Here are some great ways to help you child learn how to count by 9's! It was a great 4-day week in room 118! I apologize in advance for this long email!
The children enjoyed kicking off our Sports-themed Character Counts! week with some fun activities. We got to listen to a story from Dr. Schumacher that helped display what is means to show good character! Mr. Knapp also came in to read to us about Howard B Wigglebottom and how he needed to work on being a good sport. We made special pennants that will be displayed around Rockland that tell how we are ‘sporting good character!’ We also wrote letters to children up at a school in Waukegan that will receive school supplies donated by Rockland. I’m trying something new this year called Remind 101. This is a tool where I can send out quick texts to you about events/reminders/activities. For instance, I would send out a message the night before picture day or if a school spirit day is coming up. To sign up to receive these messages follow the steps below: Smart phone: Go to https://www.remind.com/join/mrssundhs and follow the prompts. Also, I will be submitting our classroom Scholastic book order on Sep. 30th. You can order online by following these steps: Ordering online is fast and easy: REGISTER at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs ENTER the Class Activation Code: HDKRW CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks SUBMIT the order and I’ll receive it! Math has been moving along nicely. The children have worked on their 2’s and 10’s this week in math group. Additionally, they have been identifying patterns in multiplication and strategies to solve word problems. They were very excited to learn about variables this week. We had fun coming up with problems and using variables to represent unknown values. Please encourage your child to be practicing math facts in the evening. The more they practice, the easier they will become. You can use flash cards (some will be coming home shortly). I will also be posting some more online practice activities, too! Next week we will work on our 9’s. In reading we have focused on understanding how characters’ actions contribute to the sequence of events. We are still reading the chapter book The Case of the Gasping Garbage. The children are recognizing character traits and use this information to make predictions about what may happen in the text. The skill that we have been placing lots of focus on is answering questions using text-based evidence. This is a big shift for the children so we are working on finding the best strategy to help them with this skill. We also tried out a ‘flipped classroom’ approach during our reading rotations. This is where I prerecord a lesson and the children can watch it and then do an activity. The benefit of this is that children can go at their own pace and still get the same instruction. Next week I look forward to spending two afternoons reading with the children for their Fountas and Pinnell benchmarks. This will be helpful information for me to tailor their instruction even further. Personal Narratives are the focus of writing in the classroom. We have examined a sample of a personal narrative and used the sample to identify key elements. We are using the 6 traits to guide us. This week we made up movements and phrases to help us remember what each trait is. To see our movements, click here: http://mrssundhsclass.weebly.com/class-movies.html Our social studies unit on maps and the community is coming along well. Reading various maps can be tricky, so we are working on paying attention to the map key and title as a guide. Next week we will start a project to identify where Libertyville is in the world. We’ll go into details about the hemisphere, continent, country, state and county. Thank you to Colin’s dad for being our Mystery Reader today! We really enjoyed the stories. If you didn’t make it to Curriculum Night and want to sign up for Mystery Reader, please do so here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a6fuPi0RXG04oVzV_3nXiRjOBzePCdp2IDdqwjF6loU/edit?usp=sharing STAR reports are coming home today. This is very helpful data to collect three times a year to monitor student growth. If your child indicated a need for intervention on this benchmark, an interventionist will perform a diagnostic test in the area of concern to see if it was a function of the test or an area needing attention. This takes time since it is a one-on-one assessment, so you will be notified once this is completed. If you have a moment, take some time check out our weekly pictures here: http://mrssundhsclass.weebly.com/pictures.html Upcoming Events: Sep. 15th- PICTURE DAY Sep. 16th- Pillar Friday (wear green) Sep. 20th-Rockland Culver’s Night (from 5-7pm) Oct. 3rd- No School Oct. 12th- No School Have a great weekend! Warmly, Danya Sundh It was a wonderful first full week of school! On Monday we began studying the 7 Habits for Happy Kids, which is based off of the Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. While reading it, we connected it to our own classroom and work habits. As a group, we decided that we needed to be proactive to keep our classroom in order so we worked on brainstorming some classroom jobs. Then, the children each applied for a job. The S.S. Sundh is going to be running smoothly with everyone working together to get things done in the room.
