Week 3: Birthdays

Thank you to everyone who has been helping with your child's homework routine! Please continue to check that your child has completed their assignments and placed it in their folders. At the end of the week, please sign the bottom of the homework sheet. 

 I want to share the Third Grade policy for birthday celebrations: 

• Please send a note to me prior to the birthday to check that we can have time for the celebration. There will be very busy days when we might not be able to celebrate but we will do our best to fit it in. 
• We have 28 students in our class. Please send in enough treats for everyone. Treat should be portioned/ cut already so that each child can be handed a treat quickly. We have children with nut and dairy allergies so please keep that in mind. 
• Please send in treats that are the same. Sending in treats that are different flavors, sizes, etc. often leads to hurt feelings when a child does not receive a treat they wished for. 

Here's what to expect for next week: 

• Students will begin Writing Workshop for this year. We will start with the the expectations and routines of writing times in class and spend time collecting writing ideas from our life experience. These ideas will be the seeds of the stories we will write in this Personal Narrative unit.
• On Friday the 23, you are invited to come to our classroom to help decorate our Writers Notebooks. Please keep an eye out for a notice with more details in your child's homework folder on Monday.

Have a great weekend!