I hope that everyone has/had a wonderful weekend!!  I know we had some busy kiddos with hockey tournaments, cheer camps, birthday celebrations, and basketball functions! Tymon and I are just planning on relaxing this weekend with the possibility of heading to Red Lodge for a hike! 

In reading this week we are looking into the essential question: How do animals adapt to challenge in their habitat?  We are focusing on the skills of rereading, comparing and contrasting, and using sentence clues.  In grammar we will work on action and helping verbs.  In writing we need to finish our overfishing opinion pieces and then we are starting a narrative story.  

In math this week we are learning how to tell time.  We will start with time to 5 minutes and then work on time to the nearest minute.  We will end the week learning about elapsed time. 

We have a field trip to the Alberta Bair Theater on Wednesday  to see Lights! Camera! Math!  We will leave the school at 8:50 and return at 11:00.  If you have not returned your permission slip yet please return it Monday!  

This week is also Dr. Seuss week.  We celebrate with a week of fun themes to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday and our love of reading!

• Monday: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins "Wear any kind of hat day"
• Tuesday: Fox and Sox "Wear crazy socks"
• Wednesday: If I Ran the Zoo " Wear any kind of animal print"
• Thursday: The Sleep Book "Wear comfy sweats and snuggle up with a good book"
• Friday: Hooray for Diffendoofer Day "Hooray for Arrowhead Day! Wear your Arrowhead spirit gear or blue or white"

If you'd like to order a memory book here is the information you need:

2016-17 Memory Book order forms have gone home and are due March 7th.   You can order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com ID # 6643317. 

Upcoming Events:
March:

• 1st 9:30 Alberta Bair performance Lights! Camera! Math!
• 7th Memory Book Orders Due
• 23rd Science Fair
• 23rd Field Trip to Rocky Mountain College Aviation Hanger (finalizing details on this, but it should be this day in the morning) 
• 24th End of 3rd Quarter

Code Word: Field Trip Wednesday! 

2016-17 Memory Book order forms have gone home and are due March 7th.   You can order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com ID # 6643317. ​

I hope that everyone has/had a wonderful weekend!  It is so nice to have some warmer weather!! I have a friend visiting this weekend who I haven't seen since July, so I am very excited to spend some time with her!! 

In reading this week we will be looking into the essential question: How can you use what you know to help others?  We will be focusing on the skills of asking and answering questions, point of view, and prefixes.  Please make sure that you are reading at least 15 minutes every night at home!!  Reading at home can do so much to help us grow as readers!  

In math this week we are focusing on equivalent fractions.  We will spend most of the week learning and practicing them and depending how that goes we will most likely take our chapter 9 test on Friday.  Please make sure you are also practicing multiplication and division facts at home!! 

In writing we will finish our book reviews and overfishing opinion pieces.  We will hopefully then start a fictional narrative piece.  In grammar we will be working on contractions. 

Make sure you have orders turned in if you wanted a class picture.  Also make sure to send in the blue slip if you do not want to have an individual picture taken.  

Upcoming Events:
February:

• 21st Class picture day
• 24th Spirit Day-Flannel Friday

March:

• 1st 9:30 Alberta Bair performance Lights! Camera! Math!
• 7th Memory Book Orders Due
  
• 23rd Science Fair
• 24th End of 3rd Quarter

Code Word: Class Picture Day

I hope that everyone has/had a wonderful long weekend!  We are planning on going to Bozeman for a couple days to snowshoe!  I love Bozeman so it should be a fun weekend!  We had so much fun at our Valentine's Day party on Thursday!  Thank you so much to all the mom's who helped out! You are all amazing!! Check out the "photos" tab for pictures from the party! 

In reading this week we are continuing the same question from last week: What choices are good for us?  This question has also been great for the kids just to think about making good choices!  We will continue the skills of author's point of view, asking and answering questions, and root words.  We will also continue the same spelling words from last week.  

In math this week we are working on comparing and ordering fractions.  We will end the week looking at equivalent fractions. Even though we have finished our 6 weeks of multiplication quizzes please still practice them as much as you can at home!! 

Remember there is no school on Monday!  

Upcoming Events:
February:

• 13th No School
• 17th Box tops due
• 21st Class picture day
• 24th Spirit Day-Flannel Friday

March:

• 1st 9:30 Alberta Bair performance Lights! Camera! Math! 

Code Word: Box Tops

I hope you are ready for a fun, short week this week!! Last week we finished up our Unit 3 inquiry projects.  The videos are posted under the "Student Work" tab.  

In reading this week we are starting Unit 4.  The big idea this unit is: What are different ways to meet challenges? We are going to stretch this week into two weeks, since we have two short weeks.  Our essential question for the next couple weeks is: What choices are good for us? We will work on the skills of asking and answering questions, author's point of view, and root words. In writing this week we will finish up our book reviews and share them in author's chair. Since we are stretching the week out we will also be stretching the spelling words out.  We will study the words for two weeks and take the test next Friday the 17th. 

In math this week we are learning how to compare fractions. We will work on comparing them using fractions tiles and then we will learn how to compare them if they have the same numerator or same denominator. This is our last week of the multiplication memorization.  Our last 6 problems are: 4x3, 2x9, 7x5, 8x6, 4x4, 5x2.  Even though this is our last week, please keep practicing facts at home! It is so helpful and important!! Last week we took the chapter 8 fractions test.  It was a very tough test and we went over them on Friday.  I spoke with the kids about how I am not too concerned if they had a hard time with the story problems because we really don't focus on those as 3rd grade standards.  We will still continue to work on them, but we are more interested in how they can do with identifying fractions and working with fractions on a number line.  

This week is a short week.  We have an early dismissal on Thursday at noon.  Then there is no school on Friday or Monday.  Our Valentine's day party will be on Thursday from 10:30-11:45.  Please remember that if you choose to bring Valentine's to exchange you need to bring them for the whole class. We have 27 students.  Please also try and stay away from anything with peanuts as we have a couple nut allergies.  You can bring in your Valentine's day box or bag on Wednesday if you'd like, you may also bring in Valentine's on Wednesday to begin handing out.  If you can't bring them Wednesday that is ok, just be sure to bring everything by Thursday!  

P.E. this week will be on Tuesday because of the Valentine's day party.  Please remember to bring gym shoes on Tuesday!  

Upcoming Events:
February:

• 9th Valentine's Day Celebrations 10:30. Early dismissal at noon.
• 10th & 13th No School
• 17th Box tops due
• 21st Class picture day
• 24th Spirit Day-Flannel Friday 

Code Word: Valentine's Day Party