Valentine's Day

On Thursday, February 11th, the ES will celebrate an early Valentine's Day with a 'Dress Down for Charity' event. 

For a small donation (AED 5, for example), students may wear tops that are pink, red or white, with jeans or DAA pants. (Please, no tank tops or spaghetti straps). The proceeds will go to a GEMS approved charitable organization. 

Looking forward to a "lovely," and festive day, which will ultimately benefit others.

PS. Just as an FYI, this is the same day that we will be having both our parent engagement session (in our classroom). Also, the room mothers have arranged a small party for the students; however, we are going to keep it short, sweet, and simple and limit it to just the students. I hope you understand. (And, I look forward to seeing you earlier that morning for our parent engagement!) 

Parent Engagement Week

February 7-11 is our Parent Engagement Week in the ES. It's always a special time, one which I look forward to, as it means that you, parents, are welcome to come in and be a part of the learning.

This year, our focus in Grade 3 will be on writing. Each teacher will engage their classroom parents and students a little differently, as it depends on his/her class' needs.

In 3LN, we will be focusing our attention on the craft of elaboration.

So often, I hear students say, "I'm done!" and when I read over their work, I'm somewhat disappointed because they've hardly written anything at all and I know they are capable of so much more. Perhaps you've experienced that at home, as well, when you've helped your child with a writing assignment, travel journal entry, or a creative story of their own.

In our time together, which will be Thursday, February 11, from 8:15-9:15, I hope to give you and your child the tools needed to extend those great ideas, add more details, create more vivid images, and push thinking to a deeper level.

If you're able to make it, I'm looking forward to seeing you then!

3LN on Pinterest

How many of us have post-its of information stuck to our fridge, desk, or wall? Or, how many times have you seen a great recipe, article, or travel tip online that you've wanted to remember?

Being able to collect and save all of these great things in one place is ideal and possible with...

I'm sure many of you have either heard of Pinterest or may even use it regularly, as I do. Well, I recently had an "aha moment" when I was struggling to keep all of my school links organized in our Grade 3 folder on Google Drive. I thought, "Hello?! Why don't I just make a Pinterest board to keep all of these things in one place?" Perfect. Problem solved. That was easy.

Annnnd, the nice thing is that you, parents and students, will be able to see all of my favorite school-related links, as well as things that I think would benefit you.

So, without further ado, I present our 3LN Class Pinterest Board.

You can now just save this one link or find it on the right, under "Pages." --> 

Also, it's important to note that to access this page/Pinterest board, *you (as a parent) will need to create a Pinterest account. (Unfortunately, they recently added this requirement, whereas in the past, one could browse boards to your heart's content without an account. So, we will change with the times.) Thankfully, it's free and once you sign in, you can keep yourself logged in, so it's always easy to access. 

I hope you'll enjoy these great resources, inspiring ideas, and great articles! Happy pinning! 

*Pinterest requires children to be a minimum age of 13 to have their own account, so please be sure that you are signing in and not your child. Thank you! (At DAA, we are striving to promote, model, and practice safe and appropriate use of social media.)