What is Up???

I hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather over the weekend!  Wow!  It was super! We spent some time at our family cabin jet skiing and enjoying the lake before it gets too cold- which sounds sooner than later.

I reminded the students that as the weather gets colder, they should consider dressing in layers.  The

students that arrive before school and play outside need to remember that it is chilly in the morning compared to what the temperature may be at noon.  So please help remind them to dress in layers as the weather temperatures change.  They can always leave jackets or sweatshirts in their lockers later in the day if the temperature warms up.

We had a wonderful time being active and celebrating fitness last Friday. Hopefully a 3B student filled you in on the fun activities we participated in, dancing, bouncy houses, smoothies etc.  It was great.  If you have a chance, check our 3B Facebook page and watch the video I posted of the students doing the dance with the whole school district.  I have some great dancers in 3B!!! I will try and post it on this blog page this week but it was not cooperating over the weekend.

Update on other things:
1.  We have our "read to self" stamina up to 18 minutes!  Yeah 3B!  I am spending this week listening to the students read individually to make some assessments on reading abilities and skills.
2.  The students are also building a passion for writing!  Today our stamina for "work on writing" was up to 8 minutes for "work on writing".  Does not sound like much but it is a big improvement from last week!  I am most excited about how much they get excited now to write and share their stories with the class!!!  Building the passion to write is a big step forward!
3.  Sometime this week I will be introducing a new component of the Daily 5 titled "Read with Someone".
4.  In math we are working on patterns in number grids.   We will be working on telling and writing time correctly, measuring, before moving into finding differences.
5.  Science - the students are anxiously awaiting our first "visitors" this week.  Wonder what they will be?  Our plants are growing slowly but coming, so that is a good thing, as the visitors will need something to eat.  Our "Mystery Object" did not work out (as sometimes that experiment fails) so we are going to try it again tomorrow to see what happens.  The students are still wondering if it is a seed or an egg (even though some know already).  We will also be discussing and learning about differences between plants and animals.

The iPads did arrive in the classroom last Friday afternoon!  Students are beyond excited about them!  The district is still working to install some apps and get them working to capacity.

Just a reminder to some that have not done an apple ID and password for your 3rd grade student.  Your child will not be able to utilize the iPads to the fullest potential without the creation of an apple ID and password.  Please call the school immediately or as soon as possible to set up your child's apple ID.

Also remember that this Wednesday is a 3 hour early out.  Be sure students know where they are going when school is dismissed to ease the confusion.