Weekly Update for January 6th-10th, 20202

Dear Parents and Families,
I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  May this season bring you precious memories with loved ones and time to enjoy the things that matter most.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight


ps.  Check out our Winter Wonderlands made with collaboration and zero talking!

Diamond Dell Pictures

December 16th-20th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!  Indoor Recess, Friday the 13th and a full moon made this Friday a crazy one!  We all survived, and learned a bit as well so I am calling this a win/win. Looking ahead to next week, our school has decided to have  a Holiday Spirit Week. Monday will be plaid/flannel day, Tuesday is pajama day, Wednesday is Tacky Sweater Day and Thursday is Holiday Colors and Hat day.  Thursday is also our half day dismissal at 11:30.  Lots of fun scheduled for next week!  Have a great weekend! 

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for December 9th-13th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  Our week ended in a sweet celebration as we said farewell to our college intern, Ms. Allie McConnell. The kids and I will miss her terribly and we all were blessed by her bright smile and warm heart. She is going to make a wonderful teacher. Looking ahead to next week, Tuesday, December 10th is our field study at the school on mining and gemstones. This will be our next unit topic in science and what better way to kick it off than some gem mining!  If any parents are interested in helping here on campus, please let me know.  We need volunteers from 11:30 until 1:30.  If your student would like to bring in a small amount of money, there will be a small gift shop to buy items. On another note, our school kicked off our first service learning project. We are collecting items for the organization Sister Care.  Items in need for that organization are school supplies, board games, wash cloths, bath towels and paper towels.  If you would like to donate, just send in the items and I will get them to the appropriate place. Have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week with your student.


Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for December 2nd-6th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

My blog is coming to you later than normal due to the holiday and district internet shortage.  We have 3 weeks until winter break and we will make the most of our time!  I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday. 

Weekly Update for November 25th-26th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday! 

                                               

So this week had myself and the students feeling like the little engine that could, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.  We are definitely ready for the upcoming Thanksgiving Break. We will begin to celebrate on Monday with some fun and yummy activities and the Ballet field study on Tuesday. A fun filled week !  Have a great weekend and thanks to all who sent in supplies!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

November 18th-22, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  I want to start by bragging on my students who are members of our Chorus, they did a phenomenal job on their performance of A Kids Life!  I am so blessed to be the teacher to an amazingly talented group of students. I cannot wait to see more future performances! 
On another note,  this rain has been persistent and caused our class to have indoor recess four straight days, so I apologize if they come home a little wired.  Have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week at LCEU!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight 

Weekly Update for November 11th-15th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday! We ended our week in the best way possible way, by paying tribute to our nation's heroes, our veterans. The celebration ended with a parade in which students were able to cheer and show appreciation to the men and women who keep our country safe as well as their families who are heroes as well. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to another great week here at LCEU!

Weekly Update for November 4th-8th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!  Halloween is over and this teacher is tired!  All kidding aside, the students did a really good job of controlling all their excitement and remaining focused on their studies. Report cards came home today in communication folders. I am so proud of the progress our class is making and I am so thankful to have such supportive parents who help with studying at home and assistance with homework.  Looking ahead to next week, our Veterans Day Celebration will be on Friday, Nov. 8th at 7:45 in the Blue Wing on the top level of our school. There will be breakfast, chorus performance and parade.  If you have completed the RSVP form, please do so. The form went home in communication folders a few weeks back.  If you need another, please let me know!  I hope you all have a restful and enjoyable weekend and I look forward to another great week with your student!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for October 28th-Nov. 1st, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

What a week!  Our week started with an amazing field trip to Camp Discovery in Blythewood South Carolina and will end with the Boosterthon Fun Run!  The students and I did manage to to still get a tremendous amount of learning in as well so that makes this week a win-win!  Looking ahead to next week, report cards for the 1st quarter will go home on Friday, Nov. 1st. which is also a half day dismissal for LCEU. We will dismiss that day at 11:40.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to another great week at the Lake!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Dear Parents and Families,

