February 18-22

"February is the border between winter and spring."

We are looking forward to a busy week before vacation. Students did an awesome job at our Practice Lockdown Drill today. I was very proud of them! We evacuated the classroom safely, quietly and calmly. 

We will continue working on Unit 6 in math this week. Please check your child's Home Link for the daily Learning Objective. Students will have a Home Link on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. 

No spelling this week! :)

We are so lucky to have two special presentations related to our Simple Machine and Inventions Unit this week. Tomorrow we will host the Museum of Science at LSS. The entire third grade will see an assembly on Motion, Forces and Energy. Then on Thursday, Alice's Mom will visit our class for a presentation on inventing and the engineering design process. 

We will continue to work on our PBL experience this week. We will also study influential African Americans in honor of Black History Month. 

Have a wonderful week and a relaxing vacation! :)

February 11-15

"In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other."

We had a fantastic start to our week! Our class is really enjoying our Black History Month project. They have now learned about nine important and influential African Americans. At the end of the month, they will take home their February calendar filled with fact cards about each person. 

We began Unit 6 in math today. This unit continues to focus on Multiplication Fact Strategies, Solving Multistep Problems and the Relationship Between Multiplication and Division. Please see your child's Home Link each evening for our daily Learning Objective. Students will have a Home Link each night this week. 

Students will have a spelling assignment tonight and tomorrow. Our test will be given on Wednesday. It will be our last spelling test until after February break. :)

Students will delve deeper into our Invention PBL this week. Students will research their invention and find the information most useful to them using digital resources and books. Next week they will decide how to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge of the invention.  

Have a wonderful week! :)

February 4-8

"While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch."

This weather has been spectacular! We've enjoyed playing outside the last two days and even took a nice class walk this afternoon. :)

We will finish Unit 5 in math tomorrow. Please look for the Family Letter for Unit 6 to come home by Friday. It gives great information about our upcoming unit along with Home Link tips. We will review for the Unit 5 Assessment on Thursday and the test will be given the following day. Please check your child's Home Link each night for our Learning Objective. We will begin Unit 6 on Monday. 

We will take our Lesson 13 spelling pretest tomorrow. Students will have a spelling assignment on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. 

Scholastic book orders are due by February 18th.

Please sign and return gold report card envelopes as soon as possible. 

Have a fantastic week!