March 28th - April 1st

Important Notes:

• Thursday, March 31st is Group Picture Day!!! Come ready to SMILE!
• Friday, April 1st is Market Day! We are very excited!
• ITBS Testing will be April 4th -8th. Be sure to eat a nutritious breakfast each day that week!
• Friday, April 8th we will dismiss at 11:30p.m.
• Monday, April 11th Mid-term Reports go home.
• Also, remember that students may purchase Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits in WH from 7:15 - 7:50 a.m. each Friday from now until the end of school. US students are using this as a fundraiser for the March of Dimes.

Lessons for this week:

• Spelling - Lesson 31, extra words: geometry, responsibility; Test Thursday
• Language - The testing genre and test practice
• Reading - Anthology: "Poppa's New Pants;" Skills: Drawing Conclusions, Following Directions Novel: Pilgrim's Progress
• Math- Polygons, pages 314 -327
• Science - Review Chapter 11 Matter; Test Thursday
• Social Studies; Review Chapter 9; Test Tuesday; Prepare for Market Day Friday! Students will use the Mac laptops Tuesday and Wednesday to work on their advertising campaigns and business cards! Introduce Chapter 10 "Making Goods"
• Bible - Easter verses: Matthew 28: 1-3; Written test on Friday

Welcome, Spring!!!!!!!!

Spring is officially here and it couldn't be more beautiful! I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! We are excited to welcome Harper Thomas to our class and to Trinity!

To Market, To Market --- I hope you've heard about are latest class project -- Market Day. Before we left for the break we were all very excited about it. We are currently learning about the economy in social studies so we have decided to take our classroom economy up a level. Students will create a business plan, produce a product, advertise their product, and sell it to classmates (purchases will be made using their "Classroom Cash") on our Market Day-- April 1st! I have been so tickled at their enthusiasm, great business ideas, and advertising plans. I can't wait to see how it all comes together!!!

Important Dates 

• April 4 - 8 -- ITBS Testing
• April 11th -- Midterm reports
• April 21st -- Third Graders will lead Easter Chapel

Lessons for March 21st - 25th

Spelling -- Lesson 29--suffixes -less, -ness; extra words: obstinate, evangelist; Test Thursday; Don't forget spellingcity.com!

English -- Review Unit 6 Pronouns--Test Wednesday; Testing Skills Practice

Reading -- Anthology: "Pepita Talks Twice" Skills: Problem solving, synonyms; Novel: Third-grade version of Pilgrim's Progress, we will also use this novel as our discussion tool for Bible! Other skills: Understanding the testing genre

Math -- Geometry pages 292 -311; ixl.com skills: R. 1, R. 2, R.11, R.12

Science -- pages 472 - 483 - We are continuing are study of matter.

Social Studies -- pages 302 - 314 -- wrapping up chapter 9; Test Tuesday, March 29th; Market Day is Friday, April 1st

Bible -- Psalm 27:1 "The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? 
The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?"-- written test Friday

March 7th - 11th, 2011

We had a great week! We enjoyed eating fractions with Hershey's bars today. We are also all very excited about the sunshine and are looking forward to SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!

Notes:

• Don't forget our current missions project for the local Caring Center. Students may bring toiletry supplies through March 8th.
• Report cards go home Thursday, March 10th
• SCIENCE FEST is Friday, March 11th from noon to 3 p.m.
• SPRING BREAK is March 14th - 18th

Next Week:

• Spelling- Unit 28; Extra words: numerator and denominator; Test Thursday
• English- Pronouns, contractions, homophones pages 222 - 230; We will test on Pronouns when we return from Spring Break, Tuesday, March 22nd.
• Reading - Theme Wrap-up skills assessment, Focus on the fairy tale genre: "Cinderella" and "Yeh-Shen"
• Math - Fractions pages 433 - 448; Test on Ch. 23 and 24 Thursday
• Science - Matter pages 462 - 471
• Social Studies - Chapter 9 pages 288 - 301--We are studying economics!
• Bible - Acts 16:30-31 will be recited Friday: 

He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved----you and your household."   Acts 16:30-31