Upcoming Week 1/28-1/31

I hope you enjoyed your extra day off today. I'm working at home and am trying to be productive in the midst of all the distractions! One update I have for you is that we have a Teaching Academy intern from Newport High School working in our room for the remainder of the year. Miss Lainey is a senior at Newport and was in my class in third grade! She asked to come back and explore the possibility of a career in teaching, so of course, I couldn't say no. She is a huge asset to our classroom and the students have welcomed her with open arms, as I knew they would. :)
Read on for an update on what's to come this week.

Important Dates:

• Thursday - Third Grade Living Voices Presentation at 10:00

Curriculum Coming Up

Reading

• Theme
• Writing Quotations
• Homophones and Words Ending in -er and -le
• Spelling Homophones

Writing

• Country Report Research
• Notetaking

Math

• Unit 2 Test (we didn't get to it last week)
• Beginning Unit 3
• Customary Units of Length

Science

• Wheel and Axle Systems
• Predicting Motion of New System

Social Studies

• Living Voices special presentation on Immigration

That's it for this short week. As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns you have. (Thank you once again for lending me your kids for the year. I've said it so many times, but I just adore them and love coming to school everyday. <3)

Upcoming Week 1/21-1/24

We're having a redo of last week! All that snow last week put our weekly plans on hold, including the Martin Luther King assembly. So, take two! Let's try it again! :) (See last week's post for specifics on what we'll be doing in the week ahead.)

Upcoming Week 1/13-1/17

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful break and enjoyed the holiday season with your families. I enjoyed a lot of quiet time and stayed in my pajamas all day more often than I'd like to admit. I was so happy to see the smiling faces of the kiddos this week. I missed them over the break, and was especially sad that I didn't get to say goodbye to them because of the unexpected flood! We picked up where we left off before break and are moving on as we get back into the swing of early mornings and long school days. Here's what's coming up this week.

Important Dates

• Thursday - Martin Luther King/virtues assembly at 9:20
• Monday 1/20 - No School - Martin Luther King Day

Curriculum Coming Up

Reading

• Sequence of Events
• Plural Nouns
• Vowel Diphthongs oi, oy
• Vowel Sound in joy

Writing

• Finishing up New Year's Resolutions
• Beginning research for Country Reports

Math

• Write First Step Questions for Two Step Problems
• Make Sense of Two Step Word Problems
• Multiple with Multiples of 10

Social Studies (we have a special Social Studies activity focusing on Immigration on January 30th, so we had to do a little bit more SS before moving back to science)

• Immigration

Science (beginning our Physical Science unit, Motion and Matter)

• Two Forces
• Magnetic Force Investigation

In addition to all the curriculum above, we're also working on writing in cursive as much as possible. While we still have a handful of letters left, we've learned enough that there are many, many words we are capable of writing. Please encourage cursive writing at home, too! 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. Cheer loud for the Seahawks this weekend, so they'll hear us all the way in Green Bay!

Cheers!

Upcoming Week 12/16-12/20

This is it... the last week before Winter Break. I swear this has been the fastest beginning of school EVER. This week is Spirit Week at Eastgate. See below for each day's theme, and feel free to have fun participating as big or as small as you'd like. :) We do have some academic things to get through this week (mid-year STAR reading and math testing), but we also have some fun things planned as well.

Important Dates

• Monday - Wish for Snow (over break only!!) Day - wear your warm snow clothes that might include, scarves, mittens, hats... get creative!
• Tuesday - Eastgate Spirit Day - wear your Eastgate shirt or Eastgate blue if you don't have any gear
• Wednesday - Cozy Day - come to school in your most comfortable clothes, which might be pajamas or comfy sweats
• Thursday - Fancy Day - dress to impress!
• Friday - Festive Wear Day - wear your favorite holiday festive clothes

Curriculum Coming Up

Reading

• No Journeys this week
• STAR mid-year assessment
• Independent Reading and finishing up book club projects

Writing

• Winter Holidays Around the World

Math

• STAR mid-year math assessment
• Practice with 6s, 7s, and 8s
• Building Fluency with 0s-10s
• Equations and Word Problems

SEL (Social Emotional Learning)

• More with the Mood Meter

Extras

• Snowman Activities throughout the Week!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend, finishing up with that (scary) Seahawk win this morning. As always, thank you for everything you do in partnership to help your student be successful. Please reach out with anything at all.

