Busy, Busy, Busy!

Can you believe that it’s already October? Time flies when you’re busy and having fun! We have many things to look forward to this month. We will be starting the MEAP testing the week of October 13th. During the two week window I will not be assigning homework. We will still do spelling, but the children will have a set list those weeks. Thank you in advance for all of the wonderful snack donations that have been coming in. You may send them in any time. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

Language Arts: The children may have told you that we have started literature discussion groups. I have two groups going at a time and when the group is finished with the book, they present a final project in front of the class. Our first group read “Stink and the Giant Galactic Jawbreaker”. They chose to present a scene from the book as a puppet show. Great job!
We just finished activities correlating with the anthology Miss Nelson is Missing. I also introduced chatter logs. The children had so much fun doing this, that we showed our buddies how to do it. I love this activity because children are reading, writing, and practicing spelling all at the same time!

Spelling: This was our first week of individualized lists. The students did great. We will continue this throughout the year, with exception of the MEAP weeks.

Math: The children have finished unit 1 and are moving through unit 2. They are learning about frames and arrows, in and out boxes, fact families, fact extensions, and number stories.

Science: We are still working on our human body unit. Soon we will be rotating and the children will visit the other third grade teachers to find out about different parts of the body. At this point the children have already learned about cells, muscles, and some basic body facts.


Dates to Remember:
October
14th MEAP begins.
16th English Hills Silent and Live Auction.
17th No school for students, staff development day.
24th Picture Make-up Day
27th Family Night – Corn Maze
31st Halloween Parties

Our room parents this year are Kendra Cook and Molly Duimstra. Thank you again to both of you for volunteering to organize our class parties. I know many of you also said that you would be more than willing to help and donate. Thank you so much for your extreme generosity, kindness, and support.
Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, comments, or concerns.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!
Mrs. Matlosz