Woohoo! We all managed to make it through an extremely cold week! Thank you so much for your excellent communication with absences and support with ensuring our kiddos were dressed warm! It is greatly appreciated. ⛄
Here are some quick updates about what we have been up to lately in 3F! 😊
📝 Literacy - Please see below for a photo of our latest published writing display! We practiced using specific details to describe our unique snow people that we designed! Ask your child about their snow person design and what details they included in their writing. To kick off the month of February, we also wrote about things that we love about ourselves, our school, and our community. It was so sweet to hear about the many things that the kids hold dear in their hearts. We are also continuing our daily balanced literacy routine of word sort spelling tasks, cursive handwriting practice, writing skills, and reading skills.
📘 Math - We are continuing to strengthen our number sense skills while working on addition and subtraction strategies. We are using base ten models to practice the skill of regrouping while adding and subtracting 2 digit and 3 digit numbers.
✈️ Social - We are now wrapping up our study of India! We learned all about the land, climate, fashion, food, music, dance, festivals, celebrations, and transportation. We summarized our learning by creating travel brochures and postcards from India! Ask you child what they find most interesting about India.
🔨 Science - We are going to be starting our Building & Testing Designs unit next week. This will be a very exciting and hands on unit where the kiddos will have the opportunity to build various structures and put them to the test! There are educational links related to this topic of study on our class website here:
https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/science.html
💗 Valentine's Day - Thursday, February 14th
We are looking forward to Valentine's Day next week on Thursday! This is always a fun day where we have the opportunity to celebrate friendship and kindness. A class name list for cards was sent home at the beginning of the month. I have also attached it to this email. Students are encouraged to wear red and/or pink on this day. We will also be having a class party potluck to celebrate. As always, snacks and treats are welcomed and appreciated, however contributions are unassigned and optional! Thank you in advance for your support in making this a memorable day for our class! 💌
🏆 February Home Reading Olympics Goal - Go For The GOLD! 🏅
Please continue supporting your child's home reading goal this month! Please record home reading on the February calendar page in your child's agenda. Thank you in advance for your continued support with your child's literacy development!
🥇 Gold = 25 - 28 Nights
🥈 Silver = 16 - 24 Nights
🥉 Bronze = 10 - 15 Nights
📅 Important Upcoming Dates
💗 February
Thursday Feb 7 - Family Movie Night @ 6:00 pm
-School Gym - Admission by Donation 🎬
Friday Feb 8 - PLC Friday - No School for Students 📅
Monday Feb 11 - Munchalunch - Taco Time 🌮🥙
Wednesday Feb 13 - Scholastic Book Orders Due 📚
Thursday Feb 14 - Valentine's Day Card Exchange & Class Party 💌
Monday Feb 18 - Family Day - No School 📅
Monday Feb 25 - Munchalunch - Boston Pizza 🍕🍝
Wednesday Feb 27 - Pink Shirt Day 💕
🍀 March
Friday March 1 - Home Reading Olympics Goal Agenda Check 🏆
Thursday March 7 & Friday March 8 - Teachers Convention - No School for Students 📅
Monday March 11 - Munchalunch - Wendy's 🍔🍟
Thursday March 14 - Term 2 Report Cards Go Home 📬
Friday March 15 - PLC Friday - No School for Students 📅
Monday March 18 - Parent - Teacher Interviews (PTI's) @ 5:00 - 8:00 pm 🏫
Wednesday March 20 - Parent - Teacher Interviews (PTI's) @ 4:00 - 7:00 pm 🏫
Friday March 22 - Last Day of School Before Spring Break 🐰
Monday March 25 - Friday March 29 - Spring Break - No School 🌷
💻 3F Class Website Quick 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
🍔 Munchalunch - https://munchalunch.com/schools/riverstone
Thank you & take care! 😊