Math Volunteer Needed!

3B is in need of a volunteer to help run the "Five Minute Math Program" that Kittredge practices.  Please consider being a helper in this valuable program that helps the children with their math facts.  This is a position that involves using the copy machine to provide the class with daily facts.  Volunteers are also needed to correct the children's Five Minute Math weekly packets.   The job of copying can be done at school and the correcting position is done at home at your convenience.  Please contact Jen Howard to sign up for this important position or you can let me know through email.  Thank you!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I am thankful for the  Kittredge community and for the opportunity to work with your children.

Please note that this week the children have tests to study for.  There is a Pilgrim test on Thursday (the study guide went home a week ago) and a Moon Quiz on Friday (there is a study guide in your child's backpack today).  We also have our Book Talk due on December 17th, and this project takes several days of preparing once the book is finished.  We are shifting into a phase where the children will have more long term assignments and it is important that they budget their time accordingly.  As I told the children today, just because they don't have a "paper" to hand in tomorrow doesn't mean that they don't have homework. Please encourage the children to study from their study guides and to look carefully at the Book Talk requirements.  They should be doing 30+ minutes of homework each night in addition to their reading.  If you are looking for more homework for your child each night, please have your child visit the "Favorite Links" section of this blog and choose an academic activity.

Thank you!

Plimoth Plantation Field Trip Tomorrow

We are so excited for a wonderful day of learning!

Please remember:

• Be on time to school, no later than 8:20 (if you take the bus to school you will be all set).
• Wear walking shoes and warm clothes (we will be near the water and it can be colder than you think).
• Bring a bagged lunch that can  be thrown out when finished.
• If you bring a hand held toy or electronic for the bus ride, please make sure it is labeled and that it is appropriate for third grade.  We have gone over usage rules with the children.
• The children may bring a little money for the gift shop.
• Pick up is at Kittredge at 3:30.  If someone other than a parent is picking up your child, please send in a signed note of permission.
• Get a good night of sleep tonight! 

 
The Waxing and Waning Song

 (sung to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If it’s waxing you’ll be seeing more light.
It will be getting so much brighter on the right.
If it’s waxing then you know
You’ll be seeing more of a glow.
Soon a full moon will light up your dark night.

If it’s waning there’s less light for you and me.
Don’t go whining about the darkness that you see.
The cycle is coming to an end
But it will begin again
A cycle goes round and round, can’t you see.

Halloween Happenings

We had an eerily good time at our Halloween Party on Friday.  Enjoy the photos!

Sent from my Windows Phone

Sent from my Windows Phone

Field Trip Rescheduled

Due to the terrible weather forecast for Wednesday, we have decided to reschedule our field trip to Plimoth Plantation.

Our new date is Tuesday, November 20th.

We apologize for any inconvenience, but this valuable field trip is best experienced without rain!  If you were scheduled to be a chaperone, please contact us by written note to let us know if you can participate on Nov.20^th.

Please remember that tomorrow, November 6^th is a professional development day (no school for students).  We will see the students back at Kittredge on Wednesday for a regularly scheduled school day.

Movie Star Mystery Photos

 

We all had so much fun acting out parts in our Movie Star Mystery today.  Check out some photos from today's activities.