The children need to choose a chapter book on their reading level to read for May. It needs to be Reading Counts. They will have until May 11th to read and take the test on the book.
Type to Learn: Children will continue Type to Learn the first 30 minutes of each day. It is taught by Dell Cone (our media assistant) in the computer lab. It will continue every day until the last day of school.
Jacksonville Zoo field trip: We leave at 7:00a.m. on Friday morning. Please arrive about 10 minutes prior to this time so that we can get everyone on the buses and settled. We will be back around 5:00p.m. Please plan to be on time to pick your child up. If your child will be going to AfterCare, please let me know, and I will walk him/her over.
Reading: We will continue reading Everything on a Waffle. Vocabulary Test 6 is Thursday, May 3rd.
Reading with Mrs. Chambers: If your child goes to Mrs. Chambers for reading, please go to her website at http://mrscchambers.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week.
Cursive Handwriting: All letters have been reviewed/taught. If your child continues to have trouble with a particular letter or letters, I will send home extra practice for him or her to do. On each spelling test students get a cursive handwriting grade. You will see this below the spelling test grade.
Language: We are reviewing adjectives as well as the other topics we have learned this year. The next test is Wednesday, May 2nd.
Spelling: We will learn the words in Lesson 32. The test will be Thursday. Students who get 100% on the spelling pretest on Monday will receive an accelerated spelling list for that week. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the grade level spelling words each week. Just go "Find a List" and then for the teacher type in "SCPS Third Grade." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: Students are writing their final drafts of their stories.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems. The following weeks after we finish the eights timed test, students will be given a 100 problem multiplication timed test on Tuesdays that has problems going up to 10X10. Students will also have the opportunity to improve their score on their other multiplication timed tests. I will give then a list of the multiplication timed tests that they have not earned 100 on so that they may continue to practice at home. Each day the students will take one of these with the goal of getting 100% on each one. They are earning construction paper banana split pieces to work toward the goal of 100 percent mastery of the facts. We will be having a banana split party at the end of the year to celebrate the completion of this goal.
Math: The Diagnostic Checkpoint 11A will be on Monday, April 30th. We will cover lessons 11-5 through 11-7.
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 7 called "Many Kinds of People." We will learn about Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Eleanor Roosevelt, the National Statuary Hall, Elizabet Ney, the Gateway Arch, Mount Rushmore, Sarah Josepha Hale, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July.
Bible: *****Test is on Thursday******* James 1:5 "If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. He is generous and won't correct you for asking."