March 26

Happy Monday Everyone!
Classroom News:
We are practicing writing to a prompt to help prepare us for the WRaP test next week. WRaP stands for Writing Assessment Program. Your child will be given a prompt to write about next Tuesday. They will have 60 minutes to think about the prompt, plan for their writing, and then respond in writing to the prompt. They will be allowed to use a dictionary, and they are given prewriting and editing suggestions. Your child will finish their piece on Wednesday by writing their final draft. If you have further questions regarding this, please contact me.

Our next field trip is this Tuesday to Sawgrass Park. Unless you have already ordered a sack lunch from SAGE, please send your child to school with a sack lunch on Tuesday. Also, your child will be walking around outside so please have them wear comfortable shoes, sunscreen, and a hat if you choose. We will learn a lot about Florida's ecosystems!

We will have a spelling test, vocabulary quizzes, and a math test this Friday. The practice math test will be on Thursday.

School News:
Students may wear their Relay shirts or purple shirts this week in honor of Relay for Life. Students must wear their uniform bottoms.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

The American Dream Video

America's Kids - FULL 3rd grade production 2012 from Charger Shorecrest on Vimeo.

March 19th

Happy Monday Everyone and Welcome Back!
I hope you all enjoyed your Spring Break as much as I did! It's always nice to have the extra time to spend with family and friends. Your children are currently writing an expository story about what they did during their break.

This week we will quickly try to fall back into a routine with vocabulary and spelling as well as daily math lessons and alternating lessons with science and social studies.
We will have a spelling test this Friday. The vocabulary words will be tested in two weeks.

Collection Vocabulary
alarming, clung, conserves, cowered, exclusively, fragrant, lease, lot, lulled, mandated, pierced, proper, smoldering, toxic waged

Wordly Wise Vocabulary
diagram, frustrate, frustrating, graduate, prank, primary, risk, risky, stress, urge, vacant, vigorous

School News:
*Ident-a-Kid will be here Wednesday, March 21. Please send in your order form by Wednesday if you want your child to participate.
*Relay for Life is Friday, March 30. Students may wear their relay shirts or purple shirts Monday-Friday of that week. Students must wear their uniform bottoms with their purple shirt.
*WrAP Testing will take place Tuesday-Thursday 4/3 and 4/5 for grades 3 & 4. More information regarding this will be on my next week's blog.

Class News:
*Our next field trip will take place next Tuesday 3/26. We are visiting Sawgrass Park. We need one parent to chaperone. If you are interested, please email me. The first one to respond will be selected!

Wishing you all a fantastic week!

March 6th

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo to our third grade students! The show on Friday was spectacular! Thank you, Parents, for providing the wonderful costumes and for helping to make our USA cake amazing...and tasty!

This week we will not have spelling or vocabulary. We are reading a new class novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall. They will have two quizzes over this book this week as well as some required reading at home.
We do have homework each night in other subject areas as well.

This Friday is field day! Please send your child to school with a t-shirt in their designated color. (A letter went home last week explaining this.)

Please ask your child how they have enjoyed the extra science related activities and speakers we have had related to this. We have certainly been very busy in third grade!

I wish you and your families all the best for a happy, safe spring break!