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Final Weeks

Hello Families,
It sounds like many of you enjoyed your long weekend. Students are wrapping up state testing (make-up & extra time sessions), and you are probably humming along as they sing the songs from The Incredible Westward Movement (if not, you might have your child log in to GoogleClassroom and play the songs to prepare for next week's readers' theater). We'll have special end of year activities next week - please consider signing up to send in items, and joining us in the classroom on Thursday morning for our final Room 8 Awards and Readers' Theater. We'll start about 8:15 next Thursday - the last day of third grade!
  • Tues. 6/3 - 3-5 grade Fun Day 8:15-11:30
  • Wed. 6/4 - Room 8 Pizza Lunch - great job working towards and meeting AR goals
  • Thurs. 6/5 - Awards/Readers' Theater (8:15) & Minimum Day (12:00)

Today's Homework

On our homework calendar, we wrote today's classwork (in case it wasn't finished when we worked on it together in class - pgs 523-525, #1-12) in addition to today's homework.
oops...HW: We wrote pg 524B. This page doesn't exist - you've probably already figured out that this should have been pg 526B. If you had your child complete side A - don't worry about it - that will work just fine, too. The goal is a practice page to reinforce these concepts.
The animal projects that came in today look great, and the kids have been presenting their work so well! Thank you for all your support at home - we'll see you Thursday for Open House (6-7pm in the classroom).

Animal Reports and Field Trip

Room 8 Families,
Your kids are all working hard in Room 8 to gather and organize information about their chosen topic for their animal reports. Thank you for the support you are giving at home in conversation, extra research, library visits, and even thinking ahead to the "Something Extra" at-home projects - they have been excited to share their ideas and plans!
Next Wednesday, April 9, will be our final third grade field trip. The forecast is looking like a great day to be there. Please be planning ahead for hats/sunscreen and water bottles labeled with names. This would be a great day for kids to wear their Alta Sierra t-shirts, as well. We'll leave school around 10:00 and return by 1:30. (this sounds like a good elapsed time problem for Tuesday!). If you would like to join us on this trip, please send an email to let me know, and you can meet us at Empire Mine by 10:15. It is helpful to have a student:chaperone ratio that allows adults to guide the safety, attentive listening, participation, and fun of the day.
Thank you, Alta Sierra PTC, for giving our students this learning opportunity.

Animal Reports, Elapsed Time, Life Cycles, and more!

Hello families,
Today students added at least 5 animals to their individual brainstorms, and have the homework to share these with you (and put it back in the hw folder to be sure it's with them in class tomorrow). Please have a brief conversation, and help your child move towards an animal or two that would make for a great research project. The requirements are that the animal be local, wild, researchable (at least one age-appropriate book available), and interesting to your child. Book availability may help make that final decision - if the classroom and school libraries don't have a book, perhaps the public library does, or you might choose to order one from the bookstore or online. We'd like to have books in the classroom by next week. Speaking of which...the writing will primarily happen in the classroom - I'll send home a sheet with information in tomorrow's Thursday envelope about how you can help guide research and plan the related family project.
We will also be studying plant and animal life cycles as a class, as well as having guest experts visit us to present. Thank you for all you do to support these and all activities for our students.
Reading a clock & elapsed time - you've been seeing these concepts as you check over homework. If you don't already have one, you might consider an inexpensive analog clock for your home or child's room. It will be great practice to integrate real-life math into your conversations...
"How long do we have before we need to leave for soccer?"
"These bake for 17-21 minutes. When will they be done?"
"It takes 20 minutes to get to grandma's, and she wants us there 45 minutes before dinner, which is at 6:15. What time will we need to leave?"

Auction Basket Plans & Donation Request

Hello 3rd grade families! 
 
The "Denim and Diamonds" auction fundraiser is a great parent's night out event!  Mr. Hendricks, Carlee Miller and I have decided to put together a "Chicken Starter" basket for the auction. With the price of eggs, who doesn't want to have their own chickens?  The basket will come complete with chicks once the class hatches them in May (thank you, Andes family, for providing the eggs). In order to make this happen we need your help!  We will do the shopping, but we'll need donations to make that possible. If you'd like to help create the basket, please either send money to me via Venmo (info attached) or send in some cash in a sealed, labeled envelope and I'll get it from Mr. Hendricks.  If you have any questions, please send me an email [email protected].
 
Thanks for your support! 
--Heather Beahm and Carlee Miller
 
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Auction Basket for Denim and Diamonds

Hello Families,
As part of the Denim & Diamonds fundraiser evening, each class has been asked to create a themed auction basket. If you would be interested in organizing the donations for a Room 8 basket and/or have ideas for a theme, please send me an email. The baskets will be due by April 12 in preparation for the April 25 event.
Denim & Diamonds Auction and Sponsorship Opportunities:

PTC Coordinators are currently seeking auction items and business sponsors.  Interested parents can email to learn how to help support our amazing school! [email protected]

Thank you for all you do to support learning at Alta Sierra.

End-of-Week Updates

Hello Families,
It was great to hear how well the last few days in the classroom with Mrs. Quinlan went, and I had a very productive time at the YouCubed math conference at Stanford. In fact...today's math lesson was a direct result, as is the homework. Today's homework (in addition to reading journal completion), as written in the math box of our homework chart:
   Must Do: explain "How Close to 100"
   May Do: Play it!
The kids learned this dice game today, and brought home a blank game sheet. Hopefully you have a pair of dice you can borrow from another game at home. If today's not the day that time allows for the kids to play the game with you or a sibling, perhaps this weekend? What a great way to increase fluency of multiplication facts and develop executive functioning skills, all while playing a game! Here are the Rules and a link to print off more game sheets, if you so desire: How Close to 100 Have fun!
Reminders for tomorrow:
  It's Friday - let's fill Room 8 with Alta Sierra blue.
  It's the last day of the trimester. Most kids have met or exceeded their AR points goals and many who have not yet are close!
  Please return completed (both sides) field trip permission slip in the Thursday envelope.
  It's a minimum day - 12:00 dismissal

Friday Spirit Days

Tomorrow Alta Sierra will get back to a weekly spirit day count in each classroom. Be sure to encourage your children to wear their Alta Sierra blue tomorrow and every Friday. Have a great evening, Friday, and weekend!

Canned Food Donations

179!

Thank you for your generosity!
On an unrelated topic...do we have one more family who is close by and would be able to bake pasties tomorrow (9:30-11:15)? Thank you! Sign Up

Pasty Making & Holiday Celebration

Families,
Thank you for so quickly volunteering to help out. We have several  essential slots left to fill. If you are able to make dough (the day before) to bring in Friday morning and/or help with baking/dishes, it will be much appreciated, and make for a special way to culminate our Nevada County Gold history unit.

spirit week
Considering our plans for cooking on Friday, you might also send in an apron (and know that stuffies will be in backpacks while cooking and eating are taking place).