...Upcoming Events...

April 13-17 - 3rd Graders Smarter Balanced Testing
April 16 - 3:00 in the gym - Smart Snack Sale (2nd & 3rd Graders bring treats)
April 17 -  Nocturnal Day in Kindergarten (wear PJs to help them celebrate)
April 18 - Family Fun Day from 12-3

April 24 - Literacy Day from 1:30-2:30

May 7 - Spring Program (9:30 am, 1:20 pm)

March 30-April 3

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!

SPELLING TEST ON THURSDAY!

Math: We will continue learning about fractions. We will learn how to place fractions on a number line.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have vowel patterns.
because      though        taught            bought         touch
would         author        could             enough        sausage
fought        should        faucet            daughter       brought
laundry      distraught   afterthought    auditorium    overwrought

Language Arts: We will learn how to sequence events in stories and draw conclusions about them as well. We will also learn about adverbs. Our vocabulary words this week are: raindrops, memories, homesick, farewell, airport, cellar, curious, delicious, and described. You can listen to our grammar jammer about adverbs by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer: click on Language Arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong.

Handwriting: We will learn uppercase cursive S.

We will take a practice test for the Smarter Balanced test coming up.

We will have an egg hunt with our Kindergarten buddies.

The Last 2 Weeks of School...

We completed several language stations to review concepts learned throughout the year.

 We partner read our story of the week, I Love Saturdays Y Domingos.

 We made caterpillar contractions.

We made prefix and suffix trees.

 We made shamrocks that showed what makes us lucky.

We wrote about a person who is worth more to us than gold. 

We wrote hello spring, good-bye winter poems.

 This group of students finished their work early and got to play a game about fractions.

We watched a Reading Rainbow video with our Kindergarten buddies.

We wrote stories about a snowman who is sad because it is melting. The stories teach you all about the water cycle and states of matter.

3rd Grade Skate Away Party!!!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

7-9 PM

$7.00 includes admission and skate/blade rental

Sponsored and chaperoned by the Aberdeen Central SADD Chapter

For all district 3^rd Graders---Prizes will be drawn for every half hour with a grand prize of a $50 Visa gift card drawn for at 9:00 pm.

March 23-27

Math: We will finish up learning about growth patterns on tables and graphs. We will introduce fractions.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week are all homophones.
to       too       two       week        weak
road   rode      stair      stare       bear
bare   write     right      new         knew
their   there     they're   weather    whether

Language Arts: We will learn how to find the main idea in stories we read and how to compare and contrast. We will also learn about comparative and superlative adjectives. Our vocabulary words this week are: bouquet, circus, difficult, nibbling, pier, soars, and swallow. You can listen to our grammar jammer about adjectives by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer - click on Language Arts.

Reading: Our story of the week is I Love Saturdays Y Domingos.

Social Studies: We will learn about natural resources.

Handwriting: We will learn uppercase cursive R and G.

Writing: We will write stories about a sad snowman that is melting.

Upcoming Events

April 18 - Family Fun Day from 12-3

April 24 - Literacy Day from 1:30-2:30

May 7 - Spring Program

March 9-20

NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY - BOTH WEEKS!

NO SPELLING WORDS THESE WEEKS!

Math: We will learn about patterns and pattern units. We will work on extending patterns out to the 100th spot without actually building the pattern. We will begin working with tables and graphs and finding patterns on them.

Language Arts: We will practice homophones. We will review adjectives and make an adjective poster. We will review prefixes and suffixes and make a prefix/suffix tree. We will review contractions and make a contraction caterpillar.

Social Studies: We will finish learning about maps and introduce natural resources.

Writing: We will write about someone who is worth more to us than gold. We will also write a spring poem.

Handwriting: We will learn uppercase cursive F and B.

We will begin taking some practice tests online for the Smarter Balanced test.

We will watch a 4th Grade play on the 18th.

The Last 2 Weeks...

We did several activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. We ate green eggs and ham. We partner read his books. We read Dr. Seuss books to our Kindergarten buddies. We watched a Dr. Seuss health video with our Kindergarten buddies. We LOVE Dr. Seuss!

We celebrated Homework Club.
These 9 students remembered their homework every time in February!

We solved math story problems using many different strategies.

We partner read our story of the week, Suki's Kimono.

 We worked with a partner to complete a worksheet about patterns. We had to extend our patterns all the way out to 100th cube!

 We reviewed adjectives and made posters about our classmates. Each student wrote one adjective to describe each classmate.  

 Mrs. Aman read us a Dr. Seuss story.