Kindergarten Crayon Sale $1

Kindergarten students have worked really hard all year to recycle used crayons that would ordinarily end up in the trashcan. The students have created gorgeous crayon molds that continue to work like crayons, but with some creativity and care in their making!

The crayon sale begins Monday, December 17 and runs through Friday, December 21during lunches. Each crayon is $1 each! These homemade treasures would make great gifts for younger siblings, friends, or cousins this holiday season!

Latest Data

***Your child has a green half-sheet of paper with his or her latest Acuity and DIBELS assessment data stapled into his or her binder! ***I am still in the process of sending home specific skills for parents that have requested this information. I will get those results to you by the end of next week!

***Please celebrate big and small successes with your child this weekend! It is quite obvious that everyone is working diligently at school and at home! In fact, according to the lastest DIBELS data benchmark assessment, 100% of our class is reading at or above grade level!

***I encouraged the third graders to continue doing their best work/practice at home and at school through their vocabulary packet practices, weekly readings in the basal and other items, EDM Home Links, and math facts. I'm certain the direct attention to these items as practice pieces is a huge part in their successes thus far!

Acuity Results are IN!

If you're curious about your child's Acuity Math or Language Arts and/or DIBELS reading scores, please contact me as soon as possible! I'm happy to share results, and I can even provide specific skills your child could work on at home to enhance his/her knowledge! ***Please give me at least 24 hours to respond with specific information for your child!

4 simple ideas to guide your child toward success . . .

1. READ together daily: Allow your third grader to read aloud to you, but please ENJOY reading aloud to him or her, too! This will foster a love for reading, and it will provide experiences with what a fluent reader sounds like!
2. TALK about school-What was the best part of the day? What's one goal for tomorrow?
3. GUIDE your child through homework--I would love to see parents and 3rd graders complete ALL assignments together through guided practice-this will support your child's understanding of the skills!
4. EXPOSE your child to new experiences--this can be through books, newspapers, Internet sites like National Geographic, Time for Kids, and Scholastic, or physical adventures to museums, etc.

A "Puzzling" Writing Project

We are gearing up for a “memorable” writing project beginning at the end of next week! For this project, each student will need to bring a picture to school that SPARKS an exciting, enjoyable memory. It would be great if parents/family members were in the picture, too, so that it is a memory they have with YOU or someone dear to your family! We will need to cut/glue the pictures for our writing projects, so ONLY send in pictures that can be “played” with! We need the pictures by mid-week please!

 

In addition, if any families have any old puzzles or puzzle pieces that you no longer want, we will glady put them to use! The 500 or higher puzzle pieces will work best for this project!

Native American Museum Update

Projects are really coming along . . . they are very creative, and quite crafty! Thank you to all parents for assisiting your child at home as needed!

We will have a few afternoons next week to put the finishing touches on our projects. Our musuem will take place the week of December 17. (This is a change from the previous due date.)

Unit 5 Assessment

Just a reminder that our Unit 5 math test is tomorrow afternoon. We are MORE than ready for this assessment~I know the kids will do so great because they've been hardworkers over the last two weeks!

Please use the Unit 5 Study Guide to review with your child. Your child brought the study guide handout home on Wednesday evening in his/her homework section of the binder. We completed the entire guide together, so just a review is necessary!