Monday, March 29, 2010

Weekly Newsletter 3/29/10

NOTES TO PARENTS:

There will be NO homework this week including spelling.

If anyone can send in pencils it would be very much appreciated. The students are going through them fast.

There will be NO School April 1st through April 5th for Easter Break.

Wednesday, April 7th is our Dress Down for a $1.

Our class will be competing against the other 3rd grade classes and the 4th grade in an Olympics on April 28th. We will teach the students about how the government works. They will create money, a country name, and other interesting things about the country.

There will be a mother/son dance on April 23rd. There will be more information to come.

If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me at misty_fite@yahoo.com or 721-4205.

In Phonics, we will not have a phonics lesson this week.

In Math, we will be learning how to add money amounts to $99,999.99, writing checks for money amounts to $99,999.99, acting out, drawing pictures, and writing number sentences for division story problems, and writing number sentences for division story problems.

In writing and language arts, we will continue our unit on pronouns.

In Science, we will continue to learn about rocks and minerals.

In Social Studies, we will learn how a government works.

AIMS Testing starts April 12th and runs through April 16th. Please make sure your child is at school and on time this week.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Weekly Newsletter 3/22/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
If anyone can send in pencils it would be very much appreciated. The students are going through them fast.

There will be NO School April 1st through April 5th for Easter Break.

Wednesday, April 7th is our Dress Down for a $1.

Our class will be competing against the other 3rd grade classes and the 4th grade in an Olympics on April 28th. We will teach the students about how the government works. They will create money, a country name, and other interesting things about the country.

There will be a mother/son dance on April 23rd. There will be more information to come.

AIMS Testing starts April 12th and runs through April 16th. Please make sure your child is at school and on time this week.

Friday, March 26, 2010 there will be a LPA Talent show at Central. This will include top winners from both schools.

Spelling List

Monday – Write words three time each
Tuesday – Write words in a sentence
Wednesday – Write words in ABC order
Thursday – Study
Friday –Test

1. important
2. information
3. afternoon
4. Atlantic
5. conversation
6. establish
7. fantastic
8. interrupt
9. interruption
10. September
11. thousand
12. mountain
13. because
14. couldn’t
15. themselves
16. wreath
17. describe
18. hundred
19. sandwich
20. character