Week 10

This week's information:

Our class has been busily working on learning how to write short answer response questions.  We read “The Riverbank” this week and completed a short answer response covering the information found in the book.  This is a learning process for the children, but they are starting to understand how to restate the question and prove where they found the information in the book or passage. 

In Math, the class took the Chapter 2 test.  Percentages are on the test so you can see the quantity of information that your child understands of Chapter 2.  I will continue to work with your child on the concepts that are a struggle.  Please see the attached sheet to schedule a conference time.  Conferences are October 25 and November 1. 

Next Week:

Thornwilde Fall Festival is October 26 from 6-8.  Hope you can come!

          Fall Celebrations

·         The fall celebrations will take place from 2-3 on the 26^th

·         Students may wear costumes but they cannot wear masks or face make-up.  Props cannot be brought to school and students must be able to use the restroom independently

·         Snacks need to be store bought and labeled so that we can ensure no peanuts/nuts or manufactured in peanut facility

·         Parents cannot take their children when the celebration ends.  They will need to go to the cafeteria if they want to pick up their child and follow parent pick up procedures

·         Students who are not allowed to participate in celebrations due to religious beliefs will be provided with activities in the library.

·         If you would like to help with the party please email me by Tuesday. 

Thornwilde Dedication will be on October 22, 2012.  The third graders will be performing a song at 5:50 in the lobby.  Please bring your child to our classroom by 5:45 if you would like for them to participate in the Dedication Ceremony and ask them to wear school colors (red and gray). 

Field Trip to Dinsmore House October 31, 2012

Please return permission form, $7.00, and your child’s lunch preference form ASAP.  Remember to dress your child in layers and pack them a lunch in a disposable bag so we are not responsible for lunch boxes while on the trip.

Week 8

~Learning and Growing Together~ Mrs. Hahn’s Class

Adjectives were introduced this week in our Working with Words block.  We are finishing our personal narrative packets in writing and will begin general narratives next week.  Our class is learning the 6 traits of writing.  These traits will make their writing shine and I am already seeing huge improvements in the ideas the students are brainstorming.  Please continue to work on addition and subtraction facts at home.  I know this may seem monotonous, but if the children do not know addition they will have a very difficult time learning multiplication.  A third grader should not be counting on their fingers to answer an addition or subtraction problem.  Force and motion are the big learning topics in Science

~Next Week~

Next week we will continue our study of force and motion in Science.  We will continue reading stories that are “Inspired by the Sea”.  Ask your child about Pandora and Seabold, the characters in the story.  The class will finish a culminating activity on the chapter book, “The Storm”.  We will be continuing our review of the Math concepts of addition, subtraction, and time.          Please encourage your child to study their spelling words each week, read at home, and work on their math facts.  I am seeing big improvements on their math facts at school.  Big things are happening in third grade!

We will be going on a field trip to the Dinsmore House on October 31.  Each third grade class can take 2 adults.  If you are interested in going please email me or send in a note with your child.  www.hahnsclass.blogspot.com is where you can find our class learning each week J

 

Week 7

I hope that you had a great weekend with your kiddos.  I had a great weekend with mine:).  I just wanted to pass along a website to you that I think your kids might enjoy.  It is full of learning games and fun activities for all ages.  http://powermylearning.com/

On another note...we are beginning a new unit this week covering the topic of Inspired by the Sea.  We will be talking about and reading stories based around the sea.  In Math, we will discuss addition and subtraction fact families.  I pretested the children over unit two so I can challenge those that do not need to cover this concept again.  They will be given an alternate assignment that will challenge them on similar concepts just at a higher level of thinking.  Science class will include the concepts of force and motion this week. 

Hope you have a wonderful week with your family!

Le

Week 6

This weekend ask your children about:

• The Elements of Poetry ~ they have been working on a poetry project all week
• Wind Energy ~ we created a windmill this week and talked about the potential and the kinetic energy that exists
• Money ~ money, money, money, mon - ey...we have been on a money kick this week learning how to represent it, write it, add it, subtract it, and make change
• Personal Narrative Writing ~ some of the kids have finished their final copies and you will begin to see them come home.  They are great pieces of writing for their first go at the writing process

Reminders and Requests:

• Please continue to study those math facts
• We are in need of some tissues.  These kiddos go through tissues like wild fire.  If you could donate some to the class that would be wonderful!
• As it gets cooler, please keep in mind that shorts are probably not the best bottoms option for these little ones:)
• I would love to have your help in the classroom anytime you are available.  Please send me a quick email, even the morning of and let me know you would like to come in.  We ALWAYS have something for you to do!

Next week:

• We will finish up Unit One ~ Stories Worth Telling Again and Again
• The children will take an assessment covering Unit One.  You can't prepare for this at home.  It is all based on things that we have done in class. 
• We will pretest Chapter 2 in Everyday Math so I can best meet the needs of all students.  Then I will proceed with teaching the subject matter that each individual child needs.  

Tip of the Week:

• XtraMath.org
  Is a free website for your kids that is accessible from home and best of all it runs itself! Really. There are several videos that you can watch on their site if you want more information, including a video about how the site works. They play games like “beat the teacher.”  It is super easy and it gives you lists of which problems they missed plus how many and which facts they have mastered.  This site is similar to FASTMATH (a program we have here at school).
   
  Have a wonderful weekend!!!
   
  Le

Scholastic

If you are planning on ordering from ordering from Scholastic our class activation code is the following:

Activation Code:

JLJV6

Please use this code to earn a $5 credit for next month from Scholastic.  Have a great evening!

Here is the link to order  https://orders.scholastic.com/JLJV6

Le

Week 5

~Learning and Growing Together~

Mrs. Hahn’s Class

This week we have spent a great deal of time reading, learning about feeling words, and how a character’s feelings affect the events that happen in a story.  Your children are also very close to writing their first personal narrative of the year.  A few of them have already started on their rough drafts.  We will work to take their piece of writing through the entire writing process.  In Math class, we have been learning how to estimate sums and differences to the nearest ten. 

Entertainment Book sales end at the beginning of next week, so please return your requests for the books.  The sale of these books will greatly benefit the school.

~Next Week~

          Next week we will finish our study of energy in Science with an emphasis on wind energy.  We will also finish our study of stories that are worth telling again and again.  The class will do a week long poetry project to learn the elements of poetry.  We will be discussing in great depth the concept of money in Math.
         Please encourage your child to study their spelling words each week, read at home, and work on their math facts.  I am seeing big improvements on their math facts at school.  Big things are happening in third grade!  Ask your child about singing on the announcements this morning!

Tip of the Week:  

Crack open the dictionary          

Let your child see you use a dictionary. Say, "Hmm, I'm not sure what that word means... I think I'll look it up."

www.hahnsclass.blogspot.com is where you can find our class learning each week