It was so great to sit down with all of you during conferences a couple weeks ago! It was fun for me to witness your child having the opportunity to shine by sharing all that he/she is learning in school. Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to attend conferences with your child. Your kids are far ahead where we were in 3rd grade. The expectations have certainly grown since we were in school. Your children are rising to the occasion and are doing well with the new Common Core standards. I'm looking forward to witnessing their academic growth this last semester. Hard to believe we are already nearing March!
Here are some upcoming reminders:
- International Festival Taste Fest and the music programs are Wed., Feb. 26.
- The Taste Fest will begin at 1:30pm.
- Here is the link to the sign up genius in case you need a reminder of your food item or if you signed up to help. There are still volunteer slots available if you have time to help on Wednesday. **The sign up states it is Thursday, the 26th. It is actually WEDNESDAY, February 26th. :)
- http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080944A8AC2E5-international1
- Music programs will be at 3:00 and 7:00 (students need to meet in the music room at 6:40)
- Feb. 28th--Books and Breakfast begins at 8:00
- March 14-23-- Spring Break
- I attached a flyer to the class news email for the Seussical Week of Fun!
We are beginning a new social studies unit this week about government. Our focus this week will be to learn about laws and rules and why they are important for us to have. There are some fun stories in our reading book that relate very well to this topic that we can read as we continue to practice our reading strategies. Ask your child what "silly" laws they have learned about this week.
Math-
We are continuing to learn about polygons and their attributes in Topic 11. There is a lot of vocabulary with this topic so it is important for your child to be able to identify all the different shapes and attributes. This week we will continue reviewing a the various polygons we learned last week. The students will take those polygons to create a Geometry Zombie and become cartographers to create a city map using geometric shapes. We will have a test over topic 11 early next week.
Spelling-
Students have geometry words this week as their spelling list. The test will be Friday, Feb. 28. They may practice the spelling on Spelling City https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=16884772 and can practice the vocabulary here: http://www.classtools.net/mob/quiz_36/Geometry_Vocabulary_ovFq8.htm
Writing-
Students will be introduced to a new writing assignment this week. They will be publishing their own books and will actually get to order a copy of it. We will begin prewriting their auto-biographies this week.
Have a wonderful week!
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