Project Linus

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 Emma, Adrina and I were able to visit yesterday afternoon to hang out while the students worked on blankets for Project Linus. Emma enjoyed coloring by Peyton and sitting by Aidan. She was also very proud to show off her baby sister!

Adrina Lynn is Here!

Adrina Lynn Steinbrink is here!

She was born Tuesday, November 13, 2012 @ 11:37 pm.

Her big sister Emma is so proud and loves her so much!

We are enjoying our time at home and I will return mid-January to the classroom!

Turkeys in Disguise

Dear 3rd Grade Families:

We need your help!  Yesterday, I sent home a letter along with a turkey and a piece of writing paper. Help this turkey make it safely past Thanksgiving this year by disguising him so that people will NOT eat him. 
Turkeys that have made it through in past years have been dressed like ballerinas, hula dancers, football players, Elvis, and much more!  Please have fun and BE CREATIVE!!
You may use anything you can think of to decorate your turkey. Turkeys in the past have been decorated with crayons, macaroni, craft feathers, tissue paper, dried beans, rice, clothes, and shoes cut from newspaper ads, ribbon, felt, tinfoil, etc.

Please follow these directions when disguising your turkey:

1. Cut out the turkey!
2. Decide how you will disguise your turkey and have fun!!
3. Write an 8-10 sentence paragraph on the attached paper (or typed on the computer) about how your turkey's disguise will convince someone to NOT cook him for Thanksgiving dinner.
4. Return to school by: November 16, 2012! However the faster you bring him back, the faster the rest of school will see them above your locker!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fireman Presentation-THANK YOU WEST FARGO FIRE DEPARTMENT!

On Tuesday, the West Fargo Fire Department visited our class!  We were able to watch a video, review what we have learned in the past years, ask lots of questions, and best of all--see the firefighters in uniform!

 

Here are a few pictures from our afternoon presentation!

Fall Party

Tomorrow we have a busy day in 3rd grade! We will be taking Reading Part 3 of the North Dakota State Assessment (today we took reading part 2) as well as having a visit from the Counselor, Mrs. Albrecht and celebrating our Fall party!  Thank you to all of the parents who volunteer their time and food for our spider craft!  Our class greatly appreciates it!

Today we took Reading Part 2 of the state assessment and we have some City of West Fargo firefighters coming to do a fire presentation this afternoon!  I hope to upload some pictures of Miss Argall's class and ours as we will be viewing this presentation together!

Happy early Halloween!

NDSA Testing

Congratulations! Your child has completed Reading Part 1 of NDSA (North Dakota State Assessment)!  3rd grade is the first year they take that assessment so it was a brand new thing for them.  Every 3rd grader in North Dakota is taking this test! Over the course of the next few weeks we will be taking a different part of the test every few days.  They did a great job today! 

Parent Teacher Conferences

A HUGE thank you to all of the parents and students who attended parent teacher conferences! It was so nice to meet each of you, hear your concerns, and share what we've been learning so far in 3rd grade!  I truly love teaching your 3rd graders everyday and look forward to all of the new learning that is happening!

Mrs. Joyce has hired a long-term substitute teacher for my maternity leave who has tons of experience--across a wide range of grade levels and specialty areas!  I'm very excited to have her work with our class during the time that I am away with the new baby!  My hope is to have her meet the class sometime before baby is born!

Please feel free to contact me if any conversations came up after conferences that you want to know more about!

Thanks for trusting me in the care and teaching of your children!