Spirit Week 2012 = FUN!

Dear Parents and Students,

What a fun week we had dressing up everyday!  Every morning I waited with excitement and in anticipation to see what the third graders were wearing.  Here is a glimpse of their creativity for Spirit Week:

The scheduled Race Day could not take place on Wednesday, March 14^th due to the rain.  It is rescheduled for Wednesday, March 28^th.  The time stays at 1.00pm – 2.00pm.  That is something fun to look forward to!

Our Music Scavenger Hunt is going to take place on Wednesday, March 21^st.  Students, review all those Music terms and facts!  We are going to compete against Fourth Grade.  Let’s show them what we can do!

Curriculum Planning for Week 8:

Math:  We finished Chapter 16 in Week 7 and will review it in Week 8.  We will also move on to Chapter 17, Perimeter, Area and Volume.

Social Studies and Science:  We will finish our tenth chapter in Social Studies in Week 8.  We will then start with Unit F in Science.  The first chapter is Chapter 13, Forms of Energy. 

English:  In Week 8 we will start with Unit 10, Writing a Research Report.

Reading:  We read our first selection of Theme 5, Across the Wide Dark Sea: The Mayflower.  In Week 8 we will work on activities based on this story.

Spelling Words for Week 8:

7 Core Subject Words

similar

perimeter

recycling

electric current

kinetic energy

potential energy

pitch

6 Frequent Used Words:

volume

balloon

pitch

daytime

birthday

together

2 Challenging Words:

conservation

disadvantage

In Reading Class we looked at 4 biographies.  We learned about the lives of 4 people we didn’t know.  For our next Oral Presentation we have to choose a celebrity/hero/legend and research biographies on their lives.  Then everyone has to come to present that person’s life, with the help of a poster (or a PowerPoint document if you prefer).  The date scheduled for the oral presentations is Thursday, March 29^th. 

Upcoming Test Dates:

Social Studies:  Monday, March 26^th (Chapters 9 & 10)

Math:  Wednesday, March 28^th (Chapters 15, 16 & 17)

Homework 3/16:

Math:  p. 459

English:  do corrections (IOWA preparation test)

Spelling:  Parents, please sign the test.  Students, do corrections.

Oral:  work on oral presentation

Our Student of the Week is Michelle Lin.  She has great spirit and dressed up very well every day according to the theme!  Congratulations, Michelle!  You made Spirit Week so much fun!