Thursday, January 25, 2018

Thursday, January 25, 2018 Congratulations to our Battle of the Books participants Cora, Julia, Lucas and Sage! They represented Room 177 with grace and courtesy Wednesday morning. The students all worked hard for several months reading the books on the list, memorizing the authors and book titles, and practicing sample questions. Thank you to Mrs. Harth, our wonderful librarian, who helped prepare them for the battle. We are proud of all our battlers! It is cold outside and we want your children to enjoy recess! We go out until the temperature reaches -10 degrees, so in order for your child to stay warm they need hats, gloves, snow pants, coat, and maybe a facemask. Thanks! Our next scheduled field trips are Thursday, February 8 and 15. On Thursday, February 8 we will be walking to the Alaska Performing Arts Center to see Alaska Junior Theater’s “Anatomy of a Piano” We will leave the school at about 11:00 a.m. and will return to school at about 1:15 p.m. On Thursday, February 15 we will be taking private vehicles to Jewel Lake for the Ice Fishing Jamboree put on by Fish and Game. Students will need to be bundled up for this one, but all the fishing gear is provided. We will leave the school at 9:15 a.m. and return about 11:45 a.m. These trips should be a lot of fun! I have sent permission slips for both trips in today’s folder. Please return them as soon as possible. This week the students have been studying geometry, commas, practicing math facts and operations, reading, writing friendly letters, learning about prepositions, journaling, vocabulary, reading comprehension and activities, and more. It has been a busy and wonderful week! If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org of call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer

Thursday, January 18, 2017 Next week, January 22-26, is the Great Kindness Challenge! I have included a checklist in the homework packet that your family can work on together. This is the website where you can download the family challenge: https://thegreatkindnesschallenge.com/familychecklist/ We have a school checklist that we will be working on as well. A little kindness can go a long way and it is always a good thing to practice. Thanks! On Wednesday, February 7th we will have a visiting guest in our room! From 12:40-1:25 a flying squirrel will visit us from the Alaska Zoo. The students will learn all about the flying squirrel. It should be a fun learning experience! This week the students have been studying math facts, classification, spelling, penmanship, problem solving in math, practicing math operations, reading, writing friendly letters, pronouns, journaling, geometry, reading comprehension and activities, measurement, beginning out fundamental needs of humans work and more. It has been a busy and wonderful week! If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org of call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018 Dear Parents, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a healthy and happy holiday season. The students seem eager to be back and are resuming their working routines. I’m looking forward to a great second semester! I have sent second quarter report cards home in today’s folder. I met with all the students before the break and had them evaluate their own behavior marks. I was impressed how self-aware and honest the students were with their assessments. Please take a few moments to talk with your child to celebrate his or her accomplishments and discuss some areas he or she needs to improve. Teaching your children how to set goals is an important tool and gift that you can give them. I sent homework for this Friday’s spelling test on Monday and we have been working on them in the classroom as well. I have attached a copy of these words to the back of this newsletter. This is a list of words that all students should be able to spell every time they write by the end of third grade. I have given them to everyone so they can see where they are at this time. These are also great words to practice reading quickly to improve their reading speed and accuracy. I have next week’s homework in today’s folder. This week the students have been studying pronouns, geometry, graphing, practicing math facts, reading, writing friendly letters, journaling, learning about the scientific method, reading comprehension and activities, measurement, penmanship, and more. It is great to be back working with your children! Remember that there is no school on Monday, January 15 due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org of call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer