LANSING FIELD TRIP
Wednesday, May 2
Mrs. Matlosz's Class
7:30 A.M. Meet at Valley View
7:45 A.M. Leave Valley View for Lansing. Parents will meet us at the
Michigan Historical Museum located at:
702 West Kalamazoo: Lansing (517) 373-1375
9:30 A.M. Tour the Michigan Historical Museum
10:30 A.M. Lunch in the museum cafeteria
11:00 A.M. Load the bus to travel to the State Capitol
11:30-12:30 Guided tour of the State Capitol
12:45 P.M. Leave for Impressions 5: Parents will meet us at
Impressions 5 located at:
200 Museum Dr. Lansing, MI (517) 485-8116
1:00-1:45 Students will explore the hands-on activities at Impressions
5 with their chaperone. Children may visit the gift shop during this
time.
1:45 P.M. Load the bus to head back to Valley View
*Back at Valley View at approximately 3:15 p.m.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Welcome Back!
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful and well deserved Spring Break. It’s amazing to me how quickly time is going. We are starting to get closer to the end but still have so much to accomplish!
Science: We are just starting a new unit on light and sound. We will start looking at how light travels and different properties of light. Also next week Thursday and Friday we will be having an Earth Day Extravaganza! We have many different activities that the children will love!
Math: We just finished the end of unit 8 and will be moving into unit 9 next week. Expect to see more multiplication practice and the start of multiplying double digits.
Language Arts: We have just started new literature studies. I allowed the children to pick their own groups according to similar interests. We found some of our shared book sets in our room, but got a chance to explore and use the upper elementary shared book room down the hall.
The children did a wonderful job on their biographies. Our next mission is to write and publish our auto biographies.
Social Studies: Our focus all year is Michigan and we take this time to study the government and how it works. We learned the 3 branches of government and talked about how laws are passed. We also had an interesting discussion about what it would be like if we didn’t have any laws or rules.
*We have two field trips coming up in May. I will be sending home notes next week about both. The first one is Wednesday May 2nd to Lansing. The second one is Wednesday May 16th and we will be going to enhance our science program by visiting the Van Andel Museum downtown Grand Rapids. Wow, so much to look forward to!
Science: We are just starting a new unit on light and sound. We will start looking at how light travels and different properties of light. Also next week Thursday and Friday we will be having an Earth Day Extravaganza! We have many different activities that the children will love!
Math: We just finished the end of unit 8 and will be moving into unit 9 next week. Expect to see more multiplication practice and the start of multiplying double digits.
Language Arts: We have just started new literature studies. I allowed the children to pick their own groups according to similar interests. We found some of our shared book sets in our room, but got a chance to explore and use the upper elementary shared book room down the hall.
The children did a wonderful job on their biographies. Our next mission is to write and publish our auto biographies.
Social Studies: Our focus all year is Michigan and we take this time to study the government and how it works. We learned the 3 branches of government and talked about how laws are passed. We also had an interesting discussion about what it would be like if we didn’t have any laws or rules.
*We have two field trips coming up in May. I will be sending home notes next week about both. The first one is Wednesday May 2nd to Lansing. The second one is Wednesday May 16th and we will be going to enhance our science program by visiting the Van Andel Museum downtown Grand Rapids. Wow, so much to look forward to!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Spring Pictures
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow we have spring pictures. Looking forward to seeing everyone's beautiful smiles:)
Monday, February 20, 2012
Where does the time go?
I hope that everyone had a wonderful President’s Day, and I hope you’re all looking forward to mid-winter break this week Friday! It’s amazing how quickly this month is flying bye! A million thanks to everyone that helped plan, organize, donate, and participate in our Valentine’s party. It was absolutely spectacular! A huge thanks to Chris Ann Lilly for planning our chocolate covered party!!!!
Language Arts: We finished reading all of the Michigan Legends and are now reading “Ralph S. Mouse”. We are also doing some fun and exciting things with writing. We have talked about different kinds of leads, and how to zoom in and add detail to our writing by using all of our senses. I am so proud of how much the children are growing as writers!
