Happy Halloween!!

      It's been a great week in room 212! We visited Woodlands Gardens today and it was a super fun time! We made our Greek togas for Greek Day tomorrow and we spent some time reviewing subtraction with regrouping.
      The book fair ends tomorrow so if you wanted to buy any books, stop by or send money with your child. The kids have been really excited to be able to buy all of their book wish list items! Thank you all very very much for the books you bought and donated to the classroom! :)

*Don't forget that next week, November 4th, is a teacher work day. Mrs. Yoo and I will be planning our case study as well as units for division, Non-fiction, and rocks and minerals!

****You'll be receiving this invite, colored by your child, for our Thanksgiving Luncheon. Our very own Everest created the artwork for the invite! Such an artist! :)

Here's a look at this week......

CHARACTER POSTERS AND WONDER PROJECT

MULTIPLICATION!!

GREEK ARCHITECTURE ARTWORK

WOODLANDS GARDENS TRIP

Is it really almost November??

Time sure flies at WE!! We've had another busy week...I need a new line because we will pretty much never have a dull moment!

Important Dates:

October 27th-31st    Book Fair - Your child will bring home a wish list tomorrow.

October 28th     Pasta and Prose 5-7pm (Media Center) *Look for the orange flyer in your child's folder

October 29th   Author Visit   Marc Barnett & Jon Klassen

October 30th     Walking Field Trip to Woodlands Garden
* We will be doing a nature walk and scavenger hunt as well as making apple cider. If you'd like to join us let me know! All are welcome.

October 31st     Greek Day!!  Your child will be rotating through stations to learn how the Ancient Greeks lived. They will paint togas, eat Greek food, participate in Olympic Games and more....
Don't forget to send in a white pillow case and check out the sign-up genius to donate items for Greek Day.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SIGN-UP LINK

*Remember, we are not dressing in costumes but we will wear our artwork!

November 1st  Daylight Savings Time Ends...Turn your clocks back!

November 4th  No School (Teacher Work Day)

November 5th  Mrs. Soons out for a personal day....I have a wonderful sub Mr. Mygrant!

November 14th  Turkey Project Due

November 21st   Thanksgiving Luncheon (Flyer will come home soon)

Wish List : For Math Games
Dice
Playing Card Decks


Turkey Project

 Your child brought home a "Turkey Project" today. Here is a copy of the directions.

This week we worked hard to learn about arrays and multiplication. We learned how about various strategies to help us remember our X facts,  we named the properties of X, and we have begun breaking arrays apart in order to think about X using the Distributive Property. We went to Mrs. Yoo's class to learn some fun new math games and we played X games on the computer. 

We are also working to publish our Personal Narratives and wrap-up our unit on Character Traits.

Next Month:

Math= Multiplication, Division, and Problem Solving (2 & 3 steps)

SS= Government Case Study

Science= Rocks & Minerals

Reading= Non-fiction

Writing=Expository/Informational

Word Study=Within Word Spelling Patterns, Adverbs

Some Reminders.....and our visit to the Georgia Capitol

Hello Friends!
  Please help me by reminding the children to bring their blue folder and RRJ (Reading Response Journal) daily. I am trying to encourage them to be responsible for all of their belongings and classroom assignments. RRJ entries are due every Monday. I go over the assignment every week multiple times in class and I model the response as well. Your child will have practice for each type of response before it is due. I am beginning to look for good habits of scholarship and craftsmanship in their work. We have been discussing this in class and I have asked the students to really pay attention to the work they turn in as it represents them as students. Hopefully, this will sink in and their work will begin to show improvement. :)

Butterbean Photos are available for order. If you did not receive a proof of your child's photo, you can find it online. Just follow the directions below.

*We are taking a walking Field Trip to Woodland Gardens on October 30th. We will be learning about apple cider and we will actually use the cider press! If you would like to join us on the walk, send me an email and I'll write your name on the list. As soon as I find out how many people I am able to take, I will email back to confirm with you.

* Our expedition kickoff will take place at Community Circle this Friday if you'd like to learn more about it, join us. Our third graders will be learning about government as part of our case study and we will be having a Greek Day in order to introduce the roots of democracy. More information on that is coming soon....

Here's what we've been up to:

Duct Tape Pillows!

Game Day on Friday

Our Visit to the Capitol.....

House Of Representative Seats

The Rotunda

MLK Jr.

Heading up to the 3rd floor gallery

Friends...

House of Representatives

Georgia History Exhibits

3rd Grade Crew

Governor's Office