Wednesday is Warriors for William Day. It is a non-uniform day. If students purchased a shirt of wristband, then that counts as the donation. The shirt or wristband should be worn on Wednesday. For anyone else who wished to come out of uniform, please just make a donation to the cause. Thanks!
National Day of Prayer this Thursday. We will meet at the flag pole to celebrate. Due to this, there will be no chapel on Friday.
Field Day for 3rd through 5th grade is on Thursday, May 9th from 9:30 until 2:00. Lunch is from 11:30-12:30. All students should bring a lunch from home along with a snack and plenty to drink. Students should wear an orange shirt along with shorts and tennis shoes. If you don't have an orange shirt, one of a similar color will be fine. I am also looking for a volunteer who can send Popsicles for us to enjoy at lunch time and a cooler (with wheels) filled with ice for everyone's drinks. Thanks!
Xtra Math: Please remember to have your child do Xtra Math Monday though Friday. This is a daily homework assignment. If your computer crashes, etc., please just send me a note so your child can be excused for that night's practice.
The next reading challenge is to get to 250 Reading Counts points. Those that make that goal get to spend the night in the library and have a blast. There are games in the gym, board games and crafts in the library, and computer games and face painting in the computer lab. There will be tons of pizza and snacks. Everyone gets donuts for breakfast. I think almost everyone in my class is going to make it. They are doing such a fantastic job of reading. So far these students already have 250 or more Reading Counts points: Kerrigan, Will, Emelia, Noah, Jonathan, Jack, Robbie, Ellie, Caroline, Dhruv, Ty, William, Keniyah, and Alayna. There are serveral more students who are very close!
Students need to choose any chapter book on their grade level and have it approved by me. Students should read the book and take the Reading Counts test on the book by May 3rd.
Reading: We will continue reading Everything on a Waffle. The next vocabulary test is on Thursday. Please encourage your child to make sure he or she answers the written comprehension questions fully and in complete sentences. We have been working hard in class on these skills to prepare the students for fourth grade accelerated reading.
Reading with Mrs. Chambers: http://mrscchambers.weebly.com
Reading with Mrs. Slaughter:
http://mrsslaughter.weebly.com
Cursive Handwriting: Students need to work on slowing down to improve neatness.
Language: We will be learning about adjectives and how to identify them in sentences.
Spelling: Please make sure your child leaves the spelling workbook in his/her binder. We will learn the words in Lesson 28 this week. Students must also know the definitions for the vocabulary words and how to spell the words that are part of the definition. Under the spelling grade on each test is a grade (S, W, N, or U) for their cursive. 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 "Brenda Speir." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: Students will be writing poetry this month.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. For the remainder of this quarter we will focus on subtraction and multiplication. Students will no have a subtraction and multiplication timed test each week. ***We will also do an addition timed test on Friday of this week.****The multiplication tests will now be mixed with facts up to nine times nine. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems.
Math: We will cover lessons 10-3 through 10-5. We then do Diagnostic 10A on Wednesday. We will then begin Chapter 11 on multiplying and dividing greater numbers.
Science: We will begin Unit B Chapter 2 called "Living Things Depend on One Another." We will learn about producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, food webs, herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.
Bible: James 1:6 "But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."