Week 18
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 at 6:17 pmReminder from Ms. Julia, our PE teacher, please send your child to school on Wednesdays with sneakers. If you don’t want to have to remember every week, send your child with them and have them keep their shoes in their locker. Ms. Julia is VERY adamant about children having the proper shoes.
I booked us a May field trip. We will be going to the American Heritage Center, just north of our school. Since we are studying our new continent of North America, this will be a fun field trip for the end of the year when our class has gained knowledge in our study.
Ms. Anna and I are trying to book a field trip on Valentine’s Day, so if thus gets booked I will let you know.
Please have your child be working on their projects! January’s is due the 27th!
3rd graders and I have started meeting regarding testing. 3rd graders will meet with me Mon-Thurs. to learn subject matter on the test. 2 days will be devoted to language and 2 days for math. The SAGE program is NEW this year. There is a writing section that will require 2 essays, one that is an opinion and the other is informative. There is also a reading and response language test and lastly, a math test. Next week I will have 3rd graders signed up for the practice tests. 3rd graders will be practicing during school, but please have them practice at home too! The more exposure and practice, the better they will feel and most likely do!
This week in group lessons:
Level 1s: Kinds of lines in geometry
Level 2s: Protractor introduction
Level 3s: SAGE overview, how to write a paragraph and prewriting, quadrilaterals, perimeter and area
In cultural this week:
History:
Level 1s: Telling time to the hour
Level 2s: Order of the planets
Level 3s: Permian period
Zoology/Physiology:
Level 1s: Amphibians
Level 2s: Parts of the tongue
Level 3s: Snails
Geography:
Level 1s: Continents and oceans
Level 2s: Volcano model
Level 3s:how clouds form
Botany:
Level 1s: How to water plants
Level 2s: Parapinnate and imparapinnate
Level 3s: Watercolor of calyx and corolla
Friday: Studio, Physical science with air, movie from the book we finished.
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Just a question about testing. Is it only the third graders that have core testing, or do all three grades have end of year testing? We are planning a weeks worth of vacation in May, and I just want to make sure we do not miss any testing.
Only 3rd graders test.