Hello Parents!
I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!
We are taking practice tests for our upcoming ERB testing. The children are learning test taking strategies as well as familiarizing themselves with the test format. We will begin the actual test on Monday of next week and will test a little while each day next week. Please ensure your child has a good night's sleep as well as a healthy breakfast to enable them to concentrate during testing.
Due to the testing, we will not have new vocabulary lists for the next two weeks. We are having a spelling test as usual this week. Also, the math test will take place on Wednesday.
Next week the homework will be very light.
Some School News:
Spirit Day is this Friday, April 29.
Splash Day will take place on May 18 with a rain make up date of May 25.
Wishing you all a great week!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
April 18th
Happy Monday Everyone!
Today we went on a walking architectural tour of Saint Petersburg. It was very interesting! Please ask your child to tell you at least three facts that they learned while on the trip.
School News:
Parent Helpers Needed
Mrs. Baralt is looking for parent volunteers to help assist and supervise third graders while filming around campus for their explorer movie projects next Wednesday, 4/20 and Thursday 4/21. She hopes to have four or five parent volunteers for each class, each day. The class schedule is as follows:
LaDuke 8:20 - 9:20
Mitchell 9:25 - 10:25
Wolfrath 10:30 - 11:30
Hensler 1:30 - 2:30
Please notify her via email [ mailto:acb@shorecrest.org ]acb@shorecrest.org if you can help.
Classroom News:
Our vocabulary quizzes will be this Friday along with our weekly spelling test. We will not have our math unit test until next Tuesday.
The students have been learning "tools" to put in their "writer's toolbox". We are finishing writing our scripts for our i-Movies also.
ERB testing will be May 2-6. Please ensure that your child gets a good night's rest and has a healthy breakfast during testing week. Also, please encourage them to do their best and to not worry. It's a time to "show what you know"!
Wishing you all a wonderful week!
Today we went on a walking architectural tour of Saint Petersburg. It was very interesting! Please ask your child to tell you at least three facts that they learned while on the trip.
School News:
Parent Helpers Needed
Mrs. Baralt is looking for parent volunteers to help assist and supervise third graders while filming around campus for their explorer movie projects next Wednesday, 4/20 and Thursday 4/21. She hopes to have four or five parent volunteers for each class, each day. The class schedule is as follows:
LaDuke 8:20 - 9:20
Mitchell 9:25 - 10:25
Wolfrath 10:30 - 11:30
Hensler 1:30 - 2:30
Please notify her via email [ mailto:acb@shorecrest.org ]acb@shorecrest.org if you can help.
Classroom News:
Our vocabulary quizzes will be this Friday along with our weekly spelling test. We will not have our math unit test until next Tuesday.
The students have been learning "tools" to put in their "writer's toolbox". We are finishing writing our scripts for our i-Movies also.
ERB testing will be May 2-6. Please ensure that your child gets a good night's rest and has a healthy breakfast during testing week. Also, please encourage them to do their best and to not worry. It's a time to "show what you know"!
Wishing you all a wonderful week!
Monday, April 11, 2011
April 11
Welcome to Celebrate the Arts Week!
The children were treated to a jazz performance today! They also watched a preview of "Singing in the Rain" which will be held this Thursday-Saturday in the Janet Root Theater. On Wednesday, we will listen to YumYum Drums, and on Friday we will have artists visiting our classrooms. Of course, we will also perform for you on Friday! Please plan on joining us to watch the performances at 11:00 followed by a picnic lunch. It will be a fun day!
The new vocabulary words are: (Quiz will be held on Friday, April 22)
Collection Vocabulary-suited, unkept, nagging, connectivity, access, extensive, supervision, employ, horrified, saguaro cactus, jiggled, cracking, theoretical physicist, interprets, converse
Wordly Wise-bold, cunning, deed, doze, jagged, positive, respect, responsible, smuggle, version
We are focusing on making our writing better by "showing not telling", using "strong verbs", adding "super star colors", and using similes in our writing.
We are continuing to work on fractions in math.
Our focus in science is on Our Changing Earth. This week we will discuss rocks and resources.
Our focus in social studies is about early explorers.
Wishing you all a wonderful week, and I hope to see all of you on Friday!
The children were treated to a jazz performance today! They also watched a preview of "Singing in the Rain" which will be held this Thursday-Saturday in the Janet Root Theater. On Wednesday, we will listen to YumYum Drums, and on Friday we will have artists visiting our classrooms. Of course, we will also perform for you on Friday! Please plan on joining us to watch the performances at 11:00 followed by a picnic lunch. It will be a fun day!
The new vocabulary words are: (Quiz will be held on Friday, April 22)
Collection Vocabulary-suited, unkept, nagging, connectivity, access, extensive, supervision, employ, horrified, saguaro cactus, jiggled, cracking, theoretical physicist, interprets, converse
Wordly Wise-bold, cunning, deed, doze, jagged, positive, respect, responsible, smuggle, version
We are focusing on making our writing better by "showing not telling", using "strong verbs", adding "super star colors", and using similes in our writing.
We are continuing to work on fractions in math.
Our focus in science is on Our Changing Earth. This week we will discuss rocks and resources.
Our focus in social studies is about early explorers.
Wishing you all a wonderful week, and I hope to see all of you on Friday!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5th
Hello Everyone,
Today the students completed the first part of the WrAP testing. Tomorrow they will have another hour to finalize their writing and write it neatly in the test booklet. Please feel free to discuss what they wrote about in class today.
School News:
Field Day has been changed to Wednesday of this week due to the rain.
Celebrate the Arts is Friday, April 15. Please join us after the show for a picnic lunch.
Our class will have an Architectural Tour of St. Petersburg on April 18th as part of Celebrate the Arts.
Classroom News:
Writing-We have still not finished our Published Stories, so after the WrAP testing, we will finish those.
Reading-We continue to read stories in our Voices series. Please review the vocabulary words as we will quiz over them this Friday.
Mathematics-We began our unit on fractions.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekX!
Today the students completed the first part of the WrAP testing. Tomorrow they will have another hour to finalize their writing and write it neatly in the test booklet. Please feel free to discuss what they wrote about in class today.
School News:
Field Day has been changed to Wednesday of this week due to the rain.
Celebrate the Arts is Friday, April 15. Please join us after the show for a picnic lunch.
Our class will have an Architectural Tour of St. Petersburg on April 18th as part of Celebrate the Arts.
Classroom News:
Writing-We have still not finished our Published Stories, so after the WrAP testing, we will finish those.
Reading-We continue to read stories in our Voices series. Please review the vocabulary words as we will quiz over them this Friday.
Mathematics-We began our unit on fractions.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekX!
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