Week of March 18th-22nd

Home Stretch of Reading Month!

• Students have individual passports to track their Reading Counts points and other Reading Adventures. Passports are collected every Friday and returned the same day.

• It's important for students to read at home so they can get as many points as possible!

• There are raffles each week for students who have earned the required 3 points per week. Our class goal is 100 points per week.

• If students also complete the Reading Adventures in the passport, they will have an opportunity to get an additional raffle ticket.

Calling All Colors
Over the next few weeks, students will be participating in Calling All Colors.  The program is designed to bring children from Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph together for a series of multicultural educational experiences. The program consists of two workshops that take place at the Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor at the Fettig Youth Center. While at the workshop, the children participate in a variety of hands-on activities with their partner class, both in large and small groups. Feel free to contact the Program Director if you’d like to volunteer your time (maryaliceyogi@gmail.com).

Important Dates for reading month:
-Reading Month Celebration: Friday, March 29th
-PJ Day: Friday, March 29th (1/2 Day)

March 25th-Calling All Colors (Knuth only)

March 26th-4th Grade Program

March 27th-Calling All Colors (Deis only)

March 29th-1/2 Day (beginning of Spring Break)

April 8th-School Resumes

Next Week's Schedule:

Monday: F Day
Tuesday: A Day
Wednesday: B Day
Thursday: C Day
Friday: D Day (1/2 Day)

What we've been up to:

Reading: We have been working on comparing and contrasting.

Word Study:  We have been practicing with our mb, gn/wr/kn/stle words. Test will be early next week.

Math: We are currently working on breaking apart larger multiplication problems, using the order of operations, and writing and solving 2-step word problems. 

Science: Our current unit is teaching us about force. We are learning about magnets. Ask your child if they were able to open their door with a magnet!

Social Studies: We will begin Chapter 4 when we return from Spring Break. Thank you for practicing the paragraph and studying the information for our Chapter 3 test.....we appreciate you!

Writing: We are continuing our informational unit.  Students are working on their chapters, conclusions, and glossaries. We will be turning our final drafts into digit books using BookCreator! Our goal is to have these ready for the Technology Festival April 14th. 

March 11-15

Calling All Colors
Over the next few weeks, students will be participating in Calling All Colors.  The program is designed to bring children from Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph together for a series of multicultural educational experiences. The program consists of two workshops that take place at the  Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor at the Fettig Youth Center. While at the workshop, the children participate in a variety of hands-on activities with their partner class, both in large and small groups. Feel free to contact the Program Director if you’d like to volunteer your time (maryaliceyogi@gmail.com).

Important Notes for Reading Month

• Students have individual passports to track their Reading Counts points and other Reading Adventures. Passports are collected every Friday and returned the same day.

• It's important for students to read at home so they can get as many points as possible!

• There are raffles each week for students who have earned the required 3 points per week. Our class goal is 100 points per week.

• If students also complete the Reading Adventures in the passport, they will have an opportunity to get an additional raffle ticket.

Important Dates for reading month:
-Reading Month Celebration: Friday, March 29th

Fun Friday Dress up Days!
-Flashlight Friday and Fuzzy Socks-Friday, March 22nd
-PJ Day-Friday, March 29th 

Report Cards

Please remember that report card envelopes need to be signed and returned. We use these each marking period. 

March 18th-Calling All Colors (Covert only)
March 21th-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (A-K)
March 22nd-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (L-Z)
PTO Meeting at 12:00 (Media Center)
March 25th-Calling All Colors (Knuth only)
March 27th-Calling All Colors (Deis only)
March 29th-1/2 Day (beginning of Spring Break)

Next Week's Schedule:

Monday: A Day
Tuesday: B Day
Wednesday: C Day
Thursday: D Day
Friday: E Day

What we've been up to:

Reading: We have begun our unit on making inferences and predictions. We've also been studying the elements fairy tales.  

Word Study:  Next week we will be studying mb, gn/wr/kn/stle words. 

Math: We are currently working on graphing skills. 

Science: Our current unit is teaching us about force. We are learning about friction and gravity.

Social Studies: We are going to be assessing Chapter 3 of the History of Michigan on Monday or Tuesday, depending on what class your student is in.  Be sure to check planners and take-home folders for the information on the study guides.  Students will be required to write a paragraph about an important person from the chapter, so they should prepare at home.  No study guides will be allowed during the test.

Writing: We are continuing our informational unit.  Students are working on their chapters, conclusions, and glossaries. We will be turning our final drafts into digit books using BookCreator! 

March 4-8

Important Notes for Reading Month

• Students have individual passports to track their Reading Counts points and other Reading Adventures. Passports are collected every Friday and returned the same day.

• It's important for students to read at home so they can get as many points as possible!

• There are raffles each week for students who have earned the required 3 points per week. Our class goal is 100 points per week.

• If students also complete the Reading Adventures in the passport, they will have an opportunity to get an additional raffle ticket.

