Dear Parents:

Sorry it has been so long since the kids have written on the blog.  It has been really busy.

Please have your child work on:

• Counting by 7's
• Counting by 12's

Have a great Halloween!

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

Sorry it has been so long since the kids have written on the blog.  It has been really busy.

Please have your child work on:

• Counting by 7's
• Counting by 12's

Have a great Halloween!

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

• +9 facts
• Reading a thermometer

Art

• shades of a color

20 AR points due on Friday, October 18th.

Danny

Math

• +9 Facts
• Dozen means 12 and half dozen means 6
• Counted by 7's (multiply by 7)

S.S.

• Worksheet due tomorrow
• Keep studying your vocabulary words.  They are on cards for easy studying.

AR - 20 points are due by October 18th, next Friday.

Computer today.

We got a new student yesterday.  His name is Evan.  He is a lot of fun and works very hard.


Mrs. Matthies

Parents:

We have MAPS testing for Language next Wednesday the 3rd from 12:30 - 1:30.  We also have the Science testing on October 10th from 8:10 - 9:40.  Please be sure your child has a good breakfast and lunch those days as these tests are important.  If at all possible please do not schedule appointments on these days.

Parent - Teacher Conferences are planned for this week.  You should have received a note with your scheduled time.  Please call if you are not able to make it.

PLEASE SEND WATER WITH YOUR CHILD ON MONDAY.  THE WATER IS OK BUT IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED OVER THE WEEKEND AND MIGHT NOT TASTE GOOD.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

SCIENCE TEST TOMORROW ON FRIDAY, SEP. 20TH.

Please watch for information about Remind 101.

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

All students got 25/25 on their fact assessment.  YEAH!

On Wednesday, the 3rd graders are going on a Field Trip.

REMEMBER TO BRING A LUNCH!

You could send their snack for tomorrow and they can keep in their back pack.


Thea

Dear Parents:

SCIECE TEST THIS WEEK!

STUHR ON WED. BRING LUNCH AND WATER

Math:
We learned about rounding numbers to ten.

Sincerely,
Grant

Dear Parents:

Math

• Fractions - halves, fourths, and eights
• Fractions mean ____ part of ______  (Eg. 3 parts of 4 =3/4)

Science

• Used the computer to answer questions about the natural world.  We did this on the Science book web site.  www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
• Students are welcome to use this web site at home but need to stay on the Chapter 1.  Once we have finished Chapter 1 they are welcome to go back to any chapter we have studied.  At this time we ONLY want to be on Chapter 1 as this is all we have studied.

Yesterday Writing

• We are answering questions to help us think of things to write about.

Cursive

• i, c, u, t, w

WE WILL BE HAVING A SCIENCE TEST NEXT WEEK!

Thanks,
Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents;

Math Test

Science

• tools - anemometer, funnel, cylinder, measuring cups, yard stick, scale
• unit of measure - kilometer, ounces, yards, miles per hour, inches, centimeters, degrees

Danny

If you leave me a comment or write me an email I will give a treat to your child.

Dear Parents:

Math

• added numbers to 10
• Communative Property of Addition (6+1, 1+6)
• Story Problems - Please do the following items to the story problem words.  They will have done it with me on the other side.  Use that side as an example.
• [numbers you need]
• underline question
• cross off, extra numbers

Hannah

Dear Parents,

Math

• coins - dimes and nickels
• numbers are in patterns
• When you count by 2's it is all even or odd.

Handwriting

• w

Holden

Dear Parents:

Math

• Divide into 2 and 4 equal parts
• New fact sheets

Science

• Homework page 21

Aaron

Wow we have been busy.

Today my son was sick so Mrs. Kiolbasa was my substitute.  I know that the students will do well with her.

They are continuing to learn new vocabulary words in Science.  Be sure to review them every night or every other night.

We will have a Math Test tomorrow on the concepts we have learned so far this year.  You might want to review length (long side of shape) and width (short side).  They had a Fact Assessment today.  Keep working on their Addition Facts.

