Weekly Newsletter 11/29/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
I hope everyone had a wonderful safe Thanksgiving break. We only have three weeks of school until our Christmas break.

Our Christmas program is right around the corner, Wednesday, December 15th at Grace Chapel. We will perform Alvin and the Chipmunks.

3rd grade is the first year students encounter AIMS. We will be working daily on different skills to prepare them for the test.

Starting this week students are going to create their own multiplication flash cards. If you child has not brought in flashcards please bring them in as soon as possible.

Friday, December 3rd is Pancakes with the Principal. Pancakes are 50cents each.

December 1st is Duds for Dollars. (Dress down for a dollar). Please remember no spaghetti straps or violence.

Friday, December 17th is report card day. This is a half day with NO after school and NO lunch. We will be having a holiday party in our classroom on this date. Please feel free to send in goodies for the class.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns Misty_fite@yahoo.com

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**

In Phonics, we will be reviewing suffixes.

In Math, we will be starting on fractions as well as multiplication facts. In Saxon math we will be working on finding perimeter, constructing a number line, and adding two-digit numbers using the addition algorithm.

In reading, we will be learning about details of a story.

In writing and language arts, we will learn about verbs and organizing paragraphs.

In Science, we will learn about volcanoes and earth movements.

In Social Studies, the class will learn about American character.

Spelling List
1. happened
2. pulled
3. raised
4. pushed
5. climbed
6. teacher
7. worker
8. being
9. burning
10. birds
11. stars
12. boxes
13. slowly
14. suddenly
15. asked
16. arms
17. artist
18. shameful
19. brushes
20. carefully