Hello! My name is Lauren Crawford Bleazard and I am thrilled to be teaching 3rd grade here at Target Range Elementary! I grew up in Wolf Point, Montana on the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Reservation. I attended college at Montana State University and graduated in 2023 with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Shortly after graduation I moved to Missoula to teach 1st grade here at Target Range. This will be my second year being a part of the amazing TR staff! When I am not teaching I enjoy reading, running, and spending time with friends and family.

Reading: fluently read and comprehend fiction and non-fiction text. Read with expression. Understand elements of reading including plot, sequence of events, character traits, and more.

Writing: Using the writing process including: plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Attending to structure in writing; paragraphs, titles, using margins to guide writing. Responding to prompts, opinion paragraphs, personal narratives and informational pieces.

Math: Addition and Subtraction within 1000 using regrouping, rounding to the nearest ten and hundred, estimation, two-dimensional shapes and attributes, measurement in standard and metric units, volume, area, and perimeter, multiplication, division, elapsed time, understanding fractions and solving two-step word problems.

Social Studies: Explore our community and its heritages, compare past to present, meeting Missoulians from today and long ago, and studying our local tribal cultures.

Science: Biological adaptation and evolution, heredity, lifecycles, some animals live on living in groups to survive, changes to habitat may cause animals to become extinct or adapt, fossils, balanced vs. unbalanced forces, magnets and electricity, weather and climate, and creating engineering to protect humans from natural disasters.

Social, emotional learning (SEL): Focus on importance of having a growth mindset.

Specials:

P.E. with Mr. Hersee

Music with Mr. McGlynn

Library with Mrs. Brennan and Mrs. Deb

Your child's educational and social emotional wellbeing is always first priority. Never hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Home to school connection is an important piece of every child's education. Encouraging your child to gain a love for reading has endless benefits. Set time aside to read nightly with your child or time for them to read independently.

• In third grade, we don't assign homework, but encourage parents to spend quality time together with their kids and read for enjoyment together.  We recommend 20 minutes every day as possible. 

• We don't generally have a need for volunteers in the classroom in 3rd grade, but have occasional projects, parties, or field trips where parents are welcome to volunteer.   

• We will send home monthly newsletters to help you stay on top of what they are learning in the classroom and upcoming events.  

• I also use the Remind app as a communication tool. My remind code is:  @lacrawford.  If you have questions, you can send them there or email me.   For immediate needs, you can also call the school and they can get a message to me quickly.   

• Lastly, Friday Folders are sent home weekly with classwork, graded assignments, art, etc.