Wow! What a week... starting off with a Valentine's Party and ending with a 2-hour early dismissal! But...we persevered (a word I've been using lately with the kids when talking about the MSA's) and got a lot of work done.

Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing:

Language Arts: We did some MSA practice packets to get us ready for our Mock MSA's this week and the real ones on the 7th of March. The students are really getting a taste of what will be expected. With all of this practice, my hope is that they won't be so nervous and will do their best work when March 7th rolls around. We'll also be starting our Novel unit soon.

Math: My math class is continuing working with drawing pictures and arrays to solve multiplication problems. Next we'll be doing the same for division problems.

Science: Well, this was certainly the highlight on Friday! Mr. Schartner set up a team-wide experiment on the playground. It showed every third grader the effects of water and air on dirt, rocks, and sand. The students then had to put all of the information together and explain erosion. We'll begin talking about fossils next week.

Word Study: This week will be a prefix study.

Writing: We're talking about "Voice". This is putting your own attitude in your writing.

A big thank you to Tina N. (Connor's mom) and Stephanie T. (Austin's mom) for our perfect Valentine's Day party!

I had each student take his/her supplies home. Please go through these with your child. Most need pencils, but have other supplies they don't need but take up room in their desks. Thanks!

Next week on Thursday and Friday will be our Mock MSA practices. Please be sure your child gets plenty of rest and a good breakfast each morning.

Well, that's it for now - have a wonderful long weekend! Enjoy the pictures of our party and the Science experiment. Actually, I've been trying to upload my pictures and my laptop at home is not reading them. Hopefully I'll get them in on a seperate blog! Sorry!

Faith Humerick