Fundraiser Update

Our class has raised $213!! 

As a school, we reached our goal of $10,000 by today so it is crazy socks and hair for everyone Friday!! It is also college colors on Friday so it will make for interesting attire!! 

Keep Reading Books 2 Raise Bucks! 

I hope to see everyone tomorrow night for Parent Orientation. There will be two sessions: 5:30-6:15 pm or 6:30-7:15 pm. 

Read Books 2 Raise Bucks

We are at $125 of our class goal of $950!! 

Great job for the first day! We have more envelopes in the office if you turned your child's in today and need a new one or you can send in a white envelope with your child's name on the front. Below is the link to donate money online. Let me know if you have any questions! 

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lake-carolina-elementary-pto-6379462819

Read Books 2 Raise Bucks

Rataiczak's Rockin' Readers is our team name for the Read Books 2 Raise Bucks fundraiser that we kicked off this afternoon!! Our goal for each student is to raise at least $50. Please look in the front of your child's binder for more information. The fundraiser starts today and will end on September 8th. If you have any questions, please let me know. 

Tonight's Challenge...

A Look At Next Week

Saving Sam

The students worked with a partner to Save Sam. Sam is a worm whose boat capsized and he is stuck on top of it with his life preserver under his boat. The students had to work together to get Sam back in his boat with his preserver on using only 2 paper clips. They were not allowed to touch Sam, his boat or his life preserver with their hands...only the paperclips! We had some teams Save Sam! 

Eva and Mar work on Saving Sam! 

Kami and Alexandra saved Sam!! 

Media Center Orientation

We had media center orientation today. The students are able to check out up to 3 books at a time. I talked to the class today about how I would love for them to have at least 1 chapter book at all times.

 

A bird's-eye view...Kami, Olivia, Eva and Delaney reading the books they checked out.

The first few days of third grade have gone smoothly. Next week we will start diving into curriculum in every subject. Your child will also have math homework pretty much every night going forward. Please remind your child to check their agenda and binder for homework. The binder should come home every day. Please do not remove papers from your child's binder if it is behind a tab! We will refer to these notes/papers throughout the unit we are covering at that particular time. 

Your child is bringing home the Friday folder. There are a lot of papers in it today...Volunteer Application, Box Top paper etc. Please look through all of them and send back any that you need to.Thanks! 

Curriculum Updates

Math- We will start with Module 1 in Eureka Math. Module 1 covers Properties of Multiplication and Division. We started lesson 1 on Thursday. We will have a quiz over lessons 1-3 on Tuesday. I will email a Math Tip Sheet for parents that you can read to see what we will be covering in this module. 

Language Arts- We will be reading the story, "Be A Good Citizen". We will focus on text features and suffixes. The students will do some free writing in their writing journals. We will focus on adjectives with a mentor sentence from the book Do Unto Otters. 

Social Studies- We are discussing Geography. (compass rose, continents, oceans, what borders South Carolina, our country etc.) The students will have a quiz over this information on Friday. 

Science- We will discuss the scientific process. 

Team Building

Marshmallow Challenge

The students worked together in their learning clubs to build the tallest tower they could with noodles and marshmallow. The did a great job of using perseverance as they had to readjust their strategies several times. 

What is a Leader? 

We also discussed the difference between a leader and a boss (bossy person). I know we have a room full of leaders!! 

First Day of School

Mrs. Rataiczak's 3rd Grade Class

2017-2018

Normal Picture

Crazy Picture

Our #1 Rule...

RESPECT- We talked about how we need to respect ourselves, others, supplies and learning!! Each student signed the poster. 

New School Year

I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer! It is so hard to believe the school year is almost here for the students. I know 4th grade will be a fantastic year for your child! 

I am updating my class blog and will soon post for my new class, so you might want to unsubscribe. By unsubscribing you will not receive emails when I post this year. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Enjoy your last few days of summer with your children!