PARENTS NEEDED!!

Our Christmas Party will be this Friday, the 18th, from 10:00ish to 11:15.  One of our classroom moms is running the party for us and she let me know that a few more volunteers would very, very helpful.  If you can volunteer at our party, please let me know as soon as possible.  Thanks!!
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Multiplication Flashcards

Parents and Students,
I am attaching flashcards for those of you who would like them.  The answers on not on the flashcards so you will need to add them.  Please keep practicing multiplication over the break. 
FLASHCARDS
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Homework for the Week Of December 14th!

HOMEWORK- Make sure that you submit your reading minutes and sorts on Thursday night.  You can also click on the link below to print off a hard copy of the reading minutes and sorts page and then hand that in on Friday morning to me instead of submitting it online.
Sort-and-Reading-Log


Reading  – 20 minutes every day
Math – Prodigy 15 minutes every night


This week we WILL NOT be doing word sorts. I will be doing reassessments and evaluate how each child is doing in the Words Their Way program. That being said, there will be NO SORT HOMEWORK this week and your child’s group MAY or MAY NOT change when we come back for January.

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Classroom items needed!!

Parents,
Our class is in need of some items classroom items.  We could use boxes of tissues (tis the season to have runny noses), glue sticks, band aids, more glue sticks, and boxes of tissues (did I mention the runny noses?;)). Thanks a ton!!
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Ugly Sweaters tomorrow!

Anyone can wear ugly sweaters tomorrow with uniform pants without paying. The kids do have the choice to dress down. It will a Dollar Dress Down day to raise money for the Angel Tree. The Angel Tree will provide needs for Quest families.
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Grinch Party and class Christmas Party

I’m sure you’ve all heard about our Grinch focus this month. We are spending lots of time talking about kindness and showing love to others.  IT has been awesome to see the students work extra hard to be super caring. To wrap things up in December, we will be having our Grinch Party next Friday, December 18th (with the entire third grade).  We will watch the movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” together in the gym.  The students will be given sugar popcorn (colored green) during the party.  We will also be giving the students “Grinch Pills” at the party (green Sixlets). PLEASE DO NOT tell your child about the treats we are having so we can surprise them. :) If you DO NOT want your child to eat the sugar popcorn or “pills”, please let me know.  December 18th is a Dollar Dress Down Day, and we thought it would be fun for the kids to dress up like a “Who” or the Grinch.  Let’s be creative and have some fun celebrating our hearts growing 3 TIMES this month.

We will also be having our class Christmas Party from 10:00ish to 11:15.  Please keep a look out for more details to follow later. 

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Homework for the Week of December 7th!

HOMEWORK- Make sure that you submit your reading minutes and sorts on Thursday night.  You can also click on the link below to print off a hard copy of the reading minutes and sorts page and then hand that in on Friday morning to me instead of submitting it online.
Sort-and-Reading-Log


Reading
– 20 minutes every night
Students may use RAZ-KIDS for reading.  Username lbeckstead0 (0=zero, not the letter)

Math
Monday –
Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Tuesday –
Multiply by 9
Wednesday 
Divide By 9
Thursday – Multiply by 3

Sorts – Please print the words out and have them pick from the following categories to do nightly at home:
1. Sort your words into categories -Always do this one on Monday night and have your child explain the rule to you.  The rest of the week, your child may choose what he/she would like to do for the rest of the week.
2. Turn the word sorts face down. Time your child to see how long it takes them to sort them into the correct categories.  Do this 3x (You may only choose this sort to do once a week)
3. Write the words 3x each.
4. Write the words in ABC order
5. Give your child a practice spelling test.
6. Play ball – Have your child grab someone to play catch and let the fun begin.  The person helping your child will say the word to him/her and he/she will spell the work back to you. Every time your child throws the ball have them say one letter of the word.  Continue until your child has spelled the word.  If your child makes a mistake, correctly spell the word for them, and have them start over.
7. Glue Down Sort – Glue down your sorts and a piece of paper in the correct categories.
8.  Syllable Sort – Sorts your words according to how many syllable each word has
9. ABC Sort – Write your words in their correct categories in alphabetical order

Pink Group                                 Yellow Group                           Blue Group
Kenzie                                                Guillermo                                       Bethany
Grant                                                  Evan                                                Samantha C
Joe                                                      Cohen                                              Nikolas
Tyler P.                                              Makeila                                           Christian
Abby C.                                                                                                        Maggie
Halle                                                                                                            Abbi H.
                                                                                                               
Purple Group                            Green Group
Carrie                                                 Jake
Mallorie                                             Kaydin
Samantha O.                                     Karlos
Sadie                                                   Tyler
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Free Day Friday!

Parents and Students,
We will be having Free Day Friday tomorrow afternoon.  Your child may bring something to do in class during this time.  If you have any questions, feel free to email me. 
Thanks!
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SAGE Testing

Parents,
I wanted to let you know that we will be having our Sage Interim Testing starting on Friday, the 11th.   We spent an hour yesterday practicing with the tools in the Mac Lab. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thanks!
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Homework for the week of Nov. 30th!

HOMEWORK- Make sure that you submit your reading minutes and sorts on Thursday night.  You can also click on the link below to print off a hard copy of the reading minutes and sorts page and then hand that in on Friday morning to me instead of submitting it online.
Sort-and-Reading-Log


Reading
– 20 minutes every night
Students may use RAZ-KIDS for reading.  Username lbeckstead0 (0=zero, not the letter)

Math
Monday –
Repeated Subtraction
Tuesday –
Repeated Subtraction
Wednesday 
Multiply by 2
Thursday – Divide By 2

Sorts – Please print the words out and have them pick from the following categories to do nightly at home:
1. Sort your words into categories -Always do this one on Monday night and have your child explain the rule to you.  The rest of the week, your child may choose what he/she would like to do for the rest of the week.
2. Turn the word sorts face down. Time your child to see how long it takes them to sort them into the correct categories.  Do this 3x (You may only choose this sort to do once a week)
3. Write the words 3x each.
4. Write the words in ABC order
5. Give your child a practice spelling test.
6. Play ball – Have your child grab someone to play catch and let the fun begin.  The person helping your child will say the word to him/her and he/she will spell the work back to you. Every time your child throws the ball have them say one letter of the word.  Continue until your child has spelled the word.  If your child makes a mistake, correctly spell the word for them, and have them start over.
7. Glue Down Sort – Glue down your sorts and a piece of paper in the correct categories.
8.  Syllable Sort – Sorts your words according to how many syllable each word has
9. ABC Sort – Write your words in their correct categories in alphabetical order

Pink Group                                 Yellow Group                           Blue Group
Kenzie                                                Guillermo                                       Bethany
Grant                                                  Evan                                                Samantha C
Joe                                                      Cohen                                              Nikolas
Tyler P.                                              Makeila                                           Christian
Abby C.                                                                                                        Maggie
Halle                                                                                                            Abbi H.
                                                                                                               
Purple Group                            Green Group
Carrie                                                 Jake
Mallorie                                             Kaydin
Samantha O.                                     Karlos
Sadie                                                   Tyler
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