Week of April 30- May 3

• I hope everyone had a great weekend!
• There will be no school on Friday, due to Area Association Day for teachers.
• Picture day will be Thursday, May 3.
• Good copy of persuasive writing is due on Wednesday, May 2.
• There will be a very small short answer health quiz on Thursday, May 3.  We worked on a review in class on Friday.
• Spelling words:  gr. 3  ladybug, barnyard, cardboard, passport, underline, hallway, popcorn, seafood, jigsaw, everyone, keyboard, quicksand.     Gr. 4  skateboard, applesauce, clockwise, shipwreck, dishwasher, saltwater, strawberry, wallpaper, yearbook, passport, quicksand, dragonfly, hallway, popcorn, jigsaw
• A reminder that my first after school math help session will be Thur. May 10,  from 2:45 -3:45. Students must have a note to stay and have a ride home.
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of April 16-20

• I hope everyone had a great weekend!
• I am seeing more students fill in their reading logs which is awesome.  Please make sure they are getting filled in each night throughout the week for 15-20 min. of reading. We discuss all of the time in class.....the more you read, the better reader you become!
• Spelling words-  grade 3- another, path, brush, dishes, watch, hungry, enough, ticket, truck, drink, junk, ashamed      grade 4-  meaningful, peaceful, flawless, enough, powerful, useful, slowly, friendly, sadly, thankful, happily, painless, calmly, careful truthful
• Grade 3 math- keep working on those math facts nightly. We are continuing to work on our fraction unit. I will be putting 2 handouts into the orange duotangs this week. Please make sure they are completed by Friday.  I hope everyone had a chance to read the letter I sent home this week about extra math help!  I am hoping for a big turnout.
• Friday, April 20th will be School Spirit Day .....so wear blue and gold!
• We are also challenging students to bring a lunch that will not produce any waste.  So they could use reusable containers, compostable products, stainless-steel cutlery etc. The class with the highest percentage of waste free lunches will win a prize.
• We are still waiting back to hear on a date for the movie.
• Our school will be having our visit from the Easter Seals on Thursday morning.
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of April 9-12

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• Tuesday will be "formal day" at ACC.  There was a letter sent home with students laying out upcoming events that were rescheduled from before March break.  We are waiting for the date in which we will be going to the movies.
• Students should be reading and filling out their reading logs each night for 15-20 min.  
• Spelling quiz will be on Thursday this week (no school April 13 due to a PD day)  Gr. 3 words are:  shook, should, shimmer, thought, that, this, throat, them, children, why, whale, who      Gr. 4 words:  thoughtful, breathless, cheerful, wonderful, spotless, hopeless, creative, memorable, active, breakable, miserable, reasonable, remarkable, massive, impressive
• Gr. 3 math-  I will be putting in a new handout into the orange duotang and these will be due on Thursday.  We have wrapped up our unit on increasing/decreasing patterns and are now working on fractions.
• I will be handing out new book orders on Monday and they will be due the next Monday.
• Have a great week everyone!