Ms. Beckstead's 3rd Grade Class

Announcements
***Multiplication Skills of the Week – 62, 72, and 8s
Monday – STEM @ 10:30
Tuesday – Library @ 9:30
 

• Multiplication Madness party on March 28th. I sent out a Bloomz message to ask for volunteers for the day of and for supplies. Please check Bloomz!
• Curiosity Museum field trip- Wednesday, April 10th 
• I have all of the permission slips in, but not everyone has paid yet. Please do so 

Poetry
This month I am asking students to memorize at least one of the attached poems to be performed in front of the class before April 1st. This is a great opportunity to work on our fluency, phrasing, and performing skills. We will be doing a class musical in May and this will serve as an audition of sorts. Students are welcome to memorize and perform as many poems as they would like. I will be paying class money for each successfully performed. I will be sending home a hard copy with each student. Feel free to click on the link March Poems or the picture to view online.

What’s Happening in Math


Language Arts in Class
We will continue our story this week with  “Nora’s Ark”, which falls under the genre of historical fiction.  The comprehension strategy that will we working on is make, confirm and revise predictions.  Our essential question this week is: How does the weather affect us?

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please keep tract of reading minutes on the monthly reading log.  February’s reading log will come home on Monday.  

Math Homework
Each student will need to get onto www.reflexmath.com (access under student links on the Quest website, or on the blogs sidebar under Class Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Just in case students don’t remember, the class username is “Beckstead3″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

We will need parents to help and volunteer with the Multiplication Madness Ice Cream Sundae Party.  Parents that are able to come and help us, please come to the Q1 gym on March 28th @ 1:30 in the afternoon.  I know a lot of parents aren’t able to make it to the party, but we are in need of donations as well.  Our class is responsible for:

16  quarts of chocolate ice cream 
50 bananas

I will put a sign up on Bloomz so you can let me know if you would like to help with volunteering and/or donating on this day. Any parents that can come to help, please bring an ice cream scooper.  Thanks so much for all your support with all our extra shenanigans in third grade!  You’re all the best!

Announcements – 
***Multiplication Skills for the week – We will be working on our 3s, 4s and 6s.
Important Dates:
Monday  –  STEM @ 10:30
Tuesday –  Library @ 9:30

March 28th  –  Multiplication Madness Celebration
April 10th  –  Museum of Curiosity Field Trip

Poetry
This month I am asking students to memorize at least one of the attached poems to be performed in front of the class before April 1st. This is a great opportunity to work on our fluency, phrasing, and performing skills. We will be doing a class musical in May and this will serve as an audition of sorts. Students are welcome to memorize and perform as many poems as they would like. I will be paying class money for each successfully performed. I will be sending home a hard copy with each student. Feel free to click on the link March Poems or the picture to view online.


What’s Happening in Math
We are moving onto telling time to the nearest minute and elapsed time.  
 

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please keep tract of reading minutes on the monthly reading log.  February’s reading log will come home on Monday.  

Math Homework
Each student will need to get onto www.reflexmath.com (access under student links on the Quest website, or on the blogs sidebar under Class Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Just in case students don’t remember, the class username is “Beckstead3″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

We are so excited to head out on our first 3rd grade field trip tomorrow!  Just wanted to post about some important things to remember.
–Please be at school ON TIME because we will load the bus promptly at 8:30 AM.  We cannot wait for late students!!
-Students need to bring a backpack to carry their lunch, water bottle and jacket.  Students can also pack a book, game, etc…
-Students need to wear school uniforms.
-Please do not send money with students.  They do not need to purchase anything there.
-Students can bring devices if parents allow it, but we are not responsible for lost or stolen property.
-Just a reminder that parents will not be able to ride the bus with us.  Parents will need to drive separately.
-Parents can drive their child to and/or from the Aquarium, but need to let me know and sign them out (with me) before you leave at the end of the day.

Announcements
I am sorry that this post did not go out sooner.  This week for multiplication madness we will be working on 5s, 10s, and 11s.  
Friend “Ram” Grams will be on sale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week before and after school for 25 cents each. Kindergarten-4th grade Ram Grams will be sold in the Q1 building, and 5th grade-junior high Ram Grams will be sold in Q2. Ram Grams will be delivered on Thursday morning to the students’ homerooms or first period class, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Important Upcoming Dates: 
Monday – Stem
Tuesday – Library – Please remember your books!!
**Valentine’s Day Party on Thursday, February 14th from 1:30-3:00**

• We will be having a Valentine’s Day Party on Thursday, February 14th from 1:30-3:00.  Please send 25 Valentine cards with each of your students on Valentine’s Day to pass out.  (Students can also bring their own Valentine mailbox or bag, we will not be making them at school.)  To make passing them out easier, please only have your child sign their name on each card–PLEASE DO NOT ADDRESS EACH CARD.  Another reminder, please do not attach candy or food to the Valentine Cards, but you can be creative and do pencils, erasers, etc.

**No School on President’s Day- Monday, February 18th**
**Living Aquarium bus field trip- Wednesday, February 27th (Parents will need to drive for this field trip.).  Permission slips went home a few weeks ago and are also on the blog.
**Multiplication Madness Party on Thursday, March 28th from 1:30-3:00**
**Spring Break: April 1st-5th**
**Curiosity Museum field trip- Wednesday, April 10th (Front Runner)**  The first 10 parents to pay can come with us. The Curiosity Museum only allows a certain number of parent volunteers. Permission slips went home a few weeks ago and are also on the blog.

Math in the Class
For the next two weeks our class will be working on equivalent fractions. 

 
Language Arts in Class
We will be working with problem and solutions this week with our story , “Out of This World: The Ellen Ochoa Story” which is a biography and our essential question is: Why are goals important?

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please keep tract of reading minutes on the monthly reading log.  February’s reading log will come home on Monday.  

Math Homework
Each student will need to get onto www.reflexmath.com (access under student links on the Quest website, or on the blogs sidebar under Class Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Just in case students don’t remember, the class username is “Beckstead3″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.