Book Orders: October 8

Book order catalogs from Scholastic will came home Monday. They will be due back on October 8. You can preview the available books or order early online by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and typing in our special class-code at GVM96. Online orders also earn free books for the classroom so I encourage you to order online if you can.

Math At Home

There are a lot of GREAT online resources connected to our new math program and you can access it at home. Go to the LIBRARY section:

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ 
Username: thirdgrader
Password: mathisfun

Fruits and Vegetables

Glacier Valley has received a grant to distribute a daily fruit and vegetable snack to students for the 2012 - 2013 school year. We hope that GV students will learn how to eat better and will discover new foods that they can enjoy throughout their lives. Students can bring their own snack or enjoy the one we provide.

Water Water Water

Recent studies say that students need more water for their brains to work. Hydration is key to student success. So, this month our class is experimenting with having water-bottles full-time on our desks. With better water access, we are hoping for better learning.

Kaaaa-rat-ay Chop Those Sentences

As we've worked on learning sentence structure, we've had a special guest at school to help us. Mr. Sensei loves to chop sentences into their Subject (noun - Who? or What?) and Predicate (verb ~ What happened?) This is an important concept to help students learn how to identify complete sentences and place proper punctuation. Mr. Sensei was a surprising motivator for helping students understand this complex concept. Ask your child to karate chop a sentence for you at home.

Alaska Shirt Company

The Juneau location of the Alaska Shirt Company is a huge supporter of my classroom each year. They donate prizes for our prize boxes, hats for our students, and supplies for learning. They have informed me that this Saturday (September 22) is the BIG, final markdown sale that they have at the end of each tourist season. The sale starts at 8:00 a.m.

If you have never been to this event, it is a MUST! They have great prices and fun stock to choose from.

As you check-out, please thank them for supporting our school.