Important Dates for reading month:
-Book Fair: March 11-15
-Book Fair Family Night: Monday, March 11th
-Reading Month Celebration: Friday, March 29th

Fun Friday Dress up Days!
-Dress like a World Traveler Day-Friday, March 8th
-Dress as your favorite book character-Friday, March 15th
-Flashlight Friday and Fuzzy Socks-Friday, March 22nd
-PJ Day-Friday, March 29th 

Report Cards

Please remember that report card envelopes need to be signed and returned. We use these each marking period. 

March 4th-mini courses starting at lunch recess
March 6th,13th,20th-late starts
March 7th-Kindergarten Roundup
March 8th-Access meeting
March 11th-15th-Book Fair!
March 18th-Calling All Colors (Covert only)
March 21th-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (A-K)
March 22nd-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (L-Z)
PTO Meeting at 12:00 (Media Center)
March 25th-Calling All Colors (Knuth only)
March 27th-Calling All Colors (Deis only)
March 29th-1/2 Day (beginning of Spring Break)

Next Week's Schedule:

Monday: B Day
Tuesday: C Day
Wednesday: D Day
Thursday: E Day
Friday: F Day

What we've been up to:

Reading: We have begun our unit on making inferences and predictions. 

Word Study:  We've taken our pre-assessment for week 18 - gh/ph/f words.

Math: We are wrapping up Unit 5 on equivalent fractions and multiplication strategies.  We will be assessing next week.  

Science: Our current unit is teaching us about force. We are learning about friction and gravity.

Social Studies: We are currently learning about early explorers to this area.

Writing: We are continuing our informational unit.  Students are working on their chapters, conclusions, and glossaries. We will be turning our final drafts into digit books using BookCreator! 

Week of February 25th-March 1

March is Reading Month 2019

Theme: One World, Many Stories

Friday 3/1/19 - Friday 3/29/19

Reading Month Goals:

-Promote lifelong reading habits
-Increase reading for enjoyment
-Learn about countries around our world

Reading Quest:  To help Mrs. Allen travel around the world.  We can do this by reading daily and by participating in a passport of reading adventures.

New this year for Reading Month:

Every week, the principals will be traveling to different locations around the world.  Clues will be given on the news daily and classrooms will have an opportunity to guess which continent and country Mrs. Allen is exploring that day.  A link to a Google Form will be available on the media center page so classrooms can make guesses each day. The answers will be revealed on Friday and classes with the correct answers will be announced.  Each principal will also record a story from some place around the world that will be shared with classes via a link on Fridays.

• Individual passports to track minutes read/Reading Counts and other Reading Adventures (Passports will be collected every Friday, counted, and returned on that same day.)  
• Reading Raffles and weekly prizes
• Literacy and STEAM Adventure Activities

Reading Month 2019


3rd Grade: 3 point per student = weekly class goal: 100

Individual Student Goals (New changes as well)

*Students will be provided with a passport book that they will track their Reading Counts Points throughout the month. If they reach their weekly goal as seen above, then they will earn a raffle ticket to place in the Reading Raffle buckets. If they also completed the Reading Adventures, then students will earn another raffle ticket to place in the buckets.

Important Dates

-Book Fair: March 11-15
-Book Fair Family Night: Monday, March 11th
-Reading Month Celebration: Friday, March 29th

Fun Friday Dress up Days!

-Dress like a World Traveler Day-Friday, March 8th
-Dress as your favorite book character-Friday, March 15th
-Flashlight Friday and Fuzzy Socks-Friday, March 22nd
-PJ Day-Friday, March 29th

 

Report Cards

Please remember that report card envelopes need to be signed and returned. We use these each marking period. 

Multiplication in 7 Days

We will be wrapping up on Tuesday. If your child does not know the assigned facts we will ask that they practice during one of our recesses and/or during lunch lab. Thank you for your support and practice at home! 

March 4th-mini courses starting at lunch recess
March 6th,13th,20th-late starts
March 7th-Kindergarten Roundup
March 8th-Access meeting
March 11th-15th-Book Fair!
March 18th-Calling All Colors (Covert only)
March 20th-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (A-K)
March 21st-Donuts with your Wonder Woman (L-Z)
PTO Meeting at 12:00 (Media Center)
March 25th-Calling All Colors (Knuth only)
March 27th-Calling All Colors (Deis only)
March 29th-1/2 Day (beginning of Spring Break)

Next Week's Schedule:

Monday: C Day
Tuesday: D Day
Wednesday: E Day
Thursday: F Day
Friday: A Day

What we've been up to:

Reading: We will begin our unit on making inferences and predictions. 

Word Study:  Our unit will focus on spr,shr,str,squ,scr,spl,and thr. Test will be Thursday on F day.

Math: Currently we are focusing on multiplication strategies in order to improve our ability to solve problems that we haven't memorized. Please work on Multiplication in 7 days daily!

Science: Our current unit is teaching us about force. We are learning about friction and gravity.

Social Studies: We are currently learning about early explorers to this area.

Writing: We have started our informational writing. Children have completed their introductions and are working on chapter writing for their books. Be sure to ask your child what his/her topic is.