Up and Running

We are officially an up and running classroom. We have been practicing our procedures and what our classroom expectations are. We are doing such an amazing job. We have been working on social skills. We worked on disagreeing appropriately when every table had to choose a table leader. It was so amazing to see how everyone worked together and shared their views and came to a conclusion (although it took a little longer than expected :-)).

Reading We have been exploring read alouds and have already finished Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade. We have moved on to a new Horrible Harry book (by student request) and know we need to finish quickly because we will be starting our Flat Stanley adventure on Monday. We will be starting a Flat Stanley letter writing unit on Monday so watch for details coming soon.

Math We are in full swing with math. Students can expect to have a Home Link almost every night to complete that reviews the day's lesson. Also, if you check grades online, we have our first math grade posted.

If you are not sure how to check your child's grades online, please contact the office and Kristie can help set that up for you. In third grade we move to letter grades, so more grades will be posted online so you can keep up to date. If a problem arises, please check with your child first in order for them to explain their grade to you or lack of, as that will be the first thing I ask you if you have a question about your child's grade, "Did you check with your child to see if they can explain it?". This continues to add onto the responsibility of a third grader and encourages them to be held more accountable for their actions.

Book orders have been sent home and are due Sept. 7th. Please consider ordering books for your child as they are very reasonably priced and if you order online, not only are you helping our class earn free books, but you also get a $5 voucher to use on the next book order. How cool is that?

I am still learning how to blog so sorry that everything runs together. We have completed our first two art projects so please enjoy the pictures.

Until another day...

Mrs. Farkas

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