 Hopefully by now you have heard your child talk about the Famous Scientist and Inventor Projects that our third grade classes have started. This is an annual event that you may have seen in the past. Students are actively involved in library, computer lab, art and in our own class during writing and science to make this project a fun learning experience. Our culminating activity will be on Friday, May 5. This is when you will be invited to attend our "living museum" to see the past come to life and view our amazing projects that will be hanging in the hall. Students will become their research as they portray their famous person or a relative of that person. ( A girl researching Benjamin Franklin may want to pretend that she is his sister or mother.) This can be as elaborate or simple as you desire. When my daughter did a similar project, she researched Jane Goodall and simply held a stuffed monkey as a prop. Students will be given plenty of time to do research in class. But, if you would like to enhance the project, feel free to do more research at home or at the local library.
Spring Concert will be on Friday, April 12 at 7:00 pm. All students in K-4 will be involved on this one night. The concert will be held in the Willard High School gymnasium. We look forward to seeing you there!
Calendar of Events:
Spring Concert April 12 7:00 pm
Kindergarten Screening April 17
Midterm reports April 23
MAP testing (communication arts) April 23-25
Tiger Pride Assembly April 26
Early dismissal 12:40, April 26
MAP testing (math) April 30- May 2
Third Grade Living Museum May 3
Pizza Hut Book It Coupons: March was the last month that Pizza Hut offered the coupons for reading at school. Students received their last coupon today (4/2/2013). Students earned a coupon if they returned all of the "weekly at-home reading" for the month.
Ask your child about... famous inventor video with Charlie Brown, review of all word wall words, 3 dimensional shapes, figurative language using songs, Patricia Polacco books like Just Plain Fancy, and For the Love of Autumn, fraction assessment, facts about Thomas Edison
Thank you for collecting donations for our annual read-a-thon. Thank you for encouraging your child to read for the read-a-thon reading minutes challenge. Thank you for coming to the family literacy night. Thank you for being an active partner with me in your child's education.
FYI: The two make up days for our missed snow days will be added to the end of the school calendar. Our last day of school will now be Friday, May 24.
 Students used M&M's to make fractional sets. Ask your child about numerators, denominators, parts of a whole and parts of a set.
Students also used our big classroom carpet to find exact locations on a grid. Students can locate an exact point using ordered pairs to communicate.
We finished our book called Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardner. Ask your child about it and how it compares to the movie.
Tiger Pride Assembly Highlights: Student of the Month: Haley Read-a-thon Winners: Morgan and Max
Read-a-thon 2013 is over. We met and surpassed our goal of $4,000. Today was the bounce house celebration. Friday, during the tiger pride assembly, individual awards and prizes as well as the class trophies will be awarded. Hope to see you then! Quick FYI: Grade reports were sent home with students today. Please sign and return the back page sometime this week. Individual spring pictures were sent home yesterday. If you do not want to purchase the photos, please return them to school. If you wish to purchase, then keep the photos you want and send the money in for those. Return the photos that you do not want to purchase. Class photographs were given to students today. These are FREE! Enjoy! :)
Ask your child about...our new group book "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner, geometric patterns, ough and augh in our spelling words, probability, the author Patricia Polacco
This is just a quick update to let you know of all that will take place this week.
Tuesday: Last day to log reading minutes for read-a-thon, Class picture day and individual spring pictures ( a few notes have been sent home about this) All students will be photographed for the class picture and individual pictures. You will have the opportunity to look at the pictures and then decide if you wish to purchase them.
Family Literacy Night; (6:00 - 8:00 pm) There are many events planned; Backyard Burgers, Book Fair, Bike Raffle, Grade level activities, Classroom displays, H.S. Basketball Team, and more...
Wednesday: Principal's Day! This is our opportunity to thank Principal Miller for all she does for our school. Student council meeting after school (members should wear their stu co t-shirts), Book Fair and our library day, turn in reading minutes from read-a-thon
Thursday: Absolute last day to turn in reading minutes for the read-a-thon (individual student goal is 600 minutes) Reading minutes need to be signed by a parent/guardian, Book Fair, Money Due for Read-a-thon
Friday: Spelling Test #26, costume for community service (dress like your favorite book character), early dismissal at 12:40, Spring Break Starts and school will resume on Monday, March 18! Money Due for Read-a-thon, Last Day of Book Fair
Geometry: symmetry, polygons, congruency, tangrams, angles, slides, flips and turns Max and Gavin at recess with an amazing tower!
 It's Read-a-thon time!! Students brought home a packet of information to explain and organize their reading minutes and their fundraiser money. Ask your child about the fabulous prizes that can be won during the Willard East annual read a thon. (and about the "outstanding" dance moves performed by the W.E. teachers to help kick off this exciting event)Link for more information about the 2013 W.E. read-a-thon!Special Class Change: For the last trimester of the school year we will have the following special class days...Monday: Computer LabTuesday: ArtWednesday: MusicThursday: ArtFriday: P.E.
We had a great day! Thank you for the donations and the help. You are the BEST!
Just a reminder that school is out until Tuesday, February 19.
Thank you for the donations that have been coming in for the Valentine's Day party. You are welcome to join us from 2:30 to 3:30 on Thursday, February 14. I'm also looking for used gift bags of any size and color that we can use to make a valentine craft. I know that I have several around the house that are a little too crumpled to use again. Please send these by Wednesday, February 13 so that we can plan for our craft. :)
FYI: No school on Friday, February 15 and Monday February 18!
Ask your child about: measurement, states of matter, types of energy, changing matter, adjectives, suffixes, figurative language, similes, metaphors, and the book; Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.
Next week: spelling test over unit #23 on Thursday, finishing poetry, more measurement, more matter activities/experiments
Student list for valentines: Jimmy, Max, Kade, Westin Morgan, Dayton, Kathy, Eryn, Danyell, Mason, Gracie, Haley, Gavin, Parker, Liz, Skyler, Sidney, Timothy, Dominic, Brayden, Ms. Gordon, Mrs. Hillenburg
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