Happy First Day!

Happy first day of school! Today was a wonderful day. All 19 students came in and were ready to learn today. I know we are going to have an incredible year of learning and growth in 3rd grade! Parents, please be sure you read the last blog post so you know what to expect this year. Each week I will post whats happening in our classroom as well as the school.

Thank you to all the parents who brought in wonderful donations to the classroom!

What we are learning this week:

Social Studies: getting to know each other and classroom community activites
Math: Introduction to place value
Science: Setting up Science Notebook
Reading: Introducing Reading Expectaions
Writing: Personal Narratives about Summer

HW:

Social Studies: Me Musuem- due Friday
Reading: 20 min every night
Math: The Value of  a Dgit and Place Value

Parent signature is needed every night in their agendas. I am asking that you look over their HW and then inital the box on the correct day. The agenda must come back to school each day.

Reminders:

• Please return all forms signed as soon as possible. 
• If you have yet to fill out BOTH the Parent Questionnaire and the Contact Information, please do so as soon as possible! 
• If at any time you are without Internet and unable to check out website, please let me know and I will send home a paper copy of the weekly update.
• As always, please contact me if you have any concerns! I can best be reached by e-mail, and all phone calls will be responded to within 24 hours.

Have a great week!

Welcome to Third Grade!!!

A few things that will be helpful for you to know:- Please fill out both the Contact Information Form and the Parent Questionnaire by September 7th. I will be using this information to better communicate and understand your child's needs throughout the year.

- Look over the blog. It includes my contact information, weekly updates with the content we are learning, important links and documents, the classroom calendar, my classroom wish list, and of course, any reminders that you may need for each week. Please be sure to check back every Monday for important information!

- Be sure to look over the class schedule so that you know your child's whereabouts throughout the day. This should be looked over carefully if you are needing to schedule any sort of doctors appointments, so that your child is missing as little instruction as possible.

- You can scan the QR Code on the left to directly import my contact info (phone, e-mail, website) into your smart phone and save. (Let me know if you use this...I would like to find out if it is helpful or not.)

- I understand that not every parent can volunteer their time and come to school, but what I do ask is that you support your child's learning as much as possible from home. Be sure your child completes his/her homework each night, talk to them about the importance of giving all they've got at school, as well as turning in their work daily. This year will be much more successful if we are a team!

- On the bottom right of the calendar above this post, there is a button that says +Google Calendar. If you click this button, it will allow you to save our class calendar on your phone/computer if you already use Google Calendar.

- If there is ANYTHING that you need to address at any point in the year, don't hesitate! I am available via e-mail, phone, or notes to school. I am here to work with you to make sure your child is successful and happy this year.

- I hope all of your children feel this way about their first day of 3rd grade:

 
Lauren Derrington