ACADEMICS MAY 16 - 20

READING

Our story, The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin, will continue through to the end of this week. We will continue learning about the many great accomplishments of this famous American statesman, and will be working on a special project to share what we have learned.

Skills include: main idea, making judgments and decisions, following directions, and root words. The selection assessment will be on Friday, May 20th.

ENGLISH

We have just finished learning about subject and object pronouns and will now be moving on to possessive pronouns.

MATH

We are in full swing with our geometry chapter, as we have learned about lines, line segments, rays, angles, triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. This week we'll focus on flips, slides, and turns, and then finish up the chapter learning about perimeter, area, and volume.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week, we are wrapping up our chapter about Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, as we check out Jamestown Settlement and a Powhatan village.

THIRD GRADE FIELD TRIP

We will be heading to Cook Forest on Wednesday, May 25th. Please be sure to dress for the weather and bring a sack lunch. We will be leaving for the forest around 9:30 a.m. and will be returning for the regular student dismissal time. Students will be participating in a variety of interesting, hands-on, outdoor activities. Let's hope for warm weather and lots of sunshine!

THIRD GRADE PROGRAM

Family and friends are invited to attend our musical program, "Salute to America", on Wednesday, May 18th at 2:15 P.M. in the elementary gymnasium. Hope to see you there!

SPELLING BEE PARTICIPANTS

Congratulations to Alyssa, Kayla, Raegan, Ethan, and Troy for qualifying for the Third Grade Spelling Bee!

The Spelling Bee will be held on Friday, May 20th at 1:30 p.m. in the elementary gym. Family and friends are invited to attend.

Hope to see you there!

ACADEMICS May 2 - 6

READING

Our story this week is Two Bad Ants, by Chris Van Allsburg. He is well known for his story, The Polar Express. The story allows the reader to experience the world through an ant's point of view. When a troop of ants are sent to a kitchen to get sugar crystals for the queen, two of its members get a little greedy and stay behind in the sugar bowl. The next day, there is nothing but trouble and dangerous situations for the two "bad" ants!

Skills include: drawing conclusions, context clues, and author and title search.