Hello and welcome to Third Grade!
This is my tenth year with our wonderful group of educators. Over the years, I have worked with students from pre-K up to 3rd grade. I earned my BA from the University of MN, and am nearly finished with graduate work at Hamline University. I've learned so much while in college classrooms, but I've gained as much, if not more, from working in a community filled with knowledgeable, passionate, hard-working people who are so committed to teaching our students.
When I'm not working, I love doing projects around my house and reading. My favorite thing to do is spending time with my family and friends. My husband and two daughters and I like going to movies and cooking together. We like experimenting to see what we can get to grow in our garden and we love to relax at our cabin on Lake Superior. Wherever we spend our time, we always have our dogs, Scarlet and Chewie, along for the ride.
I'm so excited to see where this year takes us! I value every chance to teach and to learn from everyone in the community of room 245.
Week of November 18, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we will begin a new unit. This week we are going to be looking at a variety of strategies to help with adding and subtracting larger numbers. We will have homework each night.
Language Arts:
We will continue reading a variety of folktales and fables and discussing them. We are also going to keep working with past tense and irregular verbs as well as similes. We will be focusing a lot this week on how to sequence a story and how to find the central message or moral of the stories we read.
We are finished with spelling for the trimester. We will begin spelling words and tests again once we start our new trimester later this month.
Science:
This week in science we are going to begin our weather unit. To start out, we will be looking at how water affects weather and we’ll briefly go over the water cycle.
Social Studies:
We will start a new chapter this week. This chapter is about native people in our country and the explorers who came and settled here.
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
This is the last week for our Hegge’s Pizza fundraiser. Order forms and cash are due on Nov. 21st
Nov. 21st Dress Like a Teacher Day
Nov. 22nd no school (grading day)
Nov. 25th -27th no school (Thanksgiving Break)
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clown |
flower |
however |
meow |
arrive |
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cloud |
brown |
towel |
shout |
confuse |
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crown |
sound |
trout |
about |
downspout |
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flour |
mouth |
around |
smile |
allowance |
Week of November 4, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we will continue some work on a variety of multi-step story problems. We will be working on figuring out whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide, based on how the problems are worded. We will also be practicing using arrays in multiplication. Our goal is to take our unit test either late this week or early next week.
Language Arts:
We will build off of what we did last week with reading a variety of folktales and fables and discussing them. We will be working to form opinions about who we found to be the most vivid characters in the stories and provide reasons for our opinions.
We have our 8th week of spelling words this week. As usual, we will get some time in class to practice words, but students should be practicing a few words each night so they are ready for our test on Friday.
Science:
This week in science we are going to wrap up our unit where we explored electricity and magnetism. In this unit we have learned about how electric charges move and how magnetic poles and fields affect them.
Social Studies:
We will continue learning about different natural resources found all over the world, how to protect those resources and how we interact with our environment. We will be taking a test on this chapter either late this week or early next week.
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Nov. 7th Picture Retake Day
Nov. 21st Dress Like a Teacher Day
Nov. 22nd no school (grading day)
Nov. 25th -27th no school (Thanksgiving Break)
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toys |
boy |
soil |
voyage |
rescue |
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annoy |
broil |
destroy |
coins |
computer |
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point |
joyful |
loyal |
voice |
enjoyable |
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noise |
join |
avoid |
fruit |
poisonous |
Week of October 28, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we will continue some work on a variety of story problems and then progress in to multi-step story problems. We will be working on figuring out whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide, based on how the problems are worded. We will also be learning some multiplication by 0’s and 1’s as well as practicing using arrays in multiplication.
Language Arts:
We will get continue to read some fables where we will practice finding out the moral of the story and we’ll practice finding story elements such as characters, setting, problem, solution. We will also be working on comparing and contrasting some stories we read as well as forming opinions of what we read.
We have our 7th week of spelling words this week. As usual, we will get some time in class to practice words, but students should be practicing a few words each night so they are ready for our test on Friday.
Science:
This week in science we are going to start a new unit where we will explore electricity and magnetism. In this unit we will learn about how electric charges move and how magnetic poles and fields affect them.
Social Studies:
We will continue learning about different types of landforms found all over the world as well as different types of regions and climates found in the United States. We have been practicing memorizing all the continents and oceans of the world, too!
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Oct. 29 – Bingo for Books (after school)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 – Book Fair (students who choose to bring in money will go on Wed. Oct. 30)
Oct. 30– Parent Teacher Conferences (after school)
Oct. 31 – Super Hero & Animal Day (free dress)
Nov. 1 – no school due to Parent Teacher Conferences
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smile |
plate |
flame |
beware |
option |
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note |
arrive |
rose |
confuse |
lollipop |
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skate |
globe |
white |
become |
extreme |
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cube |
stripe |
pancake |
though |
escape |
Week of October 21, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we are going to be doing a little review before taking our unit 1 math test. After that we will begin some work on a variety of story problems and then progress in to multi-step story problems. We will be working on figuring out whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide, based on how the problems are worded.
Language Arts:
We will be starting a new unit in our reading curriculum this week. We will get into some fiction and read some fables where we will practice finding out the moral of the story and we’ll practice finding story elements such as characters, setting, problem, solution.
