I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather we're having this weekend! Our week in 3rd grade was very busy. On Wednesday, we had our first Ag. in the Class lesson! We learned about how football is related to farms. The students realized that there are many connections, and that a football game could not happen without a farmer. We will be having Ag. in the Class every month for the rest of the year. They are valuable lessons about the importance of agriculture, and the students love it. Friday was also a special day. My parents came from Chicago for a visit, and my mom taught an art history lesson to the students. They were able to make their own versions of a famous Renoir painting. I am very impressed with the effort the students put into their art projects.
Reminder
Please remember to send in your RSVPs for Donuts with Dad by Tuesday.
The Week Ahead
English: We will continue our unit about nouns.
Math: We will learn to collect data, tally, estimate the sum of two digit numbers, measure using centimeters, add multiples of ten using mental computation, and order three digit numbers.
Reading: My reading class with be reading an amazing story called, Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome. We will also practice making and confirming predictions, learn about synonyms, review author's purpose, and learn to make and identify analogies.
Science: We will be starting a unit about where living things are found.
Social Studies: We will be learning that people have different ways of living.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us with any questions or concerns.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
It really started to feel like fall this week! Some students are still not bringing jackets to school. In the morning, when it is still quite chilly out, they sometimes go outside for P.E. Please make sure your child starts bringing a jacket or sweatshirt to school. With the weather getting cooler, our minds are moving toward exciting days ahead like Halloween! On Wednesday Mrs. Brewers, a retired 3rd grade teacher, came to our classroom to do a special Halloween project with the students. The students dunked cheese cloth into a fabric stiffener, and then put them over Styrofoam balls to make a ghost shape. Once the ghosts hardened, the students glued eyes and a bow on their ghost. They are the cutest little ghosts! Our ghosts will be in the front display case during the month of October. Please stop by and take a look!
Donuts with Dad
A yellow note went home in Friday Folders announcing the date for Donuts with Dad. Unlike the Grandparent's Ice Cream Social, we will need an RSVP. At the bottom of the yellow sheet, there is a little space to write how many people plan to attend from your family. Please send that portion of the note back to school with your child by October 2nd.
The Week Ahead
English: Since we finished our first English unit, we moved onto our next unit about nouns. On Friday we learned the noun song, and had fun singing it a few times!
Math: We will learn to identify dozen and half dozen, read and write numbers to 1,000 using digits, write money amounts using the dollar sign, read and shade a thermometer to the nearest 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and use guess and check to solve a problem.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a story called, Turtle Bay. We will also learn about author's purpose, homographs and homophones, semantic feature analysis, giving good direction, and compound words.
Social Studies: We will learn that communities have a history, and how to read a timeline.
Science: We will continue learning about the types of animals.
I hope everyone had a wonderful homecoming weekend! Please feel free to e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us with any questions or concerns.
Donuts with Dad
A yellow note went home in Friday Folders announcing the date for Donuts with Dad. Unlike the Grandparent's Ice Cream Social, we will need an RSVP. At the bottom of the yellow sheet, there is a little space to write how many people plan to attend from your family. Please send that portion of the note back to school with your child by October 2nd.
The Week Ahead
English: Since we finished our first English unit, we moved onto our next unit about nouns. On Friday we learned the noun song, and had fun singing it a few times!
Math: We will learn to identify dozen and half dozen, read and write numbers to 1,000 using digits, write money amounts using the dollar sign, read and shade a thermometer to the nearest 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and use guess and check to solve a problem.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a story called, Turtle Bay. We will also learn about author's purpose, homographs and homophones, semantic feature analysis, giving good direction, and compound words.
Social Studies: We will learn that communities have a history, and how to read a timeline.
Science: We will continue learning about the types of animals.
I hope everyone had a wonderful homecoming weekend! Please feel free to e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us with any questions or concerns.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
What a great week! The Grandparent's Ice Cream Social is one of my favorite days! It is so much fun to meet the students' grandparents! It is great to see the pride the students have when they show their grandma or grandpa their classroom and desk. Thank you to all that were able to participate!
Picture Day
Please remember that Monday is Picture day. Please send the picture order form with your student on Monday. Our picture time is before gym and lunch. This is great news for special hair styles!
