Picture Day

Our class picture is scheduled for Monday, April 5th.

Order forms went home today, and all orders must be submitted before Friday 4/9 in order to avoid a late fee of $5. No orders will be received after 4/30.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Important Dates this week

Just a quick reminder that this week we have both Spirit Day and Field Day.

Spirit Day is Wednesday 3/31 and Field Day is Friday 4/2.

Also, despite the fact that it is scheduled for this Thursday (4/1), the history quiz is not a prank.

The quiz will cover the Early North American Tribes that we have been covering in class. The students will be able to use the culture chart that we have been completing during this unit.

Lower Division blog

Dear Parents,

The Lower School administration uses Online Community to communicate with our families. Dr. Bianco and Mrs. Weinman's letters and Lower Division reminders are posted on a Lower Division blog. This is the school administration's main form of communication, so EVERYONE should subscribe. In order to have access, you will need to subscribe to the Lower Division blog.

Directions:

First log into the Online Community. After logging into the Online Community, go to Community > Groups > Lower Division Group from the green menu bar. First, click on the icon "Join Group." Next, scroll down the page and click on the Subscribe button. This will send you e-mail alerts whenever I write a new blog post.

Field Day

Due to weather, Field Day has been rescheduled for April 2nd.

The team assignments will remain the same.

Update

The math test originally planned for Friday has been pushed back to Monday to allow for more review of the content. An additional practice sheet went home this afternoon.

Grandparents Day

Here is a quick note to clear up any questions about tomorrow...

Grandparents Day is not intended to be a half day. We will continue with our usual plans for the rest of the day, which include PE, Lunch, Library, and Social Studies. Also, there are two tests scheduled for tomorrow morning (Spelling and Math).

I look forward to a great morning tomorrow and hope that this information can help to clear up any confusion.

Spring Conference

February 24th is the date for Spring parent conferences. The scheduled times are posted on the side of the blog. Please post a comment or email me (nealw@shorecrest.org) with your preferred time. I will do my best to accommodate everyone's schedule.

For Friday---Warm up to a good book!

On Friday, I would like to take a break from the regular reading time to "Warm Up to a Good Book." It is seldom that Florida provides the appropriate atmosphere to do this, so I thought I would take advantage of it.

Today in class, the children were asked to bring a book from home to read. It must be a book that will sustain their interest for at least a period of 20-30 minutes. Along with their book of choice, they are not only allowed to bring a thermos of either hot chocolate or cider, but they may wear jeans to school (students are still required to wear a uniform shirt--this is not another Spirit Day.)

I am not sure yet the exact time, but it will be some time in the morning so the thermos will remain warm. This should be great fun!

Happy New Year

I hope that everyone had a nice, relaxing winter break, and is ready to get back into the routine.

Here is the outline for the week:

Math-

5.1 "Place Value through Ten-Thousands"

5.2 "Reading, Writing, and Ordering Numbers"

5.3 "Place Value to MIllions"

5.4 "Application: Using the U.S. Census to compare large numbers"

Language Arts- We will begin reading another class novel, 7x9=Trouble. We will work on Lesson 6 in "Wordly Wise." Vocabulary and Spelling Tests on Friday (1/8).

Science- We will finish Simple Machines and begin Compound Machines.

Social Studies- We will begin our Social Studies text book, A History of US.

As always, if you have any questions, please email me... Welcome Back!

Report Cards

If you have not yet signed and returned the first trimester report card, please do so as soon as possible. If you need another copy of the report card, let me know. Thank you and have a great weekend!

Thanksgiving Feast--A new 3rd Grade Tradition

Here is a link to the pictures from our Thanksgiving lunch feast. This was the first year that we have had a Thanksgiving lunch, and I think that it went very well. I am already looking forward to doing it again next year :)

What a great new 3rd GRADE tradition!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/estuff01/2009_11_24_SPS_Thanksgiving3rdGrade?authkey=Gv1sRgCPiB_4DLi5SVtgE&feat=email#

Thanksgiving Readers Theater

Today we performed our readers theater, "The Meal Must Go On!" for Mrs. Densa's first grade class.

The first graders were very entertained and enjoyed our performance.

Flagpole

This Monday, our class is hosting the morning flagpole gathering. Each student has some lines to say. Please help your child practice these lines in preparation.

Thank you!

Field Trip

As the children have hopefully told you, on Monday, we are going on a field trip to the Tampa Bay History Center (http://www.tampabayhistorycenter.org/).

We need one chaperone from our class. We will be leaving school at 9:00 and return around 1:00. You will be responsible for the $8 admission to the museum.

Please email me at nealw@shorecrest.org if you are interested. First come, first serve.

Thanks!

Weekly Update

Math-Lessons covered this week are:

4.1 "Multiples of Equal Groups"

4.2 "Multiplication Arrays"

4.3 "Equal Shares and Equal Groups"

4.4"Division Ties to Multiplication"

Language Arts- We will begin our fifth reading topic in Theme One, Bicultural. Our grammar focus will be compound Subjects and Predicates. Spelling Test on Friday (11/20).

Science- We will begin the topic "Doing Work".

Social Studies- We will study two more native Florida tribes, Tocobaga and Timucua.

As always, if you have any questions, please email me... Have a great week!

Weekly Update

Math-Lessons covered this week are:

3.1 "Our Class Shoe Length"

3.2 "Measuring with Rulers"

3.3 "Standard Linear Measures"

Language Arts- We will begin our fourth reading topic in Theme One,Culture. Our grammar focus will be Subjects and Predicates. Our Spelling focus will be open syllables. Spelling Test on Friday (10/16).

Science- We have finished the science topic "Pushes and Pulls", and there will be quiz on Wednesday.

Social Studies- We will finish the unit on Florida. Students will finish the Hello, Florida textbook. There will be a Social Studies quiz next Tuesday (10/20)

As always, if you have any questions, please email me... Have a great week!

weekly update

Math-Lessons covered this week are:

2.7 Partial Sums Algorithm

2.8 Subtraction Algorithms

2.9 Addition with Three or More Addends

Language Arts- We will begin our third reading topic in Theme One, Traditions. Our grammar focus will be regular and irregular verbs. Spelling Test and Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (10/2).

Science- On Tuesday, we will visit the Science Resource Center. We will finish the science topic "On The Move!" on Monday, and there will be quiz on Tuesday.

Social Studies- We will continue our focus on Florida. Students will finish the Hello, Florida textbook.

As always, if you have any questions, please email me... Have a great week!

Homework on 9/17

One of the homework assignments for tonight is to "practice" using the tools on a comic strip website. The url is www.makebeliefscomix.com . The students are to experiment with the site so they will be prepared for a project we are doing tomorrow. Once they have created a comic strip, they can send me a link if they want. My email is nealw@shorecrest.org.

Science Resource Center Update

Today we performed two experiments. One was to determine which would dissolve more completely in water, baking soda or salt. The other was to determine which ball would bounce the highest. What were our conclusions? You'll have to check with your resident expert, so ask your child for the results of our experiments!

Wordly Wise Vocabulary Quiz

The Wordly Wise vocab quizzes went home today. Please look over the quiz and then sign and return it to school. Thanks!