Mid-Semester Break! Woohoo!!!

Dear Parents and Students,

It has been a very short, but a productive and fun week.  The third graders have been very creative and worked hard on a special project for our Art Exhibition, which will be held on May 30^th.  All family members and friends are welcome to come appreciate our artistic talents. 

Before May 30^th is our musical, Annie!  All family members and friends are welcome to come appreciate our students’ talents in the performing arts.  There are still tickets available for the show on May 25^th, at 6.30pm, at the Science Park Theatre.

Curriculum Planning for Week 16:

Math:  We will start with Chapter 21 in Week 16.  In Chapter 21 we will learn about multiplication by 1-digit numbers. 

Reading:  We will read our second selection in Theme 6 and do activities based on this story.  Our second selection is called Poppa’s New Pants.

Social Studies:  We will review Chapter 11 and move on to Chapter 12, which is based on holidays and symbols.

English:  We will start with our last unit, Unit 12.  We will learn how to write to persuade. 

Spelling Words for Week 16:

7 Core Subject Words:

citizen

election

president

candidate

Congress

governor

capital

6 Frequency Words:

taxes

mayor

wealth

October

purple

foolish

2 Challenging Words:

constitution

legislature

I believe everyone will enjoy the well-deserved Mid-Semester Break!  See you all back at school on Monday, May 21st!  Have fun and take care!