News
from 3P
Week
of: April 25, 2016
Reading and Language Arts: This week students will
begin studying poetry and figurative language. We will also continue to work
with nonfiction short passages. With the nonfiction passages, students will be
required to find the main idea of each passage and supporting details too! ****Students
should be reading at least 25 minutes for homework every night!
Writing: This week in writing, we
will be continuing our narrative topic and be putting all our pieces together
to write our own stories! Students are
required to do a few drafts and lots of additions! J We will also begin to
write our first few poems. We will be completing a Gum Poem and a Color Poem.
Science: This week we will jump
into studying Earth and its changes. We will focus on the layers of Earth and
how volcanoes and earthquakes can change the way the Earth looks.
Math: We will be starting to
study perimeter and area. Students will be working on different shapes and
finding the area and perimeter of each shape.
Dates
to Remember:
Tues.
April 26-CNO at Jersey Mike’s (10am-9pm)
Wed.
April 27-Mile Run at Wheaton College Track-11:-11:40
**Please Note: We will still walk to Wheaton
College if there is rain; however, in the case of severe rain or storms, the
rain date will be Thursday, April 28.