It's Thursday, a day earlier than I normally post for our blog but school is out on Friday. I will be in professional development but I hope you all enjoy the extra day you get with your student. The students and I are so excited because this upcoming  Monday, October 21st is our 1st field trip. We are headed to Camp Discovery right up the road in Blythewood, SC.  We will be loading the bus at 9:15 to arrive at 9:30 and will be returning around 1:00.  We will be having lunch at the field trip.  If you are planning on packing a lunch for your student, please pack the lunch in a disposable grocery bag with your child's name labeled on the outside of the bag. I will be taking a cooler, so any items that need to be cooled will be in the cooler. I will be taking a snack and water for the students as well. Please send your student in tennis shoes and with a jacket, the field study includes exploring animals and plants in their natural habitat so students will need comfortable shoes and something to keep warm.  IF you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight 

Weekly Update for October 14th-18th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  The students and I had a wonderful week in room C115, and I hope you all did as well. Looking ahead to next week, I wanted to remind everyone that Friday, October 18th is a student holiday and the 17th is a regular school day.  The following Monday, the 21st is our first class field trip to Camp Discovery in Blythewood, South Carolina. The cost is $23 and can be paid online in parent portal or you can send in a check as well. We will be leaving the school around 9:15 and will return around 1:00. If you chose on the permission form for your child to bring their lunch from home, please send it in a plastic grocery bag that can be disposed of.  I will have more details for you next week.  If you are interested in being a chaperone please email me and I will add all of the names I receive and then draw names to see who is chosen. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this beautiful weather!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!  The communication folders are coming home today and they are full.  Grades from all the assignments this week are coming home along with the parent conference form that had the fall MAP data. I conferenced with students individually this week and we set goals and selected strategies to use at home and school to reach those goals. Their goal sheets are in their binder, ask them to show you!  Also coming home is a MAP graph of your students progress from Spring of last year to Fall of this year. And last but not least, I sent home a sheet that looks like the above image. These are online resources that we use in the classroom that can be used at home as well. I filled in your students usernames and passwords to help!  Have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week at LCEU!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for September 30th-October 4th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

It has been a pleasure meeting with you all this week at conferences to discuss how we can all work together to make certain your student your student has the resources to be successful in 3rd grade. Please know I am ready and willing to assist anyway that I can. I wanted to share with you all another resource that students can utilize at home to grow their learning, the website is called Freckle.com. It has both Reading and Math curriculum and we also will be using it in the classroom when students have finished their work and have some free time. My class code is tnkgqy.  After you enter the class code, your student will need to enter their first and last name. I will have additional resources to share in a bit for Reading. As always, thank you so much for helping out at home. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for September 23rd-27th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
We had a great week in room C115! The highlight of our week was our guest reader Mrs. Lindsay Agostini, a member of the Richland2 School Board. Mrs. Agostini came to read the mentor text Each Kindness written by Jacqueline Woodson. Richland2 has appointed September as Kindness month and Mrs. Agostini read to our class and discussed the importance of being kind to one another and our class brainstormed ways that could be done here at school. It was truly a powerful discussion. Looking ahead to next week,  I will begin parent conferences. There are still spaces available and I look forward to meeting with you all to discuss your student’s progress and ways to support them at home. Please remember that Friday, the 27th is a half day dismissal and students will be released at 11:30. I hope you all enjoy the weekend and I look forward to another great week here at LCEU!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Disability Training

Dear Parents and Families,

Last week at LCEU, 3rd grade participated in  Disability Training. The goal of the event was to bring awareness to students so they understand all students learn and perceive the world differently, emphasizing the need for everyone to be respectful and understanding. I wanted to share some precious photos from the event. Happy Wednesday!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a wonderful week. The students and I worked diligently to get back on track after the unexpected absence last week.  We finished up our geography unit in social studies and began our unit on the 6 land regions of South Carolina. We ended our unit in science on the grassland habit and have began working on the desert habitat-both hot and cold. In reading and ELA we finished up our fictional story First Day Jitters and our grammar focus on prefixes. In math we are still focusing on multiplication and division.  I wanted to thank you all so much for all your help at home.  Studying at home nightly is such an important skill in 3rd grade and I am so grateful for your support. I look forward to seeing you all at Orientation on Tuesday, September 17th. Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight 

