lilleboe): Unit 1 - Multiplication/Division (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
• Sept. 23 - Math test (Bae, Jones and McKenzie students) Unit 1: Addition and Subtraction (use resources found in the Math Links Tab, Splash Learn and Khan Academy for review)
• Sept 26 - No School - Teacher Work Day

What's Been Happening In Class?  

• Writing: Learning the Writing Process (brainstorming, drafting, feedback, revising, editing, publishing). Mentor Sentence work - our focus was on Compound Subjects. 
• Reading: We have been learning how good readers become better readers by using strategies. This week we Asked Questions, Identified Details (text evidence/clues from the story), and examined Story Elements in Fiction. 
• Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: Multiplication and Division Unit. Students have been noticing and identifying the "relationship" or "pattern" in a table, determining the importance in knowing the Double Double Double strategy in figuring out our 2's, 4's and 8's multiplication facts, and using arrays and equal groups in their understanding of multiplication (there are ___ groups of ___, and there are ____ rows and ____ column is unit (factors, product, sum, relationship, pattern, rule, table, doubling, array, times as many). We identified and demonstrated various division strategies (equal groups, array, repeated subtraction, and fact families) with Division Station work.  
  • Bae, Jones, and McKenzie Students:  Addition and Subtraction Unit. Students have been using the number line (adding on or bridging) strategy to determine the sum of 2 addends. They have also been identifying and estimating numbers by rounding to the tens and hundreds. They are working on subtracting 2-digit numbers and 3-digit numbers using a variety of strategies (Counting On and Counting Back). 
• Science: Matter Unit - States of matter and their physical properties. We learned about density (Sink and Float) and how to measure mass. Test will be on September 16th. Students can practice and learn more about matter by going to the "Science Links" tab.  
• Social Studies: We are using Class Dojo daily now. We also are continuing to reinforce our Social Contract and PAWS Expectations. Our Social Contract is our way of building a strong community in our classroom. We also talked about Goal Setting and Growth Mindset. Lastly, we just started our new unit on Being a Good Citizen.