Salmon Stream Restoration
Warning: Bears in the Woods!
Greeting Room 124 Families,
I hope this note finds everyone well. It has been a busy few weeks and a tad of a blur. Snow days and late starts have been wonderful and confusing in regards to the flow of schedules, growth, and learning. It is important to note that young learners are flexible and resilient and an older brain must be trained with consistent new learning. I promise you all that I am trying! 3+ for effort? Hmm…
In class, we have been studying the following:
- Reading strategies to support research and informational writing
- Multiplication and division to find area and the use of the distributive property
- Inquiry science about water and climate
Science, writing, and reading are integrated tightly. Math is soon to be integrated as we become closer to researching, designing and implementing a rain garden on school grounds.
Please encourage your sweet peeps to continue keyboarding, reading, and math facts (+, -, x, \). Their reading logs are being checked twice a week. You may certainly work as their scribe if needed Please note that I sent a math homework packet home last week. This is mathematics from September and October. Homework is due on Wednesday. A new review math packet will again be sent home this Wednesday and due the following week. Please remind your learners to breathe to alleviate any stress, anxiety, and get oxygen into those amazing brains. Non-homework morphs into homework in order to help and support student transition into fourth grade. Ah, the Glory Days of autumn 2016…
All third-grade students are required to participate in the Carnation Elementary Science Fair. STEAM Night (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) is on Thursday, April, 6th from 5:00 – 7:00. I am sending information home with your child on Wednesday. Thursday morning, students have the opportunity (in the school computer lab) to research a scientific experiment they might like to conduct using the scientific method. Since we have been studying the properties of water, some students may feel confident to follow that topic. Again, more detailed information will be following. Please save the date.
I will be out of the classroom Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Thursday and Friday, I will be down in the Palms Springs area attending the India Wells tennis tournament. It took me three and a half years to complete my graduate degree in zoology. I had to take a tennis sabbatical, which was painful physically and socially. Such sacrifices! My parents taught our family to play as young kids and I taught my children as well. It feels great to be playing again. Monday and Tuesday, I will be in Seattle fulfilling my jury duty obligation. I cannot defer, and judges have no idea how complicated substitute plans are. It is like writing a chapter book with different scenarios for each topic.
It was a treat to watch the students of Room 124 share their multiple intelligences during the talent show. It was also very cool to watch the rest of the class being completely absorbed by their peer’s talent and determination. I cannot sit still for an hour and a half, but they could. I only received one warning. A huge thank you to our Talent Show volunteer, Mariah Hueberger for her passion and time.
This Friday, there will be a celebration for all students and their effort toward working on multiplication facts. Mrs. Grant set up a sign-up link for anyone who is able to donate toppings for the sundae feast. The celebration is this Friday at 12:45 if you would like to come and join in the fun. Thank you.