Week 24

Week 24 is done - can you believe it? I have to admit, I’m a little in shock. This year is flying so fast! March already….

We are approaching the end of the trimester 2. With that said, we have an Open House set for March 20th. I will get back to you with an exact time as soon as it is finalized. Report cards will go home this night as well.

Third graders started their fraction unit this week with Miss Pouliot. They have explored parts/whole, done a scavenger hunt around the room and made their own stash of fraction strip manipulatives to have to use when they need to visualize certain fractions. We will continue on with this unit the next couple weeks as we explore how to represent fractions on a number line and compare fractions/determine equivalent fractions.

In writing this week we focused on revising our current drafts and making our writing have less “pot holes” or bumps in the road. Students are approaching the end of this unit and almost ready to start writing our final copies!

To wrap up trimester 2 we are going to have a project that will be really fun! Students will be choosing a famous person to write a biography on. This will tie in all the work we have been focusing on with nonfiction text features and nonfiction writing. Please see the attached page outlining what the at-home responsibilities will be.

Projects will be on display, along with your child dressed as their famous person, on the evening of open house! All other work will be done right here at school.

In Social Studies this week we traveled to Georgia and Alabama. In science we learned how to observe animals and construct an explanation of how living in groups helps these animals survive.

Do you have an hour to spare Tuesday evening? If so, please join our PTF group at our monthly meeting! 6:30 pm in the library :)