Dear Parents:
I hope this finds everyone doing well. We enjoyed this week of celebrations in the classroom. Valentine’s Day was a great opportunity to practice being scientists as we conducted our experiment about solutions and mixtures. The children were amazed we could make limeade and snack mix as a science experiment. For the 100th Day the children chose various activities all related to the number 100.
On Tuesday, we will close our Rome unit with a test. Portfolios were sent home earlier this week and all students have a practice test (review) that can be used to prepare. In math, we’ve moved onto our division facts and looked at more on line sites to help solidify our understanding. I will be sharing some of my favorite on line and in class games with you next Wed. at curriculum day. In Science, we are just starting our unit on the Water Cycle and Weather. If there is anyone out there who can teach us how to get some snow on any day other than a weekend, we welcome you to our classroom! Although we have temporarily halted our Health instruction, it will return soon. In language arts, we have started our Literature Circles in class and students are doing so well. They have also started the journal writing process with me and I am further impressed with the efforts being made in these notebooks. I will talk further with you about this process at our upcoming conference. If you have not already returned your conference form with a requested date/time, please do so at the earliest.
I appreciate everyone’s effort to get the permission slips turned in quickly for our field trip to Imagination Stage next Friday. I also want to thank those of you who have volunteered to be chaperones. I will be in touch with you separately to share details early next week.
On Wednesday, February 22nd we will be having our annual Curriculum Day. This will be an opportunity for you to come join your child as we rotate through various curricular activities. This is a fun way for you to get a taste of some of the different Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts activities your child is engaged in throughout the year. This school-wide event will be from 9:30-11:30.
Two years ago, the Third Grade began a garden for the “Plot for Hunger” project. This community service project helps to grow fruits and vegetable for the AFAC food bank. As a grade level we will be planting our garden again this year. We will be planting seeds for some of our vegetables on Friday afternoon, February 24th. These seeds will be germinated inside, under the grow lights in the hallway near our room. Once it is warm enough, we will move them to the greenhouse and then transplant them in the beds outside. We will need extra hands in the coming months to help make this service project a success. If you are interested in helping please let me know. (There is no need for any garden experience to help!)
I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend break.
Sincerely,
Ms. Coffman
Upcoming Events
Monday February 20- President’s Day Holiday- No School
Wednesday, February 22- Curriculum Day
Friday, February 24- Imagination Stage
Thursday/Friday March 1-2- Parent Teacher Conferences
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