Ashley Chambless
Weekly "Newsletter" From Mrs. Chambless
It’s Fun Run Week!
Our Fun Run will take place this Wednesday morning from 9:30–10:30am for students in 1st–3rd grade. Students will receive their Fun Run shirts that morning and may change at school or wear their shirt over the clothing they arrive in. Please make sure your student brings a water bottle and wears tennis shoes for the event.
In reading, we have officially begun our Animal Classification Unit! Students will be learning how scientists classify animals and exploring the characteristics of different animal groups. In science, we will be wrapping up our Forces Unit this week before transitioning into our animal unit next week. We are looking forward to an exciting few weeks of learning about animals!
We will also be celebrating our class rewards throughout the week:
- Monday: Jersey Day, Hat Day & Wacky Socks
- Tuesday: Crazy Hair Day
- Wednesday: Fun Run, Movie in Class, Stuffie Day & Game Time (board or card games only; no electronics)
- Friday: PJ Day
Looking forward to an exciting week in 3rd Grade!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- Parents please connect to our Class Dojo- this is how to monitor your students behavior (positive and negative)
- Please send your student to school with a filled water bottle as well as a couple healthy snacks for the day. Reminder that we are a nut-free classroom.
- Colorado weather changes hourly so please pack your student appropriate attire for the day.
- We will have PE every Wednesday - and some Fridays. Please have your student wear tennis shoes for those days.
- Library day is Tuesday
UPCOMING:
9/8 - 9/16: Boosterthon!
9/16: Fun Run @ 9:30am
9/21: No School - Professional Development
9/25: Dress of Choice
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math | Homework Due |
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| Reading |
Spelling List 2.1
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Practice Spelling &
Read your AR book
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Practice Spelling & Read your AR book
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Practice Spelling &
Read your AR book
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Spelling Test 2.1
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Language Arts:
This week students will be working on identifying parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). Students will focus on identifying these in simple sentences before we move onto compound sentences.
Homeroom Read Aloud: Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Reading:
CKLA Unit: Animal Classification
Reading Skills: Non-Fiction Features, Author's Purpose, Compare/Contrast, and Main Idea
CKLA Read Aloud: Rattenborough's Guide to Animals
Spelling: -ed/-ing endings (with doubling for some)
This week students will start the week by identifying the importance of Non-Fiction Features in texts. We will use the student reader to identify and help us understand why these are important to readers! We will focus on the reading skills listed above while also learning about groups of animals! Last but most important, spelling lists start this week! Students will bring home their lists on Monday and the spelling test will be due on Friday!
Math:
Module 2:
We completed our first test on Friday! Now onto Module 2!
Lessons we will cover this week :
Homework this week:
History/Science:
Science: Investigating Forces
Students will learn the following about forces: Magnetism is a Force and Solving Problems with Magnets. We will task our Forces and Motion test on Thursday, September 17th! Please make sure your student is studying at home, there is a study guide attached here to my website!
Daily Schedule - 3rd Grade
| Time | Subject |
| 8:00-8:20am | Unpack & Morning Work |
| 8:20-9:00am | CKLA (Grammar/Writing) |
| 8:45-9:00am | Handwriting |
| 9:00-9:25am | W.I.N Time & Intervention |
| 9:30-10:00am | Math Block 1 (Skills Group) |
| 10:05-10:45am | Specials |
| 10:50-11:25am | Math Block 2 (Skills Group) |
| 11:30am-12:10pm | Lunch/Recess |
| 12:15-12:30pm | SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) |
| 12:35-1:30pm | CKLA Reading (Skills Group) |
| 1:35-2:15pm | STEAM |
| 2:20-2:40pm | Recess |
| 2:45-3:25pm | History/Science |
| 3:25-3:30pm | Pack Up/Dismissal |
SPECIALS Schedule:
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Mon | Character Education |
| Tues | Library | |
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Wed |
PE | |
| Thurs |
Spanish |
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| Fri | Rotates through M/T/W/TH |
same for a whole week
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Red Week | Music |
| Orange Week | Tech | |
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Green Week |
Art | |
| Blue Week | Stem | |
Meet Mrs. Chambless
I am in my 19th year teaching, TENTH year at AVA! LOVE it here! I have taught kindergarten, 2nd and 3rd. I am a Colorado native and love being with my family. My husband, Matt, works as a specialist for Douglas County School District... we are a teaching family! I have a sophomore in college, Allikaye, who attends Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. I also have twins in eighth grade, Kai and Cambria. We are a busy family and like it that way! We are out playing sports, hiking, traveling, camping, and love being outdoors... Colorado living... especially living in the pines in Larkspur! I love coffee, reading, rainbow colors, smiley faces, and donuts! This is going to be a great year! Thank you for sharing your sweet children with me!!
