News From Room 106

Families,

Last week, we finished up our Goal Week. Throughout the week, students reviewed their Fall NWEA-MAP reading and math scores. Each of them thought of a goal they could work on in order to improve the scores in the winter. We also spent some time making a goal that would help them become a better student and/or friend. Lastly, students made a goal they could try and work to achieve while at home. Please check in and ask what their goals are!

Caring Schools: As a reminder, students will be coming home with a new Caring Schools Family Worksheet each Friday for the first 2 months of school. These are optional! They are intended to help guide discussions at home about how school is going for your student!

Too Good: The entire third grade is participating in a weekly lesson put on by the Ionia County Health Department. Optional homework will be coming home each Monday.

Third Grade Field Trip: Our field trip is on October 1. We will be arriving back at Woodview by 11:45 so students can plan on bringing a normal lunch from home or ordering a normal school lunch. Please try and turn in any money and permission slips as soon as possible if you already haven't.

Please feel free to call, email, or text any questions you may have.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Arends

Email: arendsk@bas-k12.org

Classroom Phone: 794-4756

Google Voice/Text: 616-236-3820

September:

9/23-9/27 Spirit Week (Special dress up days are listed below)

October:

10/1 Third Grade Field Trip to NCG Movie Theater, Greenville

10/18 Half Day

10/18-10/25 Woodview Book Fair

10/21 No School- Fall Break

10/23 Half Day Elementary- Parent Teacher Conferences (12:30-5:00)

10/24 Parent Teacher Conferences (4:00-6:30)

November:

11/1 No School

11/20 Mobile Dentist

11/27-11/29 No School

This past week's Spotlight Student was Bailee! Bailee has done an excellent job in following our classroom and school rules. She has been very helpful to her peers. Bailee has also done a great job in turning in her homework and following directions as soon as they are given. Bailee shared with us that she loves snowy owls and spending time with her chickens at home!

Next week's Spotlight Student is Ellie! Ellie continues to be an outstanding role modes for her peers. She is always following directions, using her time wisely, and demonstrating great respect to all staff and students. Ellie has a great smile she brings into the classroom each day and a learning ready attitude!

We have completed our first module! Scored assessments will be coming home next week on Friday. Next week, students will begin learning place value, measurement, and telling time. Throughout the unit we will continue to be using multiplication and division. Any extra practice with multiplication facts at home will only benefit the students! Students should work on mastering units 2-5.

We have began working on argumentative texts. Students have been practicing how to determine the main idea of the text and recognizing key details that help support the main idea. We will also be focusing on determining counterpoints in an argumentative piece. Students will then work to complete a personal argumentative piece of writing.

For grammar, we have been working on creating full sentences. Students have been working on recognizing the subject and predicates in sentences. For spelling, we have been working on long a patterns. Lastly, for vocabulary, we studied antonyms.

Next week, we will be working on creating compound sentences for grammar. In spelling, we will be moving onto long o vowel patterns. Lastly, for vocabulary, students will be working on multiple-meaning words.

Accelerated Reader is now available for students to take tests. As a guardian, you can check if a book has an AR level and test by going to http://www.arbookfind.com/

We have had a pause on science this week due to some things popping up. We have completed our study on potential hazardous weather and the impacts different weather can have on Earth's surface. Students will be completing an assessment next week. Please look for the review and date being emailed early next week.

We will be reviewing multiplication strategies using skip counting and arrays. Students will be working to find the missing factor in multiplication equations. Students will also be reviewing multi-digit addition problems, and telling time.

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A Day to Believe this year is October 25.

ONLINE ORDERING NOW OPEN!

Click the link below to order your 2024 shirts! All orders placed by September 30th will be available for pickup in mid-October.

In addition to online ordering, shirts can be purchased at Varsity football games, and at BC Pizza in Belding during regular business hours.

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We have been focusing on Self Control. Ms. Chernoby, our school councilor, led a lesson on strategies students can use to help regulate their emotions. One example was flower breathing!