Upcoming Week 12/9-12/13

Two weeks until break... not that anyone is counting. ;) We're really working on keeping things at school as calm and normal as possible... EXCEPT that we are having a Gem Jar Party on Wednesday! It'll be hot chocolate and candy canes with PJs, stuffies, and blankies, and a movie (or two). Please look for the food permission slip coming home on Monday and return it by Wednesday if your student wants to have hot chocolate (it will be the kind made with hot water, not milk). Here's what's coming up.

Important Dates:

• Wednesday - Gem Jar Party - see above for information
• Thursday at 9:30 - Virtues Assembly in the cafeteria

Curriculum Coming Up

Reading

• Main Idea and Details
• Pronouns and Antecedents
• Words with au, aw, al, and o
• Vowel Sound in talk

Writing

• Winter Holidays Around the World

Math

• Word Problems and Equations
• Multiply and Divide with 7
• Square Numbers
• Practice with 6s, 7s, and 8s

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• The Mood Meter

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was busy on Saturday but I barely left my couch on Sunday. Cheer for those Hawks tonight! 

Upcoming Week 12/2-12/6

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. I ate too much but also enjoyed some much needed sleep. And I also LOVED watching the Huskies beat the Cougs in the Apple Cup on Friday! We have three full weeks until break, and they're going to be very busy and full of learning. Please be sure to review your student's Unit 1 Math Assessment that should have come home on Wednesday. Please sign the yellow paper and send the entire test back to school. Thank you.

Important Dates:

• Friday - PTA Movie Night - 5:30-8 in the gym

Curriculum Coming Up:

Reading

• Cause and Effect
• Abstract Nouns
• Vowel Diphthongs: ow and ou
• Vowel sound in town

Writing

• Winter Holidays Around the World

Math

• Multiply and Divide with 6
• Area Word Problems
• Multiply and Divide with 8
• Write Word Problems and Equations

Social Studies

• First Assessment
• Hemispheres, Continents/Oceans, Countries, States
• Compass Directions and Distance Using Scale
• Physical Features, Climate, and Natural Resources

We will probably do some Social Emotional Learning after the Social Studies Assessment is finished. Stay tuned for more information about that next week. Again, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Please reach out with any questions or concerns. Go Hawks!

Upcoming Week 11/25-11/29

Every year in the month of December, I do a unit of study about Winter Holidays Around the World. I teach the kids about many different things that are celebrated during the winter time, other than Christmas (since they usually know about that!). This year, I'm asking for your help. Do you celebrate something other than Christmas during the winter? Would you be willing and able to come in to teach the kids about it? I think this would be much more meaningful to them, rather than me standing up there and telling them information about these other holidays. You could bring in artifacts, foods, clothes, books or stories, and any other ideas you have. Some holidays I've taught them about in the past include Three Kings Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Lucia Day, Chinese New Year, and Boxing Day, to name a few. I work hard to keep the religious aspect out of it, though we do talk about which religions celebrate, if it's a religious holiday. Please email me ASAP if you are able to help us with this. :) Thank you!

This week will mostly be spent finishing up learning from last week. Our literacy activities were stretched from last week into this one, so there will be no new spelling. We're also finishing up our math unit, with the Unit test on Tuesday. Read on for other important information.

Important Dates

• Thursday and Friday - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
• Friday - Apple Cup - Go Huskies!

Curriculum Coming Up

Reading

• Continued from last week

Writing

• Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem

Math

• Unit 1 Review and Test

Social Studies

• Geography of Different Communities
• Physical Features
• Climate
• Natural Resources

However or if you celebrate this week, I hope you enjoy the time off with family and loved ones. When we come back after the weekend, it'll be December! I am in complete shock that time is flying by so quickly! Cheers to you and yours!