Newsletter September 8-11

Newsletter August 31-September 4

Newsletter August 24-28

Each week I will post our weekly newsletter here. Your child will also bring home a paper copy of the newsletter.

AR Due Dates - 1st 9 Weeks

Welcome to a new school year! Students will begin their first AR goals for the year on Monday, August 24th. Here are the due dates for AR for the first nine weeks:

25% of goal will be due by September 4th
50% of goal will be due by September 18th
75% of goal will be due by October 2nd
100% of goal will be due by October 14th

Your child will be taking his/her STAR test on Friday, August 21st. Notes will be coming home on Monday, August 24th telling you what your child's reading level is, his/her goal, and a reminder of the due dates.

3rd Grade Events

3rd grade has been busy this month with many fun activities!

On October 6th, Firefighter Caleb Carson from the El Dorado Fire Department visited us to tell the 3rd graders what it's like to be a firefighter. He told us what his day is like, what he had to do to become a firefighter, and what it's like to be in a fire. He also showed us all the parts of his gear and even put everything on! The 3rd graders learned a lot about being a firefighter and asked some great questions.

October 8th was 3rd Grade Family Fun Night - "Batty About 3rd Grade." Parents and students came together to play multiplication Bingo, read a story about bats and answer questions, and make bats to hang on our display. We had a great night!!

Fabulous Fall Decorating

We had a great turnout for our first annual Fabulous Fall Decorating on Thursday, October 2nd. The third graders and their parents did an awesome job turning the corner of 4th and Main Street into a fantastic fall display!

M&M Arrays

We had a very tasty Friday! Students have been learning multiplication and how to group objects. Today we made edible arrays with M&M's! We made arrays using 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and 3 M&M's. The best part was eating them as we tried out new arrays!