Ms. Beckstead's 3rd Grade Class

We had an amazing first three days of school. Your children already have a special place in my heart and I am so excited for the school year. To help you keep on top of what we are doing in class, I will be posting what we will do every week. Here you will find what we are working on in Math, ELA, and other going ons in our class. I will also post important dates that you will need to remember.

I now have everyone’s food permission form. Now if I could please get everyone to: sign up for Bloomz, subscribe to the blog, sign the class disclosure agreement, fill out the parent survey, and pay the $30.00 class donation to the office, that would be great. 🙂 The links are all located here: BLOOMZ Parent Instructions Ms. Beckstead’s Class Disclosure Parent Survey

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Thursday, Aug. 25th – Short Day
• Friday, Aug. 26th – NO SCHOOL – Teacher Work Day
• Tuesday, Aug, 30th – Picture Day! More details to come soon!
• Monday, Sept 5th – Labor Day – NO SCHOOL

MATH: We will be starting our math unit this week. We will be reviewing 2nd grade material and that will give me an idea of what your child knows before we jump into 3rd grade standards. We will also be taking our I-Ready math diagnostics over the course of the week.

ELA: This week we will be working on Week 1 in our Wonders program. Below is an outline of what we are learning in class.

Back to School Night is tonight, Monday, Aug. 15^th. Classroom presentations begin at 6:00pm and will be held every half hour until 8:00pm.

Please come to whichever presentation works for you. I will be shutting the door during each session. If the door is shut when you arrive I encourage you to wait for the next session. However, you are still welcome to come in and join the session if you are unable to wait, just know that you might miss out on important information. I am looking forward to meeting all of you and working with you throughout this school year!

I am so excited to meet all the students in my class this year! We’re going to have a great time together and learn a lot of fun things. Third grade is my FAVORITE year in elementary school, and I hope it will be yours as well! I will see you at Back to School Night on August 15, and then on the First Day of School, August 17! The first three days are are early out day with dismissal at 1:20.

Here are a few things you can do now:

Subscribe to our class blog: Click the image on the right to subscribe. Enter in all the information and then you are all set to go. You will get notifications anytime I post something on our blog. Stay up to date with what is happening in our class by subscribing.

Class Disclosure Statement: Please read and sign- Ms. Beckstead’s Class Disclosure

Food Permission Form: This is a blanket food permission form for the entire school year.  The food items on this list are ones we have used regularly in the past for class parties and for math, science, and ELA lessons. Please check all items that your child can have. There is a box for substitution suggests if your child cannot have items on the list. Food Permission Form

Parent Survey:  The following link is a short survey to help me get to know your child better.  Please take a few moments to fill it out. Parent Survey

Supply List:  I am asking for money donations in the amount of $30.00 instead of you buying your child’s supplies. This means I do all the shopping, labeling and organizing.  Awesome, right? One less thing you have to worry about. However, this does not cover headphones. Please send those with your child on the first day of school. You can click on the Parent Info Tab above, to find out what your $30.00 will cover, or click this link. Payments may be made on Quest’s website by clicking “Current Families,” then “Online Payments.” Enter my name, Ms. Beckstead, and donation amount. You can also pay at the office.

BLOOMZ: Use the following link for instructions to connect to our class using the Bloomz App.  I will use this throughout the year to communicate with parents along with the blog.  I use Bloomz a lot so please sign up for this amazing app! BLOOMZ Parent Instructions

One way that you can help your child over the summer is to READ!!! It is so important to have your child read every day for 20 minutes.

I cannot believe that I am writing our last weekly blog post. Although it is the last week, we still have a ton of stuff going on. Please check out the important dates sections below for all of our happenings this week. Along with fun stuff we are doing this week we are also finishing up some testing. Please make sure that your child is here everyday and please have them bring their backpacks. We will be cleaning out our classroom and students will be bring home a bunch of items.

Tie Dye T-Shirts – We tie dyed t-shirts on Friday morning. Please remember to wash those shirts out and have your child wear them to our field day on Wednesday. Instructions were sent home with the shirts, but if the instructions were lost you can go to the pervious blog post and find them there.

