Hultgren Herald
3rd Grade
Week of Dec. 14 and Jan. 4
In math, we are continuing with measurement and graphing. This week, we focused on finding the perimeter and area of figures. Please ask your child what the difference is between these two and how to calculate both of them. These are both concepts that tend to come up on the MAP test and the MCA in the spring. We will continue to revisits these concepts as the year goes on.
The BFG
Our class is currently reading The BFG by Roald Dahl as our class read aloud. It has turned into more of a shared reading as most students prefer to have their own copy of the book to join me in reading the story.
Padlet
Please check out one of our recent Padlet entries. This on-line format provides students to share about their reading as well as view their classmate's work.
Perimeter and Area Song
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
We are once again participating in the Minnesota Book awards this year! The nominated titles are listed below, please note grade/division level. Multiple books are in each division. Every student who reads(or is read to) at least 3 of the books in their division will have the opportunity to vote in March for their favorite. If they have already read some of the books in their division that counts too! It is fun to see if our FH favorite is chosen as a winner! Each student can only have one of the titles out at a time, I am told there are eBook copies available in Mackin via also. Most of these copies are available in our library.
The children's choice book award is sponsored by Minnesota Youth Reading Awards organization (MYRA) and it is unique in that students across the state are the deciders as to which author receives this very special award.
2015-16 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
Division I (grades 3-5)
- 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel ÷ 1 Dog = Chaos by Vivian Vande Velde
- Alien in My Pocket: Blast Off! by Nate Ball
- Calli Be Gold by Michelle Weber Hurwitz
- Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff
- Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
- Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman
- Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
- Perfect Game by Fred Bowen
- Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
- Summer of the Wolves by Polly Carlson – Voiles
- When Life Gives You O. J. by Erica S. Perl
Division II (grades 6-8)
- Buddy by M. H. Herlong
- Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
- Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Fourmile by Watt Key
- Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
- Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
- One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
- One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Perfect Game by Fred Bowen
- Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
- Summer of the Wolves by Polly Carlson – Voiles
- Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi
Week of January 4
- Planners are sent home daily. Please read and initial.
- Bring tennis shoes for phy ed on Thursday.
- Media checkout on Tuesday.