Newsletter--Week of 2/16

News from 3P

Week of: February 16, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: Our focus this week will be cause and effect. We will be talking about inventions and famous Illinois historians. This week our focus will be on John Deere, what CAUSED him to create his improved plow and what EFFECT it had on farming. **Students should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!

Grammar: We will begin working on dictionary skills this week! With that, we will also be reviewing the grammar skills we have studied so far this year.

Writing: This week in writing, we will be taking the information we gathered on John Deere and writing an informational paper about him and his life.  

Science: This week we will be starting to talk about water and the water cycle! Towards the end of the week, please ask your child to share the water cycle song with you!

Math: We will continue to work with the three types of graphs: pictographs, bar graphs, and line plots.

Jamboree Donations: A HUGE thank you to those you have donated items for our Ice Cream Social basket! If you are planning on donating, please do so soon.

Dates to Remember:

Mon. Feb. 15- No School President’s Day

Wed. Feb 17- CNO at Chick-Fil-A

**Cougars Reading Forms are due on Friday, February 19

**Recorder Forms are due on Friday, February 19