Week of October 22, 2018

Announcements
  • We will be dressing Apple Witches on Wednesday the 24th at 1:30 in the afternoon. If your child has not brought his or her dress, hat, gloves, and stick, please make sure they have it no later than Wednesday morning. 
  • Parent Teacher Conference sign ups are available on Bloomz. Please sign up for a time that works for you.
  • We have started our school food drive. Any donations would be appreciated. In addition to food, sanitary items are also appreciated. This includes (unused) toothbrushes, bar soap, floss, travel size shampoo and conditioner, etc.
  • Book Fair is open.
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so. :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list.
    • Thank you to those who already have!!
Important Dates:
Mon.  – STEM @ 2:00
          – Book Fair Opens
Tues.  – Library @ 1:00
           – Parent Teacher Conferences
Wed.  –  Dressing Apple Witches @ 1:30
Thur.  – Parent Teacher Conferences

What’s Happening in Math
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Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night. 

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 Homework Links) and complete their “green light” (the middle has to be green) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Students have practiced logging in the last week but, just in case they don’t remember, the class username is “shark″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

Week of October 8, 2018

Announcements
  • Parent Teacher Conference sign ups are available on Bloomz. Please sign up for a time that works for you.
  • We have started our school food drive. Any donations would be appreciated. In addition to food, sanitary items are also appreciated. This includes (unused) toothbrushes, bar soap, floss, travel size shampoo and conditioner, etc.
  • Our ice cream party for our participation in the school fundraiser is on October 10th at 1:45.
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so. :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list.
    • Thank you to those who already have!!
Important Dates:
Monday – STEM @ 2:00
Tuesday – Library @ 1:00
Wednesday – Ice Cream Party @ 1:45
Friday – Class store

What’s Happening in Math
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Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night. 

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 Homework Links) and complete their “green light” (the middle has to be green) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Students have practiced logging in the last week but, just in case they don’t remember, the class username is “shark″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

Week of October 1, 2018

Announcements
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so. :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list.
  • Thank you for those who came to help with apple witches!!! The are going to be great!
  • Reading logs need to be turned in on Monday for full credit.
  • I am sending home apple witch instructions this week. Watch out for the patterns coming home.
Important Dates:
Monday – STEM @ 2:00
Tuesday – Library @ 1:00 
Friday – Class store

What’s Happening in Math
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Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night. 

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 Homework Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Students have practiced logging in the last week but, just in case they don’t remember, the class username is “shark″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

Week of September 17, 2018

Announcements
  • Students need to bring in one medium sized apple by Thursday.
  • Thank you for those who have already let me know you can come and help on Friday! We could still us a few more. 🙂
Important Dates:
Monday – Finish Dibels testing
                 STEM @ 2:00
Tuesday – Library @ 1:00 
Friday – Carving Apple Witches @ 10

What’s Happening in Math
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Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night. 

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 Homework Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Students have practiced logging in the last week but, just in case they don’t remember, the class username is “shark″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

Week of September 3, 2018

Announcements
  • September is here!  The last two weeks of school have flown by while we have been busy learning routines and  getting to know each other.  The school is also in full swing with our annual fundraising.  There is still time to sell cookie dough or beef jerky.  This is our only fundraiser for the year, so please help out our school.  
Important Dates:
Tuesday, the 4th – Library @ 1:30

What’s Happening in Math
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Reading Homework
Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night. 

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 Homework Links) and complete their “green light” Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 sessions). Students have practiced logging in the last week but, just in case they don’t remember, the class username is “shark″ and all passwords are “rams”.  If students do not complete Reflex at home they will complete it during recess time.

Monthly Reading Log

Hello! I sent home our monthly reading log today. It took me longer than I thought to get it out to everyone, so don’t worry about recording for the last few days in August. Here is a sample filled out for August. Our goal is to have student’s read 20 minutes per night.IMG_2831Here is how September’s log will look. Please don’t forget to fill out each night. They will be turned in the last week of the month.
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Week of Aug 27, 2018

Our first week of third grade was SUCCESS! We were busy getting to know each other, learned our classroom procedures, and our daily routines.  Just a reminder to subscribe to the blog and sign up for BLOOMZ if you have not done so yet.  
Here are some other upcoming events this week. 

Mon. 8-27: First full day of school, STEM lab starts
Tue.  8-28: Fundraising Assembly @ 9:00 First
                   Library Day

Wed. 8-29: School Pictures
Fri.    8-31: Early Out/Dollar Dress Down Day! (Students may wear dress down clothes                     if they bring a dollar.  This is optional and students who choose not to                             participate will need to wear their school uniforms.)
                   Quest Spirit Night @ Clearfield Aquatic Center 7:30-9:30 pm
Mon. 9-3:   No School! Labor Day!

*I will send home the reading calendar for students to mark off their reading minutes. We will start testing fluency in the next week or two, so please make sure that your child is reading at home!! 
*We will start our math fluency homework after Labor Day.  


