Important Dates

Wed       May 24th  Clean Out Desks (Please Bring Your Backpack)
Thurs    May 25th   Short Day
                                   Field Day 
                                   Wear your Yellow Tie Dye Shirt 
Fri          May 26th  Short Day 
                                   Free Dress Down
                                   Last Day of 3rd Grade

I just want to tell all of you, thank you!  Thank you for an amazing year.  I truly love all of you and will always remember the amazing things that have been accomplished.  It’s been fun getting to know the fun personalities, likes, dislikes, and how the members of our class work!  

Thank you also for the support of the great parents in our class.  It makes a huge difference when we have the love and support of our parents.

There will not be homework this week, but please remember that nightly reading is not homework, it’s bonus time and something I hope you’ll do forever and ever!

 
Thank you parents, and students for the fabulous costumes and wonderful performances to make the play the best yet.   Without you, the play would not be a success!  I love the way the students worked hard, memorized their lines and did an amazing job!

Thank you also for the immense spoiling that took place last week!  I loved all the sweet appreciations that were sent in my direction!  I do love my class!

This week we have SAGE testing on Tuesday and Thursday.    We’ll be attending Miss Beckstead’s and Mrs. Lloyd’s plays.  

All of our library books are in (HOORAY!) and we were the winning class for number of minutes read!  Thanks for putting in all those hours of reading.  Mrs. Anderson rewarded everyone with a certificate,  a Reading Rocks pin and a book!   We really appreciate Mrs. Anderson and all that she does for reading in our school.

Homework
Reading
Reading 20 minutes nightly!  We have been working with picture books in class and now it’s your turn to choose and read a picture book and go in Google Classroom and tell us what you learned, noticed or found in the book. It can be something with foreshadowing, inference, a lesson learned as a few suggestions.

Math
This is a new fun new website that will reinforce the concepts we’ve learned throughout the year.  Just click on the link and you’ll go to Math 3 Under the Sea:http:

//www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/

Important Dates

Mon  May 8th   Dress Rehearsal 9:00 to 10:30
                             Last Library Day (Please return all books)
Tues  May 9th   SAGE Testing ELA 8:30
Wed  May 10th PLAY  2:00 (Please be seated by 1:45)
                                         5:00
Thur. May 11     SAGE Testing ELA (I’ll post the time Monday)
Fri.    May 12     Normal Friday Schedule

HERMIT CRABS
The time has come to put our Hermit Crabs up for adoption!  In order to put in for adoption, you will need to do a couple of things.   In order to adopt, you will need to provide a container for the crabs to live in, and insure that you will be willing to take care of them, feed them, purchase salt water for them, and Hermit Crab Dirt.  They need to have their dirt changed about every 3 weeks.  The dire and the salt water can be purchased at most pet stores.  If you would like to adopt, please do the following:
First, send a note with your child by THURSDAY that states you would like to adopt 2 hermit crabs.   
Second, fill out the note I will send home with interested families and return it by FRIDAY.
Third, know that this is a drawing, all names of those who are interested will be put in a random name generator and the computer will draw the adoptive families.
Fourth, if your name is drawn, you will have the weekend to purchase your items and bring them to school by Monday.
Good luck to all interested families!

HOMEWORK
Reading:   20 minutes every night!  By now, this should be a habit.  We will be using your home reading in class.  If you don’t have time home, you may choose to read during study hall.

Math:  Prodigy is still set to review all the concepts you have learned this year.  I will only require 2 nights (30 Problems) due to the play on Wednesday night. 

Thank you for being a great 3rd Grade Class!

Important Dates to Remember

Mon. May 1  Happy May Day!
                       Library (Please remember your books!
Fri.     May 5  School Cinco De Mayo Carnival
Mon.  May 8  Dress Rehearsal for Play (All Costumes should Come to school)
Tues. May 9   Language Arts Testing  12:40
Wed.  May 10 “Character Matters” Play    2:00 and 5:00
Thur. May 11  Language Arts Testing  12:40

The next 4 weeks are packed with all sorts of activities.  We are continuing to prepare for the End of Year Tests.   We are still learning new information as well as reviewing concepts we’ve learned throughout the year.  We  have completed the writing section of the test, and the Language Arts Section will be next week.  Please note: Math testing will be the following week.

