Odds and Ends:
*Thank you! Thank you to all of the parents whom I meet with for Spring Conferences. It is great to keep in touch about your child's progress in 3rd grade.
*Scholastic Book Order: March book order is due Fri. 3/19. Please place your order online to help our classroom earn free books!
*Thank you to the Burisek family for sending in a healthy treat on our Hawaiian spirit day!
*Three Cheers for the 3rd Graders~ they finished their first ISAT testing! They did a fabulous job and worked hard for the past 2 weeks! Way to go!!!!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Tues. 3/16: After School Roller Skating Party
*Wed. 3/17: Character Counts Assembly
*Fri. 3/18: English: Ch. 5 Open Book Review
Spelling: List 23 Test
Math 3's division timed test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will focus on visualizing and predicting this week. We will use biographies to reinforce these skills.
*English: We will review ch. 5 this week, which is a chapter that we learned earlier this year through DOL. We will take an open book review on this material on Fri. 3/18. After our review, the students will be expected to apply the grammar and punctuation rules in all of their writing.
*Spelling: We will be back to the weekly lists. We will work on list 23: words ending in er and est. There will be a graded test on Friday.
*Science: We will continue to study ch. 11: states of matter. We will focus on buoyancy this week and the different ways to measure matter this week (mass, volume, density).
*Social Studies: The students are busy learning about Ancient Egypt. They will focus on making inferences about Cleopatra this week and learn all about hieroglyphics.
*Math: We will focus on ch. 18: Fractions. Lessons will cover the following:
equivalent fractions
mixed numbers
adding and subtracting fractions
We will also work on 3's division, with the timed test on Friday.
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