Friday, February 24, 2012

Week of February 27, 2012





Greetings parents of third graders! Important dates to remember:

Tuesday, February 28 - Early Dismissal - students leave at 11:00.

Friday, March 2 - End of Trimester 2. No report card will be sent home, please check grades online.

Here is our upcoming week in a nutshell:


MATH

Our class is going to take an assessment on area, volume and perimeter on Tuesday, 2/28. The remaining days will be spent refreshing our memories on concepts which will be found on the ISATs.


READING

This week, we are going to touch on plot, theme, poetry and figurative language.


SPELLING

There will not be a formal spelling lesson. Instead, students will focus on suffixes this week. The prefix/suffix test is on Friday, 3/2.


ENGLISH

Students will be writing about the Chicago Fire from the point of view of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.


SOCIAL STUDIES

Chicago, test 2 will be on Thursday, 3/1. Study guides are going home Monday.


SCIENCE

Our focus is on Social Studies this week.


I hope you have a wonderful week!

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