Welcome to October!
September flew by quite fast! On to October and many exciting events.
Speaking of time flying...we continue to work on telling time skills. Students continue to work on telling digital and analog time. We are also building skills in telling how much time has passed between activities or until the next activity. This is a great skill to build at home. Last week’s homework included a T.V. Guide worksheet and keeping a log similar to this at home will help students become more aware of how time is kept and practice in tracking its passage. In reading we’ve left Boom Town behind and moved on to imagining what it would be like If You Made a Million. This continues to tie into our work in math building on addition/subtraction skills and fluency with money terms and amounts. Have your child practice adding amounts by keeping track of purchases while shopping or practice naming the coins or practice fluency by counting your pocket change. The more experience with counting money, the more fluent your child will become adding and subtracting it.
We have had the opportunity to try out the new Chromebook mobile lab. Most students were able to sign on and start work on All the Right Type. Your child’s experience with this program and with MobyMax will be enhanced by being able to hear the sound effects. Our three classroom computers have their own headphones, but we do not have any for the Chromebooks. Students may bring earbuds or small headphones (I got mine from the Dollar Tree) to use with our computers. This would be a great way to avoid head lice-this is not required, but I do recommend it. Students may practice keyboarding at home, but a parent should be with them to make sure they are using the correct fingering.
Coming up:
Fun Run: October 9th. The third grade is scheduled from 1:50-2:10.
No School: October 10th, State In-service day.
No School: October 10th, State In-service day.
Book order: Our September book order will be here anytime. The Scholastic Book club flyer for October will be coming home soon and the last day to order is October 17th.
Volunteer opportunities are available, let me know if you are interested in helping out.
Have a wonderful month!
Mrs. Soumokil
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