Another month has flown by, and December is fast approaching. Someone just told me this morning that we only have 18 more days of school until the holiday break! Wow!!! As the old saying goes, "Time flies when you are having fun!".
It was a bummer last week when Old Man Winter decided not to cooperate with us and let us have our Character Counts celebration. Better to be safe than sorry I guess. The students were so excited, as was I, to share their creative ideas for a mascot poster. Well, sadly, we are not going to be able to reschedule the event due to time, weather constraints, and activities we need to complete before the end of the quarter in December. I would still like the students to do the activity with parents as planned. Therefore, I am sending home the poster board today for your students to work with you on creating his/her Character Counts mascot and poster. They should include a mascot, a catchy saying, and some connection to the Character Counts colors/pillars. We decided that the "Character Counts Pledge" that originally was suppose to be on the poster does NOT need to be due to limited space. Please work with your 3B child on the poster and return them to school by Friday, December 3rd. We will then get them displayed in the hallway for all to see and enjoy!!
The Big Blast for our fundraiser is fast approaching. I am looking for parent volunteers from 3B to help monitor this fun event. The day is December 14th, 2010. At the time, I am unsure if 3B will be at the Big Blast in the morning or afternoon. I hope that decision is made soon, and I will let you know. The newly formed PTO also sent out an email asking parents to volunteer to help at this celebration by either monitoring the equipment, making popcorn, or just supervising. If you are interested, please let me know ASAP, and I will let you know the exact time. You can either email me, call me, or send a note with your 3B child if you are interested. Thank you ahead of time.
Other activities we are wrapping up or working on are reading strategies of voracious readers, tracking your thinking, and building better connections. We have had a lot of great discussions about what a "Voracious Reader" is (someone who reads "just right" books as much as he/she can to become a better reader). The students are excited because someone is making superhero capes for the class with big "VR" on the back. Students demonstrating "voracious reader" habits will become a super hero for the day and wear the cape. They can not wait!!!! We are also starting our first unit on multiplication in math. Look for a fact incentive to be coming home soon as well in encouraging students to memorize their multiplication facts. In social studies, we are nearing the end of our unit on communities. We will be discussion main ideas from our reading as well as working on some vocabulary lessons before sending material and information home about an upcoming assessment. And in writing we continue to work on adding "show me details" to our writing the trait of "ideas". Students will begin assessing their own writing by the end of the week based on the "ideas trait" characteristics.
As you can see, we are busy as usual!!!! Never a dull moment in 3B!!!!
Have a great week!
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