May 25, 2012

COMING UP SOON

We have some special events planned for the last week of school. 

On Tuesday, June 5, we will have clean up day in the classroom.  On that day, we will turn in all of our books, bring home our supplies, and clean out our desks and lockers.  Please send some extra bags with your child so they will be able to carry all of their things.  On that day, we will also have our academic scavenger hunt.  For this fun event, we will answer questions about some of the things we have done throughout the year.  All students will earn many prizes.  If any parent would like to help out with the hunt on Tuesday afternoon, let me know.  You can get volunteer hours. 

On Wednesday, June 6, we will have a literature lounge in the morning.  Students may bring a sleeping bag or blanket and pillow, along with one (only one) stuffed animal.  No other toys allowed.  We will read together and do other reading themed activities.  Uniforms must still be worn.  On Wednesday afternoon, June 6, we will go with 4th and 5th grades for an end of year fun day at Wilson Park.  We will walk there and eat our lunch.  Then we will have time to play games and play on the playground.  Please make sure your child has a sack lunch on that day.  They will not be able to get the hot lunch.  Parents are also welcome to join us at the park for any or all of our time there. 

Achievement test results were sent home today with your child.  If you have any questions about how to interpret the results, or anything else, let me know.

There will be no spelling or comprehension test next week.  For our language arts time, we will do activities revolving around a number of favorite childrens' books.

We enjoyed making our own math worksheets and having our classmates complete them.  

I hope you had the chance to see 3rd grade's artwork at the fine arts fest on Thursday evening.  Our floral watercolors were made after the style of an Austrian artisit named Freidensreicher Hundertswasser.  He is known for having mostly curvy lines in his work.  He intentionally avoided straight lines because they reminded him of the fear he felt as he grew up watching the regimented marches of Nazi soldiers.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

May 18, 2012

3^rd Grade News

Spring has sprung in third grade!  We are finishing up many of our ongoing projects, and even starting a couple of new ones.  Please continue to encourage your child to do his or her best work.  Even though the end of the year is coming soon, we still have to pay attention to our studies.

Third grade has been working on tennis skills in gym class.  We are hoping to go to Wilson Park next Wednesday for gym class to practice our skills on a real tennis court.  You do not need to sign a permission slip since you signed a blanket permission when you registered. 

Third grade will be doing some fun stuff the last week of school.  On Tuesday, 6/6, we will have a literature lounge in the morning and an academic scavenger hunt in the afternoon.  On Wednesday, we have a special activity planned with 4^th and 5^th grades.  Details will follow next week.   Thursday will be the closing chapel service and awards.

Last week, I told you that our spelling words would be the most wonderful things in the universe.  Here they are.  They may seem easy, but they have capital letters, two periods, and an apostrophe, which must all be used correctly.

1.  Bradley
2. Mia
3. Myranda
4. Jack
5. Mya
6. Alex
7. Kieran
8. Emily

And two extras –

9.  Mrs. Mayrens

 10.  St. John's

May 11, 2012

• Hope to see you all at the ice cream social and book fair tonight. 
• Your child should have brought home a baby bottle today.  As noted in the Parent Bulletin, these are to be used for this month's chapel offerings. 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the special mothers and other caretakers.  God has given you a great blessing and a great responsibility.  May He always be with you.

Here are next week's spelling words.  It is a review unit.  The following week will be the last spelling test.  It will have words describing the nine most wonderful things in the universe.  Can you guess what they are?  You'll find out next Friday.

vision, caution, session, fluid, piano, loyal, reliable, flexible, powerless, dangerous, famous, biplane, nonstop, overnight, oversee

We are having fun with some ongoing projects that we are working on.  We are still finishing the language arts poster with Captain Snowball and his double negatives.  Hopefully we will finish it by next week.  We have also decided that we will make some sort of planet display.  It is so convenient that there are nine students and nine planets.  So we will put our brains together and come up with something amazing!

May 4, 2012

3^rd Grade News

A new memory sheet was sent home today.  It is good for the rest of the school year.  Please keep it until the end! 

Don’t forget, book reports are due on Thursday, May 10.  They should be about a non fiction book this time.

Don’t forget to check Fast Direct for your child’s midterm report. 

Here are some of the things we have been up to lately. 

In religion class, we have been working in our One in Christ books.  Some of the topics we have  covered or will cover include baptism, communion, and how to treat our neighbors.

In math, we played a fun game with dice.  It helped us practice place value. 

We had lots of fun in language arts talking about Captain Snowball, Zeus the Fluffy,  and double negatives.  Next week we will finish a hallway display about double negatives and why they make us say things we don’t really mean.

In social studies, we will begin Chapter 9, “Our American Culture”. 

In science class, we will study planets and space.  This will go along with our reading story which is about planets.

Spelling words for next week:

overnight, bicycle, nonstop, overdue, overlook, biweekly, overflow, nonsense, oversee, overhead, nonfiction, overcoat, nonfat, overdone, biplane

overtaken, overheat, nonstick, nontoxic

3^rd Grade Memory – May Assignments

This sheet will be the last sheet of the year.  Please save it for the whole month of May.  Keep this sheet at home.  Students will receive a separate sheet to keep at school. 

Tuesday, May 8

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.   Matthew 5:44

Friday, May 11

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.  Matthew 5:8

Tuesday, May 15

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.  1 Thess. 5:11

Friday, May 18

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.  1 Peter 4:8

Tuesday, May 22

Behold!  How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.   Psalm 133:1

Friday, May 25

Be content with what you have, for He has said “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.  Hebrews 13:5

Tuesday, May 29

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.  Eph. 4:32

April 27, 2012

*  We enjoyed our trip to the Lizzadro Museum yesterday.  Your child was given a brochure with information about the museum.  Why not go back as a family and let your child show you around the place? 

*  HELP!  Our classroom has run out of tissues.  It has been an extra sniffly year so far and we've used up all of this year's tissues plus some extras that were left over from last year.  Please consider sending in an extra box if you are able.  Thanks! 

*  Please remind your child to keep working on the book report.  Don't let them leave it until the last day! 

* The grammar focus for next week will be contractions.

                                         Spelling words for test on Friday, May 4

doable, famous, careless, various, endless, reliable, nervous, useless, flexible, washable, helpless, terrible, valuable, dangerous, powerless, suitable, restlessly, countless, responsible, remarkable

                                                         This Week's Memory

Tuesday, May 1

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for You are with me.

Psalm 23: 4

Friday, May 4

Sing to the Lord all the earth;  Proclaim His salvation day after day.

1 Chronicles 16: 23