This will be my sign off for the week as we don't have time most Fridays to blog.

Have a great weekend and don't get to sun burnt.  I will see the kids after Labor Day.

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

I was so happy, I remembered to have the kids write the blog.  The problem was the internet went down.  You just gotta love that internet.  So again today, I am writing it.

Math

• length (long side) and width (short side)
• 4 + ___ = 5 This was the type of fact practice we had today.  They can subtract (5-1= ___) or add up (4, 5).

Art

• We didn't have art on Friday so we had today.  We are working on our name art.

BOOKMOBILE COMES ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK.  BRING YOUR CARD.

Mrs. Matthies

Science

• We cut up and wrote in our science book.
• Vocab. cards are in the back of the book.

Math 

• Adding doubles
• Commutative Property of Addition (6+1=7 and 1+6=7)
• Addends (numbers you add together) and sums (answer to an addition problem)

We talked about what A Great Classmate Does, Is, Says and Is Not.

Sam

2 POSTS TODAY

Some parents are struggling to write comments.  I scroll down to the bottom of that days blog.  At the bottom it says COMMENTS. Click on comments or the pencil.  Scroll down on that page and leave a comment.  Then click on PUBLISH.  I hope this works.  I tried it on my computer at home.

Mrs. Matthies

Parents:
I know there are kids wanting to write this but time runs out and I forget to have them write.  The day is just too fast.

We have had a great day.  DIBELS testing was done today.  This is a reading test given to each student to better evaluate each them.  It will help us find kids that are struggling and be sure to keep track of them throughout the year.  Because of testing, we were not able to have Science.  We did a little Art instead.

The students are really starting to learn the routine and know where to be.  Yeah for them!

In Math today we studied time.  Specifically we talk about half past an hour.  This is something that does not come naturally to me just as left and right don't.  (Now ask me where something is north, south, east, and west and I have it!)  I told the students I am terrible at clocks and really have to think when I name the hands.  We giggled a lot today.  And yes, I can tell time, just so we are clear. ;)  I really think that it is important to let students see that even adults struggle with concepts and we all make mistakes.

Hopefully, the students will help me remember to blog at the end of the day before recess.

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

Leave me a comment here, email me or write a note if you looked at the blog tonight.  My email was on the brochure from Open House or when your child brought it home the 1st day.  

Please send your child's library card to school.  If they can't find it the library will issue them a new one for $1.  Bookmobile will be here every other Wednesday.

Thank you,

Mrs. M.

Dear Parents and Students:

Wow!! What great comments we are getting on our blog! We will all have to try to remember to keep this up everyday and all year.

I just have to say I have had a GREAT week!!!!!  Your children are so much fun and interesting.  It has been fun to get to know them.

Mrs. Matthies

Dear Parents:

We had a great 1st day!!!!!

We learned a lot in Reading and Language.  Some of us left and had new teachers and some students joined us from other rooms.

We finished our pennant and set our goals for the year.  Be sure to ask your child about their goal.

We also did a little math about ourselves.  Come in and check them out, they will be in the gym soon.

Today was P.E.  We have to remember to bring tennis shoes if we were our pretty sandals.

Keep up with us and watch our blog continue.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Matthies and the Third Grade Students

Dear Parents;

Hastings Community Projects brochures are due on Friday, May 10th.


SCIENCE SIMPLE MACHINES TEST TOMORROW WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH.

Study:
    definitions of all simple machines
    definitions of fulcrum, load etc. which describe parts of a simple machines
    be able to write and draw 2 types of simple machines


Keep practicing multiplication and division facts.  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9.

9 multiplication
The number in tens place in the answer is one number lower that what you are multiplying by 9 AND the answer will add to 9.


Eg.

  9              9
x5            x8
45            72



AR Quarter Party is on Friday, May 10th.  Students may bring one topping for ice cream to share with others.


