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Week of September 29, 2019

Take a Peek ...into our classroom!   Monday, September 30th (B Day) Gym, Vision & Hearing Screening Tuesday, October 1st (C Day) Gym, Art Wednesday, October 2nd (D Day) Late Start, Music, SEL, Library  Thursday, October 3rd (E Day) Music Friday, October 4th (F Day) Computer Lab, Music, Laps for Lincoln at Lincoln Elementary 5-7PM Upcoming Events Late Starts - October 9, 16, 23, and 30 1/2 Days - October 10 and 11 Swimming Week - October 21-25 3rd Grade Swimming On Monday, we will be talking with all the 3rd grade students together about 3rd grade swimming. Swimming will be the week of October 21st-October 25th in the morning. Please read Mr. Pfahler’s letter about swimming that will come home on Monday, and return the permission slip as soon as possible. Swimming is part of the P.E. grade, and all students are expected to participate. We normally do our swim unit in the spring, but due to some busing issues, we are doing it earlier this year. Please let me

Week of September 22, 2019

Take a Peek ...into our classroom! Monday, September 23rd (C Day) Art, Gym Tuesday, September 24th(D Day) Music, SEL, Library Wednesday, September 25th (E Day) Late Start, Music Thursday, September 26th (F Day) Music, Computer Lab Friday, September 27th (A Day)  Art Upcoming Events Laps for Lincoln - October 4th 1/2 Days - October 10th and 11th Late Starts - October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Update What a great week! We started our rotations of social studies and science this week.  Ask your student about the symbols of our state and what inventions they made to help save their paper clips.  We have a few events coming up this week. Thank you for continuing to send healthy snacks with your students.  Let’s have a great week!  Homework Remember to encourage your student to read 20 minutes every night.  The goals is 100 minutes for the week.   Laps for Lincoln Laps for Lincoln information and collection envelopes went home on Friday. This is the only P

Week of September 15, 2019

Take a Peek ...into our classroom! Monday, September 16th – (D Day) - Music, Library, Back to School Night 5:00 Tuesday, September 17th (E Day) – Music Wednesday, September 18th (F Day) – LATE START, Computer Lab, Music Thursday, September 19th (A Day) – Picture Day, Art Friday, September 20th (B Day) – Gym, Laps for Lincoln Assembly Upcoming Events Late Start – September 25 Laps for Lincoln - October 4 1/2 Days - October 10 and 11 Back to School Night Back to School Night for parents is this Monday night.  Third grade parents will meet all together in the media center beginning at 5:00 .  Mrs. Ettinger, Ms. Reimers and I will present our school year expectations, curriculum and other important information about 3rd grade.  After we talk with you, please join us in our classrooms to sign up for volunteer opportunities to help in the classroom, with parties, mystery readers, and other events.  Third Grade is a big transition year and I look forward to working

Week of September 8, 2019

Take a Peek ...into our classroom! Monday, September 9th – (E Day) - NWEA and Music Tuesday, September 10th (F Day) – Music Wednesday, September 11th (A Day) – LATE START, NWEA and Art Thursday, September 12th (B Day) – Gym Friday, September 13th (C Day) – Gym, Art Upcoming Events Late Starts – September 18, and 25 Back to School Night – September 16 th  5:00 – 5:45 School Picture Day – September 19 th We had a wonderful week getting to know each other.  Our class is full of amazing students and I can't wait to see all that they will achieve this year!  We learned a lot last week about having a growth mindset in 3rd grade.  Please have your child explain what it means to have a growth mindset! NWEA Testing NWEA testing is scheduled to begin this week.  The tests are taken in our classroom on the laptop computers.  Students will be tested in the areas of math and reading.   Please make sure your child is well rested and has a good breakfast on our testi