Please Read! Grinch Party and Christmas Party Info!!!

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Next Friday morning on December 16th, the third grade will be having a Grinch Party.  We will be watching the movie, How The Grinch Stole Christmas as a grade.  We will be serving “Grinch Popcorn” (sugared popcorn colored green) “Grinch Pills” (green Sixlets) during the party.  Please let us know if you have a problem with your child eating either of these things.  Since this day is a Dollar Dress Down day, we thought it would be fun for the students to dress up like the Grinch or a Who from the story/movie.  Any child that would like to do that sure can.  It will add to the fun for sure!

After the Grinch Party, our class will be doing a White Elephant gift exchange party.  Please send your child with a wrapped present on or before the 16th.  This can be something from around your house, a Dollar Store purchase, a toy you have lying around, something funny to make us laugh (Those are my favorite.), etc.  Please DO NOT go out and spend a bunch of money on this gift.  That will not be necessary.  Let me know if you need me to have a gift ready for your child.  Thanks so much for all you do!

Reminders for Field trip Tuesday, Dec. 6th!

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We are so excited for our first field trip of the year! We will be going to the Children’s Theatre and State Capitol in SLC for the day. It will be such a great time. Just a few reminders: *Please make sure your child is at school promptly by 8:25 because the buses will leave right at 8:30. *Your child needs to bring a backpack. It will hold their lunches, a water bottle and their jacket. Whether your child brings their lunch from home or gets a school lunch, they will be carrying it. *Students can bring books and/or games to play on the bus ride, but they will be responsible for it.  *The students need to wear comfortable shoes they can walk in for most of the day. *Students must wear full uniform on the field trip. I will pass out our class tie dyed shirts on Tuesday morning. They will wear them over their uniform shirts for the whole day. They will come home with your child on that day. We will ask your child to wear their shirts on all field trips. There will be other times we ask your child to wear it. I will always post on the blog when those times may be. *All parents that are coming with us need to carpool together. Please pay your $5.00 admission at the door of the Children’s Theatre as soon as you arrive. They won’t let the students enter until all parents have paid. Thanks so much for your willingness to come with us!

Homework for December 5th-9th

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Thanks for coming and supporting the school’s Quest’s 5K and Fun Run!!  IT was a really good time!

Upcoming Service Projects: We have three opportunities to help others this holiday season.
**Third Grade Service Learning Project: We have the opportunity to help some Refuges with school supplies. We need are collecting: 1-1 1/2 inch binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, fine tip Expo markers, pencils, lined paper, highlighters, personal pencil sharpeners, gently used books, glue sticks, and 1 centimeter graph paper.  These items are due by Wednesday, December 14th.

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
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Tuesday-arrays hmwk 2
Wednesday-arrays hmwk 3
Thursday- arrays hmwk 4


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-11-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**

Multiplication Madness/Valentine Card Swap

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We are hitting multiplication really hard in math right now. Starting (Monday, December 5th) we will begin Multiplication Madness! Please start drilling the multiplication facts with them starting today. The students are expected to drill their math facts at home also. The students have to pass off their 0’s to 10’s for a required grade. Every student will be given 10 problems to pass off in one minute. Multiplication facts are a huge part of the third grade math core curriculum. The students will have to spend time at home working on these facts in order to pass them off in the time table we have set. The students will have the opportunity to pass off their multiplication facts as many times as they can before the celebration. We will focus on one fact a week.   Our Multiplication Madness Banana Split Celebration will take place on Tuesday, February 14th from 1:45-3:00. It will take place of our class Valentine’s Day party.
**During Winter Break, students will need to spend time studying multiplication facts so they are prepared. Weekends are a great time to work on multiplication facts (since there is no homework).**

Each part of the Banana Split is one of the multiplication facts that needs to be passed off. You will get that part of the Banana Split ONLY if you pass off that actual fact.
0’s – Placemat
1’s- Napkin
2’s – Bowl
3’s – Spoon
4’s – Banana
5’s – Scoop of Strawberry Ice Cream
6’s – Scoop of Chocolate Ice Cream
7’s – Carmel 
8’s – Strawberry topping
9’s – Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
10’s – Chocolate Fudge topping
11’s – Whipped Cream
12’s – Cherry on Top!!!

**We will be passing out Valentine’s Day cards on February 14th.  We have 25 students in our class.  I prefer for the students not address the student’s names on the Valentine Cards.  It takes double the time to pass them out if they are addressed to each individual student in our class.  Please have your child just sign each of their cards.  Remember not to send candy with your cards.  You can bring anything else that is not edible. **

Homework for November 28th-December 2nd

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**ATTENTION: The first annual Quest Academy’s Rudolph the Reindeer 5K and Fun Run are Saturday, December 3rd. Please register to run with our class. I am running the 5K with our whole class. I’d love for all the students in our class to run too! The paper work went home with your child last week. Invite your friends and family to register as well.

I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving Break!!!

Upcoming Service Projects: We have three opportunities to help others this holiday season.
**We are creating a class basket to that POQA will sell as a fundraiser in December. Our class basket’s theme will be “Kid Movie Night”. Ideas: kid movies, candy, popcorn, sodas, juice, blankets, etc.
This basket should be catered towards the children. Please donate items to put into our class basket by the end of November.
**Third Grade Service Learning Project: We have the opportunity to help some Refuges with school supplies. We need are collecting: 1-1 1/2 inch binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, fine tip Expo markers, pencils, lined paper, highlighters, personal pencil sharpeners, gently used books, glue sticks, and 1 centimeter graph paper.

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Monday-perimeter-hmwk-1
Tuesday-perimeter-hmwk-2
Wednesday-perimeter-hmwk-3
Thursday- no math


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-10-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**

Fieldtrip to the Children’s Theatre and State Capitol

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We are going on our first field trip to the Children’s Theatre in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, December 6th.  Please read the attached permission slip with all the details about the day. I sent home a paper copy of the permission slip with each child today.  Please read the permission slip carefully, sign and return by this Friday, November 18th.  We are asking for a donation of $6.00 to cover the admission into the theatre and cost of buses.  Please turn that money into the front office as soon as possible.  WE would love as many parent volunteers to come and join us.  You will pay your $5.00 admission at the door on the day of the play.  We will not have room on the buses for parents to ride with us, so we ask that parents carpool together to and from Salt Lake.  Thanks so much for all your help and support!  WE are super excited to head out on our first third grade adventure together!
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