Austrians, get your passports ready!

Dear Parents and Students,

Another cold but great week has gone by and I hope everyone is staying warm and healthy.

In the third grade class we are getting excited about Valentine’s Day next Tuesday.  We have made some beautiful Valentine’s Day cards this week for our friends and teachers.  Don’t tell anyone!  It is a secret!  All the cards are in the “mailbox” prepared by the sixth grade students, waiting to be delivered on Tuesday.  Watch our blog next week for our Valentine’s Day surprise to all our blog followers.  We are going to show you a glimpse of our artistic talent!

International Week is coming up!  The official dates for the main events are Wednesday, February 22^nd and Thursday, February 23^rd.  We, as Austrians, will present our country to the rest of the school.  We already have our Austrian passports in place!!!  J

Students, remember that your first worksheet for your Science Fair project needs to be handed in on Monday, February 13^th.  Also remember about the Music test on Monday, February 13^th.  Study hard on 2^nd intervals, semitones and tones!  J

Other test dates:

February 20^th:  Social Studies (Chapters 7 & 8)

February 21st:  Math Test (Chapters 12 & 13)

Curriculum Progress for Week 3:

Math:  We will finish and review Chapter 13 in Week 3.

English:  We are going to learn about Cinquain poems and write our own one for Valentine’s Day.  We will also start with Unit 8, which is focused on writing a story.

Social Studies and Science:  We will review Chapter 8 and then move on to Science, Unit E.  Unit E is about Matter and we will start with Chapter 11, Matter Changes.

Reading:  We started our second selection of Theme 4.  The story’s name is Seal Surfer.  We will finish activities based on this story in Week 3.

Spelling Words for Week 3:

7 Core Subject Words:

matter

volume

liquid

mass

capacity

quart

gallon

6 Frequent Used Words:

Babies

Carried

hurried

parties

cared

smiled

2 Challenging Words:

physical properties

Chemical change

Our Student of the Week is Angus Murray-Nobbs.  Angus is turning in to a super star student!  He is always participating and not only participating, but participating with a lot of enthusiasm.  He is improving very well!  Congratulations, Angus!  You are a star!

Keep warm, everyone!  And have a lovely weekend!