Sadie, Jacob, Jack, Sam, Claire, Alex, Hailey and Grant have made the quarter party.

Alex, Claire, Sam, Grant, Sadie and  Hailey have made the end of the year party.


Mrs. Matthies

STUDY FOR MULTIPLICATION TEST TOMORROW, Thursday, May 2nd
       STUDY 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 7

Community Project Brochure
Checklist was given to students so they are aware of how their brochure would be graded.

Mrs. Matthies

ALL library books are due Monday, May 6th.

Math

• Practice giving change back from a dollar

Science
We are studying simple machines.  Study the following for a game tomorrow.

• Levers
• Wheels and Axels
• Inclined Planes

Jacob made the AR Quarter Party.
Mrs. Matthies

Math

• Practiced x's 3
• Measuring to 1/4 inches

Science

• We reviewed levers 
• Started to learn about wheels and axels

By Sam

Math Test

Science

• Simple machines
• Levers
• Hammer, jack, stapler, crowbar, teeter-totter

Hastings Community Project

• Started Research

By Grant

Math

• x's 3
• Practice x's 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 11

Library with Mrs. Pfiefer

• Mrs. Pfiefer read Thank You, Mr. Falker to us

Hastings Community Project

• Picked our sites
• Started our brochures
• Toured Hastings yesterday

Written By,

           Claire 

NeSa reading test today.


Hastings community project

• Great Depression
• Dust storm
• Crops not growing/drought
• Fischer fountain
• Chautauqua Park
• Tom Osborn
• John F. Kennedy-had a speech at Clark Hotel (Kensington)

Hailey made the end of the year AR party

By Taylin

Tomorrow we have a NeSa test in Reading

Tomorrow we also have a S.S. Government Test

Hastings Community Project

• We learned that the Denver and Burlington and R.R. crossed
• Also that Heartwell Park was named after the bank owner on Second St. and Lincoln St.
• The R.R. also divides the North and South in Hastings and Eastside Blvd. divides the east and west side of Hastings.

Thanks,  Elli

We had our NeSa Math Test today.

Hastings Community Project
John O'Conner biggest mystery of Adams County

• He hardly left his house
• Didn't talk to anyone
• After he died, people found out he was rich
• 400 people tried to claim his money
• He wasn't buried for 2 1/2 years
• There were 16 years of court cases to find a relative, one was never found.

Hailey

Math-

• We learned about arrays
• Remember to practice your multiplication

We had our NeSA test today


Hastings Community

• Borley Moving Company is the oldest business
• Fire downtown in 1870's
• Historical District
• Grasshopper Invasion
• South end of Hastings was South Street and North end was North Street now called 7th Street
• 1880-1890
• brick yards
• Victorian homes

Thanks,

Alex

Math

• Square Roots
• Difference Problems (How many more?)
• Counting by 1/4's

Library with Mrs. Pfiefer

• Read The Bee Tree by Patricia Polocco

History of Hastings

• Watched the DVD Connection to the Past
• Samuel and Harriet Alexander
• 1st mayor
• 1st store 
• 1st City Treasurer
• 1st Merchant
• Served at the First Presbyterian Church
• Lived at 7th and Lincoln the site of the 2nd home built.  Also, the site of Alexander Park (Behind Great Western Bank on 7th)
• His wife planted 5 acres of trees

The Class

Art -
Tissue paper eggs for spring.

The kids are really excited about picking their site for the Community Project.  It has been really fun talking and learning about the history of Hastings.  We have learned quite a lot.  We have talked a lot about why Hastings wanted to be the County Seat and have the Courthouse here.  We have also talked about how important the railroad was to any town on the praire.  It was very interesting to teach the kids about how you had to "go to town" to buy groceries, and how you didn't go to town very often if was far away.

We have also talked about the four brick factories in Hastings.  They were interested because some of the kids have visited Brickyard Park.

We will soon be talking about more of the parks, several different downtown buildings, and more about the streetcars that were in Hastings.

