Welcome Back!
Welcome to room 221!  I am looking forward to working with you and your child this year!  Below are a few items of importance that will make for a smooth transition from 2nd grade to 3rd grade.
 
1) Papers are sent home every Friday in the Dolphin Folder.  Please look through your child's papers, review when necessary, sign the behavior report, and return it with the Dolphin folder each Monday.
 
2) Check your child's homework planner each day for assignments, and initial daily once you have seen all assignments completed.  Also, check the parent pocket in the back of your child's binder daily for important dates or announcements. 
 
3)  If your child is going to be absent, please try to pick up their work to prevent a work overload when they return, and to keep them caught up with what they missed while they were away.
 
 
Math Unit 1: Routines, Review, and Assessment 
 
The organization of Everyday Mathematics is based on the observation that children learn best when they build on prior knowledge.  Unit 1 includes a number of review activities that children have encountered in earlier grades.  Unit 1 also establishes routines meant to be used all year to promote an active and cooperative learning environment.
 
The four main areas of focus are:
 
1) To explore patterns on number grids
2) To review telling time, measuring lengths, and using calculators
3) To review data concepts and make predictions based on data
4) To give equivalent names for numbers
 
Please refer to the parent letter sent home on July 21 for ways to reinforce Unit 1 concepts at home and for assistance with Home Links.
 
                           
 
 
Coming Up..... 
 
July 21:  Back to school!
July 30: 3rd Grade Open House 7:00 P.M.
August 15: Progress Reports
Sept. 1: Labor Day: NO SCHOOL
 
                                           
 
 
 
 
 
Phone #  648-2360 ext. 56664
Miss Sloop
Third Grade Teacher
Science:  Investigating Changes in Matter
 
Words to Know:
matter
solid
liquid
gas
volume
mass
physical changes
chemical changes
properties of matter
evaporation
condensation
freeze
melt
 
Textbook Correlation:
Pages F2-F23, F30-33
 
Enduring Understandings:
Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.
 
Objects are made of one or more materials.
 
All materials are composed of parts too small to be seen without magnification.
 
Physical properties remain the same even if a material (e.g. plastic, paper, metal, ice) is reduced in size.
 
Third Grade Supply List
 
1 two-inch three-ring binder with pockets
1 spiral notebook
1 black and white composition books
1 box Crayola 16 or 24 pack crayons
4 pocket folders without brads
1 box Crayola colored pencils
1 box of quart-sized Ziploc bags (girls only)
1 box snack-sized Ziploc bags (boys only)
1 large bottle of hand sanitizer
1 large box of tissue
1 hi-liter
2 dry erase markers
1 20-pack #2 pencils
1 pair Fiskars brand scissors
2 glue sticks
1 large eraser
1 nylon zippered pencil case for binder
1 Lysol or Clorox disinfectant wipes