Week of April 23, 2018

Announcements
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list
  • For math, we are working on telling time to the minute and elapsed time.
    • Please keep working on multiplication at home!!
  • **WE are officially done with spelling units and Language Arts for the year, due to the fact that we are reviewing and preparing for SAGE testing.**
  • We are also working on our country reports! All students have chosen a country to research and will be presenting their findings in a Google Slides presentation!
  • Name badges must be worn at all times during the day.  Please make sure that your child has theirs with them. 
  • We have started practicing our end of the year musical, Pirates from Grammar Island! 
  • Important Dates:
    • Aquarium Field trip- Tuesday, May 8th
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Dress Rehearsal- Monday, May 14th @ 9:40
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Performance- Tuesday, May 15th @ 2:00
    • SAGE Writing Test #1- Monday, April 30th @ 10:15 – 11:00
      SAGE Writing Test #2- Tuesday, May 1st  @ 9:30 – 10:15
    • SAGE ELA Test #1- Wednesday, May 2nd @ 8:45 – 9:30
      SAGE ELA Test #2- Thursday, May 3rd @ 8:45 – 9:30
    • SAGE Math Test #1- Tuesday, May 14th @ 8:45 – 9:30
      SAGE Math Test #2- Thursday, May 15th @ 10:15 – 11:00
  • Short day every Friday!!
Math Homework:
Please go to prodigygame.com (or click on the link to the right, under math).  Your student’s login information is the last week’s post.  Please have your child do Prodigy for at least 15 minutes (M-Th).

Reading Homework:
Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes each night. Please fill out the Reading Log on Friday (of each week).

Imagine Learning (counts as reading time)

If you want to do Imagine Learning for Reading Practice the site code is 4900132 the username and login are the same that your student uses to log on to all of the computers at Quest. The link is under Class Links and Language Arts Links.

Week of April 16, 2018

Announcements
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list
  • For math, we are working on telling time to the minute and elapsed time.
    • Please keep working on multiplication at home!!
  • Here is the spelling and vocabulary list Unit 6 Week 1-Weekly Outline
    • we will be working on prefixes this week.
      • un, pre, re, dis
  • We are also working on our country reports! All students have chosen a country to research and will be presenting their findings in a Google Slides presentation!
  • Name badges must be worn at all times during the day.  Please make sure that your child has theirs with them. 
  • We have started practicing our end of the year musical, Pirates from Grammar Island! 
  • Important Dates:
    • Aquarium Field trip- Tuesday, May 8th
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Dress Rehearsal- Monday, May 14th @ 9:40
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Performance- Tuesday, May 15th @ 2:00
  • Short day every Friday!!
Math Homework:
Please go to prodigygame.com (or click on the link to the right, under math).  Your student’s login information is the last week’s post.  Please have your child do Prodigy for at least 15 minutes (M-Th).

I need each student/parent to use the class code: B6F93B to add to “Miss Young’s Class-3rd Grade”. That way, if you already have an account, I can see your login and password. 


Reading Homework:
Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes each night. Please fill out the Reading Log on Friday (of each week).
The Naming of Athens-On Level 
Midas and the Donkey Ears-Approaching Level
Midas and the Donkey Ears-Intervention Level
Imagine Learning (counts as reading time)

If you want to do Imagine Learning for Reading Practice the site code is 4900132 the username and login are the same that your student uses to log on to all of the computers at Quest. The link is under Class Links and Language Arts Links.

Week of April 9, 2018

Announcements
  • If you have not paid the $20 donation from the beginning of the year for your child’s classroom supplies, please do so :)
    • If you are not sure if you did or not, I have a list
  • For math, we are working on telling time to the minute and elapsed time.
    • Please keep working on multiplication at home!!
  • Here is the spelling and vocabulary list Weekly Outline – Unit 5 Week 5
    • we will be working on closed syllables
      • open syllables
      • cvc words
  • We are also starting our country reports! All students have chosen a country to research and will be presenting their findings in a Google Slides presentation!
  • Name badges must be worn at all times during the day.  Please make sure that your child has theirs with them. 
  • We have started practicing our end of the year musical, Pirates from Grammar Island! 
  • Important Dates:
    • Aquarium Field trip- Tuesday, May 8th
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Dress Rehearsal- Monday, May 14th @ 9:40
    • Pirates from Grammar Island Performance- Tuesday, May 15th @ 2:00
  • Short day every Friday!!
Math Homework:
Please go to prodigygame.com (or click on the link to the right, under math).  Your student’s login information is the last week’s post.  Please have your child do Prodigy for at least 15 minutes (M-Th).

I need each student/parent to use the class code: B6F93B to add to “Miss Young’s Class-3rd Grade”. That way, if you already have an account, I can see your login and password. 


Reading Homework:
Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes each night. Please fill out the Reading Log on Friday (of each week).
Fuel of the Future-On Grade Level
Fuel of the Future-Approaching Grade Level
Fuel of the Future-Intervention

Imagine Learning (counts as reading time)

If you want to do Imagine Learning for Reading Practice the site code is 4900132 the username and login are the same that your student uses to log on to all of the computers at Quest. The link is under Class Links and Language Arts Links.