Announcements
FYI-I will be updating this blog on weeks we do not have a building newsletter or behavior checklist.
I hope to see everyone Tuesday night for Back to School Night! The evening will start with a PTA meeting in the gym at 6:30. After the meeting, we will head up to the classrooms. I'll give a short presentation and then you are free to walk around, ask questions, and talk to your 3rd grader about their day. There will be three rotations of this in case you have more than one student at Paxton Keeley. If you are unable to attend, I will be sending home information on Wednesday morning with your student.
On Wednesday, we did a Breakout Box with Mrs. Hanson, our new media specialist! We were excited to get our "license to boogie" by working together, solving puzzles, and unlocking locks.
I also loved seeing everyone's Me Museum! The students were very proud of their items and explanation cards.
In the Classroom
In math this week, we started unit 1! We discussed the tools we would be using this year and had some time to explore. We also used number grids to find the differences between numbers.
Students were so excited to start reading books from our classroom library this week! After getting a tour of the library, we discussed how we wanted reading time to be and made a list of expectations. I also started the AIMS reading assessment with students.
In writing this week, students began a classmate interview project. Each student will be interviewing a classmate and publishing their work to make a class book. We look forward to sharing these soon!
Students started the week by doing a few science team building activities. One activity involved making the longest paper chain.
We started our Communities and Government unit in Social Studies this week. We started by discussing symbols and creating a flag that would represent our classroom.
Upcoming Events
Fall Fundraiser Begins-August 26
Back to School Night-August 27 at 6:30
No School-September 2
Fall Picture Day-September 5
Fall Fundraiser Due-September 13
Back to School Night-August 27 at 6:30
No School-September 2
Fall Picture Day-September 5
Fall Fundraiser Due-September 13
