Friday 5/31- Friday 6/7

We are almost to the last week of school! 

Students are working on their biographies and they should be completed by Monday. If students have a draft and are working on their book, they will have time to complete the book next week in class. 

We will begin to share them on Tuesday. 

No homework this week. 

Enjoy your weekend and Shabbat Shalom!

Calendar: 

Friday, June 7 = last day of school & a 12:00 dismissal. It is also a dress down day. 

Friday, May 24- Friday, May 31

Friday, May 24 is Field Day.  It is a 2:00 dismissal.
I cannot emphasize enough how stressed out your children become when it's a different dismissal time and they aren't clear that you know this and are prepared for it. Please make sure they are aware of how they are getting home at 2:00 on Friday. Thank you so very much in advance!

Field Day: 
It's a dress down day. Students are encouraged to get into the color war spirit by wearing their team color, but no face, body or hair paint/colors. Students who come with this will be asked to remove it before participating. Please be aware of the weather & be sure your child has a water bottle, sunscreen, any medication he/she needs (epipen/inhaler), if not already in nurse's office and a change of clothes/shoes/socks  (this latter is only in the event that it ever actually storms like they keep threatening and the ground is wet/muddy).


Homework & Homework Folders: 
I am going to send one last math page home TOMORROW. Yes, it's a Thursday, and I know that's not the usual folder day, but since Friday is Field Day...let's go with it. The math homework is a "maze" to get through by identifying the square products (the answer when you multiply a number by itself-- examples: 3x3=9, 8x8=64, see the pattern?) This will be our last homework assignment of the year.

Check out the newsletter & photos of your children making emotion masks at the museum this past Tuesday!

Next Week:
No school on Monday, Memorial Day
Spring Show starts 9:30 in the shul on Thursday morning


As always, contact me with any questions, comments or concerns!

Enjoy your Memorial Day holiday weekend!

Friday 5/17 - Friday 5/24

As the year winds down, here are a few important dates & information for 3rd graders:

Permission slips and $7 to attend the CMA field trip on 5/21 are due no later than Monday, May 5.

Homework folders are due on Thursday, 5/23. Students have one math page to complete. It is an easy review. We will not have any Language Studies tests for the rest of the year. Students will complete in-class assignments based on what we've learned and continue to learn new word stems.

Tuesday, May 21:  CMA Field Trip: We will be leaving school by 9:30AM and returning by 12:00 to a late lunch.

Friday, 5/24:  Field Day & 2:00 dismissal. Your child is aware of what color team on which he/she has been placed. Be aware of the weather, for example,  if it is wet and if your child may require a change of socks or shoes. 

Monday, 5/27: Memorial Day- No School

Thursday, 5/30: Spring Show 9:30AM & Last homework folder/assignment return

Friday, 6/7: Last day of school, 12:00 dismissal

Friday 5/10 - Friday 5/17

HOMEWORK:
No homework this week (yaaaay!) - but keep practicing the word roots that you've made as flashcards at home!

FIELD TRIP:
2nd & 3rd graders are going on a field trip to the Columbus Museum of Art to experience the Rothko exhibit. This will take place on Tuesday May, 21. A permission slip is in your child's folder and is due NO LATER than 5/20.

BIOGRAPHIES:
We are writing biographies in Language Arts. Each student has selected a person of interest and I have gone to the library to obtain books for use in class. Ask your child who he/she is researching and if you have materials at home, your child is welcome to use them at school! We will create a biography book and share these the last week of school.

GENERAL:
I encourage you to play math games, have your child calculate change or tell you the fraction of dishes that are cleared from the table vs. those left... real world math applications like that. Also, keep reading! The more your child reads, the better he or she will be at vocabulary and writing.

Calendar: 

Return permission slip & $7 for art museum trip
return H&I folder no later than 5/17

5/14 - 2:00 dismissal

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

5/20- Last day for field trip permission slip & $

5/21- 2nd & 3rd grade field trip to art museum

5/24- Field Day & 2:00 dismissal

5/27 - Memorial Day, no school 

5/30 - Spring Show 9:30AM

June 7- Last day of school! 12:00 dismissal

Language Studies:
Lesson 4 – prefixes, roots & suffixes
uni-  = one -cycle- = circle -ful = full of
bi- = two -ly = in the manner of
tri- = three --ness = state of being
-or = one who

IDIOM: to have ants in your pants - to be excited and unable to keep your body still

Math: 

Homelink: decimals

Notes & Upcoming Events: 

A great success we had on Wednesday 5/1! Third graders were very proud of their simple machines! Thanks to all who were able to attend. It was great to see you again. 

In the next few weeks of school, we will study immigration in social studies and write biographies in our language arts class. 

Calendar: 

5/10 - spirit day

5/14 - 2:00 dismissal

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

5/21- 2nd & 3rd grade field trip to art museum

5/24- Field Day & 2:00 dismissal

5/27 - Memorial Day, no school 

5/30 - Spring Show 9:30AM

June 7- Last day of school!