Newsletter--Week of 5/9

News from 3P

Week of: May 9, 2016

Reading and Language Arts: Poetry will continue this week. We will focus on Acrostics, Haikus, Cinquain and the I Am poem. ****Students should be reading at least 20 minutes for homework every night!

Writing: This week in writing, we will be continuing our narrative topics and finish up the current story. We will be writing one more story before the end of the year! Students are required to do a few drafts and lots of additions! J

Science: This week we will finish up our study of Earth and its changes. We will be doing a study guide tomorrow and test on Friday.

Math: Students will be testing over distributive property, perimeter and area this week. From there, we will be jumping into our unit of measurement (inches, ½ inches and ¼ inches).

Dates to Remember:

Mon. May 9- Kindergarten Buddies

Thurs. May 12- Franklin Music Concert @ 9:30am

Fri. May 13- Earth’s Changes Science Test

**SCRAPBOOKING If you are able to send in any of the following, I would appreciate it:

·         Letter Stickers

·         PHOTO Tape (this is what we need the most of!)

·         Skinny Scrapbooking Markers or Pens for writing about their time in third grade

·         ANYTHING that would be good for scrapbooking ( fun papers, die cuts)

·         White Cardstock Paper

·         If you would like to send in $$$ instead, I will be doing some shopping to purchase photo tape and other supplies.