Class Updates!

Hi Parents!




We did the drawing for the chaperones for our Project Wet field trip. The parents who will be coming with us are: Stephanie Montoya, Elizabeth Flores, Lisa Hoffman, and Katie Vicino. We’ll be leaving Painted Sky between 10:00-10:30 on February 10. Look for more information to come home next week. If you are unable to join us please let me know ASAP. Thank you to everyone who volunteered. I tried to pick different ones than Kartchner so that everyone has an opportunity to join us. We will go to Old Pueblo in April and Tubac in May so if you weren’t drawn this time put your name in again!



The cereal box book reports are due this Wednesday. I’m so excited to see what they’ve created. They’ll present their commercials on Thursday and Friday.



Science Fair info can be found on the school’s website. The registration deadline is February 2nd. If they complete a project it will go toward their Science grade in class.



The Sweethearts Dance is this weekend! If you haven’t already bought your tickets you need to do so before Friday.



The 3rd grade Nature Shop is underway. Our class will preview on Thursday and have the opportunity to buy on Friday. It is your choice if you want to send your child with money to buy or not.



Thank you for your support of our 100th Birthday/Valentines celebration! We have some fun things planned. I’ve given the kiddos the choice of building a Valentines bag in class or at home. Some have expressed interest in doing it at home where they have their supplies. Either way is okay.



Please make sure your child is still practicing their multiplication and division facts. We are working with fractions right now but they are still using multiplication and division to find the lowest common denominator. They’ll continue to use these for everything that we do. If they don’t have their facts memorized everything else becomes harder. They should be at a 3 or a 4 on the report card for math fact fluency at this point. Also, we have been in our Journal 2’s for a week now. If you have ordered a Journal for your child please send it in ASAP.



Planner signatures are still not required but continue to look at your child’s planner every night for updates, notes, and projects.



We’re building electrical circuits in Science and having a ball! The Mad Scientist will come on Friday for a special Electricity presentation. We’re starting chapter 7 in S.S. This is all about Territorial Arizona and how we became a state which is fitting since the birthday is coming up!



We are finishing up our January Storyworks and getting ready to move into our next novel unit. The Storyworks are a higher level reading program that focuses on multiple genres and skills. Some of the things we’ve focused on in the last few weeks have been author’s purpose, plot and climax, vocab, persuasive essays, editing, etc. Our next novel unit will be on the book, Holes, by Luis Sachar.



We’re on Spelling unit 19 this week. The kiddos have all our spelling words from 1-19 in their binders for those that need to review.



February 8th is a half day for conferences. I only have a limited amount of time so I will only be meeting with those who I have contacted via letter.



Thanks for your continued support. Let me know if you have any questions!

Mrs. Ronnie