A big thank you to all the parents who donated to our Valentine's Day Party!
Book Project Choices #1 Dress up as the evil character from your story. Write your persuasive paragraphs about why you are innocent in your story. #2 Dress up as a Fairy Godmother and create a sculpture of the prince or princess from your story. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object. Write your persuasive paragraphs about why your princess/prince is better than all the other princesses/princes in the other fairy tales. (Can be used with the main character if there is no prince or princess in your story) #3 Create a map (all map parts must be present) or create a piece of art about the setting. Write your persuasive paragraphs about why people should move to your setting (typically a kingdom or a land far, far, away). | Everyday Math We will be continuing unit 8 of Everyday Mathematics this week. This unit is on fractions. A great way to practice fractions at home is to let your children help in the kitchen! Here are some websites that will help your children practice fractions at home. http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/index.html http://www.vectorkids.com/vkfractions.htm http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-3-fraction-review |
Spring OAA Test The OAA is a state required test the children will be taking in the spring. You can go online and have your child practice for this test. You do not need to login, just click on take the test without logging in the bottom right hand corner. It will tell your child whether their answer is correct after each question. Please practice both the Reading and Math tests. Click Here | Writing We are working on conventions such as punctuation and capitalization. We will cycle back around to persuasive writing and your child will be writing several paragraphs for their book projects. Punctuation Game Capitalization Game | Coming Soon... February 26th= Third Grade Parent night with Mrs. Hames March 13th Early Release March 15th School Auction March 21st Spring Concert Please note that we will be using a bus for our March 27th field trip to Franklin Conservatory March 28th Parent Teacher Conferences March 29th No School |
Farms of the Future- The third graders did an amazing job researching, designing, and presenting their Farms of the Future! http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20130219/NEWS01/302190012/Discovery-students-offer-ideas-future-farms
Read Across America March 1st we will be participating in Read Across America Day. The children will be asked to drop everything and read at different parts in the day. If you would like to send small power snacks in we would really appreciate it! To learn more: http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm | Guided Reading We are reading Cinderella stories from around the world. The students are learning about how shoes styles differ in different places because of culture and environment. The students wrote paragraphs about how their Cinderella fit into the IB Learner Profile. |