Friday, February 28, 2014

Newsletter 2-28-14


Third and Fourth Grade News
From the Week of February 28, 2014


Dear Parents,
            We have had a great week!  I am so proud of the children and their efforts on our achievement tests!  They worked so hard and were very respectful of each other!  Some of the kids were even able to finish their book report books during their down times.  J  Today we celebrated with a party!  Yeah!
Jump Rope for Heart is scheduled for next Thursday, March 6th.  We have been practicing jump roping in P.E. to get ready for this big event!  (We have also learned some cool jump-roping rhymes that you may remember from your childhood!) 
During Religion this week, we talked about what makes God a great King, (the most AMAZING!) and then what our duties are as citizens of God’s Kingdom.  We divided up into groups and looked up various Bible verses that gave us our answers.  We then created posters and documents that we shared with the class, as to what we learned!  Memory work will pick back up next week, as well as Spelling, Reading, and Math!
Science-We continued our study of cells this week and actually created some of our own!  They were messy, but fun!  This will help aide us in learning the different parts.  We began learning about different types of animals this week, such as the vertebrates and invertebrates.  I have been challenging the students to get started on their study guides.  Please urge yours to bring his or her home! 
4th grade shared their book reports and movie posters today!  They are so cool and will be up in the hallway soon.  Their next book report will be over a nonfiction book.  They will be building a windsock with this information.  The details are coming home today.  3rd graders still have a few weeks left before theirs is due:  March 14th!
During Writing this week, we talked about expository papers, and how our first paper will be about you, MOM!  You may have noticed that your child brought home an interview for you.  Please take the time to answer several questions for your child.  I am hoping this leads to come great conversations!  Your child should take short notes and bring them to school by Thursday, so we can begin working on these.  Thank you! 
Art yesterday was so much fun!  We read the story “Where the Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak, and read a cute poem called “One Summer Night,” and then began creating “monsters” of our own.  We will paint these next week, using shades and tints of one color, and then hang them from the vines on our jungle classroom.  They can just join the wild things that already inhabit this place!  ;)  
In Music, we are continuing to work with the spring musical!  Hopefully, you have heard your child humming some of these catchy tunes! 

Upcoming Events:
MARCH
5-Ash Wednesday
6-Jump Rope for Heart 2:15-3:15…
14-End of 3rd quarter 1:00 dismissal; 3rd grade book report due
17-St. Patrick’s Day
26-PTL serves the Lenten dinner—more info to come
31-4th grade book report due

Blessings,
Kim




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