October Already (Conference Sign ups)

Posted on October 3, 2014 Updated on October 4, 2014

Hello,

I can’t believe it is October already.  It seems like we just got here.  But as usual things are moving right along.  Just a quick check in

Writing

Before we start our new Storyline for the fall and the winter we are spending time just on a writing project.  I call it our monster writing.  They are spending this entire month writing a story with a central monster character.  They also are learning all about paragraphs, how to make them, why they should make them and how them should look when they are done.  We have just introduced the concept of indenting and that is always the toughest part for third graders to grasp.  We will share our monster stories with each other on the 28th of October and then it will be turned into a book for our Library.

Math

We are finishing up our unit one which is mostly just review of 2nd grade.  We are practicing our addition and subtraction strategies to make them more efficient and make us faster mathematicians.  But of course time marches on so quickly and we will be taking a look at fractions, money, two digit addition and subtraction, number lines and the very beginnings of multiplication through arrays.

Conferences

Here is the link for conference sign ups.  You can look to check your time or of course sign up if you haven’t signed up yet.  Keep in mind that Friday is on sheet 2 of the signup.  The bottom left hand corner will allow you to go back and forth between days.  I am also trusting you not to delete people so you can sign up in their slot.  I am certain I have nothing to worry about in that department.  If you do accidentally delete something you shouldn’t let me know and we will try and sort it out.

Conference Sign up

If later on you need/want to check the sign up sheet you can just search for conference sign up and it should bring up this page.

Quality Education Fair
On Sunday October 19th in Pioneer Courthouse Square is the Quality Education Fair. It is going to be a great event that is not about test scores but about the quality of education we are giving to Oregon students. There will be some great information about holding our state accountable for their promises to our students. This will be a fun family event and we can show people what is important to us.
One last note

Check out my scholastic post just before this one.  It explains how to order book.  If you guys order books using this we get points to order books for our classroom library.  Diary of a WImpy kid is coming out next month and they will get it delivered on release date.

Scholastic Post