Mrs. Matthies

Math test today

In S.S we learned about 

• local government
• State government
• Federal Judicial 

We had a Tornado Drill

Hastings Community Project 

• We talked about the State rivers
• We had to have 3 questions about our community.

 From 

Sadie

Math

• We should be able to multiply by: 0, 1, 2, 7, 10, 11
• We are starting to learn 5's

Hastings

• Schools - Longfellow
• Brickyard Park
• Fire department
• Police station
• Courthouse

By Jacob

Students and Parents:
How many people are reading this blog?  Is this blog helpful to you?

The secret word is:  classroom

If your child comes to school and tells me the secret word they will receive a prize.

Mrs. Matthies

Today was Chess Tournament.

Breck won 9th place.

Math

We learned Celsius  Anders Celsius created it

Fahrenheit was created by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit

Hastings is the county seat today.  Juniata was the first county seat

Hailey made the 4 Quarter AR party.

Elli

Thursday

• Last day for pennies for Patients
• We watched  Hotel Transylvania for Pennies for Patients
• We collected $2,000
• The Red Team won the contest

Math

• We added numbers with decimals 
• example money

Social Studies

• Local Government
• mayor
• city council
• school board
• judges
• county boards

Thanks,

    Libby

Math
Learned about square roots

Library with Mrs. Pfiefer.
We doing an author study about Patricia Palocco.
She had dyslexia.
She lived with her grandparents her whole life.

Social Studies
We are learning about Hastings.  We are planning a field trip to Hastings in late April or early May.  We will need some parent volunteers.  I will send out notes.

We learned:

• What is at the Courthouse?
• Counties in Nebraska, we live in Adams County.
• When Hastings became a city - 1874
• Our license plate is number 14.
• Hastings is the county seat which means the courthouse is here.
• Hastings in the south central Nebraska

BRING YOUR INFORMATION FOR YOUR BROCHURE

1. BIRTH WEIGHT
2. BIRTH LENGTH
3. WHERE WERE (HOSPITAL OR TOWN) YOU BORN?

There were two things that students can look up tonight

1. When was John Adams president?  What number president was John Adams?
2. What were the first houses called in Nebraska?  They were called sod houses or what?

Alex made the quarter/end of the year party.

MRS. MATTHIES

We finished our movie for the AR party.

In math we pulled tiles out of a bag to figure out probability


In P.E. we used tennis rackets

Coming up on Wednesday
Caught being good.
Movie for Pennies for Patients if you had paid.

Claire made the end of the year party.

By Hailey

SCIENCE TEST ON THURSDAY

MAPS Test today

Coming Up:

Thursday the 14th Pennies for Patients starts.

Friday the 15th-AR party (eating nachos) 

     BRING YOUR OWN DRINK, IT MUST HAVE A LID

Monday the 18th Maps Testing.

Today in PE we played Castle with hula hoops.

By Taylin

Computer Class

Making a brochure about themselves.
Need information about weight, length, where they were born, etc.
They can bring a picture on a flash drive or send one to Mrs. Hadley to put in their brochure.

Science Test on Thursday.

Bring a treat for MAPS testing for Wednesday.

Mrs. M will not be here on Tuesday.  She has a meeting.


Mrs. Matthies

Today

• Art-Chinese Lantern
• Library checkout
• No PE

Next Week

• Science Test

AR Party

• Jack and Eric made the party

Played Prison Ball as a class with Mrs. Matthies (her favorite game)

Enjoy your break.
Good luck AC boys!

       By,
                Eric

    
  

Thursday:

• Wear white for State Basketball
• 12:00 dismissal no lunch

Friday:

• No School

Next Week:

• Science Test Study!

Today:

• We did reading Maps testing
• In the  RM4 language group we did Maps testing
• In music we played Juba Jive on our recorder

Taylin and Elli made the quarter A.R. party!!!!

