Newsletter 9-13-12

Ms. Little’s Third Grade Beacon

September 13, 2012

 

Upcoming & Important Events:

·        Friday, September 14^th – Dismissal at 12:30

·        Thursday, September 20th – Back to School Night 6:30 – 8:00

·        Friday, September 21^st – Book orders due

·        Friday, September 24^th – Dismissal at 12:30

Classroom News:

Jesse: In Math we made sunflower glyphs. We cut out the stem, petals, head, and seeds. Each part of the flower stood for something about us. My sunflower had 11 seeds because I was born in November.

Madison: Ms. Little is reading a story to us called The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. It is about a rabbit named Edward. Right now in the story he is lost. I like it so far.

Emily: Last week we learned how to do Read to Self. When we do Read to Self you have to read in your head and don’t move around. I think people enjoy it.

Tatyiana: Last week we made license plates with our names on them. I decorated mine with stars and hearts. I loved making them.

Logan: Last week our class did the Pledge of Allegiance over the loudspeaker. We did it slowly because the people that are saying it with us in the school are little and big kids so we went slow. I was nervous because it feels like you are on a stage speaking in front of a big audience.

Seamus: Last week we had Gym. It was so fun when the fire alarm went off. We also did a relay race.

Jameson: On the first day of school Ms. Little read Chrysanthemum to everyone. During the story I ate my snack. The girl in the story liked her name a lot and everyone was laughing at her because she had a long name. Then we talked about our names and why we have them. I’m named after my dad.

Nathan: In Writing we made Me Books. We drew and wrote about family and friends. We added as much detail as we could.

Katie: Last week we went to Library. We went to the story corner so Mrs. Patino could read us a story. After that we checked out a book. Sometimes after Mrs. Patino reads us a story we do an activity. I think people enjoy it.

  

Molly: This month we made September calendars. We had to write things we did or we were doing to help other people know more about ourselves. First, we wrote the month up top, and then we wrote the weekdays.  Next, we numbered the days. Finally, we wrote in the things we did.

Lily: This week in Music we learned how we could work together with music. We worked in stations. The instruments we used were drums and voices.

Daniel: Each person in our class has a job. Our jobs change every week.  Some of the jobs are messenger, line leader, and substitute. I hope to be the sharer soon.

Ali: Last week in class we drew self-portraits. We added lots of color and detail. We also had a lot of fun drawing them.

Tyler: In Art we colored the front of our ideas book and we made postcards.  I like Art because Mrs. Santillo teaches Art and I want to be an artist, and we do fun things too.

Brenna: Last Friday we made a rule list for our class. One of the rules we said is that we will respect each other.  Then we traced our hands and decorated them.

Sophia: Last week Ms. Little assigned us to bring in pictures to decorate our writing workshop notebook. We glued the pictures on our notebook. Ms. Little let us design it ourselves.

Seanalee: On the first day of school Ms. Little read us First Day Jitters. Then we wrote about our first day jitters. My picture said I was feeling happy. I drew a picture of me on the school bus smiling. I saw all of the pictures hanging up.

Elizabeth: Last week decorated our book boxes. Our book boxes were blank so we colored them or some people brought in pictures from home to put on their book boxes. When we finished they looked really good and colorful. I thought it was really fun.

Phaydan: Yesterday Mrs. Dankner read to us. The book she read was called A Fine, Fine School. It was a fine book because it was funny.

David: Ms. Little read us a story called Chrysanthemum on the first day of school. In the book, nobody liked Chrysanthemum because of her name. When she went home she said that school is no place for me and that she hated her name. Her parents wanted to make her feel better so they said, “Your name is beautiful!  And precious and priceless and fascinating. It’s everything you are.” This made her feel better. The next day at school they had Music. They thought the music teacher was fabulous and they would do anything to impress her. During Music, everyone was saying mean things about Chrysanthemum, like she’s named after a flower, or her name is so long. Then the Music teacher said, “I’m named after a flower, too!” Then they all liked Chrysanthemum’s name.

Ms. Little: Our class had a busy and productive start to the school year!  We hope to write and send our class newsletter home once a week.  Please read it carefully to find out what has been going on in our classroom.  Have a great weekend!