Ms. Applonie's 3rd Grade Class

Upcoming Events:

• Friday, February 11 100th day of school
• Monday, February 14 Valentine’s Day Party
• Monday, February 21- NO SCHOOL (President’s Day)
• Tuesday, February 22- “Two’s Day” 2/22/22 (How cool is that!)
• Friday February 25- $1 Dress Down Day

**UPDATE to the Valentine’s Day Party:

Administration notified us this week that we can bring treats for valentines! So if you and your student choose you may bring store bought, individually wrapped treats to pass out as valentines. However, treats may NOT contain peanuts/tree nuts.

• Morning class has 22 students.
• Afternoon class has 20 students.
• We do NOT need volunteers for our party.
• Your student does NOT need to bring a box for collecting valentines. We will be decorating bags to collect valentines
• If your student brings valentines to share they should bring one for EVERYONE in the class. If they want to hand out valentines to only a select few, during class is NOT the time to do that.
• Only write who the Valentine is FROM. Do NOT address Valentine’s to each student (this will help the students distribute their Valentine’s in a more orderly manner).

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 6: “How do weather and seasons affect us?”

Comprehension strategy: “Visualize” We will read a fictional story and an informational text to go along with this week’s theme “How can you stay safe in bad weather?”

New High Frequency Words: Review-my, are, he, with, is, little, she, was

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Review-Hh, Ee, Ff, Rr, Bb, Ll, Kk, ck

Vocabulary: safe, prepare, celebration, notice, enough

Math: Lesson 24  “Addition and Subtraction word problems to 10” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Upcoming Events:

• Wednesday/Thursday, February 2nd-3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences this week! Click HERE to sign up for PTC
• Wednesday, February 2nd is a short day for all Quest students
• Thursday, February 3rd half day kindergarten will have NO SCHOOL while all other Quest students will have a short day
• Friday, February 4th NO SCHOOL
• Friday, February 11th 100th day of school
• Monday, February 14th Valentine’s Day Party

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• Label student belongings. This includes coats, jackets, gloves, water bottles, etc.
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 6: “How do weather and seasons affect us?”

Comprehension strategy: “Visualize” We will read a fantasy book to go along with this week’s theme “What happens in different kinds of weather?”

New High Frequency Words: “she” & “was”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Kk, ck

Vocabulary: predict, temperature, clever, storm, drought

Math: Lesson 23  “Subtract within 10” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Upcoming Events:

• Wednesday/Thursday, February 2nd-3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences. Wednesday, February 2nd is a short day for all Quest students. Thursday, February 3rd half day kindergarten will have NO SCHOOL while all other Quest students will have a short day. Click HERE to sign up for PTC
• Friday, February 4th NO SCHOOL
• Monday, February 14th Valentine’s Day Party

Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due!  Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
• Friday: Short day and $1 Dress Down Day
• Label student belongings. This includes coats, jackets, gloves, water bottles, etc.
• To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 6: “How do weather and seasons affect us?”

Comprehension strategy: “Visualize” We will read  a fictional  text and various poems to go along with this week’s theme “How are the seasons different?”

New High Frequency Words: “little” & “is”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Bb, Ll

Vocabulary: weather, seasons, spot, migrate, active

Math: Lesson 22  “Find the missing part of 10” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Stores are now stocked and ready for Valentine’s Day.  To help you properly prepare for our class celebrations, here are the Quest guidelines in regards to Valentine’s:

“Per Quest’s wellness policy, all food in the classroom must be pre-approved. Furthermore, parental permission is also required for students to consume food during class parties. Due to this policy—as in years past—student Valentines cannot contain edible items. Suggestions for nonfood Valentines include pencils, erasers, bubbles, stickers, etc. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required.”

Other details regarding the Valentines celebration:

• Morning class has 23 students.
• Afternoon class has 20 students.
• We do NOT need volunteers for our party.
• Your student does NOT need to bring a box for collecting valentines.
• If your student brings valentines to share they should bring one for EVERYONE in the class. If they want to hand out valentines to only a select few, during class is NOT the time to do that.

Upcoming Events:

• Wednesday/Thursday, February 2nd-3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences. Spots are filling up quickly, please sign up NOW. Our PTC schedule in half day kindergarten is slightly different than the rest of the school. Wednesday, February 2nd will be a short day schedule for all Quest students. Thursday, February 3rd half day kindergarten will have NO SCHOOL while all other Quest students will have a short day. Click HERE to sign up for PTC
• Friday, February 4th NO SCHOOL for all students.

