Mrs. Y's 3rd grade

Healthy breakfast – research has shown us for years that students who eat a healthy breakfast do better in school. They are able to focus better and for longer periods of time. Our brain needs good food to do its best work.

• Plenty of rest – children need about 10 hours of solid sleep each night. Spring is a difficult time for this as longer days and more activities tend to keep students up later. (You can tell them the principal said theyneed to go to bed!)

• Support and encouragement. Your confidence in them translates into their confidence in themselves. They’ll do better when they know they can!

• Remind them that while these tests are important, they will not negatively affect them. I have heard students worry aloud that they will be held back in their grade if they don’t pass, or they won’t get into college if they don’t do well. These tests help us know how we are doing as a school and the results are useful in planning

Again our wonderful Sandburg/DCS PTA is sponsoring and helping fund the third grade swim program.

Here are our 3rd grade swim dates at Juanita Pool they are May 11 ,14, 15, 17, 18, 21 ,22, 24, 25 ,and 31. No Wednesdays. 10 lessons. I can’t wait until the warmer weather comes!

Dear
Parent,

I am
pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our classroom
this year. IXL is a comprehensive math practice site with an unlimited number
of math practice questions in hundreds of skills — all of which are aligned to state
standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it
from home, so you have a chance to see your child’s progress!

To get
your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:

1. Go
   to www.IXL.com

1. Enter
   your child’s username and password in the top right-hand corner and click Sign in.

   (Note: If the username and password are not listed below, they will be provided
   separately.)

Username___first name last name 117
(no spaces,no caps)    __________________

Password_Yamamoto1____________________

1. Navigate
   to your child’s grade level.

1. Find
   a skill to practice by doing one of the following:

• Select
  a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can place your mouse
  over any skill to see a sample question and click on the link to begin.
• Click
  on the Awards tab. Each grade level has
  an embedded game board with challenges for your child to conquer and virtual
  prizes to be uncovered. Place your mouse over any challenge to begin.

In
addition to making math practice exciting, IXL is designed to help your child
learn at his or her own pace. The website is adaptive and will adjust to your
child’s demonstrated ability level. The site also saves all of your child’s
results, so you can monitor your child’s progress anytime by clicking on the Reports tab.

I hope
you’ll encourage your son or daughter to use IXL daily. Here’s to a year of
working together to make math fun for your child!

Sincerely,

Heidi Yamamoto

P.S. We have this grant courtesy of our Sandburg PTSA until
Feb of next year. I will keep names on all summer.

Our class party will be on Feb. 14th at 2:30-3:15.

Please join us for our Country Celebration on February 8th at 11:15-12:15.

Hurrah! Our new class blog! This will be a great way for you to see what is happening in our classroom. I will update this blog at least once a month, possibly more so please check back often.