September 2019

September 2019

Welcome to Room 106. This year embarks a new change as I will be teaching third grade for the first time in my teaching career. Change is good and I embrace this change.

Important Dates

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019: Patriot’s Day

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019: Family Picnic

Friday, Sept. 13, 2019: Picture Day

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019: Curriculum Night, 6:00- 8:15 PM

6:05 – 6:35 PM: 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th Grade classroom presentations

6:45- 7:25 PM: PTO presentations

7:35- 8:05 PM: Y5’s, Kinder, 1^st, & 2^nd Grade Classroom presentations

Friday, Sept. 20, 2019: Dicken Dash Pep Rally

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019: Celebrating Constitution Day

Wednesday, September 25, 2019: Early Release, Dismissal @1:29PM

Hello! I am delighted to be your child’s third-grade teacher.  This year your child will learn and develop supported by a partnership between school and home. I will be teaching all core subjects to your child.

I look forward to meeting you and outlining the learning goals for the upcoming year during our annual Curriculum Night.  Please bring any questions, or concerns you may have.  Also, you will be selecting a parent-teacher conference date. It will be helpful to bring your personal/and family calendar. 

Communication

Primarily, I use email as the primary method of communication. I can be reached via work email,<hubbarda@aaps.k12.mi.us>. You may carbon copy to my personal email for a quicker response, averyhub@gmail.com.  I can be reached via phone @ 994.1928  x18503 during normal business hours.

Newsletters are primarily monthly and electronic. 

Homework

This year, your child will have approximately 2-5 nights of homework every week.  Usually, math is the primary subject completed as homework.  Homework is to be returned the following school day.  In addition to math homework, students are expected to read a minimum of 30-minutes, 5 nights a week, documented on a reading log.  If your child cannot complete the assigned homework due to an extenuating incident, please write a brief note on the assignment or attach the note to the assignment.

Snacks

Students are allowed to eat snacks in the classroom within any 20-minute period while completing his or her assignments.  After 20 minutes have passed, students are asked place it into a lunch-container or backpack.  Students are allowed to chew gum in moderation as long as it is not heard or seen. Remember, Dicken is a fresh fruit and vegetable classroom permissible- snack school.

Birthdays

Students are permitted to celebrate birthdays with a singing of Happy Birthday and a treat or an inedible item: pencils, erasers, or other small trinkets.  Students must give a treat to everyone, and are responsible for any necessary eating utensils.  The current class count is 23. Please try to inform me prior to bringing the birthday treat/gift into the classroom. The only permitted edible items are pre-packaged food items with a label. Accept my apology for not being able to bring in cupcakes or cake items.

Classroom Management/Discipline

Within Room 106, I use a fair and firm policy centered with respect and trust.  Students have clear expectations and guidelines.  When a child is not meeting or has not followed a behavioral expectation, a Rest and Return is used first. Then, if necessary, another consequence is determined. Our school uses Responsive Classroom, an evidence-based approach to elementary and middle school teaching that focuses on the strong link between academic success and social-emotional learning (SEL).

Specials Schedule

Lunch Recess is AM, Lunch 12:18- 1:06 PM, eat first, then recess

Mondays                 ILT                                                                              10:30 – 11:30 AM

                              

                              

Tuesdays                Vocal Music                                                                 1:50- 2:20 PM

Wednesdays           Art                                                                               9:30 – 10:30 AM

                               Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:10- 12:00 PM

                              

Thursdays              Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:20- 12:10 PM

                               Vocal Music                                                                    2:40- 3:10 PM                                                                                  

Fridays                   Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:20- 12:10 PM

Useful items in Room 106

It would be helpful if each child could donate to the classroom community:

A box of Kleenex

Medium or Large Hand sanitizer

Pack of Baby wipes

Clorox Cleaning wipes (For Tables)

Daily, students will use:

A backpack

Pencil box (Required)

Number 2 pencils or Mechanical Pencils with ‘lead’

Sincerely, 

Avery Hubbard 

June 2019

Important Dates

Monday, Jun. 3, 2019: Field Day, 9:15 – 11:15 AM; Wear: swimwear, water shoes & sunscreen/ pack towel, deodorant, clean, dry clothes
Thursday, Jun. 6, 2019: Volunteer Breakfast, 8:30- 9:30 AM

Friday, Jun. 7, 2019: Reproductive Health lesson, exclusion letters only must be submitted to teacher

Last Week of School

Monday, Jun. 10, 2019: Cooperation Games/ Technology Fun, 1:30 – 2:30 PM: Bring fun, game board to share with classmates

                                    Clean cubbies,

Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2019: Bellmark Lanes bowling, 9:45- 12:15 PM: Wear socks

                                    Bring empty backpack

Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: Ice cream sundae bar, 10- 12:00 PM, field near 5^th grade doors (sign up genius)

Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: Picnic 1:15- 2:40 PM*, field near 5^th grade doors (sign up genius)

Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: 5th grade Promotion 6:00 – 7:00 PM, MPR [arrive at 5:50 PM for processional]
Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: Family Party 7:00 – 8:00 PM, MPR; parents must attend

Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019: Rolling Hills Water Park, 10:00- 2:30 PM; Wear: swimwear, water shoes & sunscreen/ Bring: Sack lunch and extra snack

Pack: towel, deodorant, clean, dry

Friday, Jun. 14, 2019: Yearbook signing/ autographs, 10:00 – 11:00 AM; Bring: colored pen or sharpies, No backpacks

                                    End of the year Clap out for 5^th graders, 11:05 – 11:30 AM

                                    5^th grade farewell song, 11:34 – 11:39 AM

                                    End of the year promotion Ceremony, 11:39- 11:45 AM

                                    Receive: Report letters, Clever badges and passwords

                                    Half Day Dismissal, 11:51 PM

Thank you for a great school year. It has been my pleasure facilitating learning for our classroom. This class made my first year at Dicken beyond my expectations. If I needed to know the Dicken way (or the Mike Madison Method), they were experts.