Homework:
Reading every night is a habit that should be well developed by now and will hopefully continue for the rest of all our lives.  I have seen a decrease in the number of minutes being turned in for the library and in our classroom.  Please find books that you can read to yourself or with your family.   This week I will be randomly calling on the students to tell us what they have been reading at home.  Please, please, please continue to read nightly!

Prodigy is set to review all of the math concepts we will be tested on next week.  We are still learning and reviewing in class also.  We will be reviewing the concepts covered on Prodigy in class, as well as continuing to learn about equations, capacity and weight in class.

We do not have formal spelling words for the rest of the year as we are learning about rootwords, idioms and word parts.  All of these types of words are found throughout the reading we are doing in class as well as in the individualized reading that you do every night at home.

Have a great night and please be ready for dress rehearsal.

Important Dates to Remember
Sun.  Apr. 23rd   Happy Birthday Bridger!
Mon. Apr. 24h    Library (Please remember your books!)
                               Quest Gala
Tue.   Apr. 25th   Writing Assessment at 1:00
Thur. Apr. 27th   Writing Assessment at 8:40
                                STEM Challenge

Gala
If your student is participating at the Gala, please have them wear best dress.  If you are not attending the Gala, the children need to be there at 6:15 and may be picked up at 7:00.  Thank you for helping make this performance possible.

Testing
Yikes!  We begin our End of Level Testing on Tuesday.  Please go to bed early, get lots of sleep and eat a great breakfast before coming to school  on Tuesday and Thursday.  

Writing
We have completed Informational and Opinion Writing (We’ll still be revisiting them between now and the end of the year), and will be working of narrative writing. 

Play
The play is coming along and we are going to be ready to perform on the 10th.  We will be be performing at 1:45 and again that night at 5:00.  Your child’s costume does not need to be anything elaborate.  All costumes should come to school on Monday May 8th and we will have a dress rehearsal that that day.

HOMEWORK
Reading
There are nightly homework assignments up in Google Classroom.  Don’t forget that you need to read for 20 minutes every night.  That is the most important part of the homework!  There will only be 3 nights of homework, due to the Gala.

Math
Prodigy is set to review everything that we have taught this year.  If you spend 15 minutes every night doing the problems, you will have all concept reviewed by the end of the month.  Those who do not accomplish these at home will be catching up during study hall.

Spelling
This week, we are continuing our study of Latin Root Words.  We will be talking about how the root of the word can help us with spelling as well as definition.  The roots we are looking at are:   vac (empty), dict (say), audi (hear), mand (order), man (hand) and port (carry) 

We are planning on performing at the Gala on Monday, April 24th. I need to know who can make it, and if parents need tickets for the evening. Please click, print, fill out the form below and then  send it back on Monday.

Gala Info Letter

Dates to Remember
Mon.   Apr. 17   Library (Please bring your books)
Thur.   Apr. 20  STEM

Thank you parents for helping make our Aquarium Fieldtrip a huge success.    Without our parents, there are several activities we would not be able to make happen, and this is one of them.  

We are now focused on preparing for our end of year testing and our play.  The songs are coming along and the students almost have their parts memorized.  Please remember that you and your student are responsible for their costumes.

Homework
Reading
There are nightly homework assignments up in Google Classroom.  Don’t forget that you need to read for 20 minutes every night.  That is the most important part of the homework!

Math
Prodigy is set to review everything that we have taught this year.  If you spend 15 minutes every night doing the problems, you will have all concept reviewed by the end of the month.

Spelling
This week, we are studying Latin Root Words.  We will be talking about how the root of the word can help us with spelling as well as definition.  The roots we are looking at are:   vac (empty), dict (say), audi (hear), mand (order), man (hand) and port (carry) 

Our class has been invited to perform the opening number of our class play at the Gala.  I think this would be a great opportunity to show off how how hard we’ve work on this.  Please fill out the form below so I can who would be available to do this.

