Happy Holidays

We wish you and your families happy holidays!  We hope to see you at our holiday parties on Friday, December 18th at 2:15.

SCHOOL WIDE READING CHALLENGE:  Each classroom is sending home a reading log in Friday folders.  We want student's to READ over the winter break.  There are many wonderful holiday books, and it helps maintain your child's reading stamina.  Record the time spent reading on the reading log, turn it in after the winter break, and your child will be entered into a give away for fun prizes!

Some fun online resources are:
https://myon.com/

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://www.magickeys.com/books

http://www.myonlinereading.com/

https://www.getepic.com/  (1st month free-$4.99 a month)

http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/

Very Successful Parent Teacher Conferences

Thank you parents for attending your child's parent teacher conference last week.  We had wonderful attendance.  We appreciate you supporting your child's success at school and meeting with their teacher to celebrate all their fantastic progress!

Fundraiser Catalogs Come Home This Friday

This Friday starts our Club's Choice Fundraiser.  Third grade students will bring home a catalog and can start selling items right away.  Some of the great items include: lots of breakfast foods, delicious cookie dough, magazines, and holiday wrapping paper.  Students can earn prizes according to how much they sell. This fundraiser will allow us to buy some technology items for our new computer lab.  Thanks for helping raise money for this great cause!

Fall Party

All third grade classroom parties will be from 2:00-3:00 p.m. on October 30th.  The added extra 15 minutes will allow for our classrooms to rotate through some fun game stations and have yummy fall goodies with our classes, too!  We hope you can join us parents.

Update on our New Classrooms

We found out that we will be into our new building and into our new classrooms the first week of November!  Our supplies and furniture will be moved the weekend before, and when students come back on Wednesday, November 4th they will be inside their new classroom.  It is beautiful and our construction crew has worked very hard to have it ready early.  Yaa-hoo!  The students are starting to count down the days (we are too!)

Send in those Box Tops!

We are collecting box tops until the first week in November.  Send them in ASAP.  This is another great way we can raise money for our school.  Every little penny adds up.  Thank you!

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

Thanks to all the parents that were able to come to the Leadership Lunch.  All third grade classrooms had close to 100% attendance.  We appreciate you taking the time to come and learn about the 7 habits of leadership and how we are applying those in our classrooms.

This month we will dive deeper into understanding Habit #2: Begin with the end in mind.  This means to have a plan.  Students will be setting new goals for their learning and practicing ways they can plan ahead.  In our counseling class we have learned how to handle our emotions.  We planned ahead by practicing ways to calm ourselves if we are excited, worried, angry, or sad.  Kids THRIVE on a consistent schedule and it helps to know ahead of time what to expect so they have strategies to cope with the way they are feeling.

Below is a link that explains each of the leadership habits and ways parents can practice each habit at home.

The Leader in Me:  Teaching Leadership at Home

Third Grade Leadership Lunch

Come join your child for lunch and learn about the leadership skills we are practicing in our classroom.  You are welcome to bring a lunch for you and your child or buy a sack lunch in the Stallion Cafe.  All classes will meet in their trailer classroom at 12:30-1:15.  We look forward to seeing you on Friday, September 25!

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Our third grade classes have been learning how to BE PROACTIVE.  This means to take responsibility for our choices and behaviors.  We are learning how we can be in charge!  Throughout the month of September students will have one leadership lesson a week on ways to be proactive.  Part of being proactive is to stop and think before we act.  Our goal is to help students think about results before they decide what to do. Discussions at home could include taking care of themselves, taking care of their things, reacting or not reacting to others' behavior, planning ahead, and thinking about what the right thing to do is.

Family Leaf Project

Students have been bringing in their colorful family leaves for our family project all week long. Our classroom community trees are complete with our school families now!  Thanks for helping your child with this special activity at home!

School Supplies Needed

As we were organizing our school supplies today many students didn't have enough folders or spiral notebooks.  Please make sure your students have enough school supplies for class.  Thanks so much!

First Week of Homework

Your child will be bringing home their Friday folder and their first homework packet.  Note that the Friday folder and behavior sheet should be returned on Monday.  The homework packet is to be completed over the week and returned on Thursday.  The homework tab above will have additional copies for your convenience.

Welcome Third Grade Parents and Students

Welcome back to school and to third grade. We are all excited to begin school on Tuesday, August 18.  This site will mostly be used to communicate overall third grade comments, share event information, important dates, homework resources, and grade level news. For more specific classroom information and happenings visit your individual teachers' classroom Blog or Facebook page.