Market Day Orders

The next round of Market Day orders are due on Wednesday. Here's the information that was sent home on Thursday about ordering online:

Account number: 29042
School Name: Summit Road Elementary PTO
Pick Up Date and Time: October 1st 5:30 pm-6:30 pm
Internet Orders Due: September 26th by 11 pm

Voicemail Extension

My voice mailbox is now set up and I will begin checking it regularly :-)

To leave a message during school hours, call the office at (614) 501-5530 and Mrs. Turner will connect you. To leave a message after school hours, dial the office number first. The recording prompts you to press 5 and enter your party's extension. The extension is 1139.

Video Newsletter Issue "4"

Issue 3 was not uploaded due to technical difficulties... Team Zwangerall gives a re-cap of Issue 3 and new information in this video :-). Click Here

I have practice packets scanned for time, money, and general addition. If you would like any of these (or all of the above), please let me know! I will email fact practice pages this afternoon. They are grouped by family (1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, etc.) and are an alternative to Sumdog or flashcards if you're looking to mix things up a bit!

Field trip pictures will be posted this evening.... Have a wonderful weekend!

Garbology

On Friday, Mrs. Martindale challenged us to become "garbologists" and uncover how much food has been going to waste during the third grade lunch period. 

Aprons and gloves were necessary! 

You mean we have to go through THAT!?

We sorted the trash into plastic, paper, styrofoam, food, and liquid waste categories...

Finally finished sorting! 

Each group recorded data about their garbage... How many plastic items could have been recycled? How many paper items? 

We weighed the food waste bucket...

... And discovered that the third graders had wasted over 9 pounds of food! 

Our next task is to figure out how to decrease this amount of waste. We'll be exploring several possibilities - including vermicomposting and a school-wide recycling plan - in the next few weeks! 

Math Flashcards

Check out this link for online flashcards. This is a great way to practice your facts!

Weekly Recap

We got to know our new friends through a "Find Somebody Who" activity...

Built our Read-to-Self Stamina...

Went on a scavenger hunt around the room for /o/ words...

 Introduced Math Workshop... One of our first activities was working with unifix cubes to create a structure and write a corresponding number sentence. Aidan, Kendra, Rowan, Lindsay, and Grant worked together to build Sparky himself! 

And last but not least, we dove foot-first into our Conservation unit by discussing a "Carbon footprint", and comparing a Carbon footprint to a real footprint. 

Team Zwangerall Newsletter Issue 2

Here's a link to this week's newsletter... Click here!

Stay tuned for a recap of our first full week!