Monday,
September 2, 2019
I hope everyone is having a fun and
relaxing long weekend!
Our
schedule: I have our class schedule worked out for this week, but I still
don’t feel our class is ready for centers. I will let you know soon when I will
need parent volunteer help. Thanks for all of the interest some of you have
already shown.
We have our specials from 11:10 till 11:50 each day.
Tuesday (9/3) – Music
Wednesday (9/4) – P.E.
Thursday (9/5) – Music
Friday (9/6) – P.E.
Character
Counts: Our character focus for September is Trustworthiness. We will
be reading stories and having discussions about becoming Trustworthy and what
that means.
MATH: This week in
Math we are beginning our introduction to Multiplication! I know it seems
counter intuitive to begin the year with such a new and, often, difficult area
of math. There is a method to our madness. We begin very slowly and build on
students’ knowledge. Then we review the multiplication facts all year. In this
way, my third graders often go into 4th grade with a solid knowledge
of all multiplication facts. HOMEWORK ON
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
WRITING: During the first quarter of Third Grade we will be
working on Personal Narratives. I love seeing my students grow as writers!
READING: In our
Reading this week, we are working on Characters and Character Traits. We will
look at different authors and stories to see how different characters are
described. NO ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK, JUST
THE READING CALENDAR THIS WEEK.