Math: We are almost done with unit 6. We will be learning more about multiplication, division, working with parentheses, estimating costs, and extended facts.
Spelling: I have been hearing great things from many of you about the new spelling. I am glad that the kids are picking it up quickly and doing such a great job. This week group 1 is focusing on words with –ew, -ou, and –oo. Group 2 is working on words with VV(vowel, vowel), VCCV (vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel) doubled, and VCCV-not doubled. Every Monday night is either write and draw or sort, alphabetize and draw. If your child isn’t sure what a word means, send them in to me to discuss it again.
Science: We are just starting a unit called Earth and me. It’s so fun to look at different rocks and minerals and learn about the Earth’s surface.
Important Dates:
February 24th: No school, mid-winter break.
March 1st: Book orders due. You can send them in or go online and order from scholastic using the code H7TZY.
March 2nd: No school, staff professional development day.
March 30th: No school, spring break begins!
April 9th: School resumes.
May 2nd: Lansing field trip.
May 25th and 28th: No school, Memorial weekend.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine Reminder
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday February 14th is our Valentine's Day party. I hope you can make it, the kids can't wait! If your child hasn't brought in a decorated box, please remember to send that in and their Valentines to their classmates. Thank you so much for your help in making our party a success!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Important dates to remember
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND UPCOMING EVENTS FROM VALLEY VIEW
SCHOOL DISMISSED TOMORROW, FRI-DAY, JANUARY 27 AT 11:50. NO B GROUP K.
SPIRIT WEAR SALE—INFO AND ORDER FORMS BEING SENT HOME TODAY. ORDERS MUST BE IN BY THURSDAY, FEB. 2.
YEARBOOK ORDERS MUST BE IN BY 2/3/12.
If you are unable to find your yearbook order form, but would still like to order one please fill out a piece of paper with the following information and cash or a check to HR Imaging for $10.
Student’s Name:
Teacher:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone:
VALENTINE PARTIES—TUESDAY, FEB. 14 FOR B GROUP K THRU 5TH. 2:00-2:20 RECESS-PARTIES TO FOLLOW.
GROUP A K PARTIES WED. FEB. 15-2:00-3:00.
VALLEY VIEW CARNIVAL—SATURDAY FEB. 18, 11:00-2:00. VOLUNTEERS & DONATIONS NEEDED. (CARNIVAL PLANNING MEETING, THURS, FEB 2, AT D&W CAFÉ AT 7:00 PM)
VALLEY VIEW POST OFFICE WILL OPEN FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
SCHOOL DISMISSED TOMORROW, FRI-DAY, JANUARY 27 AT 11:50. NO B GROUP K.
SPIRIT WEAR SALE—INFO AND ORDER FORMS BEING SENT HOME TODAY. ORDERS MUST BE IN BY THURSDAY, FEB. 2.
YEARBOOK ORDERS MUST BE IN BY 2/3/12.
If you are unable to find your yearbook order form, but would still like to order one please fill out a piece of paper with the following information and cash or a check to HR Imaging for $10.
Student’s Name:
Teacher:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone:
VALENTINE PARTIES—TUESDAY, FEB. 14 FOR B GROUP K THRU 5TH. 2:00-2:20 RECESS-PARTIES TO FOLLOW.
GROUP A K PARTIES WED. FEB. 15-2:00-3:00.
VALLEY VIEW CARNIVAL—SATURDAY FEB. 18, 11:00-2:00. VOLUNTEERS & DONATIONS NEEDED. (CARNIVAL PLANNING MEETING, THURS, FEB 2, AT D&W CAFÉ AT 7:00 PM)
VALLEY VIEW POST OFFICE WILL OPEN FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sledding for Science
Today we enjoyed sledding to explore how different variables play a role into speeding down a slope. We started by going down a small slope on our bottoms, followed by on a sled on our own, and finally on a sled with a friend. We discussed how friction slowed us down at first. The children quickly learned that the steeper slope and more weight on the sled made them go faster and farther. Way to go third grade scientists:)
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