Ice Cream Multiplication Party – On Tuesday, the 24th, our third grade will celebrate all of their hard work learning the multiplication facts. I already have food permission forms from everyone (you filled it out at the beginning of the school year). I am looking for 4 parent volunteers to come and help us this day. Please sign up if you can!! Multiplication Ice Cream Party Volunteer Sign Up

Field Day – Field Day is on Wednesday, the 25th. Space is limited at Quest, so 3rd grade will be having our field day at Stonefield Park in West Haven. The address is 4529 S 4700 W, West Haven. It is about .8 of a mile from Quest Academy. We will need all parents to drop off their students at the park between 8:00–8:30. After we are done at the park, we will walk back to Quest @ 12:00 and have lunch there. Many grown ups have not signed the permission form. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/bBtkm7tdRe24gLCb8 We are also looking for a few more parents to help us with this activity. Here is is the sign up form to help us out: Field Day Volunteer Sign Up I will be posting more information on what students will need to bring this day, so please check back.

Important Dates

• Sunday, May 22nd – Happy Birthday Bianca!!
• Monday, May 23rd – Happy Birthday Lexi!!
• Tuesday, May 24th – Happy Birthday Abby!!
• May 24th – Multiplication Ice Cream Party
• May 25th – 3rd Grade Field Day Trip – Space is limited at Quest, so 3rd grade will be having our field day at Stonefield Park in West Haven. Please click here for the permission form. We have spots for only a few parents to volunteer for this activity. Please see above to sign up.
• May 26th & 27th – Short Days and the 27th is the last day of school

Hello Parents, 

We tie dyed t-shirts today at school and now we need your help to finish this fun project. Students will be bringing their wet, tie dyed t-shirts home, in a plastic bag. All you need to do is the three easy steps below to help us out. I would wait until Saturday, or Sunday, to wash.

STEP 1: Rinse in warm water and then gradually cool water until rinse water begins to run clear.

STEP 2: Carefully remove rubber bands with scissors and unfold the fabric.

STEP 3:  Wash in warm water with a mild detergent, rinse and dry. You might want to wash with an old towel and nothing else.

We would like all  students to wear their t-shirts for field day on Wednesday, May 25th. 

Thank you for all of your help!

Third Grade Teachers

Hello Grown Ups! Next week we will have have a few different opportunities to volunteer with our class. The first opportunity will be our Multiplication Ice Cream Party on Tuesday, the 24th from . Our class needs 4 volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up after our party. The second opportunity to volunteer will be on Wednesday, the 25th for our field day from 8:00 – 12:00. Our class will need 5 parent volunteers for this activity. Because our space is limited on both activities, please just sign up for ONE activity to volunteer for. Below are the links for each activity. If you have any questions, or concerns, feel free to contact me.

Multiplication Ice Cream Party Volunteer Sign Up

Field Day Volunteer Sign Up

We made it through the first week of testing. WAHOO! We will continue testing this week with our Math Rise test and our Dibels reading test. Please make sure that you are reading with your child every night.

Multiplication Ice Cream Party – On Tuesday, May 24th, our third graders will be celebrated for all of their hard work for memorizing their multiplication facts. Please make sure that you are practicing these facts with your child everyday. Each child will have the opportunity to pass these facts off leading up to the party. Each fact that is passed off earns your child a piece of our ice cream party. Passing off all multiplication facts earns your child a full banana split. Please work with your child at home on these facts!!

Important Dates:

• May 15th – Happy Birthday, Camden!!
• May 16th – 18th – RISE MATH End of Level Testing @ 8:50 & End of Level Dibels Test (Reading)
• May 20th – Quest Under the Stars @ 5:00 p.m. – All of the 3rd grade classes have been growing tomato seeds that spent 6 weeks on the International Space Station. We are recording data on their growth and submitting it to NASA. How cool is that?!? Our tomatoes will be on display during Quest Under the Stars.
• May 24th – Multiplication Ice Cream Party
• May 25th – 3rd Grade Field Day Trip – Space is limited at Quest, so 3rd grade will be having our field day at Stonefield Park in West Haven. Please click here of the permission form. We have spots for only a few parents to volunteer for this activity. A Sign-Up Genius form will be sent out for volunteer opportunities.
• May 26th & 27th – Short Days and the 27th is the last day of school

We made it through the first week of May. YAY!! Our schedule last week was full a practice testing and reviewing for our upcoming RISE test. We start on Monday. Please make sure that your child is getting a good nights sleep and a good breakfast each morning.

