Exciting Events...

Dear Families & Friends
There are many upcoming events at AFCS

Open House & Art Gala - December 8th 4:00-8:00 pm
Please come see the wonderful learning that has been going on in our classroom.  Open house in the rooms is from 4-6pm.  The Art Gala will follow in the show room from 6-8pm.  Tickets for the art show are $5.00.  Open House in the classroom is FREE.

3rd Grade Biome Museum - December 8th 1:30-2:00 pm
The 3rd graders have been working so hard on their biome displays.  The students broke into research groups & learned all about the special plant and animal adaptations that help these species survive in each biome.

Aquatic - Ethan, Blake, & Sa Nay Maung

Tundra - Karen, Kyi, & Giovanni

Grasslands - Jennifer, Alissa, & Luis

Rain Forest - Arianna, Bryan, & Philip

Coniferous & Deciduous Forets - Hailey, Javhi, & Broc

Desert - Belle, Citlaly, & Mariah

  

Reading Buddies - Mondays at 3:00 pm

The 5th graders have teamed up with us on Monday afternoons to help us with our reading.  Sometimes we read to them & they help us with decoding and vocabulary.  Other times they read to us and we get to enjoy stories that may be too difficult for us to read.













Math has been so much fun in the 3rd grade.  We started multiplication and division this week.  The students are beginning to understand the idea of equal groups, bringing them together and splitting them apart.  Here are examples of the different ways the students are finding to solve multiplication & division problems.

Five different ways the students found to solve 16 divided by 4

Javhi using counters to help him solve a multiplication problem

Thank you for reading!  Feel free to come in, call, or email me with any questions!