In reading we have been working on identifying traits, feelings and actions of the characters in the text and how they contribute to the story. We have done both whole group and small group discussions where we worked on citing text evidence, too! Instead of just providing an answer to a discussion question, the children have been tasked with going back and seeing what part in the story proves that this is a correct answer. Ask your child to tell you about about Evan from Lemonade Wars and Drake from The Case of the Gasping Garbage. In writing, we are working on narratives. We have been working on developing our characters and establishing a problem and solution. Next week we will dive deeper into personal narratives. I know this will be a big hit with the children since they’ll get to tell their own story. The children were thrilled to begin math- especially since our week was focused on multiplication and division. This is an exciting part of 3rd grade, so the enthusiasm has fostered positive learning. In order to help the children improve their math facts, on Monday we will take a math fact assessment. I put a clock on the screen and the children work through the assessment. When they are done, they record the time it took. On Friday they will take the same assessment and see if they improved their speed of the math facts. We are charting this to help us see our improvement the more we practice. When teaching, I will try to involve many different learning styles. The children do lots of use manipulatives, hand motions, songs and drawings to learn. Next week we will focus on learning our multiplication facts of 2’s. In Social Studies we are continuing to study maps. We are working on reading the atlas to gain knowledge about places around the world. The children will soon create a podcast to help explain where Libertyville by describing the location through various map terms. This week the children took the STAR assessment. This is a great tool to take a snapshot of your child three times a year so we can monitor progress. We will compile the data and send home a copy of your child’s score on September 9th. I was very proud of the hard work that the children put forth during the testing. Today we had our first Book Buddy visit with Mrs. Howell’s Kindergarten students. It is very exciting to be the ‘big’ buddy. We did some getting to know you activities and look forward to a great year together. We also began Genius Hour today. The children are very excited to be able to pick an area of study. We are working on brainstorming some ideas and will begin our proposals next week! To learn more about Genius Hour, this is a great video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=NMFQUtHsWhc Next week is Character Counts Week! It is going to be a lot of fun celebrating the pillars of Character. To read about the activities that are going on each day, click here: http://mrssundhsclass.weebly.com/the-buzz/cc-week If you have a moment, take some time check out our weekly pictures here: http://mrssundhsclass.weebly.com/pictures.html Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend! I can’t wait to see the children on Tuesday! Warmly, Danya Sundh Tuesday, September 6th: Kick Off Day!
Today there will be a toiletry drive for the Hope Food Pantry and the Libertyville Township Food Pantry. Both of these organizations provide food and supplies to those in need. Instead of food donations they have asked for toiletries. They have asked for: toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, bar soap, dish soap (small containers), paper towels, and toilet paper. Wednesday, September 7th: Reading and Writing for Gold Day! This will be a sock, new underwear for children and women, and gently used clothing for women (all sizes) donation for the Lake County Haven. The mission of the Lake County Haven is to empower homeless women and their children to achieve permanent, independent living. Founded in 1992, the Haven fulfills its mission by providing shelter, housing, and professional services in support of its residents and graduates. Thursday, September 8th: Teaming up for Our Furry Friends Day! Today there will be a donation drive for the organization: Reach Rescue in Mundelein. REACH Rescue Inc. rescues dogs and cats that are stray, abandoned, relinquished, abused, neglected, or have run out of time at public shelters and scheduled to be euthanized as a result of overpopulation. REACH attempts at all times to bring animals and their people together. We will be collecting Dog toys, Dry Grain free dog food, Dry Puppy food, Canned dog food/puppy food, Paper towels, Gift cards to pet supply stores, Gas cards for transports, Small dog collars-for puppies, Plain 2 pocket folders for adoption papers. Friday, September 9th: Sport your School Spirit Day! Today as the students wear their school spirit we are asking for school supplies for the Beacon Place. Beacon Place is a not for profit which has programs that were developed to bring about a change in life direction for families and their communities. They strive to feed, educate, activate, train and empower children and families through food and technology resources. They have a very close relationship with Carman Buckner School, located across the street from Beacon Place and are able to assist this school with school supplies during the school year. The needed school supplies are: 3-ring Binders, any size, # 2 Pencils, red and black pens, colored pencils, colored markers, crayons (36 count), two-pocket folders, spiral notebooks, Kleenex, Pencil boxes, Clorox wipes, antibacterial hand soap. Hopefully you find this helpful! http://www.mad4maths.com/5_x_multiplication_table_math_game/ |
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