Mrs. Reetz's Remarkable Students from Room 26!

At last!  One of my favorite things to teach to my third graders - multiplication. We are working very hard (and having fun) so students understand just exactly what multiplication is. By the end of the unit, students should understand that 3 x 3 is the same thing as 3 + 3 + 3 and also know that 3 x 196 is the same thing as 196 + 196 + 196.  They may not know how to do the multiplication algorithm but they will understand the concept for 3 x 196. Please start working with your child to get their multiplication facts memorized! We have started by working on multiplying by 2, 10, 5, and 1.

Sanger Unified has started something new this year for all our 2nd and 3rd grade students.  Once a week we have music instruction for each class. We have music on Tuesdays at Jackson and our class has it from 10:45-11:15.  Our teacher is Mrs. Pielstick and the students just love having music class with her!  I am so excited that your student has this wonderful opportunity!

On Friday, we brainstormed some possible goals that we would like to meet for third grade this year. I was very impressed with the list the students created! Each student was then asked to pick one of these goals or another one they had in mind and to decorate their goal pennant. This next week we will discuss what things we can do to help meet our goals!  Looking forward to displaying these in class.

On Friday morning, all Jackson Jaguars visited several sites on campus where we reviewed behavior that shows Jackson Pride. P - Personal R - Responsibility I -  In School D - Doing the Right Thing E - Every Day We visited the office, the library/computer lab, the playground, the cafeteria, and the hallway/restroom. Students can earn PRIDE tickets for showing good behavior.  These tickets can be redeemed at the Pride Store.  They can also clip up when showing Jackson PRIDE.

Hello Room 26 students and families! I am so happy to have you in my class this year.  It's going to be a great year.  We are going to work hard, but we will have fun as we learn. Please check back here often to find out what is happening in class and at Jackson!

PLEASE CLICK ON THE POST TO SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS.  On Friday we met some of our kindergarten friends and started Reading Buddies.    Your third grader sat down with a new friend and read to them.    Our numbers didn't balance perfectly so some kindergartners had TWO reading buddies.  The third graders really enjoyed it.  They talked about remembering when they had Reading Buddies when they were in kindergarten.  We are planning to read with our new buddies once a month on Fridays.