March 15, 2011

Last week we completed the novel, Marvin Redpost, Alone in his Teacher's House. The students enjoyed this novel and most completed an AR test on it.

Students have a challenge of earning 5 AR points this months. As of now, 2 students have reached this goal and 4 more are very close. Keep encouraging your child to read at home.

The animal reports are just about done! Only a few students are left who need to complete their writing. Ask your child what they learned about their animal or the writing process. Revising is very difficult for third grade children.

March 25th is the end of 3rd quarter. There will be no school for students on the 28th. I will be busy working on report cards that day.

We will have our second Pennies for Peace lesson tomorrow. Our first container is almost full of pennies! Please keep bringing them in. It is fun to watch the container fill.

This week in math, the children learned the multiplation facts for the 5s. This is a pretty easy set for them to memorize as most can rapidly count by 5s as well as tell time on an analog clock.

Spelling List for
Papa Tells Chita a Story

1. forks
2. worn
3. form
4. fourth
5. war
6. storm
7. horse
8. warn
9. morning
10. forest
11. court
12. porch
13. poured
14. port
15. important
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