Mrs. Fox's Third Grade: April 20, 2018

Announcements

You should have received a note about our upcoming Poetry Breakfast in the Friday folder last week. Please use this link to sign up for a food item.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0845a9a729a6fa7-poetry

You also saw a yellow form to volunteer for our field trip to the Runge Nature Center next month. If you missed this form and are interested, please let me know.

Paxton Keeley 2018 Field Day is approaching on Wednesday, May 16th! Our class needs 1-2 parent volunteers to run our class game. Our time slot is from 12:40-2:20. The class will be starting at this game, but will be moving to the next station. You would be getting other 3rd grade classes and possibly other grade levels. Please let me know if you are interested in this opportunity.

This will be the last week for word work. From now on, we will use this time to practice grammar and sentence structure.

Students will not have homework for the two weeks of MAP testing. Please use this time to ensure students are relaxed, get to bed early, and eat a protein-filled breakfast.

MAP testing begins next week. We will be testing on Wednesday, April 25th and Thursday, April 26th. The Language Arts portion will be Monday, April 30th and Tuesday, May 1st. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Please check with your third grader about ear buds for the MAP test and pencils. We have quite a few 3rd graders that are completely out of pencils.

We had one final health lesson. A special guest from Nutrition Services came to discuss My Plate. We then made a salad that contained something from every food group.

In the Classroom

In math this week, we practiced for the MAP test. We reviewed things we have been working on all year. We have also been focusing on our multiplication facts. Now that we have a deep understanding of the concept, we are working on fact fluency. Please consider extra practice at home through apps, games, or flashcards. We used a game called Knock It Off to practice in class.

We are busily creating poems in room 215. This week we studied alliteration, concrete poetry, haikus, and inference poetry. Next week, we will be choosing a poem to take through the publishing process.

We continued practicing for the MAP in reading. Next week, we will begin a whole class book club.

Our ecosystems have grass! Unfortunately, some of our fish have died, but we are still observing the decomposing process. This week we learned all about animal adaptations. We will finish this unit next week.