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3 Grade News
Ms. Hoover
Room 120
Jan.31st-Feb 4th, 2011

Academics What’s Happening?

Language Arts: Chocolate Fever: We finished reading
Chocolate Fever this week. The students enjoyed taking
time away from the basal reading books, and exploring a Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to
book as a class. Each day this week the students will chaperone the students at our field trip to Cranbrook
have a different focus. We will focus on character Institute of Science on Tuesday.
studies, sequence of events, comprehension, and text to
self connections. We will continue analyzing all the *Mrs. Gold, Mr. Zyskowski, Mr. and Mrs. Rupasignhe, Mrs.
aspects of the novel and the following week we will begin
Brantley, Mr. Criner, Mrs. Akins, and Mrs. Lyskawa*
Freckle Juice.

Writer’s Workshop: Fiction ** Family game night has been rescheduled for
Students are finalizing their writing, creating illustrations, March 23, 2011 **
and publishing their work on the alpha smart boards.
Students will begin a second fiction story next week. * On Monday February 14, 2011 we will have our
They will also finish writing their partner comparison
Valentine’s Day Party. Mrs. Litvin has sent an email
writing.
to all parents in regards to materials we need for
Mathematics: Geometry the party. If you could volunteer or donate that
We have learned about quadrangles and different types would be outstanding 
of lines. Students explored the school and classroom for
a variety of geometric shapes. Next week we will focus DONATIONS: We are running low on hand
on symmetry, with hope that the following week we will sanitizer, Lysol wipes, construction paper, and
review and have our Chapter 6 test the second week in Kleenex. If you could donate any of these items
February. that would be extremely helpful!
Science: Earth, Sun, & Moon Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
The field trip was a great way for the students to explore
science. The planetarium showed the students season 1 2 3 4
changes, and moon phases. Next week we will have our Spelling Science Science
science test on Thursday February 3rd, 2011. Please look Test Test Project
for a review. Today I assigned an at home project for Due
students to make the sun, moon, or earth out of home 7 8 9 10 11
made materials. BE CREATIVE. They must include at Spelling
least 5 facts about the moon, sun, or earth on their Test
model. They will need to bring this project to school on
Friday February 4, 2011. 14 15 16 17 18
Valentines Spelling
Day Party
Test

Star of the Week 21 22 23 24 25

Adrianna Gill NO NO NO NO NO
SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL

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