-Leonardo DaVinci
Important Dates:
9/17: STEM Lab
9/18: Take a peek at www.scholastic.com to order great books for home. Class Code: TMN4M
9/19:
9/20: Library, apples for Apple Witches due
9/21: Apple Witch carving day, Spirit Day, Early Release
Apple Witch Time:
3rd grade has a tradition of carving and dressing apple witches each fall. It is a super fun project that we will connect with a writing activity. Apple witches will be carved in September and set out dry until we dress them in October, just in time for Halloween. We will be carving our apple witches on Friday morning. I need every student to bring one medium sized apple (we will not be eating them) by Thursday September 20th. The apple needs to be medium size, too big and it will rot, too small and the face won’t be visible. In order to do this, I need several parent volunteers who would be willing to come into our class on Friday, September 21st at 10:00 and help with this project for an hour or so. We will need 8 parent volunteers, 1/8 teaspoons (at least 10), and apple peelers (at least 8). If you have any of these items but cannot attend, please send them with your child, and I will make sure that they get back to you.
I have created a sign-up on BLOOMZ for you to sign up to help and bring supplies
Later, I will also need a few parent volunteers to sew (at home) extra witch costumes (very easy sewing). If you would like to volunteer, you may let me know on BLOOMZ, email, or comment on this post.
Coming This Week:
In Math, Multiplication continues! It is so awesome to see the light come on in the students’ eyes as they are grasping concepts. This week we are going to learn how to break groups apart as a strategy for multiplying larger numbers.
In Reading, we will move on to Week 2 of Unit 1. We will be reading The Dream Catcher and Yoon and the Jade Bracelet. The comprehension strategy we will focus on is Visualization and our skill will be identifying Characters, Setting, and Plot. The vocabulary focus will be on using context clues to help us understand new words.
Homework:
It’s easy! 20 minutes of reading every night. Our Reflex reports are having some issues, so we will be doing Reflex at school this week so we can figure out what is happening with our reports.
Work hard. Be kind.