Multiplication Ice Cream Party – On Tuesday, May 24th, our third graders will be celebrated for all of their hard work for memorizing their multiplication facts. Please make sure that you are practicing these facts with your child everyday. Each child will have the opportunity to pass these facts off leading up to the party. Each fact that is passed off earns your child a piece of our ice cream party. Passing off all multiplication facts earns your child a full banana split. Please work with your child at home on these facts!!

Important Dates:

• May 9th – 12th – RISE ELA End of Level Testing @ 10:15 & End of Level DAZE Test
• May 16th – 18th – RISE MATH End of Level Testing @ 8:50 & End of Level Dibels Test (Reading)
• May 20th – Quest Under the Stars @ 5:00 p.m. – All of the 3rd grade classes have been growing tomato seeds that spent 6 weeks on the International Space Station. We are recording data on their growth and submitting it to NASA. How cool is that?!? Our tomatoes will be on display during Quest Under the Stars.
• May 24th – Multiplication Ice Cream Party
• May 25th – 3rd Grade Field Day Trip – Space is limited at Quest, so 3rd grade will be having our field day at Stonefield Park in West Haven. This activity is a field trip, so a permission form will be sent out soon. We will also need some amazing parent volunteers to help with this day. You can sign up to volunteer on your child’s permission form.
• May 26th & 27th – Short Days and the 27th is the last day of school

SUMMER READING PROGRAMS:

KEEP UP THE READING!!! This link has amazing opportunities for summer reading programs. There are some many ways student can earn prizes for all of the reading they do. 🙂 A printed version went home with students on Monday.
Thank you! Happy Summer Reading!!!
 Summer Reading

Barnes & Noble.  This is a great program because all the students have to do is read 8 books, record the title & author on a journal & take the journal into the store once completed & they get to choose a free book.  They’ve changed it a bit this year, only accepting the journals in the month of August but they’ve also given a great list of books to read for the summer by age group.  I would appreciate you posting this on your blogs when you have time.  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/summer-reading-lists?list=kidsbrages-0-7

Oh my goodness! We are now into May and that means that there are only 2o school days left. We have so much to get done in this short amount of time, so please make sure that your child is here everyday. Below is a list of important dates that are coming up. If you have any questions, or concerns, feel free to contact me.

For math and reading this week, we will be reviewing. We will also be practicing the Rise test everyday.

Important Dates:

• Wednesday, May 4th – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARAYAH!!
• THIS WHOLE WEEK – End of Level I-Ready Diagnostic Test
• May 9th – 12th – RISE ELA End of Level Testing @ 10:15 & End of Level DAZE Test
• May 16th – 18th – RISE MATH End of Level Testing @ 8:50 & End of Level Dibels Test (Reading)
• May 20th – Quest Under the Stars @ 5:00 p.m. – All of the 3rd grade classes have been growing tomato seeds that spent 6 weeks on the International Space Station. We are recording data on their growth and submitting it to NASA. How cool is that?!? Our tomatoes will be on display during Quest Under the Stars.
• May 25th – 3rd Grade Field Day Trip – Space is limited at Quest, so 3rd grade will be having our field day at Stonefield Park in West Haven. This activity is a field trip, so a permission form will be sent out soon. We will also need some amazing parent volunteers to help with this day. You can sign up to volunteer on your child’s permission form.
• May 26th & 27th – Short Days and the 27th is the last day of school.

Hi Grown-Ups! We have two students who have asked to bring in their puppies and chicks for the class to see. I do need permission for students to participate in this activity. Please click on the link below to give your child to handle these amazing animals. The puppies will be coming on Thursday and the chick will be on Friday, so I will need all responses by then.

Puppies and Chick Permission Form