I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It was great to have an extra day to relax, reflect, and serve the community while remembering Dr. King!
Math Groups:
We are always looking for parent volunteers on Wednesday for Math Groups. This is a pretty fun and easy way to get involved in the classroom. It runs on Wednesdays from 7:50-8:40, with the hope that parents can come in before they go to work. The class is set up in 6 groups with 3 activities. There is usually a game to oversee, and two content focused activities for students to practice. Each parent and teacher is typically in charge of one activity the whole time, while the students rotate through. This doesn't require you to teach or even feel super confident in your own math skills. It is an opportunity for students to collaborate together and practice. I hope some of you can join us this Wednesday! If you are able, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a084fa8a722a46-3bweekly
Field Day:
Athletic Field Day is Friday, February 1st from 8:30-11:00 for K-2 classes and from
12:00-2:30 for grades 3-5! Each year classes are assigned a Greek City State for their
team. This year, your child’s team is Croton, and our team color is yellow. Your child may
wear a plain yellow shirt (no logos) other than class section or Greek City State and athletic
pants or shorts. There will be no school lunch offered on Athletic Field Day. Please
send your child to school with a packed lunch. We will be eating in the classroom.
Volunteers for Athletic Field Day
In order to have Athletic Field Day run smoothly, we need your help! Coach Gethings &
Coach Warren need volunteers setting up and running the event. Please sign up at
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084aacaf28a4fd0-field to help with the events. We
need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks, and tagging along to all the events as extra supervision/support. Please email me directly if you are able to volunteer with 3B.
Subject Update:
Language Arts
We will continue The Trumpet of the Swan this week. Spelling will be condensed, with a test on Friday. Writing and grammar will focus on informational writing as we create a class essay on the Titanic. Students will review their stanza to memorize The Adventures of Isabel. The recitations will be on Jan. 23rd.
Math
We will be working with fractions still this week. On Thursday we will take a quiz on basic fractions skills: comparing fractions, equivalent fractions, simplest form, and ordering fractions. Afterwards, we will begin adding and subtracting fractions.
Science
This week we will be completing the sound study guide and learning about Alexander Graham Bell. The sound test is planned for Friday the 26th.
History
We will continue our Viking unit this week! Students will learn about the famous Vikings Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson. They will get a study guide this week and the test will be next Monday.
