Friday, April 26- Friday, May 3

HOMEWORK:

Language Studies: 
Word stems: 

-act-  = to do
-dent- = tooth
-ego- = self
-ive = tending to

-ist = one who (works with or uses)

-ism = state of being/quality of

-able/-ible = able to be

Please review stems from past weeks. Test on Friday, May 3.

Math: 

decimal review WS

Note:

Hello! We are in the last weeks of school and things are still busy in third grade! We have our Achievement Fair coming up next Wednesday. Third graders have been putting a lot of effort into their  simple machine projects. We have some really neat machines that your children have designed. We hope to see you at the Achievement Fair! 

This week's newsletter has a calendar printed on the back. I am also highlighting the calendar here and dates pertaining to 3rd grade General Studies below. Shabbat Shalom!

Calendar: 

4/28- Spring Fling

5/1 - Achievement Fair, 5:30 dinner & 6-8pm classrooms open 

5/2- HI folders & homework due

5/3 - Language Studies word stem test & homework distributed for following week

5/9- HI folders & homework due

5/10 - spirit/dress down day & Language Studies word stem test - NO homework given

5/14- Erev Shavout 2:00 dismissal

5/15 & 5/16 - Shavout, no school

5/17 - HI folders due, math homework only to be distributed for following week

5/21 - 2nd & 3rd grade field trip to Columbus Museum of Art 

5/23 - HI folders due w/ math homework. LAST homework of the year assigned! 

5/24 - Field Day, 2:00 dismissal - dress down/color spirit day

5/27 - Memorial Day, no school

5/30 - Spring Show, grades 1-4 9:30AM, HI folders due

5/31 - last Language Studies test - a word stem review 

6/7- last day of school, 12:00PM dismissal

Friday, 4/19-Friday, 4/26

I am not assigning homework this week. I  hope that your children rest, enjoy their weekend, read good stories & talk about them and practice math facts. Only graded papers and classwork will come home in the HI folder this week. They can still review the word stems as we will resume Language Studies after next week.

Monday, April 22 is the Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment. Only students who missed the October test or did not pass will be taking the test on Monday. All other third graders will have a regular schedule with Moreh Dror & Morah Eva. I will be administering the test in the morning.

Wednesday, April 24 is the Ohio Math Achievement Assessment. All third graders will take this test. I will be there in the morning to administer the test and they will have time with Morah Eva in the afternoon.

The best test preparation is always rest and a good breakfast. I provide pencils and erasers. Please be sure your child is dressed comfortably and is wearing layers so he or she can put on a sweater should the room be too cold, or take one off should it be too warm for him/her. Comfort, rest and a full belly go far during test taking.

In science we are creating our engineering project which is based on simple machines. Your child may be scrounging around the house for bottle caps, cans, empty thread spools, etc... These secret gems will work as wheels, pulleys and other simple machines to create the masterpiece that they will reveal to you at the Achievement Fair on Wednesday, May 1. 

Friday, April 26 is a dress down day.

Friday, April 11- Friday, April 19

Language Studies: 

dis = opposite of

re = again

un, im/in, a, re, ir, il = not

Study these word stems and know their meaning for Friday's test

Choose 2 stems and brainstorm/look in dictionary to find 3 words that start with your selected stems. 

review last week's stems

Math: 

Review facts!
WS: Bar Graphs & Fractions

Science: 

We are learning about simple machines. We used this website: http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ --  to practice finding them in a "house." The kids loved this!