Dates to Remember:

April 10   Library (Please remember your books)
April 12   Visit from the USOE who will be observing how we use the State Science Books.  They may be taking some       pictures to use in a state presentation.
April 13   STEM
                  Special Dollar Dress Down Day to help the Quest Family who lost their house in a fire over the break

April 14   Field Trip to the Planetarium

FIELD TRIP AND PLAY
Remember, the field trip this week is to the Planetarium in Salt Lake.  We will meet at the Sandridge Frontrunner station in Roy at 8:15. We will return to the station at 2:45 so please remember to pick up your student before you pick up any siblings at Quest.  Your child will not need ANY money for this field trip and we have asked our volunteer adults to not purchase anything at the planetarium.  The food court is undergoing a renovation, so please do not plan to purchase your lunch there. 

We are exactly 1 month away from May 10th It’s time to start thinking about costumes and props for the play.  Remember, we will have a day performance at 1:45, as well as an evening performance at 5:00.    Your child knows his or her part and you may work in conjunction with other characters in their scene if you wish.  This play is about fairy tale characters and the costumes do not need to be anything super fancy.  If you need help with  costume ideas, please come talk to me. 

Opinion Writing
We are practicing opinion writing in preparation for our upcoming end of year testing.  Please ask your student to present their opinion to you on anything you can think of.  They need to give you a hook, with their reasons and evidence for each reason.

Donations
We are in need of #9 and #7 lead for our mechanical pencils.  Thank you advance for helping us out.

HOMEWORK

Reading
There are nightly homework assignments up in Google Classroom.  Don’t forget that you need to read for 20 minutes every night.  That is the most important part of the homework!

Math
Prodigy is set to review everything that we have taught this year.  If you spend 15 minutes every night doing the problems, you will have all concept reviewed by the end of the month.

Spelling
This week, we are studying Latin Root Words.  We will be talking about how the root of the word can help us with spelling as well as definition.  The roots we are looking at are:   vac (empty), dict (say), audi (hear), mand (order), man (hand) and port (carry)  The spelling test will be on Thursday due to the field trip on Friday.

Important dates to remember

Mon.  March 26th   Library  (Please bring your book so you can get a new one for the
                                    break)
Tues.  March 27th   Singing with Mrs. Vernieuw (This will be our last time until after the
                                    plays)
Wed.  March 28th   Skype call with our Penguin Friends in South Africa for Earth Day (I
                                    know we’re early, but it was the only time available)
Thur.  March 29th   STEM
Fri.      March 30th  SKYPE Call with Lauren Magaziner (Author of our Last Read-A-Loud,
                                    The Only Thing Worse Than Witches)
                                    Dollar Dress Down
                                    Short Day Schedule


We had a fabulous time at the Living Planet Aquarium!  Thank you parent volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to do this field trip with you!  The students had the opportunity to see so many interesting and fun animals.   Several of the students mentioned they were planning on bringing their $3.00 on Monday, if it wasn’t too late.  It’s not too late, and would be greatly appreciated.

Upcoming  T

Our next field trip is April 12th, which is after spring break, to The Clark Planetarium.  We will be riding the Frontrunner to Salt Lake, trading to Trax to get to the Planetarium.  The cost of this field trip is $4.00 per student.  If you have not yet paid, not worries, but please do if possible, it really helps with the transportation costs.  No student will be left behind due to inability to pay.

We are already working hard on the play, and on our books.  Between the two of them, we are so busy while also learning about opinion writing and elapsed time.    

HOMEWORK
Reading:  20 minutes every night.  After reading, go to the Google Classroom and comment on the links there.  I know last week was a little confusing, but it should have everything there this week.

Math:   15 minutes of Prodigy.  It’s important that you go into the battles, and do the problems there.  You really should be able to complete 15 to 20 problems a week.

Spelling:  We will complete our suffix studies this week and will have a suffix test on Friday.  

Have a great week, and a wonderful Spring Break!  We’ll see you in April!