Third grade will be completing their first One to the World project throughout our Water Cycle unit. The driving question is- How can NLE students conserve water at school? We will be meeting with an expert at Loudoun Water, collecting data around the school, researching, and creating informational videos. I will be sending home a study guide, and there will be a test. Other assessments will be collected from their work in class. So, there may not be as many notes in notebooks, or I may be just sending them home as study material. It's all about the experience and product during this unit! We're super excited to get started!
On that note, I'm looking for a few parents that could come in to help groups collect data around the school on Thursday Oct 1st from 9:00-9:30. Please e-mail me if you are available!
Monday, September 28, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
School updates
The Ellie's Hats drive has started!
From 9/18-9/30, you can bring in a new hat to donate to kids with cancer.
Fundraiser packets went home in Thursday folders.
Start selling to start earning prizes!
All proceeds go to our PTO to help make our school even better!
Friday, September 18, 2015
Friday Sept. 18th Updates
Happy Friday!
Important Updates:
- Mrs. Tea's math class' place value test has been moved to Wednesday. All classes will be testing by Friday.
- Third grade is scheduled to begin our first One to the World project on the 28th. We have one week until then, so we're going to study famous Americans this week. The study guide will go home Monday, but it is already on my Newton-Lee website. It may seem like a lot in a week, but the students have heard of some of these people before. We will try to test Friday, but we will push it to Monday if needed.
- Tornado and lock down drill on Thursday the 24th.
- Almost all students have belted up to the yellow dojo belt! Please continue to discuss your student's daily behavior at home. We've been doing a great job, but in some areas we are still working on meeting third grade expectations.
- We are still receiving new information about Phoenix, but I think we've gotten the information we need to begin entering grades. So my goal is to finally put some grades in this weekend, and I will send graded papers home in Thursday folders.
Thanks for all your support at home!
Friday, September 11, 2015
Becoming experts on the 3 branches of government!
Please watch our blabbers showcasing our knowledge of the U.S. government!
http://blabberize.com/view/id/1319147
http://blabberize.com/view/id/1319147
Class Updates Week of Sept. 8
Happy Friday!
It has been another great week in third grade! Dojo points are racking up- I believe a few people will belt up today! :)
Important dates:
Government test: Thurs the 17th
Mrs. Tea's math class' place value test: Tues the 22nd
Rubino's Spirit Night! Tues the 15th - Come see me there eatin' pizza!
Announcements:
- Information about access to the Parent VUE in Phoenix will be coming home in the next week or so. Grades are just now starting to be collected and recorded. Please be patient as we all get used to this new system!
- In order to not overload students, I won't typically be assigning word study (spelling) activities for homework. However, they do need to study their words in order to be ready for the quiz the next Tuesday. If your student has a favorite activity they like to do, they can do it to help them study! They can study in any way that works for them. If you would like more structured tasks to do, I can certainly provide that! I will probably begin assigning one activity a week as homework after we get acclimated. :)
- Students have been given access to the math computer programs iReady and Reflex Math. (if not, reflex math is coming soon from their math teacher) Expectations are to do Reflex math 3 times in a 7 day week. This will be checked on Friday mornings before students are given their Fab Friday time. We will be incorporating iReady into the classroom, but it never hurts to do it 1-2 times a week as well :) I will also be sending home information about logging into Raz Kids for reading practice. Students will be receiving a little 'computer login cheat sheet' to keep in the front of their agendas, so they'll never be without their logins and passwords! Additionally, these programs are to be done on their own without any parent help. This will ensure I am receiving accurate data to inform my instruction. Thanks for your support on this!
www.reflexmath.com
https://login.i-ready.com/
*Reflex math and Raz Kids have an app!
- Don't forget to take a look at our class Twitter from time to time either on this blog page or through the twitter website/app. It showcases lots of the cool stuff we're doing and the students' work! NLE also has one that shows awesome stuff from all around the school!
It has been another great week in third grade! Dojo points are racking up- I believe a few people will belt up today! :)
Important dates:
Government test: Thurs the 17th
Mrs. Tea's math class' place value test: Tues the 22nd
Rubino's Spirit Night! Tues the 15th - Come see me there eatin' pizza!
Announcements:
- Information about access to the Parent VUE in Phoenix will be coming home in the next week or so. Grades are just now starting to be collected and recorded. Please be patient as we all get used to this new system!
- In order to not overload students, I won't typically be assigning word study (spelling) activities for homework. However, they do need to study their words in order to be ready for the quiz the next Tuesday. If your student has a favorite activity they like to do, they can do it to help them study! They can study in any way that works for them. If you would like more structured tasks to do, I can certainly provide that! I will probably begin assigning one activity a week as homework after we get acclimated. :)
- Students have been given access to the math computer programs iReady and Reflex Math. (if not, reflex math is coming soon from their math teacher) Expectations are to do Reflex math 3 times in a 7 day week. This will be checked on Friday mornings before students are given their Fab Friday time. We will be incorporating iReady into the classroom, but it never hurts to do it 1-2 times a week as well :) I will also be sending home information about logging into Raz Kids for reading practice. Students will be receiving a little 'computer login cheat sheet' to keep in the front of their agendas, so they'll never be without their logins and passwords! Additionally, these programs are to be done on their own without any parent help. This will ensure I am receiving accurate data to inform my instruction. Thanks for your support on this!
www.reflexmath.com
https://login.i-ready.com/
*Reflex math and Raz Kids have an app!
- Don't forget to take a look at our class Twitter from time to time either on this blog page or through the twitter website/app. It showcases lots of the cool stuff we're doing and the students' work! NLE also has one that shows awesome stuff from all around the school!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Off to a great start!
We have had an excellent first week in third grade! All students have done really well with learning rules and procedures. Some fun activities we've gotten to do include creating audio QR codes of our future plans, seeing soda and mentos explode, using plickers, reading tons of books, and of course making new friends! We are all excited to see what the year brings us!
Class announcements:
- The grace period for Class Dojo is over! Points are going to start being subtracted, making it even more difficult to meet the first milestone of 25 points!
- We will be starting our first tested unit next week, government! Math classes will be starting place value.
- I will be reaching out to those parents that want to volunteer as soon as I can! At first, I will only be contacting the room parents and Thursday folder volunteers. Others I will contact as needed.
- My Newton-Lee website is updated with some great resources
- Students will be starting a Friday letter journal tomorrow where they will write letters to you all telling all about their week
School announcements:
- If you would like to be a part of the PTO directory you need to act before Sept. 14
- The PTO fall fundraiser starts on Sept. 17th!
- Sign up for the PTO and to volunteer!
- New volunteer training is being held on Sept. 16 at 8AM (this is only if you have never volunteered at NLE before)
Keep on rockin'!
Class announcements:
- The grace period for Class Dojo is over! Points are going to start being subtracted, making it even more difficult to meet the first milestone of 25 points!
- We will be starting our first tested unit next week, government! Math classes will be starting place value.
- I will be reaching out to those parents that want to volunteer as soon as I can! At first, I will only be contacting the room parents and Thursday folder volunteers. Others I will contact as needed.
- My Newton-Lee website is updated with some great resources
- Students will be starting a Friday letter journal tomorrow where they will write letters to you all telling all about their week
School announcements:
- If you would like to be a part of the PTO directory you need to act before Sept. 14
- The PTO fall fundraiser starts on Sept. 17th!
- Sign up for the PTO and to volunteer!
- New volunteer training is being held on Sept. 16 at 8AM (this is only if you have never volunteered at NLE before)
Keep on rockin'!
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