Weekly Update 3.15.22

By carrievaughan In News & Updates On March 15, 2022

Be on the lookout for…

• Tuesday folders are coming home today. Please review materials and encourage your child to see how they can improve in skill areas.
• There is NO SCHOOL this Friday, March 18th. It is a teacher workday.
• Order your yearbook here!
• Our class will celebrate our multiplication mastery with an icecream sundae party on Thursday, March 24th after lunch. Please view the sign up to see how you can help make this celebration great!
• March is Read Across America Month. Rather than a spirit WEEK, all school will celebrate 1 day each week throughout the month.
  –March 16: Team Day (#521team colors, jerseys of favorite teams etc, you could do your hall color or class color here!)
  -March 23: Fantasy/Creativity/Imagination day: fairies, elves, wizards, anything you create! 
  -March 30: Book Character day ( I know this is a repeat… but, books give us character, as well as characters)– students can dress as a book character, or a person who shows character! 
• Please mark your calendars for our 3rd grade Food Truck Rodeo/Oakview spring chorus concert. More details will be coming forth, but THURS MAY 19th, students will be asked to stay afterschool as apart of our economics project presentations. Families will be invited to join their students in our classroom, and then enjoy the 4 food trucks that will be here. You are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, towels, etc to post up on the lawn and enjoy the DJ and concert!
• Oakview’s Fun Run is coming up soon! Here are key dates to remember: •     Registration IS OPEN on MYBOOSTER.COM•   Donating HAS STARTED!!     Fundraiser Kick Off – TOMORROW 3/16    Event Day – 3/25       word-funrun
• Our class will participate in an OPTIONAL March madness bracket challenge over the next few weeks. A copy of a blank bracket is in your child’s Tuesday folder. If they do not care to participate, just recycle the copy. Winner gets 10 dojos and gets to choose the new basketball for our class to have at recess! Please turn the brackets in ASAP- No brackets will be accepted later than Thurs 3/17!

This week in Literacy:

Students have 2 reading incentives going on this month.  Please be on the lookout for these items:
1) Reading passport- Students have until April 1st to “Read Across America”. Each 20 minutes of reading equals a new state stamped by me in class on their passport. If they reach the goal of 1000 minutes by the deadline, they will be invited to an afterschool Luau to celebrate their reading stamina! All YOU have to do parents is acknowledge the reading titles and minutes each night at the bottom of agendas. Students are of course encouraged to read over weekends too:)
2) Dr Seuss Reading Bingo- students can earn a prize sheet as a reward for completing 15 of these activities over the course of the month. These can be used simultaneously as they earn reading minutes!

Thank you for supporting your child as we push them to be voracious readers with improved reading stamina! 

In Module 3 we have been focusing on reading classic chapter books. The next few weeks we will be writing reviews, comparing stories, and rewriting new versions of stories! Our focus text continues to be Peter Pan by JM Barrie for exploring text dependent questions, character traits, point of view, theme, and more! Please check for any classics you can get your hands on to share at home. A list of some great classics can be found here. 

This week in Math:

Students are continuing a lengthy, but exciting Fractions unit. Lots of vocab is important in understanding this concept. Here is a parent guide for helping you and your student understand our main learning outcomes 

Current vocab: numerator, denominator, unit fraction, partition, number line, visual model

Timed multiplication quizzes are in full swing!! Your child has an icecream sundae sheet in their agenda to keep track of their successes with these 90 second timed quizzes. There are 16 questions on each quiz and students pass with a 15/16 or better. If they do NOT pass, there will be a makeup opportunity each Friday during arrival. All quizzes will come home the day they are taken and will be located inside the plastic X sundae page. Please do what you can to help prepare your child for these fun and important assessments! QUIZZES WILL BE EVERY Tuesday and Thursday. Your child chooses which fact to quiz themselves on until they complete all!