First of all, I just wanted to say thank you for all of the amazing birthday gifts and wishes last Friday. It was such a magical birthday! This week marks our fourth week at school, and we are continuing to dive into our unit 1 for curriculum. Listed below are some items we are working on.

In addition, picture forms went home today for Fall photos. They will be on September 27th.  In addition, the raffle tickets for the Holiday Boutique went home today. Raffle tickets are due not until November 2nd. This is a huge PTA fundraiser. Please try to sell tickets if you can. Thank you!

Reading: 3 ways to read a book, voracious reading, check for understanding, and DRA testing

Writing: Setting up writer’s workshop

Math: Interpreting the unknown in a division sentence using arrays, and Multiplication facts using 2’s and 3’s

Social Studies: Michigan geography

Science: Forces

Spelling: content words: quotient, human, natural, place, and writer

spelling pattern /short o and long o/: poke, rock, below, clock, and spoke

Leader in Me: Paradigms and Physical Environment within the classroom

Upcoming Events: 

Tuesday- Fire Safety Talk at School

Wednesday- Late Arrival

Friday- Popcorn Friday

Good Evening Parents,

I am looking forward to see you tonight! At the request of the homeroom parents, if your student could either wear Disney or Yellow or Teal color for   tomorrow ( Friday September 14th) they would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you!

Good Evening Parents !

Today in class your child started Module 1, Topic 2 in Eureka Math. In order to help your child at home, please see the attached parent handout for more information on the topic. In addition, feel free to use YouTube as well. There are plenty of helpful tidbits there!

Lastly, just a friendly reminder that Open House is tomorrow from 6:00 – 7:30. I will have conference sign up times at Open House! In addition, this will also be the last day for the Book Fair.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Module 1 Topic B Letter

In addition to plenty of new concepts and curriculum we are learning, there are a couple of events and deadlines to be aware of.

Tuesday- Book Fair begins

Thursday- Open House 6:00-7:30 and Last Day for Book Fair

Friday- Half-Day for Students. Spirit Wear Orders are due

Happy Monday! During class this week, your child will be diving deeper  into our first units of curriculum and will be continuing their fall testing. In order to help tailor instruction to meet your child’s needs, we will be testing using NWEA as well as DRA.

Due to time constraints, we did not have time to fill out planners today. Please make sure to touch base with your child about what we did. The only homework assignment today was to do your child’s 20 minutes of reading for their reading log.

In addition, please see the items listed below to see some of the content we will be covering this week in class.

Reading: Good fit books, Read to Self and Work on Writing modeling, voracious reading, and continue reading 20 minutes every night at home.

Writing: All About Me Newspaper (worked on only in class) and setting up Writer’s Workshop

Science: Engineering cycle and simple machines

Social Studies: Geography of Michigan; What is a state and where is it located.

Math: Interpreting the meaning of factors and understanding the meaning of the unknown as the size of a group in division

Spelling: content words: array, county, geography, push, and pull

spelling pattern short i and long i: bit, stick, brick, pie, and polite

Leader in Me: Paradigms- Paradigms are a key concept underlying the 7 Habits. Our paradigms about ourselves, other people, and life in general affect what we do. What we do impacts our results. Incomplete or incorrect paradigms create limitations.

Dearborn Public Schools is implementing a new math program in the elementary schools.  Eureka Math has been selected to help us meet the rigorous work required of students by the Common Core State Standards.

Students have 3 different books as part of the program. The “Succeed” book is the homework part of the program.  These practice pages are very similar to the practice set your child completed for that day’s lesson. Students will keep the book within their desk and pull out the pages needed for homework.  They will then be expected to complete and return the pages the following day.  YouTube has short video lessons that will help re-explain the concepts taught in the lesson. To find the videos search Eureka Math, grade level, module number, and lesson number (For example: Eureka Math 3rd grade Module 1 lesson 1).

In addition, I will also post the letter at the beginning of each new module that will give you some helpful advice on how to complete problems. These are also easily searchable online if you follow the same format as above.

Please be patient with our teachers at Lindbergh, since we are also trying our best to make sure this amazing program is taught in the way that it deserves. If you have any questions about this curriculum, please feel free to reach out to us!

Attached below will be the Module 1 Helpful guide:

Module 1 Topic A Letter

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend getting those last few moments of summer! This week in third grade we will be kicking off a new math curriculum, testing to see where students are at, and diving into other content areas.

Today your child received our first ever reading log. Please have your child read any book that they want and document the title and amount of minutes they read. We aim to have students read every night at home for 20 minutes. This will help them become better readers. Since we did not have school on Monday, feel free to cross off Monday on the reading log! On Friday, students will be expected to turn in their reading log signed. Please do not sign your child’s reading log until the end of the week please! This will help make sure students are reading throughout the entire week.

Listed below are the content areas and some of the items we will be tackling this week:

Reading: Reading good fit books, Read to Self expectations, voracious reading, and check for understanding strategies.

Writing: All-About Me Newspapers

Social Studies: Geography of Michigan. Discussing relative vs absolute location of Michigan.

Science: Expectations of competing group or lab projects in class and discussing push vs pull

Math: Multiplication and the Meaning of Factors: Equal groups of multiplication, array model,  factors using number of groups

Spelling: content words short a and long a: tape, cape, late, cap, and can

Students can also practice words on https://www.spellingcity.com/users/Robeym

It is crazy to think our first week of school is already almost coming to a close! This entire week has been focused around building a classroom community and introducing the 7 habits into our classroom. While going through this week, I just have several quick reminders for you.

• Your updated Emergency Card is due tomorrow! Please make sure to sent that information in
• We will NOT have school on Friday, August 31st and Monday, September 3rd due to the Labor Day Holiday. 
• Mobile Dentist forms went home yesterday. These forms are completely voluntary, and are not required if you do not want your child to see the dentist when they come. If you would like your child to see the Dentist, the forms are due on September 4th
• During dismissal, if you have younger children in grades young 5-2nd and would like to have your child go out the other doors. Please just contact me! I would love to make accommodations for you.
• Lastly, our classroom is in the need for some homeroom parents. If you are interested in this lovely volunteer position please let me know. I would love to have some extra hands.

Thank you!

It was such a pleasure to finally meet so many lovely students. I can tell that Third Grade in room 208 is going to be a wonderful place. As this week progresses, you may begin to notice that there will be quite a few notes going home. Make sure to check your child’s homework folder that went home today.

In addition, tomorrow I will be sending out our third grade flip-book and teacher letter. This flip-book will be your guide to procedures and expectations in third grade. The third grade team has placed magnets on the back of the flip-book so you may hang on your refrigerator!

All this week we are working on establishing classroom and school expectations and routines. We are also working with to be future leaders by following the Leader in Me First 4 Day program. We will be working on the first four habits this week: Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Things First, and Think Win-Win. Tomorrow we will also be putting our first day supplies away for students.

Listed below are some important events going on this week

Tuesday- First Full Day (please remember to pack or bring money to purchase lunch), Anti-Bullying Assembly, Flip-book Notes are going home

Wednesday- Brown Paper Bag Show-and-Tell due in class

Thursday- Emergency Cards are due