How to Prepare Your Child for College.

Check out this article by Dr. Schwall on ways to prepare your child for college:

http://www.coolkidschannel.com/e-tips/college

Have a great evening!

Schoolhouse Rock: practice learning the Preamble to the Constitution!

Dear Parents & Students:

Please practice reciting/singing the Preamble of the Constitution using this video from Schoolhouse Rock:




Be sure to practice saying the Preamble each night this week so you will be prepared to recite it by Friday! :)

some fun back-to-school downloads.

Hey guys!

Just thought I would share some fun links I came across today:

Back to school sticker labels:

http://familyfun.go.com/printables/craft-templates/printable/bts-sticker-lables/bts-sticker-lables.html

(Print them out onto sticky printer paper for some fun labels!)

This book belongs to labels:

http://familyfun.go.com/printables/craft-templates/printable/bts-labels/bts-labels.html

Cute! Lunchbox survey:

http://junepfaffdaley.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-love-back-to-school.html

(Scroll down a little to see the survey--so cute!)

Lunch notes for every day of the week:

http://www.oliebollen.com/funstuff/index.html

Cute book labels:

http://www.oliebollen.com/funstuff/index.html

Hope you all had a great weekend despite the rain!

--Mrs. C.

To get a free ticket to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:

Check out this website that tells you how you can get a free ticket to see the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:

http://www.moneywisemoms.com/2009/09/free-ticket-to-cloudy-with-chance-of.html

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a story we read every year in our Reading textbook, so I thought it was neat when I saw it was being made into a movie for kids. Hopefully we'll get to read it before the movie comes out this year!

Hope everyone is enjoying their 3-day weekend! I know I am!

Welcome 3D--class of 2009-2010!

Dear Students and Parents,

We have sure gotten off to a great start this school year! I look forward to getting to know each and everyone of my students and what unique gifts they have to share with our class.

Please take the time to "subscribe to" or "follow" our class blog, as this will be one of our main forms of communication this year in 3D.

I am working on an instruction sheet on how to subscribe that I will send home soon.

Thanks so much for your support as we partner together this year to help your children succeed!

Check out these great articles/videos from Dr. Schwall over at Cool Kids Channel:

About fairness between siblings:
http://www.coolkidschannel.com/parentingtips/siblings_fairness

About classroom behavior:
http://www.coolkidschannel.com/parentingtips/classroom_behavior

Back to school crash course:
http://www.coolkidschannel.com/parentingtips/back-to-school-crash-course

Homework Assignment for Wednesday.

Students,

Please answer the following 2 questions in a Comment. Remember to choose "Anonymous" from the drop-down list if you do not have a Google account to log-in to.

1) What was your favorite article in today's Time for Kids magazine, and why?

2) Based on today's article about kids' health, why do you think so many kids are becoming overweight, and what are 2 things we should start doing to get healthy?

**HINT:
Your comment should read something like:

1) My favorite article was "____________" because _________________________.

2) Kids are getting overweight because _________________. To help us get healthier, we should __________________ and _____________________.

Have a great night, 3d! You rock!!

Love,
Mrs. C.

Charlotte's Web Reader's Theater

Please check out our two awesome performing groups as they present their Charlotte's Web Reader's Theater! I hope you enjoy their performances; they had a blast and worked very hard!

GROUP 1: Sebastian, Andrea, Connor, Jackson, Georgina, Jacob, Austin, Alex D.

GROUP 2: Carson, Lindsey, Alex W., Sara, Justin, Jordan, Jackie, Robyn, Eduardo