Happy Friday! We revealed a very special surprise announcement today! Our first field trip is officially booked and we are going to the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Wembley!!! We will be going on Wednesday, November 21st! An information letter and permission form were sent home today (also attached to this email) in your child's agenda baggie, along with other important November notes. We require permission slips to be returned quickly in order to solidify numbers and other remaining details with the museum. Please carefully fill out and return your child's permission form by Tuesday, October 30th. Thank you in advance! We also require 4 volunteers per class to join us on the field trip. Please read the information letter for more details about this opportunity and send me an email as soon as possible if you are interested! We are so excited and grateful to our incredible Parent Council for this amazing opportunity! 🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖
🏫 Learning Updates:
🎲 Math - We are wrapping up our focus on place value and moving onto skip counting and patterning! Our weekly basic facts math blasters program is going very well. We will be practicing our 3 facts next week! Thank you for your support with practicing at home!
📖 Language Arts - In addition to our daily literacy routines, we will also be focusing more on increasing our exposure and understanding of nonfiction text features. As a challenge at home, try to incorporate more nonfiction texts into your nightly reading routine! The Grande Prairie Public Library is an amazing place to visit every week or two to add selection to your home reading choices.
🔎 Science - We have completed our Rocks & Minerals unit and will have the opportunity to apply our learning when we attend the Geology Rocks Program at the Dinosaur Museum in November!
🌏 Social - We will be starting our study of Peru in November! My husband's grandmother just returned from a trip to Peru and has sent me lots of amazing photos to share with our class! 😊
📅 Important Upcoming Dates:
🎃 October
📚 Monday Oct 29 - October Home Reading Goal Agenda Check
Goal: 300 nights as a class to earn an extra special Halloween party!
*Please total your child's monthly minutes/nights and write them in their agenda on the monthly calendar page (page 29 for October) so I can quickly check and add up all of the minutes/nights for the whole class. This is extremely helpful to speed up the process of calculating for the entire class! Thank you!
🎃 Wednesday Oct 31 - Happy Halloween!
The whole school will be participating in a room to room costume parade starting around 12:45 pm. When selecting costumes for school, please remember that Riverstone is a K-8 school, therefore we need to be extra mindful of not wearing costumes that might scare our younger students. We also ask that if your costume has any prop weapons that those be left at home. If your child has a mask that is part of their costume, they will be allowed to wear it for the costume parade and pictures but will be asked to take it off for the rest of the day. Thank you for your help in making this Halloween a fun and safe one for our students!
🍂 November
Monday Nov 5 - Munchalunch - Hot Dogs
Friday Nov 9 - Remembrance Day Assembly
Sunday Nov 11 - Remembrance Day
Monday Nov 12 - Stat Day in Lieu of Remembrance Day - No School
Thursday Nov 15 - November Book Orders Due
Monday Nov 19 - Munchalunch - Mary Browns
Wednesday Nov 21 - Crazy Sock Day
-Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Field Trip
Friday Nov 23 - PLC Friday - No School for Students
Friday Nov 30 - Term 1 Report Cards Go Home
🎄 December
Monday Dec 3 - Munchalunch - Harvey's
-Parent-Teacher Interviews @ 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Wednesday Dec 5 - Parent-Teacher Interviews @ 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Friday Dec 7 - Day Off in Lieu of Parent-Teacher Interviews - No School
💻 3F Class Website Links - Please check regularly for updates:
📆 Class Info & Important Dates - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/class-info.html
📝 Blog Posts (Archived Email Updates) - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/blog
📅 Newsletters & Class Calendars - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/newsletters.html
📷 Class Photos - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/pictures.html
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Thank you & take care! 😊