November 4

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• Book Orders- I sent home a couple of flyers today in case you are interested in ordering.  If you want the books for a Christmas gift, let me know and I will make sure not to send them home with our child.  You may send a check to school (made out to Scholastic) or order online by using the Scholastic link at the top of the blog.  Ordering online will offer you more choices as well as the option to order from different grade levels.
• Clorox Wipes- We are starting to run low on these.  If you are willing to pick up some for our class, I would greatly appreciate it!
• Conferences- I look forward to meeting with all of you this coming week. I will do my best to carefully follow the time slots you signed up for so everyone's time is respected.
• Resthaven Singing- The 3rd graders will be walking to Resthaven on 40th Street on Wednesday, November 16 to sing to the residents.  Feel free to come join us!  We will be there from 1:30-2:00.
• Word Work-New words will come home on Monday with a test on Friday.
• Reading Minutes- Due Monday
• Psalm 100- Many students have already said this.  If your child still needs to do so, I will have them say it to me by Friday, November 11.
• November 23- No school due to Staff Development
• Noevember 24 and 25- No School for Thanksgiving Break
• Swimming Lessons- December 5-16.  We will be at the pool from 1:25-2:10.

Curriculum Highlights:

Reading: We finished reading our read aloud Because of Winn-Dixie this week and have been busy relating to the characters in the story.  We have also compared and contrasted this book to another book written by the same author.  Everyone is GROWING as a reader and in how they respond to their book!

Writing:  We have been brainstorming topics for our next personal narrative.  The students have looked at several different types of writing and have a good idea of what they want to try in their next writing piece.  We also had a writing share with  Mrs. DeZwaan's class.

Math:  We took our Math test on Tuesday!  Our next unit is on measurement, time, and graphs.  We began measurement this week by measuring to the nearest 1/4 inch.  Keep practicing those Math facts at home!  They will be coming back with multistep word problems!

Bible:  We continue to follow Abram as he moves to the land of Canaan.  We see his deep faith and trust in God.  This week we learned how God changed Abram's name to Abraham and we learned the importance of this.  We also looked up the meanings of our own names and created a keynote on them.  

Social Studies: We learned this week about natural characteristics of Michigan with the different bodies of water.  We also looked a human characteristics of Michigan by examining bridges, tunnels, and highways that are in Michigan.

Blessings,
Lynae