Week of May 16

 

Can you believe we've made it this far?  The end of third grade is finally here. It has been a lot of work for all of us, and I want you to know I'm already shedding tears over this end of my time with your children!  Thank you for all of your support and help at home!  I may create one last blog next week, but for now:

• field trip to Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park on Monday!  We'll be given a 10:00 tour and learn what happened there during the Civil War, then we'll eat lunch, then we'll play on the playground.
• REMEMBER TO PACK A LUNCH MONDAY
• One last language test Tuesday.  A workbook page went home Friday with the material.
• CAMP DAY on Thursday!  We'll be doing learning activities that have a camping theme, and we'll do a little reading by FLASHLIGHT, so please send one in, along with something to sit on, such as a small blanket.  (As of Friday, I haven't even told the kids yet.)
• Awards on Friday morning, in our classroom!
• We'll probably pack up and clean up on Friday, too.

Week of May 9

 

Announcements:

• Science notebooks: amphibians & invertebrates due Monday
• Achievement testing Tuesday-Thursday, each morning
• No other tests this week
• No reading homework, no spelling homework this week.
• Please drop off the notes of encouragement for your student
• Try to make sure your student gets enough sleep.
• Please send in a dollar or two to help cover the cost of ice cream for Thursday. (There's a note and envelope in the take home folder.)
• Watch for a permission slip for the field trip to Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park (Monday, May 16)

Week of May 2

 A few important notes:

• Last school library time for the year is this Tuesday. Please make sure you don't have any school library books at home.
• SAT-10 testing will be May 10-12.  (We will try to do a few lessons, but there will NOT be any other tests that week.)
• last day for students: Monday, May 23.

Academics:

• Bible memory this week: Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
• Spelling is list 31.  I already put it in the center of the folders of the ones who were here.  Homework Tuesday, trial test Thursday, final test Friday, as usual.
• Reading homework this week:  Secret in the Maple Tree, chapter 13.
• In math, we have moved up to the ten and eleven multiplication tables, so please practice all of them at home, if necessary. 
• Math test Tuesday, and workbook pages 255, 256 are bonus.
• History test Wednesday
• Health test Friday 

Here are the due dates for the rest of the sections for the Animal Notebook.  As a reminder, the pictures may be from the science notebook itself, the internet, magazines, stickers, or hand-drawn. They do NOT have to write reports, but should write the characteristics of each.  I would like to see at least two pictures for each page.

Birds and Reptiles:  Monday, May 2

Amphibians and Invertebrates:  Monday, May 9

As always, thank you for all you do at home!