Oct. 29th - Nov. 2nd

Mrs. Ettinger's Class News

Monday, Oct. 29th (D Day)- SSW, Music, Show and Tell

Tuesday, Oct. 30th (E Day) - Junior Achievement, Library, Art, Math Centers

Wednesday, Oct. 31st (F Day) - Late Start, Halloween Party 1:15, Art, Gym, Parade 3:20

Thursday, Nov. 1st (A Day) - Computer Lab, Art

Friday, Nov. 2nd (B Day) - ½ Day-End of 1st Trimester, School Ends at 12:05

Upcoming Events

Late Starts - November 14th and 28th

½ Days/Parent Teacher Conferences - November 8th and 9th

Thanksgiving Luncheon/Dress-Up Day - November 15th

Thanksgiving Break - ½ Day November 21, No School November 22nd & 23rd

Halloween Party

Our party will be from 1:15pm-2:15pm, with the parade at 3:20pm.
You may sign out your child after the parade.
The purpose for our earlier party is due to us having PE and Art at the end of the day.
Students may wear their costumes to school. Please no play weapons.

Nutcracker Date

Please continue to have your student practice all of the songs for our performance at home
 https://3rdgradenutcracker.weebly.com/.  
The Nutcracker is scheduled for Monday, December 10th, with a school performance at 1:30,
and the evening performance at 6:00.  Mark your calendar!

Stuff-A-Truck Food Drive

The Stuff-A-Truck food collection drive has started and runs through November 9.  
All food and toiletries go right to our local food bank.
Please send non-perishables as you are able, such as:  can goods, baking goods, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. The classroom that collects the most items will
receive free personal pan pizza certificates from Pizza Hut.

Spelling Team Meeting Thursday

The informational meeting for this year's spelling team will be on Thursday at lunch recess.  Please encourage your students to come and find out about the spelling team.  Here's how the team works:

1. At the meeting Thursday students will receive a list of words to study for the written test.

2.  Next Wednesday, at lunch recess, I'll give a written test.  The top twelve spellers will be on the spelling team.

3.  We will practice at lunch/recess time 2 x per week until the school bee in January.  This will determine the 3 students, plus an alternate, who will compete in the regional, Cloverleaf, bee in late February.

4.  Serious spellers will spend LOTS of time outside of school preparing/studying for the bee!  At school we will get tips and tricks, and practice the routines of the real bee so those becomes second nature.

Oct. 22nd - Oct. 26th

Mrs. Ettinger's Class Plan for the Week

Monday, Oct. 22nd (E Day)- Library, Art

Tuesday, Oct. 23rd (F Day) - PE, Art, Junior Achievement

Wednesday, Oct. 24th (A Day) - Late Start, PE, Computer Lab

Thursday, Oct. 25th (B Day) - Music

Friday, Oct. 26th (C Day) - Art

Upcoming Events

Late Start- October 24th, and 31st

End of 1st Trimester ½ Day - November 2nd

Nutcracker Date

As most of you know, the Nutcracker is performed by third graders each year.  Students have already been busy learning all of the songs. Here is the link for your student to practice all of the songs at home  https://3rdgradenutcracker.weebly.com/.  The Nutcracker performance is scheduled for Monday, December 10th, with a school performance at 1:30, and the evening performance at 6:00.  Mark your calendar!

Halloween Party

Our party will be from 1:15pm-2:15pm, with the parade at 3:20pm. You may sign out your child after the parade. The purpose for our earlier party is due to us having PE and Art at the end of the day. Students may wear their costumes to school. Please no play weapons.

Reading Counts

Our Reading Counts program is up and running!  The third grade goal for this marking period is to earn 15 points.  Be sure to check in with your child to make sure they are reading and working towards taking tests to meet this goal.

Oct. 15th -Oct. 19th

Mrs. Ettinger's Blog

Oct. 15th - Oct. 19th

Monday, Oct. 15th (F Day)-PE, Art

Tuesday, Oct. 16th (A Day)-PE, Computer Lab, Junior Achievement 

Wednesday, Oct. 17th (B Day)-Late Start, Music

Thursday, Oct. 18th (C Day)-Art

Friday, Oct. 19th (D Day)-SSW, Music

Conferences

Thank you to those of you that attended conferences so far! I still have more conferences in November, and am looking forward to those too. The Student Lead conferences have been super impactful, and the students have such pride in being able to tell you about their learning. The next round of conferences is November 8th and 9th. 

Halloween Party

Aimee Gable is our Halloween Party Coordinator. If you signed up to help with Halloween you will be hearing from her sometime this week. Our party will be from 1:15pm-2:15pm, with the parade at 3:20pm. You may sign out your child after the parade. The purpose for our earlier party is due to us having PE and Art at the end of the day. 

Reading Counts

Our Reading Counts program is up and running!  The third grade goal for this marking period is to
earn 15 points.  Be sure to check in with your child to make sure they are reading and working
towards taking tests to meet this goal.

Nutcracker Date

As most of you know, the Nutcracker is performed by third graders each year.  Students have already
been busy learning all of the songs. Here is the link for your student to practice all of the songs at
home  https://3rdgradenutcracker.weebly.com/.  The Nutcracker performance is scheduled for Monday,
December 10th, with a school performance at 1:30, and the evening performance at 6:00.  
Mark your calendar!

Oct. 8th - Oct. 12th

Mrs. Ettinger's Class Plan

October 8th - October 12th

Monday, Oct. 8th (A Day) - PE, Computer Lab

Tuesday, Oct. 9th (B Day) - Music, Math Center

Wednesday, Oct. 10th (C Day) - Late Start, Art,

Thursday, Oct. 11th (D Day) - ½ Day, SSW

Friday, Oct. 12th (E Day) - ½ Day

Upcoming Events

Late Start- October 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st

½ Days/Parent Teacher Conferences - October 11th and 12th

Reading Counts

Our Reading Counts program is up and running!  The third grade goal for this marking period is to earn 15 points.  Be sure to check in with your child to make sure they are reading and working towards taking tests to meet this goal.  

Fall Conferences

Our fall conferences take place October 10th and 11th, or November 7th and 8th.  Those of you meeting with me in October will be receiving an email this week with your scheduled time.  I look forward to meeting with all of you soon!

Science and Social Studies Tests

This week we will be having both a Science test on Wednesday, and a Social Studies test on Thursday.  
Review sheets will come home with students on Monday. In Science we have been learning about how
plants reproduce and pass on traits.  Ask your child to tell you how selection works. In Social Studies
we have been learning the basics of Michigan geography, including what makes Michigan special with
our state symbols.  Please use homework time this week to review for these two tests with your child.

Nutcracker Date

As most of you know, the Nutcracker is performed by third graders each year.  Students have already
been busy learning all of the songs. Here is the link for your student to practice all of the songs at
home  https://3rdgradenutcracker.weebly.com/.  The Nutcracker performance is scheduled for Monday,
December 10th, with a school performance at 1:30, and the evening performance at 6:00.  
Mark your calendar!