September 30th

Math- Today we had a math test over three digit addition. We have been reviewing for the test this whole week and the students have been doing well! Next week we will be switching gears to work on subtraction. This will be our third unit this year and should take us a couple weeks.

Writing- In writing we have selected our favorite personal narrative we have written so far. Now we are beginning the editing process! This week specifically we worked on drafting interesting leads to start our stories. We learned how to start our stories with dialogue, sounds, questions, and action verbs to keep our readers engaged in our stories.  Next week we will begin to work on adding in character traits and dialogue in our stories.

Science- The past two weeks have been very exciting in science! Our force an motion unit is off to a great start. Last week we defined forces to be a push or a pull. We also experimented with ramps to discover what force pulls things to the ground. This week we learned about air resistance and friction. We designed parachutes in order to help our small animal toys land safely from being launched off the playground! The students did a great job creating effective parachutes.

Sick Day- THANK YOU to all parents who donated things for our “sick day” we had a blast. The kids more than deserved this award this week.

Golden Broom Award- This week our class won the golden broom award. This award is given to the classroom who has the cleanest room. I am thrilled we have finally won this award! It was much deserved!

Reading Log- I have sent home the October reading log today with students. I will continue to check the reading log on Fridays for that week. Make sure that your student is reading  20 minutes a night!

Have a great weekend!

Miss Rutledge
Krutledge@cpsk12.org

September 19th

This week we received our classroom set of iPads! Students have worked with a few apps, such as ST math,  Myon reader, educreations, seesaw, epic, and many more!

Reading- We have continued to practice rotating between our Daily 5 groups: read to self, listen to reading, word work, work on writing, and small group time with me. Students have been doing an awesome time so far! We have been working hard to do each station for 20 minutes at a time! Starting next week, I will begin meeting with each student, every day in a small group setting during Daily 5. 

Math- This week we worked on adding numbers using a hundreds chart, estimating sums of addition problems, and learning the different addition properties. Next week we will begin to work on two and three digit addition. Students were able to make some really cool math videos about their thinking on their Ipads! Here are a couple videos to check out what we have been doing!

Video 1
Video 2


Science- We began our force and motion unit. Student learned about forces and motion this week. Next week we will be experimented with ramps, balls, and sandpaper to observe different forces acting upon one another. 

Please make sure you are looking through Friday folders and signing them. 

Upcoming dates:
September 26th- teacher work day
September 30th- monthly reading log due
October 4th- picture day
October 19th- Early release day

September 9th

Happy September! It has been a great week in third grade! It great to meet with you on Get the Scoop Night! I love to hear all that you have to say about your kids and I feel like I got such a better peek into their lives outside of school! This past week we had our first library checkout and the kids loved exploring all of the many new books. They cozied up on the couches and chairs and wanted to stay all afternoon to read!

This week in reading I have been spending a lot of time assessing each student to see where they are as a reader. These assessments will help me form reading groups that will be starting once we have started all of our Daily 5 stations. This week we focused on the Read to Someone station and have begun to build our stamina. 

In writing we have been learning about strategies to come up with a small moment story for a personal narrative. We also set writing goals for this new year. Next week we will talk about the important elements of a personal narrative. 

We have been working so hard in school the past couple weeks! The kids have already grown so much!  Make sure to check out their Family Notebooks that are coming home today for more information about what we have been up to in class!

Here are some other important house keeping things to be aware of

BIRTHDAYS: Per the parent/student handbook, treats must be store bought. These are requested because the nutrition labels help us to ensure the safety of our students with allergies. I ask that you refrain from bringing in presents/balloons/gifts for your student on their birthday. We will celebrate together with treats. Please communicate with me before bringing treats so we can set up a good time in our busy daily schedule! ​

SHUTTERFLY:  Many of you have already gotten an invitation to join our shutterfly page! Jada Hallmark, Tanners Mom, was kind enough to set this up for us. This is a great place to look for photos, updates, and sign ups to help out our classroom! If you did not get an email feel free to email me and I can get you connected!

FRIDAY FOLDERS:  Our Beulah Ralph Friday Folders have been coming home every week so far! You will find that inside there is a yellow piece of paper with the behavioral checklist each week. Please look this over and sign the back each week. I try to include comments each week to let you know how your student is doing in class!  I also ask that this sheet STAY inside the folder at all times! I already have a couple sheets missing so please make sure these are staying with the Friday Folders so I can keep track of your student’s progress throughout the semester.

FAMILY NOTEBOOKS-  Every two weeks your child will be bringing home their Family notebook on Friday. This is a great way for them to communicate with you about what is happening in our class. Please make sure to send them back to school the following week. Also I encourage you to write back to your student! They love to see that you are reading their writing and giving them some feedback!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Miss Rutledge

krutledge@cpsk12.org