Week of August 29th

What a whirlwind of a week! Our first two days together were packed FULL! I already love this group. They are a good-natured, fun, intelligent bunch. We will continue to work on talking during appropriate times.

Thank you for returning the initial paperwork so quickly. I was seriously impressed! I am so sorry that I forgot to send the Annual Student Update sheet. It is in your child's backpack tonight, so make any changes/sign, and then return on Monday. Thanks so much!

This week in reading we will start our new Wonders Reading Series. The initial week focuses on building procedures and modeling what our reading group time will look like. I am anxious to dive-in and learn right along with the kiddos!

In math, we will begin Chapter 1 in our Go Math series. Chapter 1 will review number patterns, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, estimating sums, and several mental math strategies. I love, love, love math (it is my favorite subject), so I am excited to see what knowledge the students are entering third grade with. We will learn A LOT of new concepts this year, which is exciting. Third graders always make a ton of growth in math!

In science we will begin our first PLTW (Project Lead the Way) module, which will focus on Forces of Flight. This is always a hit with most students, as we will get to build and test gliders. Also, later in the year we take a trip to the Rocky Mountain College flight school up at the airport, which is really fun.

In social studies we will begin by learning about basic geography concept: continents, hemispheres, the Equator, and Prime Meridian.

Our specialist times are as follows:
PE with Mr. Pertuit on Mondays (please make sure to wear tennis shoes on Mondays)
Music with Ms. Waddell on Wednesdays
Library with Mr. Casey on Fridays (return library books or renew them on Fridays)

Thank you for sharing your children with me this year. They already have stolen a piece of my heart and I look forward to a wonderful year together!

Please make sure to mark your calendar: Open House is on September 8th from 6:00-7:00. I hope to see everyone there!

Have a great weekend! See you Monday!

Code Word = Wonders