Weekly Update Sept. 9th-13th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Well our short week got a bit shorter due to the arrival of Hurricane Dorian.  School was cancelled on Thursday, thus also cancelling our 3rd grade orientation.  We have rescheduled orientation for Tuesday, September 17th with 2 sessions each starting at 5:30 and 6:30.  I look forward to seeing each of you so that I can help acclimate you to our 3rd grade curriculum.  Looking ahead to next week, LCEU will administer the MAP assessment which is a measure of academic progress in both reading and math. The reading portion will be given on Monday, September 9th and the math portion will be given on Tuesday, September 10th.  These assessments will be administered again in the Spring and are merely used to measure growth in your student.  I will share the data from the Fall assessment in our Fall conferences. Look for a sign up for conferences to go out in the coming weeks.  I am so very proud of the progress the students are making. Our first grades went home today in the communication folder.  Please sign and return both the papers and folder on Monday.  Thank you in advance for assisting your student with studying nightly to ensure success.


Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for Sept. 2nd-6th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a wonderful week and have enjoyed the cooler temperatures on this beautiful Friday.  This week the students and I jumped right into curriculum and I understand this can be a bit overwhelming for them and yourselves. Please know I have strategies and procedures in place to help support them be organized and successful. One strategy that we have focused on this week is using the Agenda books in our binders to organizer homework assignments and upcoming quizzes and tests. Your student had already recorded their math quiz on Tuesday and geography quiz on Thursday in attempts to give plenty of time for studying. For the math quiz, students can prepare by looking over past homework and classwork that is in their binder. To prepare for their geography quiz, students may look over notes and maps that are located in their binder and social studies interactive notebooks. Thanks in advance for working with me to help your student be as successful as possible. Have a great long weekend and I look forward to seeing your students on Tuesday.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for August 26th-30th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
We had a great week at school and I am so excited to have the opportunity to help your student grow in a multitude of ways.  This week we worked on classroom and school procedures as well as building our classroom community and culture to be strong and positive. Next week we will dive right into 3rd grade curriculum so be sure to check my blog and your student's agenda to see homework and school assignment information.  Today your student's communication folder went home in their bookbags. The folder is green and labeled communication folder in gold lettering. Inside are forms that parents and families need to sign and return to school. There is even information regarding your student bringing in a photo of himself/herself to display on our 3rd grade hallway bulletin board. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for June 3rd-7th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
We did it!  We officially made it to the last week of school. Monday and Tuesday will be regular days, but Wednesday and Thursday will be half day dismissals, and Friday will be the first official day of summer. Report Cards will go home in Communication  Folders on Wednesday.  If you have any unpaid library fines or school fees, please take care of those this week before school ends. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I am looking forward to spending these precious last days with your students!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for May 27th-31st, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday! We are officially in the single digits in regards to the remaining days of school this year. After today we have 8 days of school left, with the last two being half days.  It's hard to believe this year is almost over, this year has flown by!  The next days will be filled with fun activities to celebrate the wonderful year we had.  I hope you all enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for May 13th-17th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!  Thank you all so much for your kind emails and gifts for Teacher Appreciation Week. I have been thoroughly spoiled and I can promise you I feel very appreciated. I am so blessed to be your child's teacher this year and I am not looking forward to having to say goodbye in a few weeks. Looking ahead to next week, we have SC Ready Testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep and eats a nutritious breakfast before leaving the house. Have a great weekend!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knigt

Weekly Update May 6th-10th, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  I hope you all are doing well and enjoying this beautiful Spring weather!   Next week, I will begin some test prep with the students to prepare for the upcoming SC Ready state assessment. I know the students are prepared but I do want to refresh skills that were taught at the beginning of the year so that my students are confident on our testing days. If you have signed up to send in snacks, thank you and feel free to go ahead and send those in. Some of you already have!  I hope you all have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week here at LCEU!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for April 29th-May 3rd, 2019

Dear Parents and Families,
Happy Friday!!  It's hard to believe it, but we have made it to the less than 30 days mark for this school year. Next week we will begin test prep for our SC Ready assessment coming up in a few weeks. Thank you so much for everyone who volunteered to send in treats and cereal for that week, the students and I are eternally grateful!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to another great week at LCEU! 

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight

Congratulations to Brody for receiving his Reading Counts Shirt!  Our class is so proud of you!