Homecoming Week
We have such an exciting week ahead! Homecoming week is always such a fun time for the community of Orion to show their pride. A note went home in Friday Folders describing the spirit days that we will have at C. R. Hanna.
Monday - It's Picture Day, so dress for the camera!
Tuesday - Wear yellow (each grade level will wear a different color).
Wednesday - Mismatch Day!
Thursday - Charger Day! Wear your favorite Charger gear. This is also the parade day.
Friday - Wear red and black
The Week Ahead
English: We will finish our first English unit on the sentence. We will spend some time reviewing and most likely have a test on Thursday. I will send a note home in assignment notebooks Monday or Tuesday with pages to study for the test.
Math: We will learn to count dimes, nickels, and pennies, write fractions using the fraction bar, write fraction number sentences that equal 1, identify dozen and half dozen, and write a fraction to show part of a set.
Reading: My reading class will read a nonfiction story called, The Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made. Since we just had the summer Olympics, this will be an exciting topic to discuss. We will also learn the elements of nonfiction, to adjust our reading rate while reading nonfiction, how to make inferences, to use a dictionary, and what antonyms are.
Science: We will start learning about types of animals.
Social Studies: We will learn how to act like a responsible citizen and how we get what we need in a community.
I hope everyone enjoys the beautiful weather this weekend! Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns at bcalcott@orionschools.us.
Picture Day
Please remember that Monday is Picture day. Please send the picture order form with your student on Monday. Our picture time is before gym and lunch. This is great news for special hair styles!
Homecoming Week
We have such an exciting week ahead! Homecoming week is always such a fun time for the community of Orion to show their pride. A note went home in Friday Folders describing the spirit days that we will have at C. R. Hanna.
Monday - It's Picture Day, so dress for the camera!
Tuesday - Wear yellow (each grade level will wear a different color).
Wednesday - Mismatch Day!
Thursday - Charger Day! Wear your favorite Charger gear. This is also the parade day.
Friday - Wear red and black
The Week Ahead
English: We will finish our first English unit on the sentence. We will spend some time reviewing and most likely have a test on Thursday. I will send a note home in assignment notebooks Monday or Tuesday with pages to study for the test.
Math: We will learn to count dimes, nickels, and pennies, write fractions using the fraction bar, write fraction number sentences that equal 1, identify dozen and half dozen, and write a fraction to show part of a set.
Reading: My reading class will read a nonfiction story called, The Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made. Since we just had the summer Olympics, this will be an exciting topic to discuss. We will also learn the elements of nonfiction, to adjust our reading rate while reading nonfiction, how to make inferences, to use a dictionary, and what antonyms are.
Science: We will start learning about types of animals.
Social Studies: We will learn how to act like a responsible citizen and how we get what we need in a community.
I hope everyone enjoys the beautiful weather this weekend! Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns at bcalcott@orionschools.us.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Hi Everyone!
Even though we had a short week, we were very busy. The students took several tests that will be used to monitor their progress. We will repeat this testing in the winter, and then again in the spring. Even though there were many tests to be taken, the students had a wonderful attitude about it. I was very proud of their effort. During social studies, the students were put into small groups to create a map of C. R. Hanna. They learned that there are many parts to making a map, and that it wasn't as easy as it sounded. All the maps are looking great. As soon as they have been completed, the students will present them to the class. Another highlight of the week was that we drew conclusions on the experiment that we did in science. After going over our observations from the previous two weeks, we concluded that plants cannot survive without having their needs (water, light, and soil) met. We are now working on saving the plants that we deprived of water and light.
Ice Cream Social
It's finally here! The excitedly anticipated Grandparent's Ice Cream Social! If your child is going to attend, they must bring a note with them on Monday. Even if your child is normally a walker, they still need a note.
Book Orders
If you placed an order with Scholastic, I have received word that the books have been shipped. I am expecting that they will arrive early next week.
The Week Ahead
English: We will continue our unit about types and parts of sentences. We will also work on writing topic sentences.
Math: We will learn to solve problems by working backwards, divide a square into three equal parts, identify and shade thirds,and more.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a story called, Allie's Basketball Dream. We will also discuss what characters are like by what they say and do, how to summarize a story, how to use a dictionary to find words, how to create a story map, and more.
