APPLE CRUNCH DAY

October 26th is Apple Crunch Day. We will be joining together with Mr. Zerbe's class to do some apple centers and activities.

Be sure to ask your child what he or she did to celebrate Apple Crunch Day.

WELCOME BACK!

I want to welcome you back to a new school year. It's hard to believe that summer vacation is over. I hope everyone had a fun-filled summer, whether you played in your backyard or took a family vacation! Now it's time to make new friends and learn lots of interesting things. I'm looking forward to a GREAT year in Room 117!

2011 - 2012 HERE WE COME!

Your Third Grader

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SCHOOL'S OUT!

Our last day of school was yesterday.

We've worked hard and have had a very busy year! Some of our fun included: Walk to School Day, Apple Crunch Day, Fall Festival, Movie and Popcorn Day, Red Ribbon Week, Go for the Greens, Salute to America program, Third Grade Spelling Bee, and our Cook Forest trip. Now it's time for some fun and relaxation!

Be kind to others, enjoy the outdoors, read a book, get some exercise, learn how to do something new, and turn off the TV, computer and video games.

Have a safe and happy summer!

See you in late August!

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!