1/07/2009
Today was fantastic in room 204! We enjoyed reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing today and were able to make some fantastic connections. We took our unit 3 social studies test on Moodle today. It was an open book/journal test.
Please enjoy the environmental center video!
Holiday Party…
Due to our snow day, the rescheduled time for the 3/4 classroom parties is this Friday, January 9th, from 12:30-1:30. Please contact your class’ room parent if you have any questions. Thank you.
Plastic Bottles Needed…
We will be starting a unit on Insects and life cycles. For this unit, I need 5 2-liter bottles with caps. They need to be the clear kind. Green ones won’t work:( Thanks so much!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS PENCILS IN HIS/HER BINDER!!!
Here’s what we have for you tonight:
We have mail today.
Waikiki Reading Details… Today we introduced “Reading to Waikiki” which is our annual reading incentive program. We alternate this with Reading to the Superbowl and the kids just love it. Read your letter carefully to find out the minimum number of minutes that you need to read each week. You will receive 50 frequent flyer miles for each 100min/150 weekly minutes of reading. I will collect the first reading ticket on Monday January 12th. Your ticket must be signed by a parent to be valid. If we reach our goal, we’ll all enjoy our Waikiki party to celebrate on Friday February 6th.
Here are the official rules to go with the letter you will receive today:
Students can only count reading minutes for reading done at home (after school at 3:15pm or after choice hour at 4:05pm)
The kids are allowed to read extra minutes to help our team however a 3rd or 4th grader will only earn extra points if he or she doubles their reading requirement.
For example: For each additional 100 minutes a third grader reads, he would earn 50 extra miles (points) for his class.
Reading:
3rd graders: 20 mins
4th graders: 30 mins
Language Arts:
Paragraph Practice was due today; WE talked about the read to Waikiki letters today. Please ask your child to share the details with you!
Spelling:
Weekly Spelling Activity is due on Friday (students received this today)
TEST/Assignment due November 16-
Go to www.spellingcity.com and play 5 games or activities before the 16th! Write the name of the game and the date you completed this on the spelling list handout. It needs to be signed by a parent.
Math:
3rd – Math review due tomorrow with a parent signature! We went over this in class today and completed the first problem together. We will go over the review tomorrow and test on Friday!
Your mental recall goals (for exiting 3rd grade) are 30 addition and 30 subtraction in 2 mins, 50 multiplication and 50 division 3 mins. Check out this math website page and start playing the timed quizzes. www.thatquiz.org
4th- JP 144-146; SL 6.3
Please check Mrs. Frishman’s Blog just in case we missed something!
Reminders:
Remember to write the title of the book you are reading in the ‘Keep Track’ section of your planner…did you do it?
Tuesday and Friday will be SWIM. You will need your swim attire!
Did you take your planner and pen to a parent and ask them to initial it?