Happy Election Day!
I hope you enjoyed the previous post of pictures - I was rushing to put them on and messed up the order... but aren't those kids the cutest???

Friday was a perfect day for us. Pumpkin Math was a huge hit! Thanks to all the parents who came in to help us! I never could have done it without you! Then... on to our Fall Festival Celebration - complete with costumes! I LOVED it! Thanks to all who helped with the party, but especially Tina Nguyenkhoa for going above and beyond!

I'm giving another shout out for our Silent Auction basket. Stephanie Tucker is working hard to make sure we have a great one... but, she still needs those donations! Please consider donating - it certainly benefits your child's classroom in the end!

Here's what we'll be doing for the next two weeks:
Language Arts: Next week we'll be working with Tall Tales and talking about character traits. On Nov. 8 we'll be starting a new unit - Reading Social Studies Texts. The kids will be previewing, predicting, reading, and answering questions about non-fiction Social Studies books.

Math: My math class will be starting Probability. It will go on for the next few weeks - I love this unit - lots of games and higher level thinking.

Social Studies: I'm sad to say our Science unit is over. I DID NOT tell the class what the mystery powders are yet, the other third grade teachers wanted me to wait until they caught up with us. That way, no one is spilling the beans...
We'll be starting a SS unit on People of the Nations and World. We'll be doing a lot of comparing of customs - in our classroom and in the world.

Word Study: No word study this week since it's only 3 days. Next week we'll be working with compound words.

Cursive: The next two weeks we'll be working with r and s.

I'd like to share some important news with you... I will be having much-needed surgery on November 3. I will be out as long as the doctor wants me to be, but he assured me it will only be a week or two. Having said that, I am so happy to have gotten the substitute I wanted!!! Angela Warr will be with the class until I get back. I have gone over everything with her and she is aware of how I do things. She actually knows a lot of the students from subbing in other classes in previous years. PLEASE, if you have any questions or concerns, just email me - I'll be checking my FCPS email periodically. Believe me when I say - your child will be in GREAT hands!

Thanks for being such supportive parents! I'm really going to miss these kids (am I really saying that??)
Have a great week, '
Faith Humerick