11/4 News
Busy Bee News
“Buzz”-worthy Moment: Parents!! THANK YOU for your grace and flexibility in coming to our Learning Celebration on Thursday!! The kids were so excited to have you here!! And YOUR KIDS ARE AMAZING!! You got to enjoy their presentations BUT prior to you coming, they all pitched in to prepare the classroom! We looked around, created a list, and executed the cleaning!! You would’ve been so impressed!!
Book Boxes
If anyone wants to create a Book in a Box, GO FOR IT! Dharma and Rigdon presented and they did a GREAT JOB!!!
Salt Dough Recipe
Here is the recipe to make salt dough at home if you’d like 😊 Maybe use it for Book Box items?
https://wanderhomeschooling.com/easy-homemade-playdough-recipe-with-cream-of-tartar/
Busy Bee Tees: Sizes are in and Info is at the Printer!
Here is the link for the order form. I will also send home a paper copy. Please return ASAP so we can get the tees ordered!
Social-Emotional Learning: Thanks-giving
Being GRATEFUL and GIVING (Thanks-Giving)
Our Class Giving Project
We have been learning about having an “Attitude of Gratitude”. This week, we made “Thankful Leaves” after reading the two books on gratitude and giving (links below and on our Google Classroom).
Both 3rd Grade Classes are collecting non-perishable items from now until November 19th. We will donate the items to a local food bank for families in need. I anticipate this will spark lots of conversations in class, too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezH-SnJfxgc
Coming Up in November…
Lunch with 3rd Grade (Mondays) Sign Up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4dafae2ca3f9c70-lunch
Guided Reading Groups (Tue/Wed/Thu) Sign Up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DAFAE2CA3F9C70-guided
Now until 11/19 Non-Perishable Item Collection (3rd Grade Project)
Now until Dec 9th: Schoolwide Paper Drive!
Thank you to all who donated to our Donor’s Choose Paper Project! We were funded for 10 cases of paper in just 1 day!! That’s 100 reams!! You are AWESOME!!
If you’d still like to donate, feel free to send in a ream+ of paper with your Busy Bee!
11/4 Learning Celebration
11/7 Cultural Fair
We are hosting our annual Cultural Fair at the Recker campus on November 7th from 9:00-1:30. We typically ask for parents to come in and volunteer to run a table based on your family’s culture. We would love for families to host a table to share artifacts, foods, and stories that reflect your family’s culture. This is such a fun and informative event for our elementary students.
Here is our sign-up link and thank you so much for considering!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e45adac22abf94-cultural2
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At San Tan we believe that student success is rooted in respect for and cultivation of a strong sense of identity and pride. We are pleased and excited to invite students and families to join us as we celebrate the many cultures represented in our school community! November 7thth, 2022 9:00-1:30 WE NEED YOU! We would love for families to host a table to share artifacts, foods, and stories that reflect your family’s culture. Please sign up with your name and the country you wish to represent!
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11/11 Veteran’s Day (No School!)
11/23 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on campus
11/24-25 Thanksgiving Break
A Glimpse into our Class
Daily Schedule
This is subject to change, of course!
Homework
Reminder: I check homework for EFFORT, not COMPLETION. You decide how much gets done at home!
BENEFITS of Homework:
- Extra practice for students who may need it
- Communication with parents about what we are doing in class
- Creates good study habits
- Gives students the opportunity to ‘accomplished’ when they are finished and/or they understand
- Creates opportunities for parents and/or older siblings to spend time with their 3rd grader
***Homework is NOT meant to be a frustration!
My purpose with homework is for the kids to get the practice so they understand the concepts. If the math packet is easy for them, for example, there is no need for them to complete it at home, although they probably will have finished it at school! THE POINT: I know you are all busy! I am typically flexible with due dates so if you have sports or ??? one night, feel free to wait until the next night to do it. When they return the homework to me, I acknowledge the time and effort they put into it. If this inspires your child to get the practice at home, wonderful! If not, no added stress!!
Language Arts
We are on Unit 2 Week 4 in our Wonders curriculum. The essential question is still “Why do people immigrate to new places?” Our Historical Fiction stories were so fun! We learned that these can include fictional characters as well as characters that could be real. We continued identifying how authors “Figurative Language” to add details and interest to their writing.
Reading:
We enjoy our Guided Reading Groups each week. THANK YOU to our parents who led the groups Tue/Wed/Thu 11:40-12:15. We LOVE having you in class!! If you would like to join us, here is the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DAFAE2CA3F9C70-guided
Writing:
We PUBLISHED our Expository Essays and PRESENTED them to our families at our Learning Celebration!
Spelling: Blends: scr/spr/str/thr
Grammar Focus:
We are continuing on this packet next week! we will review commas and homographs.
We did talk about Closed Syllables!!
Continuing: Collective Nouns: class, team, family
Irregular Plural Nouns: tooth/teeth, mouse/mice, deer, moose, woman/women, life/lives
Homophones
Prefixes un/re/dis
Plural Nouns, adding -s or -es AND changing the y to i
Common Nouns/Proper Nouns
Concrete Nouns/Abstract Nouns
Word Meanings, including multiple meanings
Math Topic 4: Use Multiplication to Divide
We finished up this topic an took the test…
XtraMath.com
This is great math fact fluency practice at home! Let me know if your child earns a certificate!!
Khan Academy
Feel free to do this at home! We have been able to login a few times this week!
Science: Pumpkin Rolling!
Pumpkin rolling experiments: Does the incline of the structure affect the distance that the pumpkin rolls?
