Carol singing

Electricity

The students are learning about electricity. 

Updates...

Dec. 10 will be Ms. Benedict's last day as our student teacher. We will be having a little going away party. If your child would like, he or she may bring a snack to school either individual or to share. If it is individual, it can be homemade, if it is to share, it must be store bought. I will be supplying some treats for all, as well. 

I am very excited to be teaching again. We will miss Ms. Benedict, though.

I can' t believe it's almost mid-December already! In reading, we will begin our third reader's unit as we finish Unit 3. The students are getting used to responding to reading by writing- which increases reading skills. We are nearing the end of our math unit focusing on place value and decimals. We have watched some fun YouTube videos about decimals. 

In social studies, we continue to learn about communities. Last week, we took a virtual field trip to Chicago. Then the students compared and contrasted rural to urban. They also wrote which community they would rather live in.

We wrote "What Christmas means" for the local newspapers, so keep your eyes on the paper for your child's wonderful response. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and the mini break. It was nice to enjoy some fairly warm weather this weekend as well. It felt good to be outside without too many layers.  

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I would love to discuss your child and their progress. 

Thank you Veterans

Pam's lesson on owls, other birds, and bats

Readers theater

Reading the parts to practice fluency. 

Tye dye Tuesday❗️❗️

Friday news

Today, we started a take home journal like the students did in 2nd grade. They wrote a letter home in it today. Please read what they wrote and add your comments or tell about what your family did over the weekend. 

Next week are parent-teacher conferences. I look forward to seeing all of you. 

Many of the students are working on increasing their fluency or pacing when reading. One way to assist them at home is to have your child read outloud, read with them to model a fluent pace, have them re-read the page or paragraph until they are smoother and quicker. I will be sharing data regarding their reading tests they have taken during conferences.

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Marnett Meier

3rd Grade Wellman Elementary

319-646-2984

mmeier@mphawks.org

3rd Grade Blog

Recess fun☀️👍

Jolly phonics review

Tye dye day

Getting messy and having FUN❗️❗️

Tye dye was fun!

Friendship groups!

Making dots to show how unique we all are. 

Tye dye with 5th grade!!

Homecoming week!!

Crazy hair!!

Crazy socks!!

Pj day!!

3rd grade yellow!!

Welcome to 3B!!

Dear Family,                                                                                  August 14, 2014

            

         Welcome to third grade! My name is Marnett Meier, and I will be your child’s third grade teacher.  I am excited to see familiar families on my class list. I love having younger brothers and sisters of former students. I look forward to meeting new families, too. We have twenty-three students in our room this year.  I am excited to announce we will have a student teacher in our room, Juanita Benedict. She will be in our room for 16 weeks. This will be a wonderful opportunity for her as well as for the students. Together, we will be able to better meet the needs of all of our students.

            We will be utilizing a six-day rotating schedule for specials, which is actually a three-day repeating schedule. Please keep the copy of the class schedule handy to keep track of PE days (2 & 5) for tennis shoes. Your child may bring a water bottle to school, especially during the hotter months.

            Each day we will have a literacy block. The students will be responsible to read, complete word work, write, and meet with me. We will be focused on responsibility, independence, and growth in reading skills. The reading groups that meet with me are very flexible and change depending on the students’ needs and ability levels. Loris DeGroff is a community volunteers who comes in twice a week to listen to the students read.

            There will be homework nearly every night corresponding to the daily math lesson. It is an expectation that homework be completed and brought back the very next day. Practicing flashcards and knowing the basic math facts is very important. The better your child masters his/her facts, the easier math will be. We will be using quite a bit of multiplication and division this year. I will also have support from Judy Kinneer, a community volunteer, during math four times a week. She typically has a small group for enrichment and also assists students as needed.

            Ms. Vitosh will teach science and I will teach social studies to all third graders. We have scheduled field trips with Pam Holz and we also have special days dedicated to units of study. We would appreciate parent volunteers and will send home more information as the days arise.

            My expectations are fairly simple: quality work and respect at all times. The students and I will discuss both of these topics at length and determine consequences and boundaries for the classroom atmosphere. We will create the classroom expectations together. They will also be setting goals-behavior and/or academic.

            I believe all students need to advance at every level. I accept children as they are and work to develop and enrich their abilities and skills. Teamwork is extremely important and we need to work together for your child to succeed. I am available before, during, and after school if you would like to schedule a meeting to discuss your child’s progress or needs.  I also check my email regularly: mmeier@mphawks.org. I am typically at school by 7:30 and leave around 4:30: 319-646-2984. My cell number is 319-325-4908, you can call or text me. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

            I look forward to our partnership and teaching your child.

Lambs came to visit

Award assembly

Lunch at the park

Pool time!!

AR Party

Next Friday, May 30th, we are celebrating our AR party. Many of the students have doubled their goals!! That's incredible!!

We will leave the school around 11 and go to North Park. We will eat lunch there and play on the equipment. We will return to the school around noon. I will be joining the class for this celebration. 

If your child would like to bring their own lunch, please email me or return the bottom of this slip. I will order school sack lunch for those that do not want to bring their own. I need to let the cooks know how many sack lunches we need before the 28th, so please respond ASAP. 

____ Yes, my child will bring their own lunch May 30th. 

________________________ child's name

***Reminder***

We go swimming Tuesday and have a track and field day Wednesday. Your child needs to bring a swimsuit and towel for swimming and should have sunblock applied. Wearing sunblock for the track and field is also highly suggested.

dissecting egg

The class dissected eggs to see the difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. They are also incubating eggs and learning about other agricultural things with their farm unit.

Ms. Meier enjoyed the group hugs and smiles. It was fun to see everyone again.

Pigs visit

Baby pigs came to visit for our farm unit. 

Survey

Parents, please use this link to complete a survey for me. It will help me in my end of the year reflection. 

I have really enjoyed teaching your children this year. Lately, they have been sending me email using their Google accounts and it has cheered me up immensely. They are so sweet and caring. I miss all of them. 

Please contact me with any concerns or questions you may have while I am not in the classroom. I am in constant contact with my sub, Mrs. Brenneman. 

end of the year survey

Ushers Ferry

Introductions

Buying for the way west trip!

Introductions at Marr Park