Mrs. Flynn's Class
Updates, Reminders, and Fun Things to Try!
Class News
MATH We finished up Unit 5 of math and will start Unit 6 which is a review of subtraction ( a few still have issues with borrowing), more multiplication, and order of operations.
Communications: Next week will be our last week in Unit 4 and will start Unit 5. Make sure to check out our website www.sunflowerthirdgrade.com to see information on the weekly stories, listen to the stories, review vocabulary, and work on the spelling words.
AR: Please keep encouraging your child to read at home. Only a few students have met their AR goal this quarter. We have until March 8th. The reward this quarter is a pizza party!
MTSS: We are in our last week of reading mtss and will begin four weeks of math instruction. MTSS is based on the students lowest RIT strand, they will receive direct instruction on that to help raise that score when we take the spring MAP test.
Valentine's Party - Our Valentine's party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 2:30. Please remember your valentine for each student - we have 21 students in the class. Students may bring a decorated box or bag for their valentines. Student names are:
- Bella
- Jacob
- Ariah
- Alyssa
- Kyndall
- Terrence
- Hayden
- Cody
- Jaycen
- Evan
- Maryn
- Anthony
- JLee
- Grace
- Jayce
- Shaelynn
- Lillian
- Mason
- Jackson
- Cecelia
- Violet
MISC:
Congratulations! Congrats to Cecelia who was our class representative for the all-school spelling bee. She made it further than any other third grader! Nice job for a brand new experience!
PTO Dinner & Auction Our class is teaming up with Mrs. Vlasity's class to put together a "Family Fun Night" themed auction basket that will be in the PTO's silent auction March 22nd. This is PTO's main and only fundraiser that helps us go on field trips and for special items. Please donate if you can. A flyer will go home soon - we are looking for board games, card games, movies, snacks, books - anything that would be fun family time. We will also accept monetary donations towards a container to hold it all - something like a bench/ottoman with storage and that games could be played on top of. We will start accepting donations now.
Upcoming Events/Items
Feb 1st School Store
Feb 14 2:30 Class Valentine Party
Feb 18 - No School Presidents Day
Feb 28th 3rd Grade Music Program at 7 pm - Students will stay with parents until 6:45 and then they will walk to the MPR/Lunchroom. Students will not be coming back to the lunchroom and will need to leave their belongings with their parents/guardians.
March 4 - No School Parent-teacher conferences from 4pm-8pm
March 8 - No School Parent teacher conferences from 8am-12pm
March 22 PTO Dinner & Auction Fundraiser
Candy
Techie Tools
Bloomz
Bloomz is a new app that works both on your smartphone as well as on your computer. You will receive quick updates and photos of class activities, be able to access our class calendar, and more. All in a private and secure environment.
New Bloomz Parent
1. Download the “Bloomz" app from the AppStore/PlayStore and click "Create Account". If browser, go to bloomz.com and click on "Join Bloomz"
2. In the text box, enter NSK5N5 3. Create your account
Existing Bloomz Parent
1. Log into your Bloomz account
2. Click “+Add Class/Group” on the left navigation.
3. In the text box, enter WDKGRE
4. Click next
Freckle
AR HomeConnect
Google Classroom
Everyday Math
General Class Information
Parent Communication
I feel communication between us is very important. I will send out emails, notices through Bloomz (more info below) and student work through seesaw. The two main apps I would like you to download if possible are Bloomz and seesaw. Bloomz will allow messaging for reminders, volunteer sign-ups (this is where our holiday party sign-ups are), class wishlist signups, student behavior monitoring, and eventually parent-teacher conference scheduling.
The other app is seesaw. This is a student portfolio app. This is not something that is required, but you will have access to see your student's work and some of the things they do,
AR (Accelerated Reader)
AR - Students read at home -suggested 20 minutes a night. They are given a point goal for the quarter. Picture books are worth .5, or half a point. Chapter books can range in point value depending on their content. In order for students to make their goal, they need to have reached their point goal along with keeping an overall 80% comprehension. Please encourage your child to take the AR quizzes. Students can only take quizzes at school. Parents can login to homeconnect (link below in the techie tools) with their student's login information and check their progress. You can also set it up to receive an email with your student's scores when they take a quiz.
Planner
Students will bring home their planner every night. They should have it filled out with they day's information, and parents should sign it nightly. Also, any extra work students do such as, get online on one of our classroom sites, study flashcards, study spelling words, or study math facts - write that in the planner and students will earn extra dojo points. Also, you can write transportation notes or questions in the planner.
School Store
School store is normally on the first Friday of the month. Students may bring money to purchase panther related items at lunch.
Specials Schedule
Monday - Science - Music-P.E
Tuesday - Library
Wednesday - PE-Music
Thursday - Science
Friday - Computers-Art
Mrs. Flynn
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Email: cori_flynn@usd368.org
Website: www.sunflowerthirdgrade.com
Phone: 913-294-8040