Social Studies
Arizona and how people have changed the land
Yearbooks for Sale!
https://store.shopyearbook.com/santan-yb
From our Family Engagement Committee (FEC)
Please join our school’s Family Engagement Committee’s (FEC) Facebook page. Here you will find school wide events that are coming up and ways to volunteer at school.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/620590539585576
Thank you again,
Jenn Jacobs and Heather Warren
The Family Engagement Committee (FEC)
San Tan Charter School
480-222-0811
From the Principal (Emailed Tuesday)
Letter from the Principal
Dear San Tan Families,
Happy NOVEMBER Recker families!! As we ramp up this marathon of a month, we have a TON of fun activities coming your way! I will be sending additional emails with instruction for each big campus event so please be on the lookout for those as well!
– Mrs. Sarah Laramie
Month at a Glance
- Paper Drive- 10/10- 12/9
- Learning Celebration- 11/4 (Information Detailed Below)
- Recker Cultural Fair- 11/7
- Annual Holiday Food/Toy Drive- 11/7-11/22
- Fall Sports Banquet- 11/8
- Gobble Grams- 11/14-11/17
- Winter Sports Pictures- 11/16
- Charlie Brown Thanksgiving- 11/23
- Thanksgiving Break – 11/24-11/25
- MAP Testing- 11/27-12/8
Important Announcements
Pumpkin Contest Winners
Congratulations to all those who participated in our Pumpkin Decorating Contest!! I LOVED the creativity! I am so excited to announce the winners! Pictures are attached
First Place- Rainbow Fish
Second Place- Minecraft Pig
Third Place- Watermelon
Paper Drive Update
First Place- Ms. Dippre (101 reams)
Second Place- Ms. Yocklin (31 reams)
Third Place- Ms. Dickson (25 reams)
Our annual beginning of the year PAPER DRIVE is in full effect starting Monday, October 10th– December 9th. The class with the MOST points will receive a teacher reward for participating is $100 classroom fund. Write your teacher’s name on the paper and send it to the front office.
White Ream of Paper =1 point
Don’t have time to run out to the store? No worries!! San Tan Charter School partners with Amazon Smiles! Amazon Smiles is fast and easy… Shop Amazon as normal and 0.5% of your purchase supports educational enrichment right here at San Tan Charter School!
Visit: smile.amazon.com/ch/56-2610311 to start shopping now! You can ship your order directly to the school and add a “gift receipt” with your child’s teacher’s name on it!
School Address
3959 E Elliot Rd
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Learning Celebration
Learning Celebration is a time-honored tradition that we have at San Tan where families are invited into each student’s classroom to celebrate all the hard work and learning the students have done. We will run Learning Celebration from 1:00-3:30 (11:30-12:00 for half day Kinder) on Friday November 4th.
Cultural Fair- Volunteers Needed
We are hosting our annual Cultural Fair at the Recker campus on November 7th from 9:00-1:30. We typically ask for parents to come in and volunteer to run a table based on your family’s culture. We would love for families to host a table to share artifacts, foods, and stories that reflect your family’s culture. This is such a fun and informative event for our elementary students.
Here is our sign-up link and thank you so much for considering!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e45adac22abf94-cultural2
United Food Bank
United food bank will be delivering posters and boxes on 11/1 for the food and toy drive. Food and Toy drive will be from 11/7 to 11/22, all items will be collected on 11/23. In order to have a successful drive it would great if we could start advertising it. Below is what I sent out to the families in years past.
We will be hosting a Food and Toy Drive on behalf United Food Bank from 11/7 to 11/22. In the spirit of giving we would appreciate it if you would consider donating. In times of uncertainty, our natural inclination is to seek solid ground. United Food Bank has been able to provide that solid ground to thousands of families every week during the pandemic and economic crisis. United Food Bank, knows that times will be tough. People will be unemployed. People will be sick. However, United Food Bank is prepared to continue to serve Arizonans. Roadrunner Families please join us in assisting United Food Bank to continue making a difference in family’s lives.
Food Items needed:
-Canned Meats, Fruit and Vegetables
-Cereals
-Rice, Pasta, lentils and beans
-Soups, stews, Chilli
-Checks made out to United Food Bank
Suggested Toys Needed All Ages for Boys and Girls:
-Toys
-Board Games
-Art Supplies
-Crafting
-Books
Guest Teachers
We need guest teachers to fill in when our teaching staff is out ill. If you would like to guest teach for us, please email Ms. Richardson at srichardson@santancs.com to get back on the list for this school year.
Family Engagement Committee
At San Tan, we do not have a PTO, we have the Family Engagement Committee! The FEC will be helping with school events, parent groups, fundraising initiatives and organizing parent support within the classroom.
If you are interested in joining, please email at fec@santancs.com
EF 2023-2024 Trip Offering
We have two major trip offerings for our 2023-2024 school year. One trip is domestic and one trip is international. These trips are open to ALL STCS families.
Domestic Trip- Eastern Seaboard
Travel from Boston to New York to Philadelphia to Washington DC to Colonial Williamsburg and see all the historical sights
http://www.efexploreamerica.com/2586452nh
International Trip- Scotland and Ireland
Travel from the highlands and the emerald isle
https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2551191PV
Helpful Links
- Order Lunch
- Arizona Tax Credit Form
- Spirit Gear – Do you need school spirit gear to wear on Spirit Fridays? Click Here to Purchase
Fall Field Trip Offerings
- Ms. Harris’ Kindergarten: Shamrock Dairy Farms
Social Media Links
Facebook- San Tan Charter School Family Connection
Facebook- Mrs. Laramie Principal Recker Campus
Instagram- Mrs. Laramie Principal Recker Campus
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