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 September Newsletter
Welcome to Grade 3!
Highroad Academy
Dear Parents,

September 1, 2009
Welcome to another year at Highroad Academy! I am pleased to take this op-
portunity to introduce myself and to welcome your child to my class. A good learning
experience is built on a cooperative effort among parents, child and teacher. I look for-
ward to the work and growth we will all accomplish this year.
My expectations for conduct and academic standards are high. With your par- Special points of interest:
ticipation both in and out of the classroom, we can look forward to a productive, crea- ☺ Please fill in the “Let’s Get
tive and enjoyable year together. Acquainted sheet you’re
child brought home today
We have many exciting things happening in Grade 3! In Language Arts , we will and return it with your
be using two programs called “The Daily 5” and “Six Trait Writing” to expand student’s child as soon as possible.
reading and writing skills. I am very excited about these programs and I think the stu-
☺ I have included a timetable
dents will enjoy it as well. In Math, students are going to continue working with the with this newsletter. This
Math-U-See problem with a focus on multiplication. We will timetable is an outline only
also look at story problems as we develop skills, strategies and and things may change
techniques to solve them, as well as continuing their work in throughout the year. Mu-
sic, Gym and Library will
numeration, operations and properties, measurement, geome-
always stay the same how-
try, and data management all with a multiplication focus. In ever.
Science, the students will be exploring ideas and concepts in
Building, Plant Growth and Change and Space Science. In Social Studies, we will be look-
ing at communities in the past and present within British Columbia and Canada.
This will be the only paper newsletter you will be receiving this year. All
class announcements and information will be placed on our class blog. Our class blog is
http://mrhclassblog.edublogs.org/. Spelling lists, dates, updates on class happenings
and what we are doing will all be displayed here with lots of cool links, pictures, videos
and other class related materials. If you are having difficulties using the class blog,
please let me know so I can help you use this valuable resource.
Again, welcome! Please feel free to contact me about any questions or concerns
you may have. My classroom door is always open, and messages can be left for me with
our school secretary, to which I will respond as soon as possible. Please take a moment
to fill in the question sheet and send it back with your child. This will allow me to get to
know your child better.

Thank You!
Mr. Hancock