Mrs. Fox's Third Grade: Weekly Update-April 15

Announcements

Mark Your Calendars!

We will be having a Poetry Breakfast on Thursday, May 5th. Your third grader should have brought home a yellow note on Monday that contained more details. The breakfast starts at 7:40, and if you would like to eat with us in the classroom, please bring a dish to share.

The Carnival needs your help! There are several classes with very few volunteers and without your support some hard decisions will need to be made. These hard decisions will directly impact our kids-longer lines, fewer games, less fun! Please consider signing up for a single 30 minute shift. That's all we need in order to have a fun night at the Carnival. If you sign up you will receive a free photo booth ticket and the winning class to fill all slots first in each grade level will win a popsicle party in May! Please see the link below and sign up today! Thank you for your support!"

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f49afad23a75-comet12

In the Friday folder, you will find tons of information regarding the Carnival, including forms to purchase wristbands.

MAP testing dates

May 6th

May 9th

May 10th

May 12th

May 13th

Please refrain from scheduling vacations or appointments on these days.

The last day of school has been confirmed and will be Thursday, May 26. It will be an early dismissal at 12:50.

We had a great time volunteering at the Central Missouri Food Bank on Friday! Students worked as a team to bag and tag pretzels. With the three third grade classes there, we bagged 1,000 pounds of pretzels!

In the Classroom

We completed our fractions unit this week and tested on Friday. Our last fraction lessons involved adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. We will continue to practice fractions throughout the year with games. Here are some pictures of the Jeopardy game we played to review.

We began our weather unit this week. On Monday, we set weather tools outside so we could observe/record data each day. Our weather tools include a thermometer, anemometer, wind vane, and rain gauge. Students have been excited to begin science each day with a trip outdoors. Next week students will begin to graph their findings.

Ecosystems Update...All five of our ecosystems have grass growing! All our living creatures are also still living!

In Reading this week, we discussed imagery. I read a page of a story and asked students to draw out the things they were imagining. We realized we were able to draw out our thoughts because of the author's use of imagery. Then finally, as a group, we determined that imagery was the way authors use words to help readers create images in their heads.

This week in writing we started our poetry unit! Students have been very excited about this unit and have also been writing very thoughtful poems. This week we wrote a bio poem, a diamante poem, and a haiku poem. We also recorded some poetry noticings and discussed poetry terms such as: line breaks, stanzas, and mood. Students are looking forward to writing more poems in the weeks to come.