Missing Cell Phone!!

Posted on March 2, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
Parents and Students,
This afternoon, Thursday, we had a cell phone go missing.  It is a Samsung brand with a bright orange case.  Please check your child’s backpack to make sure that it did not accidentally find its way in there.  If you find it, please let me know as soon as possible so I can alert the owner.  Thank you for your help!!
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Homework for the Week of Feb. 27th-March 3rd!!

Posted on February 26, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you to all the parents who made it out to Parent Teacher Conferences.  I love sitting down and talking about how great your child is.  There will not be another Parent Teacher Conference this year, so if you did not meet with me, and would like to, please contact me and we will set up a time. 

  • Monday – Library – Please remember to bring your books! 
  • Thursday – STEM Lab @10:30
  • Thursday – STEM group Ecosystems! @1:00!! We need help! I need 6 parents to come in and work with each group.  We also have some items that we need for this to happen. 
    • 18. clear. 2 liter bottles with labels removed.  Straight bottles, not curved.
    • 1 roll of clear packing tape
    • small sticks and leaves
    • Box cutters/razor blades to cut our soda bottles (parents will be doing this)
  • Friday – Short Day (out at 1:00)
Math
Math-We will be working on fractions throughout the next month.
Monday & Tuesday – Comparing Fractions
Wednesday-Compare Fractions
Thursday- Compare Fractions

Spelling Words
We will be working on High Frequency Words for spelling this week.  These are words that every third grade should know how to say and spell.  I will post a list of the words on Monday afternoon.

Reading
  • Please have your child read every night for 20 minutes.  You can keep track of your reading minutes on this reading log, or, you can submit your child’s reading minutes under the homework tab, e-submission, reading minutes link.  Make sure that the reading minutes are turned in on Friday, in the folder, or online.
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Classroom Ecosystems!!

Posted on February 24, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
Parents,
Next Thursday, March 2nd at 1:00, we will be building ecosystems in our STEM groups.  We are in need of a few things to have this happen:  
  •   18, 2-liter clear soda bottles with labels removed.  The soda bottles need to be straight and not have a curve to them  
  • One roll of packing tape
  • Small dead leaves and sticks
  • Box cutters/razor blades to cut our soda bottles (parents will be doing this)
  • At least 6 parents to come in and help with this project on Thursday, the 2nd at 1:00
If you can bring any of these items, or volunteer,  please let me know.  I will also be putting a sign up on Bloomz for parent volunteer help.
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Dr. Seuss Week Feb. 27th-March 3rd!

Posted on February 24, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
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Homework for the Week of Feb. 21st- 24th

Posted on February 21, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Tuesday – Music with Mrs. Veirnew
  • STEM LAB – Thursday at 10:30
  • I posted about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-8:00 both nights.  Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule.  I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.
  • Friday – Short Day (out at 1:00) and Dollar Dress Down Day!
Math
Math-We will be working on fractions throughout the next month.
Tuesday- Fractions of a set hmwk 1
Wednesday- fractions of a group hmwk 1
Thursday-fractions of a group 2

Spelling Words
These are the same spelling words that we had last week.  We will be using them again this week.
Spelling Unit 11: I can use the rule to drop the final –e when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.  
Examples:  
taste, tasted, tasting, tasty
place, placed, placing


Reading
  • Please have your child read every night for 20 minutes.  You can keep track of your reading minutes on this reading log, or, you can submit your child’s reading minutes under the homework tab, e-submission, reading minutes link.  Make sure that the reading minutes are turned in on Friday, in the folder, or online.
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Parent Teacher Conferences!!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
Next week on Tuesday, the 21st, and Thursday, the 23rd, the school will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences until 8:00 (not 7:00).  These conferences will be the last PTC of the year.  If you have not signed up, please do so.  I would like to meet with every parent, so if you do not sign up, I will sign you up and then email you with a time and day to meet with you.  Here are the links to sign up. 
Tuesday, February 21st Parent/Teacher Sign-Ups – www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080D4DADAB2CABF58-tuesday
Thursday, February 23rd Parent/Teacher Sign-Ups – www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080D4DADAB2CABF58-thursday

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Spelling words for the week

Posted on February 15, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
Here is the list of spelling words for the week.  Students did a great job with coming up with these words.  We will also be working on this list next week as well.  Because I was not here on Monday when the list was created,  and Tuesday was Valentine’s Day, I would like to spend more time on this list.  We have some oddball words that we have not talked about yet in class, so we will go over those next week.
Spelling List #11
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Homework for the Week of Feb. 12th-17th

Posted on February 13, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Monday – Library – Please remember your books!
  • Tuesday – HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!  Today is our Valentines card exchange and our Multiplication Madness Celebration!
  • STEM LAB – Thursday at 10:30
  • I posted about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights.  Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule.  I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.
Math – Prodigy 15 minutes for 4 nights

Spelling Words
You will not be typing in sorts for homework.  I will post the pattern we are working on and give examples of the pattern.  You can practice at home, but we will do a lot of practice with the words in class, during centers. 
Spelling Unit 11: I can use the rule to drop the final –e when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.  
Examples:  
taste, tasted, tasting, tasty
place, placed, placing


Reading
  • Please have your child read every night for 20 minutes.  You can keep track of your reading minutes on this reading log, or, you can submit your child’s reading minutes under the homework tab, e-submission, reading minutes link.  Make sure that the reading minutes are turned in on Friday, in the folder, or online.
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Homework for the Week of Feb. 6th – 10th!

Posted on February 3, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Students and Parents – I will be gone until Feb. 14th.  I will have limited cell service, so I will respond to emails/bloomz as soon as I can.  Please have your child keep practicing their multiplication facts!

  • Monday – Library – Please remember your books!
  • Tuesday – Music at 2:00 with Mrs. Viernew
  • STEM LAB – Thursday at 10:30
  • On Tuesday – February 14th is our Valentines card exchange and our Multiplication Madness Celebration!  Please see that post regarding those upcoming events. 
  • I posted about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights.  Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule.  I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.
Math
Spelling Words – We are working on the same words we had last week and we will test this Friday on them. 
You will not be typing in sorts for homework.  I will post the pattern we are working on and give examples of the pattern.  You can practice at home, but we will do a lot of practice with the words in class, during centers. 
Spelling Unit 12: There are often unique vowel patterns found in words with two or more syllables.  We will be focusing on multisyllabic words with the ending -tion and -sion.


Reading
  • Please have your child read every night for 20 minutes.  You can keep track of your reading minutes on this reading log, or, you can submit your child’s reading minutes under the homework tab, e-submission, reading minutes link.  Make sure that the reading minutes are turned in on Friday, in the folder, or online.
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Multiplication Madness Celebration/Valentine’s Day Card Swap

Posted on February 3, 2017 by leigh.beckstead
**We will be passing out Valentine’s Day cards on February 14th (before the Multiplication Madness Celebration).  We have 27 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.  WE WILL NOT BE MAKING VALENTINE’S DAY BOXES OR BAGS TO HOLD CARDS.  STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO BRING BOXES OR BAGS FROM HOME.  I WILL HAVE PAPER SACKS TO GIVE THE STUDENTS THAT NEED SOMETHING.**

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 February 14th @ 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 food donations as well.  Our class is responsible for:

2 – 5 quart tubs of strawberry ice cream (drop off on Monday, the 12th, or Tuesday, the 13th)
3- chocolate toppings
3- strawberry toppings

Please 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!!
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