Friday, March 8th
Next week we have PE on Tuesday and Friday.
Dear Parents,
We had a good full week! We started our program with Blue Sky Bridge on Tuesday. They will visit our classroom again on 3/12, 3/19, and 4/2. Your child is coming home with short handout about body safety and touching rules. We also had an educational, musical assembly today by Jeff and Paige. They do a wonderful job of bringing science and nature to life through music and stories.
As you know, third graders will be taking the CMAS tests this year. This is a state standardized test. The tests have been scheduled for April 16th, 17th, and 18th.
We will be doings some CMAS practice activities. This practice helps students feel more comfortable about the test and familiarizes them with the testing format. The websites below have have some good practice problems, if you would like to use them at home too.
Mathematics
Language Arts
Literacy:
Students read two texts about animal migration. They then planned and typed an opinion piece about an animal from the text that has the most remarkable migration.
We are almost done with our author study about Patricia Polacco and will start a nonfiction text unit next week.
Math:
We completed our Geometry unit this week and took our chapter test today. We will begin our next unit on Fractions on Monday.
Social Studies:
This week we continued our unit on Regions of the United States by learning about how to find places on a map using latitude and longitude. We also completed a geography challenge using population, elevation, and annual rainfall special purpose maps. Next week, we will explore the similarities and differences between the five regions of the United States.
Homework for next week:
- ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
- Read at least 20 min nightly.
- Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.
- Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and subtraction and addition facts through sums of 20 daily.
Important Dates to Remember
Saturday, March 9th-PTA Trivia Night-6pm
Monday, March 11th- Coffee at Kohl-8:30-9:30
Monday, March 25-Friday, March 29th- Spring Break
Have a fantastic weekend!
Sincerely,
Aisha Galt
