Weekly Update 8.29.17
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On August 28, 2017
Welcome to Mrs. Vaughan’s 3rd grade class. I am so excited for a new year and hope you are ready to hit the ground running! Please check this site EVERY Tuesday afternoon. I will send the link through Dojo once a week as a reminder. It will have important dates, needs, and academic topics we are currently covering. There will also be a secret word embedded in the update. If you write the word at the bottom of your students’ agenda, they earn an extra dojo point each Wednesday morning!
What you need to know this week:
- Tuesday folders will NOT coming home TODAY. Look forward to some papers from me and student samples next week!
- If you haven’t already, please read through the folder given to you a Meet and Greet last week. Return BYOD permission, locator cards, and other papers as needed.
- Be sure to sign up for Class Dojo using your student’s code so you can track their behavior each day. We would love for you to follow us on Twitter as well so you can see and share all the amazing things happening in our room! Word- dojo
- Please fill out the parent questionnaire form ASAP. I am still waiting for a few.
- Students will need to send $10 cash to cover the cost of Time for Kids and MobyMax subscriptions for the year.
- Some student homework will require the internet at home for access to Google Classroom assignments. If you do not have reliable internet and/or a device for your child to use Google Docs, Forms, Slides, and Classroom with, please let me know right away. I will do my best to ensure they find time within the day at school to work on these tasks.
- In case you were wondering what our Explorers and Discovery specials are all about:
- Explorers is with the AIG teacher. She does a lot of outside the box tasks that allow students to apply insightful thinking and work in teams to solve problems.
- Discovery will be a combination of 4 focuses with 4 teachers- (1 per quarter) Including the media specialist, technology facilitator, and counselor.
This week in literacy: A good deal of our first weeks will be spent going over procedures and learning routines. Students will learn new expectations and how Daily 5 reading looks in 3rd grade. I will be gathering a good deal of baseline data as well. We will also be covering the structure of our writing block.
This week in math: We are starting with a review of multi-digit addition and subtraction. Knowledge of borrowing and regrouping is very important so please practice at home and check your child’s homework to ensure they aren’t confusing the steps. Students will learn a VARIETY of methods, so it’s possible you may not recognize the way they solve the problems.
VOCAB: place value, digit, regroup
