Mrs. Linderman's 3rd Grade

Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to sing, play and engage in activities with your child.  Last week was our first week of Parent University and we had a wonderful time learning with our parents and children. If you attended last week we hope to see you again and if you missed it last week please join us this week.
Parents and Children (ages 6 months-4 years old)are invited to join us on:
  Friday, October 25th from 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.at McDonald Elementary   
This week’s topic will be  “Literacy”.  We will be discussing and showing you activities to strengthen your child’s skills through play.
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Children, Parents and Staff will sing, play and engage in activities together from 8:45-10:00 a.m.
Hope to see you on Friday!

This week we will have a math test focusing on time, weight, and capacity. Students have been working on these things in math over the last few weeks but any practice in their succeed books pages 89-132 (this includes the homework helper pages) would be beneficial. In addition to this, please continue to practice multiplication facts at home as we would like these to become automatic for our third graders.

Also, our spelling words this week are:

whisper

teacher

grandmother

grandfather

barber

history

rounding

place value

opinion

timeline

We had a great time during our field trip to the fire station! Students learned about how to safely navigate through a fire in the house. The even had some homework for their parents!

 Join us for our “Fine Motor” Parent University at McDonald Elementary
Parents and Children (ages 6 months-4 years old)are invited to join us on:
Friday, October 18th at 8:45 a.m.Get A Free Book for your Child!
Join us to learn about how to help your child’s development and assure you are choosing the activities to help them develop small motor skills at all levels.  Learn games to engage your child.
Children, Parents and Staff will sing, play and engage in activities together from 8:45-10:00 a.m.
Hope to see you on Friday!

This week we have a lot going on!

On Wednesday, October 16th there is a late start. School does not start until 9:35 that day. Also, this is picture day! Come dressed and ready with money. The forms are coming home this week and you may bring in a form or order through their online website.

On Friday, October 18th we have our field trip to the fire house. This field trip will only be from 9:30-11:30 so students do NOT need to pack a lunch. We will take a bus over to the station and back and will have a normal afternoon at school.

Also on October 18th (Friday) there is a BRICS meeting at 9:00 in the auditorium. They will discuss what this bond proposes and how it will help our school as well as others around the district. If you have any questions about this bond this is the time to come ask!

Dearborn Schools is asking for parents to complete this survey. If you click on the link below and hold your phone up to it (in camera mode) you can then click on the link that will pop up at the top of your phone and take the survey. This is greatly appreciated so your input can be heard!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-3-oXSRmYimQeOhmBcVeCLupcPQ4ttJQKdI4E-Ied7Y/edit

Our spelling words this week are:

chip

shop

shell

thin

bath

nouns

regions

division

Halloween

experiment

There is a free event at Hype Athletics! Go trick or treating with the whole family! Open the link above for more information.

Our class worked very hard and made it to our goal for points on ClassDojo so we will have electronics day on Tuesday, October 8th. Students may bring in an electronic from home to use during this time. They will be turned off and locked up during the day and taken out during our last hour when we have our electronics time.

This Friday, October 11th is a half day. Students will be dismissed at 11:45.

A field trip form was sent home on Friday for the fire house field trip. Please sign and return this form. We will go on October 18th. Our class will go in the morning, but will be back in time for lunch so no need to pack a lunch that day.

In addition to this field trip we will have a firefighter come in on October 9th to talk with students about the equipment and how to stay safe!

Picture Day is coming! Next week we will have picture day on October 16th.

We finished up our first math unit on multiplication and will be starting measurement and time this week. Be on the lookout for the unit test to come home sometime this week.

Our spelling words this week are:

track

drop

blood

slid

crab

text features

research

unit

pull

map key

Welcome to October (tomorrow). This Wednesday, October 2nd is national walk to school day. Let’s see how many students and families we can have walk to school, it’s better for the environment! This same day is also count day, so make sure you are here!
We will be finishing our unit on multiplication in math this week and will be testing. Be watching for a review to go home as this will help to study for the test.

Our spelling words this week are:

lunch

thunder

human

ruler

cube

caption

columns

rows

equation

narrative

A heads up that October 16th is picture day. October 11th will be a half day.

Happy Fall! This week there is a late start on Wednesday, September 25th. School will not start until 9:35 on this day. Also, on Friday, September 27th there is a parent meeting with the principal! Anyone is welcome to attend and talk with Dr. Moughni. This will be at 9:00 in the cafeteria.

Our spelling words this week are:

each

met

meet

rest

seem

myths

setting

paragraph

conclusion

introduction

Soon I will be sending home some information about an upcoming field trip to the fire station. This will be on October 9th (for planning purposes) but we do not need any volunteers.

This week we will be finishing up our final NWEA tests. Most students finished the math NWEA test today, and there will be just a few make ups tomorrow.

This week Friday, September 20th will be a half day. Students will be dismissed at 11:45.

If you have not yet joined ClassDojo please do so! This is where I will send out many reminders and also where you can track your child’s behavioral progress.

Our spelling words this week are:

1.poke

2. rock

3. mop

4. below

5. lock

6. broke

7. show

8. clock

9. stop

10. spoke

11.multiplication

12. array

13.landform

14. peninsula

15. Great Lakes

We have 15 words this week because many students struggled with our spelling test last week.

In addition we will have our math assessment this week as well. Students brought home a study guide and we will go over this just before the test tomorrow.

This week we will be continuing our NWEA testing. I am hoping to have all tests complete by the end of next week. Please remind students to go to bed early and eat a good breakfast as this will fuel their brains for the test!

Also this week on Thursday, September 12th, we will have open house starting at 6:00. I will have information for parents about what a normal week in third grade looks like including expectations, snack, homework, etc.

I am still in the process of testing students for their reading levels as well. I hope to have these done by the end of the month so that I can create groups and begin our normal reading routine during Daily 5.

Our spelling words this week are:
stick

brick

polite

pie

ice

addition

subtraction

bridge

direction

character

I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday!