January 9-13

Welcome to the New Year!!!

It was so great to get back into the swing of things last week after having such a nice holiday break. I loved having the kiddos back and I can tell they are all rested and ready to take on the 2nd half of 3rd grade.  We were all anxious to meet Trey last week.  Trey was just as excited to meet his new Kansas friends; however, he said he'd still like to have some snow! 

Grace Riley and Kaiden Cook will represent our class in the school spelling bee this Thursday at 2:00pm.  Good luck! 

State assessments will be here before we know it!  We will be spending a lot of time over the next 2 months preparing for them. This will be the very first time these students take a state assessment, therefore we will be working very hard in order to get the students ready to take them.

Reading Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders February 28-March 1.
Math Assessments will be given to the 3rd graders March 27-29.
Please try not to schedule appointments for these days.

Report cards will be coming home today. Please sign the cover sheet and return it to school with your child.
Also, Mrs. Ronchetti has a fun field trip planned to the symphony with the 3rd graders. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school with $2.

International Festival:
Today in Monday folders you will find a letter that will give you some information about the International Festival. The boys and girls will be in responsible for researching and learning about their own culture and/or heritage. This information will be presented at our International Festival which will be held on February 23.

Reading:
We will be starting Theme 7, On Moving Ground, this week. Students will learn and practice fix-up strategies while they read. Small Group focus for the next month will be on state assessment preparation, rather than novel and small-book work.

Spelling:
The pattern for the week will be: synonyms and antonyms. The prefix pattern for the week is "-dis", which means not or none.

Math:
This week we will learn about "Time."

Social Studies:
We will begin researching for our International Festival. The students will learn notetaking skills and will gather information about the culture they are studying on notecards.