3 rd Grade Thoughts Mrs. Kristina Thran February 18, 2016 Find this newsletter on our School Website! 3 rd Grade Thoughts Mrs. Kristina Thran February 18, 2016 Find this newsletter on our School Website! Poetry Publishing Party! Please join us tomorrow, Friday, February 19 th at 10:45am. I am excited for you to see what poets we have in 3 rd Grade. Students have been busy publishing all week. They can’t wait for our Poetry Reading tomorrow when you will be invited to read their anthologies of poems. See you then! FIELD TRIP!!! We are going on a Field Trip to The Snakes Alive Exhibition in Reno! It will be next Wednesday, 2/24. The bus will leave at 8:15 am sharp and return at 2:20 pm. Please be sure to send your child with a sack lunch More information is on the back! A special Thank you to Mrs. Covian for making all the arrangements! Reading Workshop: We will be wrapping up our research next week. Students are now learning to research with a more worldly view. Students will be comparing and contrasting their two animals while thinking about problems that their animals be facing along with possible solutions. Writing Workshop: Next week begin our journey into Opinion Writing! Students will learn how to Change the World through petition writing. Amazing what third graders can do when they are determined Math: Multiplication and division continues! This too will be completed next week when we take our assessment to show just how much has been learned. Next up will be Area and multiplication. Mrs. B’s Incentive Competiton Congratulations! The 2 nd and 6 th grade classes are in a tie-breaker week for Mrs. B’s special incentive! Thank you for working hard to have zero tardies and only excused absences. We’re sure to get into the running soon Poetry Publishing Party! Please join us tomorrow, Friday, February 19 th at 10:45am. I am excited for you to see what poets we have in 3 rd Grade. Students have been busy publishing all week. They can’t wait for our Poetry Reading tomorrow when you will be invited to read their anthologies of poems. See you then! FIELD TRIP!!! We are going on a Field Trip to The Snakes Alive Exhibition in Reno! It will be next Wednesday, 2/24. The bus will leave at 8:15 am sharp and return at 2:20 pm. Please be sure to send your child with a sack lunch More information is on the back! A special Thank you to Mrs. Covian for making all the arrangements! Reading Workshop: We will be wrapping up our research next week. Students are now learning to research with a more worldly view. Students will be comparing and contrasting their two animals while thinking about problems that their animals be facing along with possible solutions. Writing Workshop: Next week begin our journey into Opinion Writing! Students will learn how to Change the World through petition writing. Amazing what third graders can do when they are determined Math: Multiplication and division continues! This too will be completed next week when we take our assessment to show just how much has been learned. Next up will be Area and multiplication. Mrs. B’s Incentive Competiton Congratulations! The 2 nd and 6 th grade classes are in a tie-breaker week for Mrs. B’s special incentive! Thank you for working hard to have zero tardies and only excused absences. We’re sure to get into the running soon Homework Helper : Each night (Monday-Thursday) students have homework: Reading homework for 30 minutes. Lately we have been splitting time between our non-fiction reading and our DRA fictional books. All students are expected to stop and jot notes down while they are reading. Its is important that we always think about what we read. Math Homework: Xtramath.com and unfinished classwork. One spelling activity each night to be turned in on Friday Xtramath News: Keep practicing! I hope to announce more names next week! Homework Helper : Each night (Monday-Thursday) students have homework: Reading homework for 30 minutes. Lately we have been splitting time between our non-fiction reading and our DRA fictional books. All students are expected to stop and jot notes down while they are reading. Its is important that we always think about what we read. Math Homework: Xtramath.com and unfinished classwork. One spelling activity each night to be turned in on Friday Xtramath News: Keep practicing! I hope to announce more names next week! Congratulations to our Student of the Month! Spurgeon Elliott Happy Birthday to you!!! Kadence – 2/21 Gage – 2/26 Upcoming Events: 2/19: Poetry Publishing Party 10:45-11:25 2/24: Field Trip to Snakes San Rafael Park, Reno Congratulations to our Student of the Month! Spurgeon Elliott Happy Birthday to you!!! Kadence – 2/21 Gage – 2/26 Upcoming Events: 2/19: Poetry Publishing Party 10:45-11:25 2/24: Field Trip to Snakes San Rafael Park, Reno Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better, it’s not. - Dr. Seuss The Lorax