We have our 6th week of spelling words this week. As usual, we will get some time in class to practice words, but students should be practicing a few words each night so they are ready for our test on Friday.
Science:
This week in science we are going to start a new unit where we will explore electricity and magnetism. In this unit we will learn about how electric charges move and how magnetic poles and fields affect them.
Social Studies:
We will continue learning about different types of landforms found all over the world as well as different types of regions and climates found in the United States. We have been practicing memorizing all the continents and oceans of the world, too!
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Oct. 29 – Bingo for Books (after school)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 – Book Fair
Oct. 30– Parent Teacher Conferences (after school)
Oct. 31 – Super Hero & Animal Day (free dress)
Nov. 1 – no school due to Parent Teacher Conferences
Week of October 14, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we are going to be doing a little more work with division and multiplication strategies. We will also be learning a bit about mass, or weight, of objects and use what we learn to go over some story problems. We will review for our first unit test, and if we have time, we’ll get started on taking the test. If not, we’ll review after our long weekend before we take the test.
Language Arts:
In Language Arts this week, we are going to be taking all we have learned so far to work on writing some paragraphs independently. We started these last week, but this week we’ll finish editing them and getting our final drafts written. We will also be reviewing verb tenses and learn the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.
Because of the short week, we will not have a spelling test this week. We’ll pick back up next week!
Science:
We’re almost finished with our first unit in Science. We’ve been learning all about force and motion. Students have been learning about what it takes for an object to move and how objects can move differently.
Social Studies:
We will continue learning about different types of landforms found all over the world as well as different types of regions and climates found in the United States. We have been practicing memorizing all the continents and oceans of the world, too!
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Oct. 16 - Unity Day
Oct. 17- Friday Oct. 18 – No school MEA Break
Oct. 29 – Bingo for Books (after school)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 – Book Fair
Oct. 30– Parent Teacher Conferences (after school)
Oct. 31 – Super Hero & Animal Day (free dress)
Nov. 1 – no school due to Parent Teacher Conferences
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fruit |
cute |
mule |
stool |
few |
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rules |
new |
knew |
bedroom |
musical |
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rescue |
spoon |
computer |
moon |
perfume |
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height |
silent |
reply |
barbeque |
suitcase |
Week of October 7, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we are going to be doing a little more work with how to read a bar graph. We will also be learning more about time and elapsed time as well as beginning some multiplication and division. We will be looking at lots of different strategies in an effort to make it a little easier to learn.
We will have math homework each night.
Language Arts:
In Language Arts this week, we are going to do some more work with reading nonfiction, or informative texts. We are going to keep reading about animals. We will continue working on how to compare and contrast different texts and how to find main idea and details in a text. We’ll be taking all we have learned so far to work on writing some paragraphs independently. We will also be reviewing verb tenses and learn the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.
We are on week 5 for our spelling words. Students will be sent home with a spelling list each Monday. I will post the spelling list to our web page as well. We will take our spelling test on Friday. Students will have some time at school to practice words, but they are encouraged to practice a few words each night at home as well in order to learn them all!
Science:
We’re almost finished with our first unit in Science. We’ve been learning all about force and motion. Students have been learning about what it takes for an object to move and how objects can move differently.
Social Studies:
We will begin a new chapter this week in Social Studies. Students will be learning about different types of landforms found all over the world as well as different types of regions and climates found in the United States.
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Oct. 8- Grandparent Breakfast
Oct. 16 - Unity Day
Oct. 17- Friday Oct. 18 – No school MEA Break
Oct. 29 – Bingo for Books (after school)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 – Book Fair
Oct. 30 – Parent Teacher Conferences (after school)
Oct. 31 – Super Hero & Animal Day (free dress)
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coach |
frog |
though |
vote |
block |
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sold |
hollow |
own |
fossil |
cocoa |
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olive |
option |
stone |
lollipop |
oatmeal |
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sentence |
reading |
bread |
telephone |
octagon |
Week of September 30, 2024
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead:
Math:
This week in math we are going to begin work with our math curriculum. We’ll go over some work with telling time, place value, rounding, and basic math fact practice. We will also practice how to use a number grid to help us add and subtract larger numbers.
We will have math homework each night.
Language Arts:
In Language Arts this week, we are going to do some more work with reading nonfiction, or informative texts. We are going to keep reading about animals. We will go over how to compare and contrast different texts and how to find main idea and details in a text. We will also be going over verb tenses and learn the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.
We are on week 4 for our spelling words. Students will be sent home with a spelling list each Monday. I will post the spelling list to our web page as well. We will take our spelling test on Friday. Students will have some time at school to practice words, but they are encouraged to practice a few words each night at home as well in order to learn them all!
Science:
Our first unit in Science is all about force and motion. Students will be learning about what it takes for an object to move and how objects can move differently.
Social Studies:
We will continue to learn about communities in our first Social Studies chapter. This week we are going to go over how to read a map, review what we’ve learned throughout this chapter, and take our chapter 1 test.
Upcoming School Events:
We have Fitness every Monday and Wednesday. Please be sure to send students to school with tennis shoes so they can participate!
Thursday, Oct. 3 – Picture Day (free dress day)
