Sept 6 to 9

Hello families!

Tonight is our annual Open House. The format will be different than years past.  Each teacher and Mr. Venner will be creating two sessions from 6:00-6:20 and 6:30-6:50.  Both of the sessions will be the same, so please come to the one that suits you best!  There will be your child's work from the last two weeks for you to see, as well as a presentation from me about what to expect in third grade. It will be quick and brief, but important information. I hope to see you there!

This week, we are still in the process of learning classroom procedures and building teamwork. The students are noticeably becoming quicker and more focused.  To help you know what we are doing each day, your kiddos are now in charge of planners. I will talk more about the planners at the Open House, but the important thing to know about the planners is that they need to come to school and go home each day, along with the folders.  There is a place for you to sign the planner each day at the base of the day's column. It is your child's responsibility to show you the planner and have you sign it.

This is some of the work that we are doing this week:

Reading: We are reading Charlotte's Web and practicing remembering and sharing events, stating opinions and giving reasons to support them, and story elements.

Writing: We are working on activities from last week. Yesterday, we made a collage of pictures from home and magazines on the writing journal covers.

Math: The students are working on writing numbers in standard and expanded form (54 = 50 + 4 or 438 = 400 + 30 + 8), as well as building numbers with base ten blocks.

Classroom: (Carryover from last week) We will be sorting the various learning goals for the year into their respective subjects. We'll use these to create our Hopes and Dreams for the year.

I hope that you will be able to attend our Open House tonight. Please note, my classroom phone is still not working. If you need to contact me, email is the best option (urbainakw@billingsschools.org).

Thank you!
Mrs. Urbaniak