Week of Jan 24th

 Hello and Happy Friday!

A highlight from this week was that the students celebrated ending the bend in our writing unit, and celebrated by teaching the third grade classes all that they've learned, how they've grown, and what to expect next year. It was amazing to watch them share with students younger than them. Some students took the extra initiative to make the third graders charts that they could take with them. It was truly an awesome experience and the third grade teachers let us know that the third graders LOVED it.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, January 24th: No School for students

Monday, January 24th: NDLC's Pagoni's Day. From 11am to 8pm 10% of sales benefit NDLC

Tuesday, January 25th: Dress as a Game Show Host or Game Board Character

Wednesday, January 26th: Sports / Athletic Wear Day

Thursday, January 27th: Favorite Sports Team Gear

Friday, January 28th: Wear Black / Glow Day

Monday, January 31st: Pajama / Comfy Clothes Day

A Message from the third grade members of Environmental Club:

NDLC will be collecting your Little Bites bags from now until May! The Entenmann company has a collection service where if you send in a box of recycled Little Bites bags they will give you money for your organization. It's a nice way to raise money for our school for recycling!

Here are examples of what we are collecting:

Send the empty bags to school and we will take care of the rest!

Thanks,

NDLC Environmental Club

Curriculum Updates:

Reading: Students are working on research projects focusing on a specific subtopic of the American revolution. I have loved watching these kids start to form their own ideas and opinions about if they would be a loyalist or a patriot. It is really amping them up for when we do our big debate! We are also working hard at understanding how to note-take when reading nonfiction texts. Not everything is worth writing in our notebooks so we are trying to understand and synthesize information into our notebook.

Writing: We are cruising on through this awesome new unit from Teacher's College. As you've noticed students have been coming home with nightly writing homework. Their homework should  be either stapled into their agenda or in their homework folder. It is a pink half sheet that almost looks like a letter from me. This homework prompts students for the following day of writing work. Please check with your child each night to make sure they are getting this completed.

Math: We are in Unit 8! We have been working on studying points, rays, and angels. Each kiddo got a protractor last week which has been very exciting...and very confusing to some. Don't worry! I will make sure they get much more practice with their protractors! We haven't had much time for math this week due to iReady, but we will make sure to get back to our normal schedule and prioritize math next week. 

Have a great weekend. 😊

Carly Burris