News Letter

New e-mail:

       The district has switched our e-mail system. So we now have new e-mail addresses. Joe.Melde@isd199.org Lori.Gustafson@isd199.org

We would appreciate it if you would send us an e-mail with your child’s name in the subject line. That will make it easier to add you to our contacts. Thanks.

Conferences:

       Together, we will be able to help your child learn as much as they can this year. We really appreciated your time and the conversations we had at conferences. We are proud of the students for their presentations and thinking. Parents, thank you for your support and for working with us to help your child learn as much as they can this year. Students, keep working hard to reach your goals.

Math:

       We have completed our unit on graphing and have now started place value. Attached to the update are the state standards that your child will be working to learn. Some great resources to support your child’s learning at home are: http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/math.htm

Khan Academy and soon, assignments will be up and running in Learning Point Navigator.

Math Fact Fluency:

       In third grade the students need to be working on memorizing all of their math facts for addition and subtraction. This means that the facts are automatic; they know it without thinking about it. There are many apps and online games to help with this, along with flashcards and regular games. The better the students know their facts, the more success they will have in so many of the math areas.

Reading:

       This week have been learning about Snowflake Bently and working on making inferences and long vowels with the vce (vowel consanant vowel) pattern, like alone, space, etc. Students are working hard and learning to be independent workers during read to self, journal writing, and word work/spelling. Next week, we will begin meeting with our small reading groups. In the groups your child will be working at their instructional level. Your support with reading at home is crucial. Students need to be reading every day. You can mix up having your child read silently and reading to you. But, be sure to have them tell you about what they are reading. This helps build their comprehension, their understanding of what they read.

October 31:

       It is Mix up day here at Salem Hills. Students can mix up their clothes, hair, etc. We will also be tie dying our team shirts. So, students should bring an old shirt to wear over their clothes, or just wear old clothes this day. Sometimes the die ends up where we don’t mean for it to beJ