December 16th – 20th

Welcome to the Week before Winter Break!!   I love this time fo year but it goes by way too fast.  I only have 5 more days with my students, so please make sure that they are here everyday, all day.  We have so much planned for this week and it’s going to be amazing.  
There are some many announcements this week, so please keep scrolling so you don’t miss out on anything!!
 Announcements:
Monday, 12/16 – First Day to Sign up for Pokemon Club.  (See below for details)
Tuesday, 12/17– Library @ 8:40 – Don’t forget your library book!
Wednesday, 12/18 – Coding Lab @ 8:40
                                   – Choir Concert Assembly @ 9:45
                                    – STEM @ 2:15
                                    – Quest Under the Stars – 6:30 -8:00 pm in the Q2 gym (See below for more details)
Thursday, 12/19 – Happy 1/2 Birthday, Koda!!
Friday, 12/20 – Grinch Party @ 9:00 – Free Dress Down Day & Early Out @ 1:00
12/ 23 – 1/3 – No School for Winter Break

Food Permission Form
The Food Permission Form for most of our 3rd grade activities is now available. Please fill out this form to indicate if your child is allowed to have the snacks that we use for various lessons and activities in 3rd grade.
19-20 Food Permission Form

WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE FORM
We will be having a white elephant gift exchange during our Grinch Christmas party.  Please have your child bring a wrapped gift, that costs mo more that $5.00, on Friday, the 20th.  Please fill out the form below letting me know that your child will bring a gift.  Thanks!
White Elephant Form

Pokemon Club
We are excited to announce a Pokemon Club is being offered to our third grade students.  It will begin on January 14, 2020, and meet every Tuesday until February 18, 2020 from 3:00pm to 3:30pm in Ms. Beckstead’s classroom. 
The club will be limited to 20 students on a first come, first served basis.  Those who return this permission form, along with the $3.00 club fee, will be considered for admission. Applications will be accepted in the Q1 office beginning December 16, 2019.
Pokemon Club Contract Permission Form

Quest Under the Stars

***If you have not paid for your student’s supply donation, you may do so at the front office or you may call the school 801-731-9859
***This donation covers all of the supplies that your child is using in class, as well as maintaining a supply of pencils, lead, tissues, paper towels, hand sanitizer, art supplies, adding to the classroom library, etc…
***THANK YOU SO MUCH to those of you who have contributed to our class

***If you have not subscribed to BLOOMZ, please do so as soon as possible! Our class code is BUJ8TP***

Math:
We are continuing Unit 3 this week with Lesson 16 , which is finding the area of shapes.  We are taking our multiplication skills and putting them to the test. 



Reading:
We will be reviewing all of our reading skills this week by learning about different holiday customs and traditions from around the world.  

DECEMBER POEMS
Each month students are required to memorize at least one poem.  Below are the month’s poems.  We only read through these in class once, so they need to be practiced at home.  Students can pass off poems on Fridays whenever they are ready to recite them. 
 
OPTIONAL –  yet HIGHLY encouraged by Ms. Beckstead – REVIEW

• Read at least 20 minutes per day. Making sure that your child does his/her reading daily is the single most helpful thing you can do to support educational success.

GRINCH PARTY!!

Each year we hold the Grinch Party to help our students focus on RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY & KINDNESS.
To show our appreciation for the amazing people they are, we all gather together to watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas, enjoy a tasty popcorn buffet and sip delicious hot cocoa. We even have a new Grinch prop to use for a fun photo station! This party will be held on Friday, December 20th, from 8:30 – 10:30.


The food permission form for the Grinch Party and future activities will be later this week in its own blog post.