Poetry Cafe

Wow! What a night! I am so thankful for the wonderful families who attended the poetry cafe, brought snacks, equipment, came early/stayed late, and enjoyed a wonderful evening of third grade poetry. This night couldn't have been done without all of you. Our focus this week was getting ready for this evening, so just a reminder, we do have MCAS practice homework - it is a packet focused on geometry. It is due Friday. Thanks again!

Amherst Cinema Permission Slip

A permission slip for the See, Hear, Feel Film Program at Amherst Cinema went home today. The field trip is Thursday, April 25, two weeks from today. I challenged the students to have their permission slips signed tonight in order to receive the extra recess they have been requesting. Please sign and return tomorrow. Thank you!

Catch Up

Ahhh, my poor neglected blog, I am so sorry! I am vowing to blog daily to update you with class activities and assignments. This week, we are focusing on finishing up our Color Poems Poetry Booklets, which should be coming home with your child when they are finished. I would love to have them back for the Poetry Cafe night April 30, to display for guests. In addition to the color poems, students are compiling the poems they want to publish in the classroom poetry book and choosing which ones they would like to read at Poetry Cafe.

We are also working very hard on fractions and MCAS review in math workshop.

We are discussing themes and historical time periods in our Historical Fiction Unit in Reading Workshop. We just finished reading "Bud, Not Buddy," and we are now reading "Number the Stars."

Community Meeting is this week, and next week is Spring Vacation!

Snow? Really?

Wow, sometimes I still forget I am back in New England, and we can get snow in almost-Spring. What a day! And it would have been the first day of MCAS. MCAS will now be this Thursday, and next Monday, the 25th.

Homework for MCAS week

The only homework coming home this week is word sorts for Words Their Way - our schedule is on track. Thank you!

MCAS Week

Well, the time is upon us - MCAS week! Testing for Reading Comprehension will be Tuesday and Thursday. My suggestions are to have your child have a nice breakfast with lots of protein, and get plenty of rest the night before. Our students have had lots of practice with sample tests and I think they all feel confident going into the test. It is normal to be nervous, but I just ask each student to do his or her best. Good luck!

Homework adjustment

Due to the day off today, I am sending home a homework page in your child's math folder with the assignments for this week. Hope you all had a nice, safe long weekend!