1. Ms. Harris’ Class Happenings Edition 10: 11/14/13 Can you believe how cold it has gotten?? I had to double check the calendar, I thought for sure it might be January! No matter the weather outside, we are still hard at work here in room 113. Second quarter is full speed ahead and the students are working hard. We had a great week so be sure to take a peak at all that has happened! Literacy Students are still analyzing characters within their books. We are focusing on characters and how they develop within a series. This week we focused on noticing the problems a character encounters as well as how those characters deal with the problems. We also worked on making predictions based on the patterns we have noticed our characters demonstrating. Students have enjoyed reading in a series book with their partners these past couple weeks! Math Students loved going to the computer lab on Tuesday to create their bar graphs in excel! After we tested on Wednesday we began our geometry unit. Students spent Thursday building triangles to notice their attributes and will spend Friday analyzing quadrilaterals and their attributes. PLEASE go over the vocabulary in their interactive notebook nightly as this is unit is very heavy with new vocabulary! Science This week we continued with our study of Matter! Students’ favorite part of the week was making ice cream in a bag to help them understand how matter changes from a liquid to a solid. Please see the attached recipe for a fun and easy activity to do at home! Social Studies Students took their social studies assessment on Monday and we began our new unit on individual’s roles within their community. We specifically focused on the roles of adults and children in their home, community and the workplace. Share with your child the many different roles you have as an adult! Spelling Bee! Congrats to our first place spelling bee winner, Rachel and our runner up Kyndall!! Great Job to these girls and the whole class!!

2. Math We will continue with our unit on geometry. We will go further in depth with our study of quadrilaterals and their attributes. We will also begin studying perimeter, Please be sure to review vocabulary nightly! I will collect Math notebooks on Monday 11/25. Happening Next Week…. Literacy We will continue with our study of characters in series books. We will begin reading the book Sarah Plain and Tall. We will focus on using post it notes to track our thoughts while we are reading. This is a great strategy to use at home! In writing we are working on our second personal narratives. Students will work on creating quality titles as well as quality endings to their stories before we begin editing. Science We will finish our unit on Matter and test on Monday 11/25. Social Studies We will continue with our study of individuals and their roles within communities. Dates to know… 11/20: School Wide Spelling Bee 11/22: November Birthday Celebration: 3-4pm Happy Birthday Enige, Bryce and SeQuan! Report Cards Go Home! 11/25: Matter Test Math Notebooks Due 11/26: Cluster Enrichment Expo 9:30-10:15 Service Project: 2:30-4:00! 11/27-11/29: Thanksgiving Break! Enjoy your holiday! Important Information and Reminders Service Project In the spirit of giving, the third graders are going to participate in a service project. We have decided to make bag lunches to give to a local needy shelter. The students will work together to make the lunches and create Thanksgiving cards. We will be doing this during class on 11/26 from 2:30-4 and will need volunteers!!! Thank you to those of you that have already signed up to bring in supplies. Please send those supplies in no later than Monday 11/25. Thank you! November Birthday Celebration We will have our November birthday celebration on Friday 11/22. If your child is celebrating a birthday this month please feel free to send in a treat to share with the class! Please remember they need to be store bought treats! Wish List! Sticky Notes Black Expo Markers Ziploc Baggies As always, thank you so much for all you do to support your child’s education! It is amazing to see how much each of them have grown in such a short period of time. Please continue to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have! Ms. Harris