Fall Is in the Air

Hello!

When I stepped outside this morning to leave for church, I could feel the crispness in the air.  Fall is definitely here!  Growing up outside of Seattle, there was never really a noticeable change in the seasons.  One thing I love about the Panhandle is when it rains.  It reminds me of home!  It was six years ago this month that we moved to Pampa.  Of course, Miah was born and raised here, so it wasn't a huge change to him moving from Houston.  It took me a while to get used to the weather changes, but the thing I noticed first about this area was the people.  I have felt welcomed into this community since the first day I moved here.  Of course, there is no place that is perfect, but Pampa is a good town, with good people.  I see it in the school through my 3rd grade team of teachers and our administrators.  Everyone truly has the best interest of kids at heart, and that's an encouraging thing! 

As we head to the end of the first six weeks, I want to let you know of a couple of dates coming up this week.  Our math and science learning checks will be this week.  Math will be given on Wednesday, and Science will be given on Thursday.  The learning checks are mini-assessments that we give our students to see what concepts we have taught that might not be clear to them.  That gives the teachers a chance to clear up any misconceptions and re-teach material, if needed.  These are not used for a grade, just for information.

Mrs. Thorum and I are having parent-teacher conferences on October 14th.  We had a sign-up sheet during open house.  If you were unable to attend, but would like to meet with us, please let me know. 

This week for math, we are going to be practicing addition and subtraction with larger numbers.  We will review place value and ordering numbers from least to greatest.  Our next unit will be on data analysis, and will start October 11th.  In science this week, we will continue to work with mixtures and matter. 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.  Here's wishing you a productive and blessed week. 

-Mrs. Ebel