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Week of December 9

Here are a few things to know from third grade:

Holiday Shop: Our class will visit the holiday shop on Monday, December 16. You will find a note coming home in your child’s folder tonight. If your child plans to make a purchase, please send the money in the envelope. Thanks!

Candy Cane Sale:       
The 5th Grade Candy Cane sale continues until the 18th. If your child plans to buy a candy cane, please send in $1.00. Thank you!

Social Studies Quiz and Test: We are learning about how people modify and adapt to the environment. We will have a short quiz on Thursday. A review page will come home on Tuesday.   We will have our Geography unit Test next Wednesday.

Homework Reminder:
Reading and Math Fact Log due every Monday.
Please help your child remember to sign on the days they read and practice facts. 

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Our donation box is filling up!

Our Class Making A Difference:
As we enter the winter months, we realize that not everyone has access to warm socks, hats, gloves, or mittens. These are essential items for a Michigan winter! Our class would like to bless others by collecting these items to then be donated to area shelters and/or food pantries so they can be distributed to those in need.

If you are able, please send in new socks, hats, gloves/mittens. All sizes, kids through adult!
We will collect items through December 16. I will plan to drop the items off, but if you have a
place in mind and would be willing to do a drop off, please let me know!

 

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COMING UP:
December 12: Holiday Program     Click HERE for more details.
December 13: Early Release- dismissal at 12:15pm
December 16: Holiday Shop
December 19: Classroom Holiday Party  9:00am- more details to come this week! 

 

GEORGETOWN HAS HOLIDAY SPIRIT:
Holiday Spirit Days December 16-20

Dec. 16– wear red and green
Dec. 17– wear a holiday hat (antlers, elf, Santa, etc.)
Dec.18– wear a scarf, hat, and/or holiday socks
Dec. 19– pajamas and slippers
Dec. 20 – wear a holiday sweater

 

Update: Week of December 3

Parents,
Here is an update for next week:

Writing: We have moved on to Informational Writing. Your third grader will be choosing a topic that they know a lot about. They will learn to organize information to write about this topic.

Math: We took our Unit 2 test on Friday and will move on to the next Unit that will cover measurement. Multiplication practice pages went home on Friday. Please check with your third grader about what math facts they will need to practice for Wednesday.

Social Studies: We took our Geography test and will move on to learn about the Economics of Michigan.

Reading: We have started to explore Nonfiction texts and we will be looking closely to see how author’s use text features to teach about a topic.

  • Coming Up: 
    November Reading Calendars are due on Monday. This is homework and is expected to be turned in at the end of each month. December calendars went home today (Friday).
  • Please see information in a previous post about our Polar Express Party.
  • Information about the Holiday Shop was sent home today (Friday). Our class will be going on Thursday, Dec. 6. If your child plans to make a purchase, please send in the envelope labeled with your child’s name.
  • Holiday Music Program:
    The music program will be on December 13 at Fair Haven.
    Grades K, 1, 2:  Drop off is at 6:15 pm.  Performance is at 6:30 pm.
    Grades 3,4,5:  Drop off is at 7:30 pm.  Performance is at 7:45 pm.
  • Our next Early Release day is December 14. Dismissal is at 12:15pm.

Week Of December 4!

  • A new homework packet will be coming home today. It is due next Monday, December 11. A spelling pre-test with a new spelling word list should come home as well. These words should be practiced for the spelling test on Friday.
  • Our Michigan Economics test will be tomorrow. A review sheet came home on Friday.
  • Multiplication Fluency Practice: We did not do a practice page last week due to our two day week. Your child should know what multiplication facts they should be practicing for the practice page this Friday.
  • Holiday Shop: Our class will go to the Holiday Shop on Tuesday, December 5. If you would like your child to make a purchase, please send in the envelope with cash or check and your child’s name on the front. Thanks!
  • LOOKING AHEAD: Holiday Program is on Thursday, December 14.Kindergarten – 2nd grade will start at 6:30pm
    3rd – 5th grade will start at 7:30pm

Holiday Shop

Our class will be going to the Holiday Shop on Tuesday, December 5. An envelope should have come home yesterday (Wednesday). If you are sending money in with your child, please put the cash or check in the envelope and label it with your child’s name. Please make checks payable to Georgetown PTC.

Classroom Update: Week of November 27

Here’s what we’ve been working hard on in 3rd grade:
Writing: We have finished our unit on persuasive writing and we begin working on informational writing. Students will need to think of a topic they know a lot about and can teach to others.

Social Studies: We are nearing the end of our Michigan Economics unit. We have learned about natural, human, and capital resources as well as scarcity, opportunity cost, specialization, and interdependence!

Math: We have started unit 3 where we are working on measurement.
See the family letter that was posted. Multiplication facts should still be practiced daily!

Reading: We begin our study of informational text. We will be reading informational texts and observing their features. We will be working on using different strategies to read informational texts.

A FEW MORE THINGS TO KNOW:

  • A new homework packet will be coming home today. It is due next Monday, December 4. A spelling pre-test with a new spelling word list should come home as well. These words should be practiced for the spelling test on Friday.
  • We have library on Friday this week. Please help your third grader to remember to return their books so they can check out new books.
  • Multiplication Fluency Practice: We did not do a practice page last week due to our two day week. Your child should know what multiplication facts they should be practicing for the practice page this Friday.
  • Early Release this Friday, December 1. Dismissal is at 12:15pm.
  • Holiday Shop: Our class will go to the Holiday Shop on Tuesday, December 5.
  • LOOKING AHEAD: Holiday Program is on Thursday, December 14.Kindergarten – 2nd grade will start at 6:30pm
    3rd – 5th grade will start at 7:30pm

 

3rd Grade News!

We have new spelling words.  We practiced our alphabetical order skills with our new words and then the list went home. Our new words are:  tight, while, show, stone, bright, whole, window, time, follow, close, flight, tide, float, broke, throat.  
We are studying the long i and long o spelling patterns.

In Math, we are beginning a new unit that will cover the 6s, 7s, and 8s multiplication facts. We started learning the 6s facts yesterday. It is very very important that multiplication facts are practiced regularly at home. Please continue to use the math fact log and have it turned in on Mondays. Thanks!

I am looking for a few parent volunteers to help with math fact practice (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays from 3:00-3:30. Please email me and let me know if you are available to help. Thanks!

Jet’s Pizza night is tonight (Dec. 4)! Don’t forget to mention Georgetown and our class!!

Next week is our Holiday Shop. More information will be coming.

This Week!

Today we had a chance to go to the Holiday Shop. If you were planning on sending money with your third grader and forgot, the shop will be open all week for your third grader to go.

We will have our plant parts assessment tomorrow. Two papers will be coming home to study tonight. Help your third grader to review the plant parts and their functions.

Our Holiday Program is this Thursday, December 1. Please read the information on our school blog.

Have a great week!    Miss Van Arkel  🙂

Holiday Shop

Parents,

We will shop at the Holiday Gift Shop tomorrow  (Tuesday). A note went home about this last week. It was a green page with an envelope attached. If you and your son/daughter have decided to participate, please send the envelope by tomorrow.