Week 7: Happy Indigenous People Day

 It was an action packed Music class this week! Check out the video on our playlist on the right side of this post.

My thanks to all families who took the time to come to our first Family Friday. The children have talked about how much they enjoy spending time with you. If you were unable to attend, no worries! We have a few events in the the upcoming Fridays for which we will need adult volunteers if you are available:

• Friday, October 18: We are decorating our Writing Notebooks at 8:40am. So far we have three volunteers to help us glue and attach contact paper to our note books. We need at least three more. Your child received a note in a sandwich bag with more information and has been collecting items to cover the writing notebook with. 

• Friday, October 25: This is our excursion to the Nethermead portion of Prospect Park for our first session with Brooklyn Nature Day. We need at least five chaperones. Your child received a packet with more information and a permission slip.

• Friday, November 1: Our second Brooklyn Nature Day. Five chaperones would also be ideal for this session.

• Friday, November 8: Our third Brooklyn Nature Day. Five chaperones can accompany us. 

We want to thank you in advance for volunteering!

Here's what else to look forward to next week: 

• Schools are closed Monday due to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.
• Please remind your child to have their items gathered for the Writers Notebook decorations by Tuesday. The items should be trimmed down and fit into a sandwich sized bag. 
• On Thursday, I will not be in the classroom due to a grade wide meeting. The children will have a substitute teacher.
• On Friday, we will have the End-Module 1 Assessment. Students will be assessed on their multiplication and division knowledge. If you have not already done so, please sign and return the slip attached to the Mid Module Assessment that was given to your child last week. Here are some links to help your child practice for the upcoming exam:

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/division-facts-for-2-3-4-5-and-10-true-or-false
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/relate-addition-and-multiplication-for-equal-groups

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/relate-multiplication-and-division-for-arrays

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numberballoons/NumberBalloons_times_level1.htm

• We are also decorating the Writers Notebooks on Friday. We have been working on capitalizing names of people and places. Here's a link for optional additional practice: 

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/capitalizing-the-names-of-places-and-geographic-features

Have a wonderful weekend!