Weekly Snapshots & Remind

What an AMAZING back to school Porch Party! Thank you to everyone who was able to come to Porch Party last night! 4th Grade was so excited to see everyone here and glad that you were able to make it around to meet all of us!

This week's snapshot has been added to the Weekly Snapshots page. Remember to use the password you received on your back to school brochure to access the Weekly Snapshots page.

You will also find a links to some of the different pages that were on your child's desk during Porch Party. Please make sure you sign up for the Remind for ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S TEACHERS. Different teachers will send different information about their specific content area. I will also be sending out any "all grade level" remind messages so we do not bombard you 4 of the same text when we have 4th grade announcements.

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know! Have a great weekend and we can't wait to see everyone back at school on Monday morning!

Porch Party!

Hey Knights!

Don't forget, our Back to School Bash/Porch Party is tomorrow night! Bring your school supplies so you have less things to worry about bringing in on the first day of school. I'm so excited and can't wait to see everyone!

Surprise!

Hey there, parents & students!

It's August and school is right around the corner! I hope that you have all had an amazing summer break, did plenty of cool activities, and enjoyed your time off from school.

I have an exciting announcement that I am finally able to share with you. I'm thrilled to be looping up to 4th Grade with you all as your 4th Grade Science and Social Studies Teacher!

I can't wait to see you at Porch Party next Thursday, August 8 fomr 5:30 - 7. Your new Math teacher and ELA/Writing Teachers are eager to meet you, too!


Mrs. Castle, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Hightower and myself hope to see you all Thursday evening!

See you soon! 😊

MyON Summer Reading Challenge!

Hey there, parents and kiddos! I hope everyone has been having a great summer!

Our 3rd Grade Garden!

We've check on our AMAZING garden throughout the year and have some pretty great photos of our 3rd Grade Garden! The kids have done great checking in on our garden during STEAM school, recess, after school, and other random times during the school day when we've had a quick second!

As of today, we have 7 pea pods, 6 (and counting) pumpkins coming in, and 5 sunflower plants that pass up almost every single kiddo!

This is where we started. Several milk cartons lined up in the window sill of our classroom with Swiss Chard, Broccoli, and Purple Snap Peas. (We planted the sunflowers and pumpkins directly in the ground later).

The Planets!

These first couple of weeks of school we have be studying the Sun and Planets in our Solar System. We went on a space exploration and discussed different planets as we walked throughout the building to see about how far apart each planet would be (starting at the Sun) based on our scaled down model.

As we have been recording our facts from our space exploration in our planet foldable, we have been listening to the Planet Suite by Gustav Holst in the background! I have been so impressed by all of the connections the kids have been making between the scientific facts, Roman and Greek mythology, and musical score depicting each planet.

While the score we have been listening to in class has just been the audio, I think this video of a youth orchestra playing the Suite is amazing to watch. :)

Understanding Division

Today we began our Division Unit! We began by looking at Topic 6 with our Pearson enVision books and videos. We will also be looking at Topic 7 as the next couple of week's progress. All of these videos can be accessed online through your child's Ready Hub account. They will select the Pearson Easy Bridge icon and be automatically directed to their page. We use this in class frequently, so they know how to get logged in. Just like at school, their username is their student ID and their password is the same one they use to log into Ready Hub at school.

We also created an Understanding Division anchor chart in class! Below is an example of what we filled out on our anchor charts in class today. Just as we did with our Multiplication Representations anchor chart, we showed different ways to represent division problems using models and equations.

The most important vocabulary that was introduced in this unit were:

1. Dividend

2. Divisor

3. Quotient

These vocabulary word cards were sent home today along with 6 other words for practice from our enVision math books. These can be used at home to practice vocabulary words while your child is working on home work, practicing, or just for fun! :)