Avoiding the Summer Slide

In order to avoid summer slide, loss of school’s knowledge, use Dreambox, Lexia Core5 and Raz Kids over the summer. There is also https://www.readworks.org/. My blog,< http://headlineshubb.blogspot.com > is available for math games. I suggest a minimum of 1 hour of academics: 30- 4o minutes of reading daily and 30 minutes of math. Vary the genres you read, alternating fiction and nonfiction.

Best Wishes,

Ms. Hubbard

May 2019

May 2019

May has arrive a little chilly, nevertheless, we must persevere into the last few weeks of the month. Hopefully, those April rains will bring May flowers this month.

Important Dates

Tuesday, May 21, 2019: Math Unit 7 Test
Thursday, May 23, 2019: NWEA Math Test 9:15-10:30 AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2019: NWEA Reading Test 9:15- 10:30 AM
Friday, May 31, 2019: End of the year, math assessment
Friday, Jun. 7, 2019: Unit 8 Quiz
Friday, Jun. 7, 2019: Reproductive and Health Unit will be taught this day.

Forget-Me-Not Dates

Tuesday, May 14, 2019: Instrumental music Concert 6:30-7:30 PM
Wednesday, May 22, 2019: Early Release Day @ 1:29 PM
Monday, May 27, 2019: No School, Memorial Day
Thursday, May 30, 2019: Ice cream social, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Friday, May 31, 2019: Talent Show, 1:30-2:30 PM
Monday, Jun. 3, 2019: Field Day, 9:15- 11:15 AM
Friday, Jun. 14, 2019: Half Day dismissal 11:51 PM

End of the Year Festivities

Monday, Jun. 10, 2019: Cooperation Games/ Technology Fun, 1:30- 2:30 PM
Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2019: Revel & Roll Bowling, 9:30- 12:00 PM
Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: / ice cream sundae bar/ Pod Thinker's picnic, 10:00- 12:00 PM 1:10- 2:40 PM, picnic
Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019: 5th grade Promotion and Family Party, 6:00- 7:00, 7:00- 8:00 PM
Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019: Rolling Hills Water park, 10:00- 2:30 PM*
Friday, Jun. 14, 2019: Yearbook signing/ autographs, 10:00- 11:00 AM
                                     End of the Year Clap out, 11:05- 11:30 AM
                                     5th grade farewell song, 11:34 - 11:39 AM
                                     End of the year promotion Ceremony, 11:39- 11:45 AM

Subjects at a Glance

EDM: We are in the middle of Unit 7.  Below are the topics on the unit test. Also, we will be reviewing skills with worksheets for homework as we prepare for End of the year assessments and NWEA test.
Language Arts
       Reading: We are currently studying myths and legends in various cultures. We have reviewed how Traditional Literature is defined. Students are expected to read at least 2 Traditional literature stores by the end of May. We will also review protagonist and antagonist with a plot outline in fantasy and adventure fiction text.
      Writing/ Science: While we are studying the human body in science, we will conduct research on 1 body system and create a google slide presentation. There will be a minimum of 8 slides.

• Write the function and purpose with all organs
• Explain its interdependence with another system
• Describe diseases or illnesses that may affect children
• Share preventive help information to keep system healthy

 https://kidshealth.org/

Human Body Systems:

• How a few of the main systems work.

                 skeletal, muscular, circulatory, digestive, and nervous system

• Explain the interdependence of 2 systems at all times

EDM Unit 7: Multiplication of Mixed Numbers, Geometry and Graphs Outcomes

• Multiply mixed numbers by fractions, whole numbers and mixed numbers
• Find the areas of rectangles with fractional side lengths.
• Use common denominators to divide fractions or divide fractions traditionally. (KFC)
• Use categories and subcategories to think about properties of shapes.
• Classify figures in a hierarchy sort.
• Use rules to continue patterns and write rules for relationships in in/out tables.
• Write ordered pairs from a table and graph points.

EDM Unit 8: Applications of Measurement, Computation and Graphing

• Use unit conversions to solve problems.
• Find areas of rectangles with mixed-number side lengths to solve real world problems.
• Find volumes to solve real world problems.
• Multiple and divide whole numbers and decimals to solve real- world problems.
• Create graphs.
• Use graphs to answer questions.

Reproductive Health Unit

According to district and state guidelines, the Reproductive Health Unit has changed. It can be taught in one day with basic simplistic terms, black line masters, and definitions without any videos. Students will be encouraged to refer to parents for more information. 

End of the year preparations

A letter will be sent home explaining the following: Each family will be asked to donate $20 to cover end of the year festivities. This money will cover Rolling Hills Park entrance fee and picnic/ ice cream sundae bar. The monies will also cover any decorations needed for the Promotion Celebration.

We also have families donate cookies and cupcakes for the Promotion Ceremony and Family Party. A few of our 4th grade families have gracious volunteered to assist with the set up and clean up.

Then and Now pictures

Please email to me Baby pictures and one current picture. Label email, Then and Now pictures. All photos will be renamed to Then; first name, last initial along with Now: first name, last initial. These pictures will be shown in loop at the end of the year promotion celebration to all families. Each student will share 1-3 sentences of a memory with a preselected staff member who teaches or has taught at Dicken.  A majority of the class has already written their memory and have begun to practice and memorize their memory.