April 14-18

Hi Families,
I hope you were all able to enjoy some spring weather, while it lasted!!!  This Kansas weather is crazy!!

We are getting ready to begin 3rd Grade Science Fair Projects.  Our Science Fair is scheduled for Thursday, May 8th.  Today in your child's Monday folder you will find several documents related to this project. 
        1.  There is sheet with a list of due dates.  We have broken the project up into parts, so your child will only need to concentrate on one or two pieces of it at a time.
        2.  There is a parent letter that asks for you to sign it after you have had a chance to review the packet with your child.   This sheet also asks for your child to have chosen a Science Fair topic and purpose.  (This is due by Friday, April 18).
        3.  There is a packet of information that will help guide you through the expectation of each section of the project.  Please review the packet with your child and let me know if you have any questions.  The internet is a great resource to help come up with a topic.

The majority of the project will be done at home.  Your child is to come up with a topic and purpose that can be measured through experimentation.  The experiment will be done at home, as well as, data collected and a conclusion being made.  For the final presentation, students will bring in each part typed up, with any titles, pictures and/or decorations they want to provide.  At school, the students will put their entire project together on a display board. 

It's going to be a busy week of learning:

3rd Grade Math State Assessments are this Wednesday and Thursday, April 16 and 17. 

Math- We will be completing our study on Area this Friday with a Topic Test.

Science-  We are finishing our study on life cycles and traits and beginning to read and learn about ecosystems.

Spelling and Vocabulary-  Students should be learning about ecosystem vocabulary and will have their final test this Friday.

Reading-  The reading groups are just about to finish the novels that they have been reading.  Each of them will complete a final book project.

Writing- We began drafting a creative story last week.  As we studied animal adaptations, the students were asked to choose one 'power of protection' that they would want to have and to write about it in a story.  We will finish our drafts this week, edit and revise before writing a final draft.

Have a wonderful week!