Justin is the math challenge winner!

Way to go, Justin!

AR end of year goals

Don't forget about AR! Our class is trying to reach 12,000,000 words by the end of the year. and we are SO close!  In order to reach our goal, we need everyone to help out! Find some books in your Lexile Level, read a book by yourself, with a friend or family member, and then take an AR!

Celebrate Our Success Week

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Celebrate Our Success Week

Sailing into Summer

2016

Monday, June 6th- “Sunglasses Day”

Our future is so bright we have to wear shades! Summer is more exciting when you are wearing sunglasses!! Wear your sunglasses at school today to help you super-focus and perform your best!

Tuesday, June 7th- “Patriotic Day”

Who doesn’t love the Fourth of July?! Wear red, white, and blue to celebrate our favorite summer holiday!

Wednesday, June 8th- “Fitness Day”

Keep your mind and body fit all summer! Come to school dressed in your favorite workout gear!

Thursday, June 9th- “ Hawaiian Day”

Summer is coming! Wear your favorite bright-colored clothing with tropical/Hawaiian prints and sun hats!

Friday, June 10th- “Bow Tie Day”

Let’s celebrate Mr. Gillen today by dressing your best and wearing your favorite bow tie!! You can also create your own bow tie. If you do make sure you share it with Mr. Gillen!

Enjoy the long weekend!

We had a great week in 3L! Everyone worked so hard to complete their NWEA reading test as well as the Imagine It! Benchmark and DAZE assessment. I hope that everyone has a wonderful long weekend! Next week, our class will complete the NWEA math test and DIBELS.  Let's stay positive and we can blow those goals away!

Way to go!

All of our students have been working hard on their NWEA reading test! Thank you to each and every family for sending in an encouraging note for your child! It made a huge difference for them to start the day on a positive note and to know that it didn't matter if they met their goal or not, as long as they did their personal best they should be proud of themselves! Good luck to the rest of our students that will be finishing the test tomorrow morning!

NWEA TOMORROW

Tomorrow is our NWEA reading test! Our class is so excited and ready to blow our goals away! Tomorrow, students can wear their thinking caps to school! They can also bring gum to chew during the test if they would like.  Gum unfortunately cannot be shared or traded with other students.  Also, if you have not yet returned you student's positive NWEA note please make sure they bring it to school tomorrow so that they can start the day by reading your encouraging words before testing.  Let's go 3L!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!

As an incentive for students to remind their parents to fill our their NWEA baseballs with encouraging words before testing this week, all students that return their baseball to school by Wednesday will be able to clip off the chart and will also get a free ice cream from the cafeteria during lunch tomorrow!

Please make sure to fill our you child's baseball so that on the morning of the test they can read your encouraging words and start the day off on the right foot! Thank you for your support!

ATTN: PARENTS

Please check your child's yellow folder this evening.  You should find a letter regarding NWEA testing, a paper with a baseball on it, and a brown paper bag.  If you could please take a minute to fill out the baseball and return it to school in the paper bag ASAP I would greatly appreciate it.  I would hate for any student to not have a note to read on the morning of our first test.  Also, feel free to pass the baseball along to as many family members to write on as you would like! The more words of encouragement the better! Thank you for your support!

Field Day Captains!

The class voted and our field day captains are Connor and Taegan!

Parents: please keep an eye out for this letter coming home next week!

Dear Family,

NWEA and DIBELS testing is just around the corner! Thank you in advance for making sure that your child is in school on the days that our class is testing.  We will be testing on:

• Thursday, May 26
• Wednesday, June 1
• Friday, June 3

The importance of a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast on the morning of the test cannot be stressed enough! In class, we will be reading Winner’s Never Quit by Mia Hamm.  Just like an athlete must always do their best and never give up, students must do the same!  Our theme for testing will be to be game day ready!

Athletes also need encouragement from their fans! That’s you! On the next page you will find a baseball.  Please write an encouraging note to your child inside the baseball.  Cut it out and return it to school in the attached paper bag so that your child cannot peek! On the morning of our test, I will give your note to your child to remind them that you believe in them!  

Thank you, 

Mrs. Largy

Pencil Shortage

Help! We have a shortage of pencils in our classroom!  If possible, please send your child to school with a few extra pencils to get them through the rest of the school year.  Thank you!

The winner is....

Emily! Way to go, Emily for solving this week's math challenge! We had 12 submissions this week and 6 of those 12 students got the answer correct.  Emily was the lucky winner as her name was drawn!

Book Order

Just a reminder that book orders are due Friday, May 27th.  This will be our last book order of the year so please be sure to place your orders online if you would like to do so.  As always, thank you and happy reading!

Working Hard During Math

Kallie and Arianna used measuring cups to help them solve an application math problem. 

Ava finding the capacity of her classmates water bottles. 

For extra practice, Paige measured how far she could jump and converted her measurements!

Making Metric Measurement Posters

In class, we have been learning about length, mass, and volume using metric measurements.  We have collected and recorded data.  We have also converted measurements.  As a review, students worked in groups to create posters.  They then made top down webs in computer lab. 

Book Order

Just a reminder that book orders are due Friday, May 27th.  This will be our last book order of the year so please be sure to place your orders online if you would like to do so.  As always, thank you and happy reading!

and this week's winner is...

AVA! Way to go, Ava!

Measurement

In math, students are learning about metric units of measure.  Using tools such as rules, measuring tapes, measuring cups, and scales students are learning how to collect measurement data involving length, mass, and volume and converting it into different units of measure.  

Book Orders are Due Friday, May 27th

It's time for another book order! All orders must be placed online and are due by Friday, May 27th.

Slapstick Science

And the winner is...

TAEGAN!!

Cleaning Wipes

Our class is in need or more clorox / antibacterial / wet wipes.  If you could please donate to our classroom we would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

Measurement

Today, our class estimated the length and width of our class in meters.  We then worked together to find the actual size of our class.  We discovered that our class is 7 meters and 30 centimeters(or 730 centimeters) in width and 12 meters (or 1,200 centimeters) in length.  Ava and Brendan's estimations were the closest!

Next, we found the area and perimeter of our class using approximate measurements.  The area of our class is about 84 square meters and the perimeter of our class is about 38 meters.  Finally, we discussed how this information could be useful in real life.  For example, if we needed to paint our classroom or put in new flooring we would need to know this information.  What a fun time it was!

Transition Forms

Another friendly reminder that transition forms must be turned in by this Friday, May 6th.  Requests given after this date will not be taken into account so please be sure to fill out the form and return it to school by Friday. 

More pictures from our Head School field trip

Head School Field Trip

using slates for math problems

 

 

 reading - students had to toe the line

 

 

using ink pens to write their names for the day

 

wearing a pink bonnet for picking on the girls - what a great sport!

 

 

more punishments

 

  

having her braid tied up to the wall as punishment for not doing her homework

 

 

putting her nose on the board for singing in class 

 

 

holding books as punishment

 

wearing the dunce cap for staring out the window

 

lining up to enter Head School

 

 

playing games of long ago

 

 

students must bow as they enter class

 

 

Today was such a fantastic day! A huge thank you to all of the chaperones for generously donating their time!