Weekly Reminders:

• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).
• Label student belongings. This includes coats, jackets, gloves, water bottles, etc.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 5: “What kinds of things can you find growing in nature?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read  informational  texts to go along with this week’s theme “What kinds of things grow on a farm?”

New High Frequency Words: “with” & “he”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Ff, Rr

Vocabulary: fresh, delicious, beneath, raise, special

Math: Lesson 21  “Add within 10” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Upcoming Events:

• Monday, January 18th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day-NO SCHOOL
• Wednesday/Thursday, February 2nd-3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences. Our PTC schedule in half day kindergarten is slightly different than the rest of the school. Wednesday, February 2nd will be a short day schedule for all Quest students. Thursday, February 3rd half day kindergarten will have NO SCHOOL while all other Quest students will have a short day. Click HERE to sign up for PTC
• Friday, February 4th NO SCHOOL for all students.

Weekly Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due! Please make sure your child’s library book is in their backpack. Our librarian was out today (1/11) so books were not returned. They will keep their books until next week. Send take-home folders to school (yellow for AM and green for PM). Please review contents of folder when returned.
• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).
• Label student belongings. This includes coats, jackets, gloves, water bottles, etc.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 5: “What kinds of things can you find growing in nature?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read  informational  texts to go along with this week’s theme “How do living things change as they grow?”

New High Frequency Word: “are”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sound/spelling: Ee

Vocabulary: develop, amazing, enormous, imagine, content

Math: Lesson 20  “Practice Facts to 5” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

Parent Teacher Conferences are quickly approaching. They will be February 2nd and 3rd (Wednesday and Thursday). Please remember that our PTC schedule in half day kindergarten is slightly different than the rest of the school. Wednesday, February 2nd, will be a short day schedule for all Quest students. Thursday, February 3rd, half day kindergarten will have NO SCHOOL while all other Quest students will have a short day. This is so we have enough time to meet with everyone. Please click on the following link to view and sign up for a time slot. If you would prefer a Zoom conference please let me know directly through email at aapplonie@questac.org. Thank you!

Click HERE to sign up for PTC

Upcoming Events:

• Monday, January 18th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day-NO SCHOOL
• Wednesday/Thursday, February 2nd-3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences. I will be sending out the sign up soon, please watch for it.

Weekly Reminders:

• Tuesday: Library books are due! Please make sure your child’s library book is in their backpack. Send take-home folders to school (yellow for AM and green for PM). Please review contents of folder when returned.
• Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 5: “What kinds of things can you find growing in nature?”

Comprehension strategy: “Reread” We will read a fictional  text and several poems to go along with this week’s theme “What do living things need to grow?”

New High Frequency Word: “my”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sound/spelling: Hh

Vocabulary: require, plant, harmful, soak, crowd

Math: Lesson 19  “Subtract within 5” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.

We are excited for your return tomorrow.  We hope you had an enjoyable break. We know that the children are excited about the gifts they received, but we are requesting that all toys and gifts remain at home.

Please note that devices that can be used to make or receive calls are to be kept in backpacks and turned off during the day; this includes cell phones, watches, etc.

Thank you for your support.

Upcoming Events:

• Wednesday, December 15: pajama day
• Thursday, December 16: Discovery Gateway in-class “field trip”
• Friday, December 17: Class Winter Party, for your child to be able to have any treats at our party you need to fill out a permission form linked HERE
• December 18-January 2: Winter Break- No School

Weekly Reminders:

Tuesday: Library books are due! Please make sure your child’s library book is in their backpack. Send take-home folders to school (yellow for AM and green for PM). Please review contents of folder when returned.
Friday: Short day schedule and FREE dress down day or wear an ugly sweater.

Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:

Big Idea for Unit 4: “What do you know about the people and places in our neighborhood?”

Comprehension strategy: “Ask and Answer Questions” . We will be reading informational texts to go along with this week’s theme “How can people help make your community better?”

New High Frequency Word: “you”

Phonics:blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sound/spelling: Review

Sound Wall: /or/ as in corn and /kw/ as in queen

Vocabulary: community, improve, harvest, quarrel, confused

Math: Lesson 18` “Understand Subtraction” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.