We had lots going on this week... Here's some of what happened:
We had a our pictures taken on Monday and began our Personal Body Safety Unit on the same day.
Tuesday we had a wonderful time at Bye, Bye, Birdie - Thanks to Jim McCown and Jennifer Romer for going with us! Even though the play was long - the entire third grade did a great job watching and acting respectfully.
Wednesday we were fortunate to have Mr. Esko, our 5th grade Magnet teacher and resident collector of fossils, to give our class a virtual tour of Purse State Park where he has gathered thousands of fossils. Your child's thank you notes were given to him and he was so pleased about how excited they were!
Thursday - a big thank you to Jim McCown - he came in and helped our class and Mr. Clutz's class make our own fossils! They'll be coming home today! Very cool...
Now... on to next week:
We will have one more day of the Personal Body Safety Unit on Monday. Your child will be bringing home some papers we've done and some information - please go through this with your child.
Language Arts: We're continuing reading our novels. We'll be meeting in Literature Circles to discuss the chapters that have been read. Your child may need to read in the evening to reread or to catch up with the group - please listen while he/she reads and ask what is happening. This will help with comprehension of the story.
Math: We've been working with graphing and next week you'll be asked to give information for a data gathering homework. Your child will then decide which type of graph will work the best to display the data and then will independently create a graph with all parts that a graph needs.
Science: We're continuing with fossils and will begin talking about soil. We'll decide which soil is best for growing seeds... should be helpful for the gardeners!
Word Study - We'll be doing Latin roots for the next 2 weeks since they're both short. So, the words they get on the 29th, they'll get tested on April 9th.
Cursive - We're still plugging away at upper case letters - hopefully we'll be done soon so we can write something ALL in cursive!
Have a great weekend! Hope it dries up for everyone...
Mrs. Humerick
