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! 

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'!

I'm so excited to start a new year!!

It's almost the beginning of a new school year! I get to meet all my amazing parents and students this week! I can't wait! 

extra school supplies

On Tuesday we will do a final clean out of student desks! If there are any usable school supplies left over in student's pencil boxes, I would like to keep them to be reused next year. If there is anything in particular you would like your student to bring back home, please let them know or write them a note so they know what to bring home. Otherwise, they will be donated to a good cause :)


thanks!!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to all our amazing parents for your support this year! We wouldn't have been so successful without you!

Last Week and Field Day

Happy last full week of school! We have tons of events and projects scheduled! It is still important for all students to be present to complete graded assignments, receive important papers and graded work, and to take home all of their supplies. Besides sending a few things home, I will not start cleaning out supplies until next Monday.

- Economics Test Thursday Morning
- Field day Thursday starting at 11:00
- 3rd grade end of the year party is Friday starting after lunch time



Field Day
- Students need to bring a water bottle, towel, comfortable shoes, and a change of clothes. Sunscreen and bug spray must be put on at home before coming to school.


Please let me know if I am missing anything or if you have any questions or concerns! Thanks!!

Book sale to earn money for the new playground

Dear Pinebrook Elementary Parents and Supporters,

We are pleased to announce our upcoming online book fair, June 1^st to June 12^th, 2015.  

This book fair will be completely online with Children's Bookstore.  It’s easy to participate. 

1.    Visit  http://pinebrook-elementary.childrensbookstore.com
2.    Shop for the books you can’t wait to read, every book on the website is eligible for our book fair.
3.    Books will be shipped directly to your home.

30% of every purchase goes toward paying for a new playground for our students.  

There are more than 200,000 books available from baby books to young adult books

Please forward this information along to friends and family anywhere in the U.S.  You can also post information about our book fair to your Facebook page or Twitter. 

We'll send reminder emails out when the book fair begins and as it progresses.

If you arrive at the website through a page other than our book fair page, please enter our unique code a checkout: puma

Happy Reading!