November 10 – 14

Important Dates to Remember:
November 11th:  Happy Birthday Jenna S.
                               Spirit Night at Dicky’s Bar-B-Que in Clinton 
November 12th: Basket Donations Due
                              SAGE Interim Language Arts 8:40 am
November 14th: SAGE Interim Language Arts 8:40 am
November 17th – 21st  Book Fair
                               Book Fair Hours
                               Mon-Wed 8 am – 330 pm
                               Thurs 8 am – 630 pm (SEP night)

We are well on our way with multiplication tables, cursive and improving our writing skills.  This week we have a lot going on and will be learning  new things.  We start off the week with learning the SAGE testing system, and we’ll be taking what’s called an interim test.  This means that we will have data that will tell us if were are on the right track for end-of-year success.  The results will help me know where we are with the topics we’ve already learned and help me adjust instruction to support student growth between now and the end of the year.  It will also give us the opportunity to use the SAGE system so it’s not new to us in the spring.

We are still collecting items for our basket.  We have some really fun donations and are hoping to win the “People’s Choice Award”, which will give 3rd Grade  25% of all the money collected.  We are also collecting Box Tops, Soup Labels, Tyson Product School Labels, and Coke Rewards.  These are worth a free dress down day and if we win over all a Pizza and Movie Party.  Last but not least, as you plan for the holidays, we need the lids from your cool whip containers for a Christmas project.  We can’t tell you what it is, because it’s a surprise for our parents.

Our writing program “Strategies of Writing” has a great way to teach how to write a research paper.  We will be starting to research and write our own reports this week.  After the reports are written, we will be creating a PowerPoint to present the information found. It will be so much fun to hear 25 different topics and the way they are presented.

Homework
Reading:  20 minutes a night and reading articles or information for your research project counts toward this 20 minutes.

Math
Xtramath.org multiplication at least 3 times a week.  Extra practice in Frontrowed.com is great too, but not required.

Word Sorts
Red Group:  sort 33
Pink Group: sort 10
Orange Group:  sort 37
Blue Group: sort 54