March 17

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• Reading minutes due Monday
• Work work will be given on Monday with a test on Friday.
• March 22- (Wednesday) We will be going to the Outdoor Discovery Center from 8:30-2:30 to learn about Native American lifeways and voyageurs.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather and has a bag lunch that day.  Thank you to Shelley Plaggemars, Sara Wierenga, Christi Nadig, and Jamie Dannenberg for coming along with us.
• March 21-Coffee Connections for 3rd grade has been rescheduled for this date.  
• March 24-(Friday) Report cards will come home.
• March 24- Matthew 28:1-10 is due
• March 27 and 29- Conferences.  I look forward to meeting with all of you!  I will do my best to respect everyone's time and will stick closely to the time slots that you signed up for.  
• March is reading month!  Keep on encouraging your child to fill out the Whitecaps Reading sheet if you care to receive tickets to a baseball game.  
• March 31-April 7- Spring break

Curriculum Highlights:
Devotions: A big thank you to Norah, Lane, and Ben for leading us this week in devotions.  We have had such a cool variety of ways to spend time with God.  The kids are really enjoying leading the class in this way.

Literacy: It is more of the same with our nonfiction unit!  This week we focused on writing a chapter on how we see God's creativity in our animals.  We also wrote our introduction to our chapter books.

Math:  We finished our fraction unit this week and took our test today.  Instead of starting a new unit before Spring Break I am going to focus on some intense work with students who are not solid on their math facts. We will also be doing some logic problems, challenge math assignments, and review.

Social Studies:  We have wrapped up our unit on Michigan's economy.  This week we talked about public goods and services and how we pay for these things.  We covered concepts like fees, fines, and taxes.  We will start the history of Michigan next week.

Bible:  Moses continues to lead his people through the wilderness in our Exodus reading.  We are placing ourselves in the shoes of an Israelite child and writing a journal as we go on the journey to the promise land.  This week we wrote about Moses striking the rock to get water and about the battle with the Amalekites.  Our Bible memory continues to be Matthew 28:1-10 and is due on March 24.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Lynae