Sunday, October 30, 2011

Newsletter: October 30 - November 3

GRADE 3-3 Newsletter

30 Oct 11

Dear parents,   

In regards to class treats and birthdays please note that cakes are not allowed in the class.  However for special birthday celebration you may bring in cupcakes.  If in any event treats for birthdays are being brought there must be one available for each student or they will not be distributed. This means the magic number to keep in mind is 25, as there are 25 students in the classroom.
This Thursday is a half-day for students which mean they will be dismissed at 11am.  Please arrange for your child’s pick up at the scheduled time.
You are invited to see our class perform a choreographed Halloween number on Thursday, November 3rd.  The auditorium will be open at 10:30 am so that you may find your desired seating and the show will start on time at 10:45am.  If you are attending you may take your child home with you after the presentation.   We hope to see you there!

This week:
Halloween Costume day is tomorrow.  Please refer to the letter sent home last week: no weapons or scary blood make-up. The Halloween Party is tomorrow at 1:30 pm.
Choreography Halloween presentation to parents – Thursday, November 3rd at 10:30am
Language ArtsSpelling: space, stage, huge, fence, price, police, office, engine, badge, pencil excite, force, range, ginger, giraffe. The list is also posted online.  Spelling Test is on Thursday, November 3rd.
Vocabulary: Vocabulary words will appear on the Reading Test at the end of the week. Vocabulary words can be found in context in the zebra book on pages 98-99, in the glossary at the back of the zebra book or posted on the class website.

Reading: We will continue to read “Allie’s Basketball Dream” found in the zebra book pages 100-110.  The Reading Test will be on Wednesday, November 3rd.
Writing: We will continue to work on complete sentences and working to clearly communicate a thought or idea (checking if it makes sense).  We will also be working on short story writing where students try to show instead of tell details or reactions.
Grammar: Focus on identifying and using nouns in a sentence.
Math
We will be working on addition and addition patterns. 
Social StudiesCompleting any late Social Studies presentations and continuing in the textbook about explorers.
Sincerely,
Ms. Cartagena