Week of September 8

Calendar:
Monday, September 8- Speech and Hearing Screenings. Mrs. Thompson's class meet their toddler buddies.
Tuesday, September 9- Speech and Hearing Screenings. Ms. Beilharz's class meet their toddler buddies.
Wednesday, September 10- O.T. Screenings
Thursday, September 11- O.T. Screenings
Friday, September 12-  Spelling Test.
Tuesday, September 16- Picture Day - see below
Friday, September 19, 8:30- Pet Blessing - see below

Homework:
Monday: Read, Study math facts, Study spelling words.
Tuesday: Read, Study math facts, Study spelling words.
Wednesday: Read, Study math facts, Study spelling words.
Thursday: Read, Study math facts, Study spelling words.
Friday: Read, Have a fun and relaxing weekend!


Reading -  We continue to read The Hundred Dresses and Third Grade Angels. Both of these books have a theme of being kind to one another and are mostly set in schools. There are many life lessons in these two books which is why we read them at the beginning of the year. We will continue working on vocabulary, summarizing, comprehension, and reading fluency.

Language Arts - We will continue writing personal narratives this week, having discussed what personal narratives are, having read examples, and having brainstormed possible topics.We continue learning the grammar jingles including the adjective jingle this week, and classifying sentences.
We will also be working on subjects and predicates in sentences.

Math - Monday and Tuesday we will finish our rounding unit.  We will focus on rounding to the nearest dollar. Our next unit will be addition and subtraction.  All third graders will take a pretest before this unit so Ms. Beilharz can differentiate instruction to meet the needs of the students.  Our problem solving strategy we will work on this week is guess and check.  We continually review the other problem solving strategies we have learned.  The strategies we have focused on up to this point are: logical reasoning, making a table or chart, making an organized list, draw a picture or diagram.

Science - The students have worked hard in our community garden plots to weed and clear the plots for planting. Weather permitting we will plant seeds and possibly bulbs this week. In addition we will continue learning about plants, in particular how plants are grouped and how new plants grow. Students will also work on a venn diagram comparing and contrasting grasses and trees.

Wordly Wise - Test on Friday, September 12
http://www.wordlywise3000.com/

https://www.spellingcity.com/Spedsthirdgrade/
(See Wordly WIse #2)

1. attract
2. crew
3. dangle
4. drift
5. event
6. launch
7. opposite
8. reverse
9. signal
10. steer

Picture Day:

LifeTouch Photos-

Sept. 16^th for 1st-8th and Tuesday Toddlers

Sept. 17^th for ECC (Toddlers-Kindergarten)

We are using on-line ordering for individual and class photos.

(Your child will be in the yearbook, even if you choose not to order any of the photo reprints.)

There are 3 ways to order. With this format there are more options, such as your choice of backgrounds, personalizing the photos, and so on.

a     Pre-order on-line www.mylifetouch.com

b    Pre-order using the payment envelope attached to the flyer

c     Wait until there are proof photos and order from those (this choice has fewer options and the cost is a bit more).

     If you pre-order, there are more options and the cost is lower. (Be sure to bring in the pre-order PICTURE PASS-your child will need this for the photographer-homeroom teachers will be collecting them prior to or on picture day.)

·        Please keep the LifeTouch flyer handy - it has the information that you will need to complete the ordering process.

·        Class photos are part of the picture packets and your child will be featured in the center (larger) of the composite and the rest of the class and teachers will be around the edges.  These will not be printed until after make-up day, so no one will be missing from the class photos.

·        Please feel free to contact Shirley Laird if you have questions:

     slaird@speds.org or slaird26@gmail.com

   816-268-6507 school or 816-363-2998 home

   You can also contact LifeTouch at 816-300-4022

Pet Blessing:

The Pet Blessing will take place on the upper field at 8:30 on Friday, September 19^th. While live animals are welcome in all grade levels, stuffed animals and pictures of your pets are also encouraged. Parents or other caregivers are responsible for bringing live animals directly to the field following carpool, live animals are not allowed inside the school building for obvious reasons. Please be conscious of how well your pet handles loud, stressful environments, and be considerate of the school community and clean up after your pet. Parents and caregivers are asked to remain with the class during the event. For safety reasons, students need to stay with their classes as they travel to and from the field. If you do need to leave the field with your child for some reason, you must inform your child’s teacher prior to leaving and plan on meeting them back in the classroom.