Feeling Words

Today in Guided Reading we were working on recognizing feeling words in a story.  We talked about how those feeling words change the events that often happen in a story.  We kept track of the feeling words and we noticed that as the feelings of the characters changed the events of the story changed too.

Feeling Words Web

We read "Grandpa's Face" today and created feeling webs.  The children went on a feeling word search throughout the book with their elbow buddy.  Then they made feeling word webs as they found feeling words throughout the story.  We discussed as a class how feeling words dramatically effect the events that take place in stories.  Without the feelings of characters, there would be no stories. 

Week 4

~Learning and Growing Together ~

We had a really busy week in our class.  We did a great science experiment with thermometers and different colored envelopes to determine how color affects temperature.  The class is independently working their way through the scientific method.  They are also learning how to draw technical drawings to demonstrate their science experiments.  I am so proud of them.  Also, we have continued testing in the computer lab gathering information on each student to determine areas of strength and weakness.  The purpose of gathering this information is to best meet the needs of each individual student in our class.

          Next week we will continue learning about energy in science.  We will also continue our study of stories that are passed down and stories that are worth telling again and again.  We will be discussing money and continue our work on facts in math.
         ~Next Week~
         Please encourage your child to study their spelling words each week and to continue to read at home and work on their facts.  I am seeing big improvements in their math facts at school.  Thank you for helping your child succeed!

Tip of the Week:

Find ways to read, write, and tell stories together with your child. Always applaud your young reader and beginning story writer!

Week 3

Mrs. Hahn’s Class

Class News:

Thank you so much for attending Curriculum Night.  It was so nice to see all of you again. 

Every Friday is Spirit Day.  Your child can wear clothes that represent their favorite team or support the tHoRnWiLde WILDCATS!!!!

Please remember if you would like to bring in a treat for your child’s birthday that would be wonderful!  Please send in the treat the morning of the day that you would like to celebrate it or send me an email if you need to make other arrangements.

Next Week:

Your child’s learning goals will be:

~I will understand the importance of stories pasted down from generation to generation.

~ I will understand numbers and number sequences

~ I will understand how to solve a number grid puzzle

~ I will understand how to choose the right tools to solve a math problem

~ I will understand how to analyze and display data

~We will also continue our study of energy in science and we will be doing several experiments to further understand energy.

Please email me with any questions or concerns.  We are learning so much and I look forward to next week.  See your kiddos on Tuesday!

Everyday Math

Below is the link to the Unit 1 Everyday Math unit we will begin on Tuesday.  This unit will be covered over the next 2 weeks.  I hope this information is helpful to you. 

https://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/em3mm_g3_u01_family_letters.pdf

Here is a link to activities that you can do with your child when we are covering the different units.  These will benefit them greatly and help them review the concepts.

https://www.mheonline.com/assets/wg_download/parent_connection/Do-Anytime_Activites/EM3HCH_G1-3_052.pdf

Week 2

What a wonderful week of learning.  We learned about local and state government this week.  In Language Arts, we began a unit on "Stories Worth Telling Again and Again."  This week we talked about Trickster Tales.  Your children can explain to you what a trickster tale is.  Problem Solving Strategies was our Math topic this week and will continue into next week.  I am trying to set the foundation of how to solve problems before we begin learning new math concepts.

Please try to come to Curriculum Night this coming Tuesday, August 28.  I look forward to seeing you again and answering any questions that you may have about the year so far.

I hope that your children are having as much fun as I am this year.  We sure are learning and growing together. 

First Week of School

Dear Families,

        We have had a wonderful first week of school.  I have learned everyone’s name, we are learning all of the procedures in our beautiful new school, and some significant learning has already begun.  Yesterday we learned about parts of speech and the scientific method.  Your little ones should be able to explain what a hypothesis is and give you some examples of parts of speech.  We have also been working on learning targets in our room and breaking those learning targets down so we really understand what is expected of us. 

        Your children are bringing home their first homework assignment this weekend.  This assignment is a typical weeks worth of assignments.  Please spread the assignments out throughout the week.  They are not due until Thursday. 

        Next week I will begin posting our newsletter on our class blog,  www.hahnsclass.blogspot.com.  I will send the newsletter home in paper form to anyone who does not have access to a computer.  Please let me know if you would like the newsletter in paper form. 

        I am so excited about this year’s class.  We have received multiple compliments about our kindness toward one another and our behavior.  Please know that I am always available.  Email is the best way to contact me.  I check it often.  Have a wonderful weekend!