Week of December 16th

 Our wonderful students are working hard to earn their hearts for our Grinch party. Remember, each student has been working to earn 3 hearts and these hearts represent RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY & KINDNESS. We will be holding our Grinch party on Friday, Dec. 20th.

GRINCH PARTY VOLUNTEERS:
For those of you planning to help with our Third Grade Grinch Party this Friday, please know that we wouldn’t be able to pull this off without you! Set up and instructions for running your activity will begin at 8:25 in the cafeteria, and we should be done cleaning up by about 10:15. If your plans have changed and you won’t be able to be there, please let me know. Otherwise, we’ll see you in the gym Friday morning! We are still looking for volunteers if you are able we would LOVE your help! 

Click on the RED link below if you can help at the Grinch Party: 

Grinch Party Sign Up

IMPORTANT DATES:

• December 19th – Pajama Day
• December 20th – 3rd Grade Grinch Party
• December 20th – FREE Dress Down (We encourage students to wear ugly Christmas sweaters)
• December 23rd-January 3rd – Winter Break – NO SCHOOL

MATH – This week we will be wrapping up learning to use the area formula to find area of composite shapes.  Please make sure that you are practicing the multiplication facts with your child at home. In class students will be showing what they know by passing off timed tests.

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ELA: This week during our ELA block we are going to be finishing going through the Utah RISE Training Test. We do this as a whole class to learn how to use the RISE testing system in order to be successful during the practice tests. Making sure we are ready to review and prepare for end of year testing later on. If you have any questions about the training and/or practice tests please let me know!

Happy Birthday, Brynlee!

Week of December 9th

 Our field trip to the aquarium was a roaring success! Thank you to all the wonderful chaperones that made the day possible!! 

IMPORTANT DATES:

• December 19th – Pajama Day
• December 20th – 3rd Grade Grinch Party!😁
• December 20th – FREE Dress Down (We encourage students to wear ugly Christmas sweaters)
• December 23rd-January 3rd – Winter Break – NO SCHOOL

GRINCH PARTY:

This week students will start earning their way into the Grinch Party. They will work to earn 3 hearts that represent RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, & KINDNESS. We will be holding our Grinch party on Friday, Dec. 20th. We will need help from 8:25 – 10:30. 

If you can volunteer to help the entire time, please sign up to help! You won’t have to plan anything, just be ready to be assigned a job and get to work!

Click below for the sign up: 
Grinch Party Sign Up

MATH – This week we are continuing learning about area. If your student does not have ALL OF THEIR MULTIPLICATION FACTS MEMORIZED it is going to be much more challenging for them to be successful. Please make sure you practice multiplication facts with your students for at least 5 minutes every day!

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ELA: This week we will be working on Unit 3 Week 4 in our Wonders program. Below is an outline of what we are learning in class. Our emphasis will be on describing characters and how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

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Week of December 2nd

 I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!  As I have thought about the things I am thankful for, my amazing students were always at the top of my thankful list.  Thank you for the amazing school year so far!!

Aquarium Field Trip This Week!

• Make sure your child is at school on time (once the buses arrive we will NOT be able to wait for late students)
• Make sure your child is dressed for the weather (we will be eating lunch outside)
• All students need to be in their normal uniform attire
• Make sure your child has a backpack (they will be carrying their own lunch, coat, etc.)
• If you stated your student is going to have home lunch make sure it is in their backpack
• If you selected school lunch for you child, it has been ordered and will be given to them the morning of the field trip
• Do NOT send your child with any money (they will not be allowed to purchase anything)
• If you have not already, please pay the $5 student donation for the field trip (paid to the office)

GRINCH PARTY:

In 3rd grade we do a Grinch party as an entire grade full of games and lots of fun! However each student has to earn their way to the party! They will work to earn 3 hearts that represent RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY & KINDNESS. Students will start earning these hearts two weeks before Winter Break. We will be holding our Grinch party on Friday, Dec. 20th. We will need help from 8:25 – 10:30. If you can volunteer to help the entire time, please sign up to help! You won’t have to plan anything, just be ready to be assigned a job and get to work!
Grinch Party Sign Up

IMPORTANT DATES:

• December 3rd, 4th & 5th- Paper Pie Book Fair 8-9am & 2-4pm (Flier below)
• December 5th – Field Trip to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
• December 6th – Dollar Dress Down
• December 20th – 3rd Grade Grinch Party
• December 20th – FREE Dress Down
• December 18th-January 3rd – Winter Break – NO SCHOOL

MATH: This week we will start area! This is a fun skill that students continue to use their multiplication facts for.  Please make sure that you are practicing the multiplication facts with your child at home. In class students will be showing what they know by passing off timed tests.

ELA: This week we will be working on Unit 3 Week 3 in our Wonders program. Below is an outline of what we are learning in class. Our emphasis will be on describing characters and how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.