Wednesday

Today in Science we studied the Circulatory System. I learned that the arteries take the blood from the heart and the veins return it. -Lily

Red cells and white cells make up our blood. -Ian

May Newsletter

Reading Workshop: This is our last full month of Guided Reading. During this time, we will continue to grow as readers. Our reading will focus on the elements of non-fiction and fiction texts. I will also benchmark each student to establish his or her final 3^rd grade reading level. This information will provide a starting point for their fourth grade teacher.

Writing Workshop: Our poetry unit is almost complete. We have explored many different types and also created our own. The poems created by the students are rich with figurative language, one of the areas of focus in Grade 3. They are amazing to read! We will finish up our year by completing some of our stories that we abandoned throughout the year.

Math: Unit 9 and 11 are all we have left J The skills we will look to master this month are still the basic multiplication facts and we will add probability to the mix. These lessons will be a lot of fun with interactive games and a lot of interactive white board activities. Our timed tests will continue through this month. Please keep practicing at home.

Reminders:

Orchestra: 5/2-5/6 & 5/9-5/11 & 5/26-5/27

Orchestra Concert: 5/10 at 7:00 p.m.

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Cochran carnival 5/20 4:30 – 7:30

No School 5/13 & 5/30

Reading Homework

We started reading this book today. Don't forget to read chapter 2 and complete your think mark.-Aaryka

Orchestra!!!! Concert Change 5/10/11

Our concert is May 10th. Mr. Radspinner changed the date! Only 8 more days of practice left. We practiced our songs for the concert and the D scale. Violin needs to practice new part to "Boil them Cabbage Down." -Lily

Emily said, "we added slurs to our songs. My concert is May 10th also!"

First day of May

Recess:
I played kickball. -Erick
Ian said, "I played too and we won 16-0!"
I talked to Miles about his sleepover. -Mason

Calculator practice

We practiced using calculators in math. -Aziya

Talia's Comments

In music we learned a new song. We played the bells.