Ms. Beckstead's 3rd Grade Class

It’s the last Monday of school before Christmas! We only have ONE week until Christmas Break: December 17th- January 1st.  We will come back to school on Tuesday, January 2nd after break.
What’s Happening this Week
Monday 12/10 –  *Thanksgiving Point is coming to our class to build biomes @ 9:30
                                     *Stem @ 10:30
Tuesday  12/11 – Library @ 9:30 *Please remember to bring back library books!!!
Wednesday 12/12 – Wednesday, December 12th-Pancakes and Pajamas
Students will have pancakes for lunch and can wear PJ’s to school that day.
Thursday 12/13 –  Choir Concert Assembly
Friday 12/14 – We will have a Grinch Party on Friday, December 14th.  This is a Dollar Dress Down Day, and we will encourage the students to dress up in their “Grinch Gear”.  We will be serving “Grinch Popcorn” (sugared popcorn colored green) during the party.  Please let us know if you have a problem with your child eating this.  We will also do a White Elephant gift exchange on this day.  Please bring a wrapped gift to school on or before this day.  Thanks!

**Grinch Party help:  We will not need help on the day of the party, but it would be greatly appreciated if any parents are willing to make green sugar popcorn for the party.  Please let me know if you can help out with that.

**White Elephant Gifts:  Please do not spend a lot of money on your gift!  Be creative!  Use something around your house, a toy you don’t play with anymore, a Dollar Store gift, etc.  Please bring a gift that the other third grade students would want to steal from the other students.  Let me know if you need me to provide a gift for your child.  

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.

On Friday, December 14th, 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) during the party.  Please let us know if you have a problem with your child eating this.  Since this day is a Free 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!

Our class will also be doing a White Elephant gift exchange party. Please send your child with a wrapped present on or before the 14th.  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.

We only have two short weeks until Christmas Break: December 17th- January 1st.  We will come back to school on Tuesday, January 2nd after the break.

We will have a Grinch Party on Friday, December 14th.  We will also do a White Elephant gift exchange on this day.  Please bring a wrapped gift to school on or before this day.  More details will be posted as the day gets closer.  Thanks!

What’s Happening this Week
Monday 12/3– Stem @ 10:30
                         * NOVEMBER READING LOGS ARE DUE!!
Tuesday  12/4 – Library @ 9:30 *Please remember to bring back library books!!!
Thursday 12/6 –  Library Global Community form due – Please see “A Letter From Our Librarian” post. 

Math in Class
This week we will continue working on addition and subtraction using place value and we will test on Tuesday and Wednesday.


Language Arts in Class
We are still working on main ideas and details this week with our story , “A Mountain of History” which is an expository text and our essential question is: How do landmarks help us understand our country’s history?  

• Here is an outline of our Language Arts Unit –  Unit 1 Week 5-Weekly Outline

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.

What is our Global Community?

Each year in the Q1 library, we like to encourage students to share their family’s heritage during our Global Literacy week. In year’s past we’ve done a Diversity Quilt, which showed family traditions & flags representing the family’s origins. We’ve also done a “Peace” wall to show the different languages in which our diverse population of students would say the word Peace. This year I would like to display on a map where our students come from. Show them a visual of our “Global Community” here at Quest. By doing this we would like to know what State or Country your student was born, or if your student would prefer, where their family originates from. We will then put their name on a “sticky” arrow & place them on the map. I think this will be a fun way to show how diverse our student population is here in West haven, Utah.

For responding, your students name will also be entered into a drawing to win a small prize here in the library. There will be one winner per class.

It really is fun to see where we all originate from & have the students start thinking a little more Globally. Also possibly finding a kinship with students from the same areas of the world. 

Please click on the link to participate in our “Global Community” by Thursday, December 6th. 
https://goo.gl/forms/joBX89AIiAQJN5t72

Thank you for participating!
 Mrs. Anderson
 Q1 Librarian

What’s Happening this Week!
Monday 11/12– Stem in the classroom @ 10:30
                         *** Veterans Day!!  
Tuesday  11/13 – Library @ 9:30 *Library Books are Due 
Thanksgiving Break – 11/19-11/24 

Math in Class
We are still working on the lessons from last week.  We will test on Wednesday and Thursday.


