May 18, 2018

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• Homework:  Word Work is officially done due to the fact that I need to give a final spelling inventory to the class next week.  I will ask for reading minutes yet next week but math homework will be extra credit.
• All library books are due back to the library.
• My classroom books can keep going back and forth.  However, if you child has several at home please have them start returning them to school.
• May 25 (Friday):  Tetrahedron Kites.  Several students still need to bring in tissue paper for this project.  I am all set with volunteers on this day.  Thank you!
• May 28 (Monday):  No School for Memorial Day
• May 29 (Tuesday):  Ruff Reader Celebration
• May 29 (Tuesday) Field day in the afternoon.  Please send your child with a water bottle!
• May 30 (Wednesday):  Tetrahedron Kites.  Once again I am all set with volunteers.
• May 30 (Wednesday):  Class cursive party
• May 30 (Wednesday):  Sound Demonstration at the High School.  This ties in nicely with our Science unit.  We will be out of the building from 11:00-12:00.
• May 31 (Thursday):  Baseball game 
• May 31 (Thursday):  Send your child with a bag to bring home all of the treasures from his/her desk and locker.
• June 1 (Friday):  Last day of 3rd grade.  Join us for our final chapel at 10:45.  Your child will be coming home with a report card and baton.  We will dismiss at 11:30.

Curriculum Highlights:
Convocation:  What a great morning of worshipping God as a student body!

Literacy:  We are busy reading biographies and looking at the life and time of another person.  Next week we will begin biography posters.  In writing we have finished our rough drafts of How I See God and we will begin our final copy next week. 

Math:  We are wrapping up our final unit of geometry, area, and perimeter and will take our final assessment next week.

Bible:  We looked at the story of Caleb, Joshua, and the 10 other spies looking over the promised land.  We acted out a reader's theatre of the story and wrote about it in the perspective of an Israelite child.  We have also been spending a lot of time in devotions lately with song and prayer.

Science:  We have begun  our final unit called Light and Sound.  This unit has a lot of fun experiments with it and we enjoyed learning how light travels in a straight line, how light reflects from one thing to another, and how light interacts with our eye.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Lynae