A Look Ahead

Math Workbooks and PTO Treat

Please pick up your child's math workbook and PTO Winter treat on Monday or Tuesday if you haven't done so already. The office is open from 7:30-3:30. If these times do not work for you, please let me know. 

Festive Headwear

Holiday Sweaters/Shirts

 Reading Counts

Congrats to Laiken for earning 50 Reading Counts points! She was recognized on the morning show this week along with other students in the school who meant different levels for prizes. 

Curriculum

Math-  We are starting Chapter 7: Round and Estimate Numbers. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts over the break so they can become fluent. They can use the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will wrap up our focus on Main Idea after break and then move into the skill of summarizing nonfiction texts. We will wrap up our opinion writing unit. We will work on a small persuasive writing unit after break. 

Science- We will focus on Rocks and Minerals. If you child could start collecting rocks they find, they can observe them during during our science lessons. I will be talking to the students about this next week.  

Social Studies- We will not be focusing on social studies. 

*Please check out your child's Week at A Glance for graded assignments.

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Upper Campus Holiday Spirit Week

What's In A Name? 

Students did a great job drawing out their name on grid paper and then finding the area of their name. 

Reading Counts 

All information about Reading Counts tests/prizes is located on the LCE Media Center Webpage. 

Curriculum

Math-  We will wrap up Chapter 6 on Area next week with a test on Wednesday. We will move into Chapter 7: Rounding and Estimate Numbers. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts so they can become fluent.

ELA-  We will focus on finding the main idea in texts. We continue our unit on opinion writing.

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will continue to focus on Human Features and Human Environmental Interactions. 

*Please check out your child's Week at A Glance for graded assignments.

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MAP Testing

As most of you are already aware, we will be winter MAP testing next week on December 9th and 10th. For those of you that will be bringing your child to school, you will be receiving communication about next week from administration. Your child will not be testing with me since I will be administering the test to students who are staying at home. For students testing virtually, we will start at 9:00 am, like normal. For ALL students, we will pick up with instruction in the afternoon at 1:00 pm. Your child will not have related arts on MAP testing days. I will have a choice board with asynchronous work that can be done when your child is done testing (virtually or at school). I will discuss this with the class on Tuesday. 

Reading Counts Tests

Your child is able to take Reading Counts Tests from home. I know several students have been anxiously awaiting to start testing. Mrs. Medlock went over Reading Counts with the class on Wednesday during their media related arts time. 

Checking Out Books

On Tuesdays third graders are able to request a book(s) from the media center. They should know how the process works since Mrs. Medlock went over it with them. When the book your child requested is ready he/she will receive an email that it will be in the front office pick up area. 

Curriculum

Math-  We started Chapter 6 and will continue next week. We are focusing on relating area to multiplication. I also shared a website with the students that will allow them to practice their multiplication facts and focus on the facts they need to work on memorizing. Math Trainer Link The students will have a graded assignment on area towards the middle of the week. 

ELA-  We will continue with Text Features (ex. Appendices, Charts, Timelines). The students will have a quiz over this focus next week. We will continue our unit on opinion writing and have been focusing on writing complete sentences including complete thoughts, punctuation and capital letters. 

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Human Features and Human Environmental Interactions. 

*Please check out your child's Week at A Glance for graded assignments. 

A Look Ahead

It is so hard to believe that it is already Thanksgiving! The nice thing for our class is that we will continue our routine virtually while face to face students have to switch back to virtual for two days. I will not post again next week due to the short week so this is my "Look Ahead" for the next two weeks. Safe travels for those that are traveling away for Thanksgiving!

 

Please check out the Comminigator (link) for tips on caring for your child's chromebook.

Curriculum

Math-  We will start Chapter 5: Patterns and Fluency (Multiplication).  

ELA-  We will move into Text Features (ex. Appendices, Charts, Timelines) We will continue our unit on opinion writing. 

Science- We will focus on Fossils and then move back to social studies. Your child will have a graded assignment on Fossils the week after break. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Human Features and Human Environmental Interactions after Fossils.

*Please check out your child's Week at A Glance for graded assignments. 

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Small Groups- 8:30am

Next week I will be meeting individually with students at 8:30 and 8:45am. I hope to have a regular schedule for small groups starting the following week. 

Flat Mrs. Rataiczak

 Your child should have received mail from me with a Flat Mrs. Rataiczak inside. I told them to let me know if they didn't receive one. As your child does activities with "me" please email them to me. Your child can take a picture with his/her chromebook and email it to me too, if he/she knows how. Adventures with Flat Mrs. Ratiaczak is not mandatory...just a fun activity to share with the class. 

Curriculum

Math-  We continue in Chapter 4: Division Facts and Strategies. The students will have a test on Friday. They will also have a graded assignment on Tuesday. 

ELA-  We continue to focus on determining the theme of a story using key details in texts. The students will have a test on Thursday. The students will use the reading textbook that was sent home with them next week. We will continue our unit on opinion writing. 

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will continue to focus on Physical Characteristics/Features in Geography. (oceans, continents, hemispheres, prime meridian, equator etc.) The students will have a quiz to wrap up this unit next week on Friday. 

A Look Ahead

I was so grateful to see everyone on the Meet today. The last last couple days I have not been able to see them and websites/videos were not working for me, but (fingers crossed) I think the district changed/fixed something because today was fabulous!! 

Pumpkin Character Decorating Contest

Congrats to Kaden and Ava on their pumpkin decorating skills!! Kaden won first place for his Fly Guy pumpkin and Ava tied for second place with Harry Potter! So creative! 

Boosterthon Prizes

I still have a lot of Boosterthon prizes in my mailbox in the front office. When you have a moment, please stop by and pick them up. You can pick them up anytime between 8 am and 4 pm.  If you are not sure if you child has a prize he/she can ask me or you can email me. 

Curriculum

Math-  We continue in Chapter 4: Division Facts and Strategies. 

ELA-  We continue to focus on determining the theme of a story using key details in texts. We will start our unit on opinion writing. 

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Physical Characteristics/Features in Geography. (oceans, continents, hemispheres, prime meridian, equator etc.) Your child will have a quiz over this material towards the end of the week. 

*I will include the Week At A Glance in your child's Google Classroom on Monday that will include when graded assignments for the week will take place.

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Half Day Fridays

All elementary schools in the district will have half days every Friday starting November 13th. What this means for virtual students is that on Fridays your child will be done at 11:30, when we break for lunch. Half days on Fridays will give teachers a chance to collaborate and plan. 

Silly Monsters

The students did a great job of creating their silly monsters! Soooo creative! I cannot wait to listen to their stories on Flipgrid! 

Big Ideas Tutorial 

Your child has been completing math assignments virtually on Big Ideas. These assignments have been independent practice. Below is a video going over how you can check your child's assignments to see what he/she missed. I have showed the students how to do this as well. 

Curriculum

Math-  We will start Chapter 4: Division Facts and Strategies. 

ELA-  We will focus on determining the theme of a story using key details in texts. We will connect our writing to our 7 Mindset Focus: Attitude of Gratitude. 

Science- We will not focus on science this week. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Physical Characteristics/Features in Geography. (oceans, continents, hemispheres, prime meridian, equator etc.)

*I will include the Week At A Glance in your child's Google Classroom on Monday that will include when graded assignments for the week will take place.