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Mrs. Unger’s Classroom Newsletter

Rosa Lee Carter Elementary

Ashburn, VA

March 1st, 2016

Issue 7

General Comments

It is hard to believe we are more than half way through the school year. Despite the cold weather and many missed school days and delays, we are working diligently to maintain a steady pace of learning with our curriculum schedule. Please remember attendance is critical this time of year. We want to build confidence in our learners and class participation is a great way to stay connected to learning. Children do this when they ask questions and make connections to lessons. Each day, it is helpful to try and discuss at least two topics that pertain to school with your child. This home to school connection is so important!

One To the World

We have started our One to the World project. The students are working on learning about different species of animals that are on the endangered lists. We will be looking for ways that we can teach others about their struggles, and what humans can do to help! We have also put together a donation group through the World Wildlife Foundation. The link can be found at   

On April 13th, we will be taking a third grade field trip to the National Zoo. There, we will be sharing our research and ideas with the zoo staff through brochures, flyers and other handouts the children are creating here at school. I hope your child is enjoying reading and learning more about their endangered animal! I know that they will feel proud of themselves for making a difference in this world. We will be sending home letters and information about this field trip home in early April. Parent chaperones will be requested when the letters are sent home. I will take as many parents as we have room on the buses, so at this time I do not know how many will be able to come. Please look for more information about this later.

Multiplication and Division Facts

Although our multiplication unit has passed, we still use those skills daily. It is important that they students are continuing to practice their times tables! Don’t forget that we are still working on completing our multiplication gumballs. Keep up the hard work!

SOL Reviews

I am including a variety of SOL review sites in the website section. Please make sure to select only third review activw activities. While we will not have a social studies or science SOL test in May, we will have end of the year county assessments that will include these subject areas.

Reminders:

Remiders to Students…

• Wear your tennis shoes for PE on Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays.

• Library books are due on Wednesdays

• Bring a light jacket or sweater (name labeled inside) in case it is chilly at recess or in the classroom

Remiders to Parents…

• Snack: Your child may wish to bring a nutritional snack to eat during snack daily. The snack should

Include utensils if needed, I do not provide any. Please only send water to drink in the classroom, no juice or milk.

• Please remember to send a note to school or call the front office in the morning if there will be a change for dismissal for your child I do not always have access to my emails throughout the day.

• Sign your child’s agenda nightly and make sure they are filling in what book they read and what genre it is.

Tip of the Month:

When reviewing homework with your child, ask them to explain a few problems to you. Ask questions such as,

• What strategy did you use to solve that problem? What made you pick that one? Do you know others? What is the key information in the question? How do you know?

We always want to see what the children are thinking and then help guide them from what they already know. If a strategy is working, go with it! If the strategy is giving them the wrong answers, then try teaching a new strategy. You just might have a way that they never thought of!

Read Across American Celebration

In honor of Read across America day and Dr. Seuss’s birthday, we will be having a special book reading and sharing time during the day tomorrow, March 2nd. Have your child think of their favorite book. If this book is at home, have them bring it in to school with them. We will be giving a brief book talk about it. Students should be prepared to show the book (if they have it, or a picture printout of the cover), give a very brief overview of what the book is about, then tell us why they like it. Again, this will be a 1-2 minute sharing so nothing formal needs to be prepared. I am looking forward to sharing my book!

Calendar of Events

March 1st: PTO Meeting CANCELED!

March 2nd: Read Across American Celebration

March 11th: Family STEM Night March 21st -25th: Spring Break

Unger, pg. 2

Math:

• Measurement

o Using a ruler to measure inches, feet, centimeters

• Probability

o Likely, unlikely, more likely, less likely, certain, impossible

o Making organized lists

o Fair vs. unfair

o Determining probable amounts

• Time and Temperature

o telling time to the nearest minute using digital and analog clocks

o elapsed time

Social Studies:

• Economics

o producers/consumers

o goods and services

o natural, capital and human resources

• Explorers

o Columbus, Ponce De Leon, Cartier and Newport

-describe accomplishments

-identify reasons for exploring and results and

o information gained from travels

o locate regions explored

▪ locate the countries of Spain, England, and France on a map

Language Arts:

• fairy tale writing

• writing a complete paragraph with all necessary components

• using a variety transition words within a paragraph

• synonyms and antonyms

• combining sentences and revising fragments

• using correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling

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This Months’s Topics

Unger, pg. 3

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