Science: We will continue our unit on plants.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on communities.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Please feel free to e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us if you have any questions or concerns.
Even though we had a short week, we were very busy. The students took several tests that will be used to monitor their progress. We will repeat this testing in the winter, and then again in the spring. Even though there were many tests to be taken, the students had a wonderful attitude about it. I was very proud of their effort. During social studies, the students were put into small groups to create a map of C. R. Hanna. They learned that there are many parts to making a map, and that it wasn't as easy as it sounded. All the maps are looking great. As soon as they have been completed, the students will present them to the class. Another highlight of the week was that we drew conclusions on the experiment that we did in science. After going over our observations from the previous two weeks, we concluded that plants cannot survive without having their needs (water, light, and soil) met. We are now working on saving the plants that we deprived of water and light.
Ice Cream Social
It's finally here! The excitedly anticipated Grandparent's Ice Cream Social! If your child is going to attend, they must bring a note with them on Monday. Even if your child is normally a walker, they still need a note.
Book Orders
If you placed an order with Scholastic, I have received word that the books have been shipped. I am expecting that they will arrive early next week.
The Week Ahead
English: We will continue our unit about types and parts of sentences. We will also work on writing topic sentences.
Math: We will learn to solve problems by working backwards, divide a square into three equal parts, identify and shade thirds,and more.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a story called, Allie's Basketball Dream. We will also discuss what characters are like by what they say and do, how to summarize a story, how to use a dictionary to find words, how to create a story map, and more.
Science: We will continue our unit on plants.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on communities.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Please feel free to e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us if you have any questions or concerns.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Phew! This was a hot week! The students did a great job focusing despite the weather. Hopefully the weather will cool down soon.
Friday Folders
Scholastic Book Orders
Some students asked that I wait to submit the book order. I am holding the book order until Tuesday. If you would like to order, please send the form to school or order online by Tuesday.
Reading Record Reminder
Our first reading record is due on Tuesday. Please be sure to send it to school with your child. If you have misplaced the reading record, just write how long your child read on each weekday and sign it. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
The Week Ahead
English: We will continue our unit on sentences. In writing, we will begin to focus on how to write a topic sentence that grabs a reader's attention.
Math: We will learn to write the date using digits, divide squares into two, four, and eight equal parts, identify and shade halves, fourths, and eighths, read a thermometer to the nearest 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and round numbers to the nearest 10.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a mystery called, Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective. We will also discuss making and confirming predictions, narrative story elements, how to decode compound words and CVVC (consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant) words, and much more.
Social Studies: We will continue learning about communities.
Science: We concluded our observations of plants that have been deprived of sun or water. We will draw conclusions about what happened during this experiment next week. We will also discuss how plants make food.
Please e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us if you have any questions or concerns. I hope everyone is having a great time at the Fall Festival!
Friday Folders
- Today, an invitation to the Grandparents Ice Cream Social went home. It will be on September 10th from 3:00 - 4:00. There is no need to R.S.V.P. this year. I hope to meet some of the students' grandparents on that day!
- Information about the new student management system went home. Please take a look at that.
- The Fundraiser also went home in Friday Folders.
Scholastic Book Orders
Some students asked that I wait to submit the book order. I am holding the book order until Tuesday. If you would like to order, please send the form to school or order online by Tuesday.
Reading Record Reminder
Our first reading record is due on Tuesday. Please be sure to send it to school with your child. If you have misplaced the reading record, just write how long your child read on each weekday and sign it. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
The Week Ahead
English: We will continue our unit on sentences. In writing, we will begin to focus on how to write a topic sentence that grabs a reader's attention.
Math: We will learn to write the date using digits, divide squares into two, four, and eight equal parts, identify and shade halves, fourths, and eighths, read a thermometer to the nearest 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and round numbers to the nearest 10.
Reading: My reading class will be reading a mystery called, Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective. We will also discuss making and confirming predictions, narrative story elements, how to decode compound words and CVVC (consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant) words, and much more.
Social Studies: We will continue learning about communities.
Science: We concluded our observations of plants that have been deprived of sun or water. We will draw conclusions about what happened during this experiment next week. We will also discuss how plants make food.
Please e-mail me at bcalcott@orionschools.us if you have any questions or concerns. I hope everyone is having a great time at the Fall Festival!
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