We got off to a great start for the week! Yea us! I have several important events and responsibilities to discuss with you in this blog. I apologize upfront for the blog being so long and taking up your time at home to read. However, there is a lot going on that I wanted to share with you.
This Wednesday is Spirit Day! The children are allowed to wear their Shorecrest items keeping in mind the Shorecrest colors of green and gold. Friday is our field day when the children wear a T-shirt the color of their team. If they have forgotten the color of their team, they should let me know tomorrow so they can plan ahead. But tell them to check their agenda first. The festivities of field day will begin promptly at 9 and will be over by 11. The remainder of the day will be a normal working day, let's hope!
Inside your child's homework folder, you will find some forms that you need to read. One of the forms is about our picture day on April 5. The children should bring in their orders as soon as they can to avoid the late fee. I will keep their money for them as they bring it in. Please make sure your child is appropriately dressed on that day complete with belts. There is also a notice about the Duathlon on April 16th. The last form that you should be aware of is a special secret assignment that has a paperclip holding two gray pieces of paper. This is a surprise and so if you have any questions, I am sure you can call a room mom to get further instructions.
On Friday, April 23, the third grade children will be singing as a part of our Celebrate the Arts celebration week. The children have been asked to wear jeans/jeans skirts and a white t-shirt for the performance. They will be allowed to wear that all day or if the children want to change back into their school uniform that day, that is fine by me. Again, if the pants require a belt, then the children need to wear one.
Scholastic Book money is due by Wednesday, March 31.
The Idita-read is still in full swing. So far we are holding on to our lead with over 15 thousand minutes/miles read. Please continue to encourage the tracking of the time read at home. I have also required that each child submit an Idita-read book review. The summary portion at the bottom of the form should be at least 5 or 6 sentences. They don't have to submit it on the computer, but they must turn in the written copy to me by this Friday.
I will be sending home new baggy books beginning tomorrow. You will notice that these baggy books are lengthy and may require a couple of nights to read orally and independently. The main focus of these stories is the perspective of the characters in the story. Even though the activities make look simple, they may not be that simple to answer if the children do not read the story carefully.
This week we will be doing a practice writing to a prompt activity. This is in preparation for the WrAP testing that will take place on April 6 and 7. I will share more information with you as that time approaches.
Tonight the children have the following work.
Spelling- abc order with the new list.. they will receive the dictation tomorrow with the test on Friday
Vocabulary Cloze Activity- these words are the focus words for the reamainder of our stories in our reading book
Math- review the practice test that they worked on over the weekend and study the additional sheet that we reviewed in class today on angles and triangles... I will not give the test tomorrow but on Wednesday.. so two night to prepare! YEA!!
We are moving along in our class novel, George Washington's Socks. You will want to ask your child later on this week if there is any signs of hope that the characters are ever going to make their way out of the American Revolutionary War.
We are working on our last Native American group and our chart is almost completed. The culminating activity will be for the children to choose the group that they either would like to be a part of or enjoyed learning about. Each child will write an essay from that Native American's perspective sharing as many details that they have learned as they can. This writing acitivity may take a few days as I will be very picky in the content as well as the editing stage.
We hope to have a writing celebration soon. They have a couple of personal narratives that we would like to share. But I would like to combine a poem or two to the celebration as well. I will let you know as soon as we have completed this activity and are ready to share.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this very long blog. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me via email.
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