Monday, April 26th, 2021

Coming Soon…

Monday, 4/26

  • Some students return to in-person learning while others will stay remote.
  • Special Class: Media Technology

Tuesday, 4/27

  • Special Class: Media Technology

Wednesday, 4/28

  • Remote Wednesday

Thursday, 4/29

  • Special Class: Media Technology

Friday, 4/30

  • Special Class: Media Technology

In-Person & Remote Students

Dear Third Grade Families,

On Monday, April 26th, the teachers will begin teaching remote students and in-person students at the same time.

In-Person Students

In-person students should be attending in-person unless they are unable due to being a close contact, he/she is unable to pass the daily covid screener, or he/she has tested positive for Covid 19. If an in-person student is affected by Covid, he/she is not allowed to attend in-person school. As a result, the student may attend remotely. For example, a child wakes up and has a sore throat and a runny nose. This child would not be able to pass the daily covid screener and would need to stay home. However, he/she is allowed to join remotely for the day. 

Remote Students

Remote students will be expected to join multiple zooms throughout the day for instruction. Unfortunately, teachers are unable to reteach a lesson if a remote student is late to join the zoom. Remote students may rejoin the in-person students IF the positive testing rate is 7.5% or under for 7 consecutive days per Dr. Tafelski’s spreadsheet.

If you have signed your child up for Remote or your child is unable to attend In-Person Instruction due to Covid impact, the Third Grade remote schedule for this week is as follows:

Remote Schedule for 4/26-4/30

  • 8:30am Morning Check In Question
  • 8:40am Morning Work
  • 9:10am Reading Zoom
  • 10:10am Recess: Go outside if possible. Screen Break!
  • 10:35am Math Zoom
  • 11:00 Special Class
  • 11:45am Afternoon Check In Question
  • 12:00pm Math Zoom
  • 12:55-1:35Lunch
  • 1:35pm Test Practice Strategies Zoom
  • 2:10pm Clean up your “classroom” at home.
  • 2:30-3:00 Recess: Go outside if possible. Screen Break!

Thank you for your patience while we figure out this new way of teaching and learning.

Mrs. Guyot

Mrs. Kalis

Mrs. Warneck


Daily Covid Screener for Students

COVID-19 SCREENING TOOL FOR FAMILIES-FEBRUARY 2021

IsolationQuarantineFAQ


Reading Focus Wall

Our reading story for the week will be “Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves”.

We will have a vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz on Friday, April 30th.


Math

We have started learning about Area and Perimeter.

Big Idea: Exploring, understanding, and analyzing the relationship between units that are used to find area and perimeter of figures are the main focuses of this chapter.

  • Understand the meaning of area.
  • Use square units to find the area of plane figures made of squares and half squares.
  • Compare areas of plane figures and make plane figures of the same area.
  • Use square centimeter and square inch to find and compare the area of figures.
  • Use square meters and square feet to find and compare the area of plane figures.
  • Estimate the area of small and large surfaces.
  • Understand the meaning of perimeter.
  • Compare the area and perimeter of two figures.
  • Find the area of figures to solve real-world problems.
  • Find the perimeter of a figure by adding up all its sides.
  • Choose the appropriate tool and units of length to measure perimeter.
  • ​Measure the perimeter of surfaces of objects and places. ​
Vocabulary: area, square units, square centimeter, square inch, square meter, square foot, perimeter

Monday, April 19th, 2021

Reading Focus Wall

Our reading story for the week will be “The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman”.

We will have a vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz on Friday, April 23rd.


M-STEP Opt Out

Please read the following message from Mr. Zielinski…

Good morning Arno families, now that there is a plan of return (more info to come soon), we turn our attention to the state test- MSTEP.  Althought the state did apply for a waiver, the U.S. Dept. Of Ed denied that, which means we have to test.  However, the 95% participation requirement was dropped, which means we can offer an opt out option to our families.  The link for the form is below and should only be filled out if you intend to have your child opted out of the MSTEP this spring (dates below).  This same form should be used for both in person and virtual students.  Please be aware that in order to provide an appropriate testing environment, any student that is opted out must remain home on the identified day of testing for their grade level.  Please read the form carefully before submitting. this form is due no later than April 20 for planning purposes.

 

http://bit.ly/Arnooptout

 

Dates for this year’s MSTEP Virtual/Remote students who intend to test, should report to Arno at 9:00 on the dates listed below. 

May 4- 5th grade SS

May 4- 4th grade ELA

May 4- 3rd grade Math

May 6- 5th grade Science

May 10- 5th grade Math

May 11- 3rd grade ELA

May 11- 4th gade Math

May 13- 5th grade ELA

 

Thank you

Steve Zielinski, Principal


Weekly Schedule

Please click on the link to view our weekly schedule for this week.

Third Grade Schedule – 4_19_21


Math

We have been working on “2-D Shapes”.

We will complete a practice test together on Wednesday and we will have our Math Test on Thursday.

In this math unit students have learned how to…

  • describe plane shapes
  • describe angles in plane shapes
  • identify polygons
  • describe sides of polygons
  • classify quadrilaterals
  • describe triangles
  • classify plane shapes by problem solving
  • classify polygons
  • identify congruent figures after sliding, flipping, and turning them
  • identify and draw a line of symmetry
  • identify line symmetry in figures

Monday, April 12th, 2021

Reading

Our reading story for the week will be “The Journey: Stories of Migration”.

We will have a vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz on Friday, April 16th.


Math

We have been working on “2-D Shapes”.

In this math unit students will learn how to…

  • describe plane shapes
  • describe angles in plane shapes
  • identify polygons
  • describe sides of polygons
  • classify quadrilaterals
  • describe triangles
  • classify plane shapes by problem solving
  • classify polygons
  • identify congruent figures after sliding, flipping, and turning them
  • identify and draw a line of symmetry
  • identify line symmetry in figures

Schedule

Please see below for the remote schedule for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I have not made a Thursday and Friday remote schedule yet. I am waiting on direction from the district to find out if we will be remote or in-person this Thursday and Friday.

Third Grade Schedule – 4_12_21


Collections

Third Grade is collecting the following recycled materials:

  • Clear empty plastic peanut butter jars with lids
  • Empty cereal boxes
  • Empty egg cartons
  • Plastic lids/caps

Thank you for your donations!

Monday, April 5th, 2021

Remote Learning

Due to the positivity rate being about 7.5% for over 7 consecutive days, we are back to remote learning. Hopefully, this will be short and we can get back in the classroom!

During our time on remote learning, we will meet daily on Zoom and use Google Classroom to access our school work. Here is a copy of this week’s schedule: Third Grade Schedule – 4_5_21

Our special class this week is Physical Education or Gym. Mrs. Smalley will be hosting LIVE classes unless otherwise noted on the Special Class Google Classroom. Please see the Special Class Google Classroom for Mrs. Smalley’s Zoom or Meets link.


Reading Focus Wall

Our reading story for the week will be “Sarah, Plain and Tall”.

We will have a vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz on Friday, April 9th.


Math

We have been working on “Telling Time”. We will complete a practice test on Monday, 4/5. Our math test will be on Tuesday, 4/6.

In this math unit we have…

  • measured time in hours.
  • measured time in minutes.
  • converted minutes to hours.
  • converted hours to minutes.
  • calculated elapsed time.

Our next math unit will be on “2-D Shapes”.