         Written By,

                   Claire

Science

• Study vocab. words
• Volcanos, earthquakes
• Florida sinkhole

P.E

• Had at 10:45

Coming up

Wednesday -

• Maps testing
• Bookmobile

Thursday

• Dismissal 12:00
• No lunch

Friday

• No school

New people that have made the quarter AR party:

Sadie

Breck

Libby

By,

Grant

Happy Birthday Elli!

Math

• Math Assessment 
• Learned about Roman Numerals (1-31, 50, 100, 500, & 1,000)
• No homework

Science

• Worksheet 
• Please look at it with your child

Art

• Chinese Lantern for Chinese New Year that we missed on February 10th

No school Thursday the 28th & Friday March 1st

Reminder there will be 1/2 day next Thursday on March 7th.  Dismissal will be 12:00 with no lunch.

No school on Friday, March 8th.

The Class

 

AR

• 6 more days until AR party.  Points need to be made by March 7th.
• The class has decided to have nachos as their food.  We are not sure what we are going to watch.
• We have talked about how many points everyone has and how many we need to get.
• If students don't have their points they need to be reading picture books that are in their level OR above 3.6.  There are many books in those levels.

Science MAPS Testing Tomorrow at 10:30

Bring a snack so you are not hungry.

Get lots of sleep tonight.

Sam and Grant have made the AR party for 3rd quarter.  Yeah for you!

Mrs. Matthies

• Remember to bring back computer time line
• No school on February 21:) 
• There will be a decision made if we will have school on Friday
• You can reach Mrs. Lukow's blog site thru our own blog.  See the right hand side for the link.
• A lot of students finished their Cube Art project
• Music we sang spirituals 
• 
  
• Thanks, 
• Alex 

S.S.

• Test on Tuesday the 19th.

Math

• Fractional parts of a whole 1/6 of 1
• added Fractions 1/6+1/6=2/6

Reading

• Some students are collectively read Stone Fox
• In this book it talks about the Iditarod

Thank you,

Spencer

• Today we cleaned our desk's and the game shelf. 
• We went to Book Fair.  (we'll go on Wed. 10:15)
• Today Hailey made the A.R. party

Coming up:

S.S. test next Tuesday

Valentine's Party 10:30 on Wednesday

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES 

TUESDAY THE 12TH

4-7PM

CONFERENCES ARE STUDENT LED

Sam

 We had a substitute teacher today in 3rd grade. Her name was Mrs.O'Dey.
 We made a line graph in math.It was really FUN!!!
 One student in our class earned 7 points on a book.
 My classmates & me earned a magic trick today.



 Coming up: This month all the boys in our class have to dance with girls.
Another thing coming up:The spelling bee!!!






 Thanks,
Jackson  : )

Today we had our teacher Mrs.Matthies. We also had bookmobile today.
                        
Things that we did today:

• S.S. vocabulary
• Math subtraction test
• x2's (2x9=18)
• P.E (mats)

Alex and Claire made the AR party.

Thanks,

Sadie

We had a substitute teacher. Her name is Mrs.Wagner. We have not been SUPER GOOD today so we don't get to do the cube project. We made S.S. flip cards for our vocabulary words.

Coming up is the spelling bee.

Thanks,
Breck

• We built AR chains/calendars so we know how many points we have for the AR party.
• There was a Student Council meeting today.

      Coming  up

1. Spelling Bee February 13th
2. Valentines Party 10:30a.m.-boxes need to be here for the party.

Thanks,
Blake

Today was an exciting day.  The students started their blog.  Every day someone in the class will write about what we did today and what is coming up.  Mrs. Matthies will help with a list but students will be able to add appropriate items also.  Please check out our blog every night if able or every couple days.
Thanks,
Mrs. Matthies
Who will be our official blogger tomorrow?  Come back to find out!

Dear Parents:
The 3rd Graders are going to start keeping a blog about what they are doing in the classroom.  There will be updates on homework and tests.  Please check throughout the week.
Mrs. Matthies