Week of April27

Calendar:
Monday -Friday,  Haiti fundraising continues
Thursday,April 30, 7:45a.m. Morning Math, last one this year
Thursday, April 30, 7p.m. 3rd Grade  Showcase in North MPR - see below
Friday, May 1, Spelling Test, Wordly Wise Test, Math Facts Test
Friday, May 8, 8:30a.m. All School Chapel honoring 8th grade graduates


Homework:
Monday: Read, study math facts, study spelling words and meanings
Tuesday: Read, study math facts, study spelling words and meanings
Wednesday: Read, study math facts, study spelling words and meanings
Thursday: Read, study math facts, study spelling words and meanings
Friday: Have fun with family and friends!

Class News:

Reading - We have finished reading  The Whipping Boy, and are wrapping up assignments on this novel. We will begin reading Charlotte's Web, written by E.B. White. Although many students have either read the book or have seen the movie already, we always find many skills to work on with this wonderful book that is filled with rich vocabulary and fascinating characters.

Language Arts and Grammar - Students will review pronouns and their roles in sentences. In addition, in our Shurley Grammar program students are learning about conjunctions, their role in sentences, and compound subject nouns, compound subject pronouns, compiund verbs, and compound adjectives.

Math - Students will continue to work on geometry this week, focusing on quadrilaterals, putting different shapes together to make other shapes, and slides, flips, and turns.

Science - Last week students problem solved as we collaborated on a project that we will undertake this week. Students will make a game for their toddler buddies to play, tactile dominoes. They will also finish finding facts about individual planets. Finally they will begin scale drawings of the planets. This involves learning about scale, ratio, and relative size as well as using a compass to draw a circle.

Social Studies - Students will continue their study of the three branches of government.

WordlyWise
http://www.wordlywise3000.com

bold
cunning
deed
doze
jagged
positive
respect
responsible
smuggle
version

Morning Math: This week is the last one of the year. Thank you to all parents who have provided treats.

Music Program:
Third Grade parents –

 We will be celebrating the evening of April 30^th at 7:00 p.m. with our 3^rd grade showcase,

Disney: The Movies/The Music.  Students should arrive by 6:45 and meet their homeroom teacher in the ECC commons (outside Mrs. Haskamp’s room). This is a show all about the magic and wonder of Disney and I am asking that students wear all black, white, and red.  Girls – a suggestion is black and/or white clothing with a big red bow in the hair or a red headband.  A dress/tunic and leggings in any combination of those colors will also work…Boys – white and/or black clothing with a red bow tie/regular tie (tie certainly not required, just a suggestion)…If you have black Mickey ears from Disney, I would love to have them wear those as well (if they wish). 

These are just suggestions…feel free to be creative within our black/white/red color scheme. 

Feel free to contact me with any questions!
Thanks,

Tamara