May 4 - Week 35

News

Medical Notes

If your child has a medical note that prevents them from playing at recess, please make sure that you also inform P.E. and music teachers. Students move a lot in both of these classes and teachers need to know of any limitations.

Snacks

Students may bring a dry, quick, and healthy snack. Good suggestions are apple slices, carrot sticks, grapes, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. Please do not send chips, cookies, candy, anything that needs to be peeled, and anything that needs a utensil to eat for your child to have as a snack.

Water Bottles

Students may bring a filled water bottle with only clear (unflavored) water. Do not add flavor packets to the water in case of spills. Students may not bring cups with straws. Only water bottles that can securely close will be allowed.

Character Strong

Morning Drop Off

PARENTS, Please watch and follow staff directions in the morning drop off. We need you to pull all the way forward. Please do not stop at the kindergarten doors as you back up traffic. We need to keep everything flowing. We have staff on hand to assist students getting to class.

Afternoon Pick Up

Here is the link to our Safety Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal.

Illness

Please remember to follow our attendance guidelines and keep your child home when they are sick. While we value your child’s learning time in the classroom, help prevent the spread of illness and ensure the health of other students by making sure your child is fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please also talk to your child about healthy habits like frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when coughing.

Important Dates

Homework

May 4: Reading MAP Test
May 6: Math MAP Test
May 15: Field Day
May 22: Last Day of School and Early Release at 11:45

Students are encouraged to read every night and review multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will finish our research unit on an animal of their choice!

Ask your child what they've learned about the animal they are researching.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, the students will being our unit on Mysteries!

Ask your child what the Mystery in their read aloud is!

Skills Block:

This week, students will use skills block time to catch up on their research project and continue working with their groups on the market project.

Ask your student what their favorite fact is they have learned about their animal and what it means to make a profit.

Math:

This week, students will learn mental math strategies to multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. The end of the year math MAP test will be on Wednesday.

Ask your child to explain if it matters what order you multiply factors in a multiplication problem.

Science:

This week in Science, we will continue with Topic 7 and discuss and compare Life Cycles in Experience 2. We will examine lima bean seeds and radish seeds as we explore their life cycles. We will also compare the life cycles of beetles and crickets as well.

Topic 7, Exp. 1 External Structures Topic 7, Exp. 2 Life Cycles

Ask your child about our radish plants and our mealworms in the classroom.

Social Studies:

Students will be applying what they've learned about Financial Literacy to participate in our Market Project.

Ask your child what they have decided to make for their business.

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