Language Arts in Class
This week we will be reviewing cause and effect, sequencing, and compare and contrast.  We will then test on these skills on Friday. 

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.

What’s Happening this Week!
Monday 11/5– Stem @ 10:30
Tuesday  11/6 – Library @ 9:30 *Library Books are Due 
***If you did not turn in your reading log, please do so on Monday!
***I will be sending home the new reading log on Monday.  

Math in Class
We are starting a new unit this week.  We will be moving on to rounding and place value!


Language Arts in Class
We will continue with our main story from last week.  The main story we will be reading is, “The Amazing Wildlife of the Mojave” which is an expository text and our essential question is: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?  Our comprehension skill that we will be focusing on is comparing and contrasting.

• Here is an outline of our Language Arts Unit –  Unit 4 Week 3-Weekly Outline

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.

This Weeks Happenings:
Spirit Week Starts:

Monday 10/29– Stem @ 10:30
Tuesday  10/30– Library @ 9:30 *Library Books are Due
Wednesday 10/31 – HALLOWEEN – Short Day * Halloween Parade @ 9 and class party to follow. I have posted a food permission form on the blog.  Please fill this form out before Halloween.
Thursday 11/1 – OCTOBER READING LOG IS DUE TODAY!!!!

Math in Class
We are at the end of  our unit, so this week we will be reviewing multiplication and division and test at the end of the week.

Language Arts in Class
The main story we will be reading is this week is , “The Amazing Wildlife of the Mojave” which is an expository text and our essential question is: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?  Our comprehension skill that we will be focusing on is comparing and contrasting.

• Here is an outline of our Language Arts Unit –  Unit 4 Week 3-Weekly Outline

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.

Below is the food permission form for the entire year. Please fill this out and be sure to include any substitutions that your child may need for any food allergies.

This Weeks Happenings:
Monday 10/22– Stem @ 10:30
                           – Book Fair Opens and runs all week
Tuesday  10/23– Library @ 9:30 *Library Books are Due
                             – Parent Teacher Conferences (Sign-ups are on Bloomz)
                             – Morning with Moms in Q1 (Last names A-L)
Wendessay 10/24 – Dressing Apple Witches @ 1:30 – We would love all the help we can get!!  If your child has not brought in his or her dress, hat, gloves, and stick, please make sure they have it no later than Wednesday morning.
Thursday 10/25 – Parent Teacher Conferences (Sign-Ups are on Bloomz)
                               – Morning with Moms in Q1 (Last names M-Z)
Friday 10/26 – Canned Food Dress Down Day – Students may bring in 5 cans for a dress down day.  Keep bringing in canned food items and help us fill the food bank!

Parent Teacher Conference Sign – Ups
I posted the Parent Teacher Conference Sign-Ups on BLOOMZ.  Please go in and choose a time that works for you and your family.  The dates are this Tuesday and Thursday.  Thank you!

***If you haven’t already, please subscribe to my blog and get the BLOOMZ app and create an account.  The BLOOMZ class code is 937QF9.  Please make sure you set your account up so you receive notifications.  These are the two main forms of communication, so I’d love all the parents getting all the reminders. Thanks!****


Math in Class
The math activity on the second page is just an idea to use at home if you would like.  This is not the homework for the week.  Please note that students should be logging into Reflex Math for their nightly math homework. 


Language Arts in Class
The main story we will be reading is this week is , “Riding the Rails West” which is an expository text and our essential question is: How is each event in history unique?  Our comprehension skill that we will be focusing on is sequencing of events.

• Here is an outline of our Language Arts Unit –  Unit 3 Week 5-Weekly Outline

Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.  Please make sure that your child is recording their minutes on the monthly reading log.

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.