Star Student

Our star student this week is Elise Taylor. She has done an outstanding job staying focused, on task, and being responsible! Great job Elise~keep up the good work.

Water Bottles

Hi Families~
I told the students yesterday that they could bring in water bottles. I ask that they ONLY have water though (some students asked about other liquids).

Whew! What a Week

Our whirl-wind week has finally come to an end. Your child should be good and worn out. We jumped into all our subjects this week. As you saw, math homework went home Monday through Thursday. You can expect to see spelling work come home on Mondays and it is always due on Wednesday (unless we are working with a short week). Finally, the reading bookmark will go home on Thursdays as a final way to prepare for the reading test on Friday. Any other work (grammar/reading/etc.) that is not finished at school will also be taken home to complete and return the next day. I had the students take the Officer Buckle and Gloria test a little early this week so we could go over it today, question by question, looking up the answers in the reading book. I asked students to find the page where the answer to each question could be proven. It is an important skill that we'll continue to work on and you can at home as well. The first spelling test has been graded, graphed, and sent home too. Check out the Friday folder for a school picture flyer and your child's work from this week.

If your child has gotten a tally mark or a dart, you should see that noted in his/her assignment notebook. I encourage you to continue checking and intialling the assignment notebook daily as this is a way of communicating the daily happenings at school with you at home.

The Whole Gang!

Our First Full Week

We are ready to begin our first full week. This includes a spelling pretest/post-test, a story in the reading book, and math each day. Keep your eye on those assignment notebooks, continue to sign them, and monitor your child's organization. Ms. Patterson visited our classroom last week while we were setting up the binders and she is super excited about our endeavors to become organized in third grade.

Welcome Welcome Welcome

We made it through our first day. We'll be working hard these next couple of weeks to establish a routine and retrain our bodies to be mentally alert for an 6 hour period of time. Plan to have some exhausted little people (much like their teacher) the next several afternoons. We had a great get-to-know you activity today showing us that we have much in common with each other.

Thank you again for attending our back-to-school night and taking a few minutes to talk with me (and listening to my talk as well). I believe it is going to be a great year and I look forward to partnering with all of you to support the students.

Mary