Week of MAY 1!!

I am in denial that it's May!! How can that be??!! Before we know it, we'll be sitting at the Promotion Ceremony watching your babies get promoted to 4th grade! That ceremony is the morning of June 17th (last day of school), so save the date! =) 

Our class is doing extremely well with the Apex Fun Run Fundraiser! As of Friday, we were VERY close to being in first place!! Hoping we can be AT THE TOP on Monday!! Thanks for getting the word out and helping to raise money for CAES! 

We will be PALS testing all week this week, so no spelling this week since I won't be able to meet with word study groups. We also have the Fun Run on Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 and parents are welcome to attend and can volunteer if you wish! 

We'll be doing a lot of review with Thunks in Reading and Math, so please be sure your child has them in HW folder for school each day! Sometimes we use them in class as an independent practice/partner review. 

IMPORTANT DATES/REMINDERS: 

• 5/5: Apex Fun Run (3rd grade runs from 10:15-11:15)
• 5/13: Muffins with Moms 8am - 9am
• 5/18: 1:00 dismissal/interims issued
• 5/19: Math SOL Test (one day only)
• 5/24 and 5/25: Reading SOL Test
• 6/10: Field Day
• 6/16 and 6/17: 2:20 Dismissal
• 6/17: Last day of school and 3rd Grade Promotion Ceremony at 9:30 am. More info. coming as it gets closer. 

Here are the skills that we'll be working on this week:

Language Arts:
Reading Strategy/skills: Nonfiction, drawing conclusions, summarizing, plot, theme, reference sources

Writing: Friendly letter

Math:

We are continuing our geometry  unit (SOL 3.14) Students will be looking at symmetry, congruency, tessellations, and area/perimeter. There will be a test on Friday. 

Science: (with Mrs. King)

Mrs. King continue the soil unit (SOL 3.7). There will be a quiz on Thursday. 

Social Studies:
We'll begin to work on their project-based assessment (PBA). They'll be creating a brochure of an ancient civilization; all of the work for this project will be done in class.