Music Field Trip

I was recently made aware of an amazing opportunity for our students and I’m so excited to share it with you!

The Kansas City Orchestra often plays concerts for students.  On April 22nd, however, they will present a concert in which our students can play recorders and participate WITH the Orchestra!

The cost for all students (and adults) for this trip is $5 per ticket. That cost will include a recorder for each student and a workbook, as well as the concert. The adult cost covers the event only.  Students will learn during third quarter music classes how to play recorders in preparation for this event.

Students should bring their $5 directly to their classroom teachers and the teachers will pass it along to me. All money (including adult tickets) should be paid by Wednesday, December 4^th.  

I so wish we had known about this opportunity earlier so that we could have planned accordingly, but I hope you’ll agree that this will be a very fun experience for our kids.  Thanks so much for your patience with me!

Feel free to email me directly at bbayless@grainvalley.k12.mo.us with any questions.

Thank you!

Becki Bayless

What is happening in 3rd grade?

Students loved visiting the library. It was a great experience. 

Social Studies/Science:

We are finishing up our foot island project which focused on map skills.We are starting a new unit in Science. The unit will focus on plants and animals. This unit will help students prepare for the EarthWorks field trip. 

Math:

We will be assessing students on 3-digit addition, 3-digit subtraction with borrowing, rounding/estimation, and word problems this week. 

Writing:

Students will have their first personal narrative published this week.

Reading:

In reading we are continuing to analyze characters. 

Here are a few tidbits:

           

             Picture Day is today!

2        Reading minutes are due…Please add up the total minutes on monthly calendar of planner and include your signature!

3        Field Trip permission form will be coming home.  This slip is for all upcoming field trips!

Upcoming Dates:

 October 2^nd – Picture Day including class pictures

October 5^th – Homecoming Parade 10:00 am

October 9^th – Two Hour late Start

October 9^th – Sonic Night 5:00 – 8:00 pm

October 10^th – Papa John’s Night

October 11^th  – End of 1^st Quarter

October 21^st -23^rd – Red Ribbon Week

October 22^nd – Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 to 8:00 pm

October 24^th – Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:30 am – 6:30 pm

October 24^th & 25^th – NO School

November 1^st – Fall Parties in afternoon

November 5^th – Two Hour Late Start

November 6^th – Picture Retakes

November 11^th – Veterans Day Assembly 2:30 pm in the gym

November 13^th – Muffins with Mom 8:00 am in the commons

November 14^th – Papa John’s Night

November 15^th – Midterms

Weekly Information from Stony Point Elementary

Information from Stony Point Elementary 

Reminder:  Remember to sign in your students in the front office if they are tardy or coming in late.  They will also need to get a pass to go to class to give to the teacher.

Thank you.

Upcoming Dates 

October 2^nd – Picture Day including class pictures

October 5^th – Homecoming Parade 10:00 am

October 9^th – Two Hour late Start

October 9^th – Sonic Night 5:00 – 8:00pm

October 10^th – Papa John’s Night

October 11^th  – End of 1^st Quarter

October 21^st -23^rd – Red Ribbon Week

October 22^nd – Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 to 8:00pm

October 24^th – Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:30am – 6:30pm

October 24^th & 25^th – NO School

November 1^st – Fall Parties in afternoon

Carnival

I hope everyone enjoyed the school carnival on Saturday. It was a great success. Many students came and enjoyed the numerous games and activities.

Mid-terms went home on Friday.

Currently we are working on writing personal narratives. Students are working on narrowing topics and drafting their stories. We will be focusing on show not tell details in a story. In reading we are working on asking questions and making predictions based on evidence from the text that is sited in their response in their notebooks. In social studies we are working on reading and understanding maps. In math we are working on addition, subtraction with borrowing, word problems, and rounding.

What students are reading at home, they can also be reading at school. This will help students focus on one book at a time and really get into the book.

Curriculum Night

We are excited to see you at Curriculum Night. I hope you can attend.