This Week in Third Grade 4/14

I have had a lot of parents ask me about what I will be doing next year. On Thursday night I was approved by the Board of Education and I will be hired on to work at Sappington in third grade again next year! Thank you to everyone who has been keeping me in their thoughts while I went through the application process. It is so great to know that I have such a supportive group of parents who care. Thank you!

I hope that everyone had the opportunity to get outside and play a little bit this weekend. The weather was beautiful and it is clear that Spring Fever has officially set over our third graders. Unfortunately, it looks as if the weather is going to be back in the 40s and 50s over the next couple of days. With the weather varying like it always does in Saint Louis, our classroom's temperature changes as well. Dressing your students in layers is helpful during weeks like these. 

Here's a Look at What's Happening This Week in Third Grade: 

Reading: This week we will continue to read some shorter passages and work on our Close Reading skills, and we will focus on RAPing our constructed response answers. 

Math: We will continue to learn about fractions and review some of the skills that we had learned earlier this year! 

Writing: We are going back and looking at what makes our favorite personal narratives so great. 

Science: We will continue measuring this week! We are really focusing in on the metric system. 

Other: 

MAP testing starts for us next week! Thank you to all of the parents that have donated snacks for us to use during MAP testing. If you haven't donated and you would like to, please send snack food items to school with your student sometime this week. 

I will be sending home a small packet on Monday with some tips and information on MAP testing. Please make sure to look through it sometime this week. 

On Friday, I sent home our field trip permission slip for the Zoo on May 28. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SUSON PARK FIELD TRIP WE WILL BE TAKING WITH OUR KINDERGARTEN BUDDIES ON MAY 22.  Please sign it and send it back with your student as soon as you can. 

On May 9, we will have Writer's Day! We will have a few different authors come to our school to talk with us. Last week, I sent home an order form with some of the books that the authors have written. If you would like to order one of these books/ have your book autographed by the author, please return the sheet by Thursday this week.

Reminder: Hamby Homework and Multiplication log will be due on Thursday this week!

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY! 

MAP testing schedule: 
April 22, 23, 24 
April 29,30, and May 1 

Early Dismissal on April 23 
Spring Fling on April 25