Week of 9/3-9/6

Happy Friday everyone!  We have had a terrific first week of

3rd grade. We have really gotten to know each other and I look forward to
a wonderful year with my new students!!   Families, please make sure you
check my blog weekly; I will put out an email with the link every Friday.
Today your child brought home a Star Student poster. Please complete them
and them back to school by Fri. 9/27 or earlier. Thanks!  
Curriculum Night for parents only is Wednesday, 9/4, at 6:30.   See you then

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Mon: No School: Happy Labor Day
9/10: Picture Day

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: SPELLING: We are continuing the spelling series Words Your Way.  Fortunately, the
students have worked with this program in 2nd grade.  I will be taking an inventory
on Tuesday and the students will be working with patterns they struggle with
during Word Work in Daily 5.  I should have their word sorts to them by the end
of next week. We’ll officially start the “menu activities” the following week.

Reading and ELA: We’ll be starting our year focusing on various reading skills
using fun literature.  This week our books will be Rainbow Fish and If you Give a
Mouse a Cookie. The skills studied will be character traits, theme, and cause and
effect.

Today the students will be bringing home their September reading log. I 
expect my students to read for 20 days, 20 minutes.  I know many read more
than that, but this log will be part of their grade.  

Social Science: We will be using a new series this year, Amplify Science;
more to come on that!

In Social Studies, we’ll be learning about directions this week and making our
very own compass rose.  There will be a short quiz on directions on 9/10.
A study guide will go home on 9/5.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:   I can’t wait to meet my math class!  Math will start
on Tuesday. Students will be getting a pretest this week to see what they know!

Have a great weekend together!

Mrs. Olsen