Third and Fourth Grade News
From the Week of March 7, 2014
Dear Parents,
We
have had a fun week. J Despite the snow day on Monday, it was great
to get back on schedule.
We
had Jump Rope for Heart yesterday, and it was a HUGE success! The children had
a lot of fun, and we were able to jump as a school for one whole hour. This weekend, I will tally up the money we
donated to the American Heart Association.
I know it is over $1000! That is
so awesome! I will send out the totals
on Monday. Your child’s prizes will come
in the mail soon. THANK YOU for all of
your support!
Daylight savings takes place this weekend. We spring ahead one
hour!
Enrollment is still
underway! It's exciting to see our numbers increase. If you haven't gotten your
paperwork in, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible.
The third quarter
already ends next Friday! Goodness! Full
time students dismiss at 1:00 and report cards will be coming home soon!
During Religion
this week, we talked about Solomon and the beautiful temple he built for
God. We discussed the history of the
temple and about the Ark of the Covenant.
Language Arts- This week, we have learned quite a few new cursive
letters and are creating them beautifully!
Soon, there will be a display of some out in the hallway…. In Reading, third graders read a story about
trees and their life cycles, called “A Tree is Growing” and fourth graders read
“The Right Dog for the Job.” These were
both tougher stories with many facts.
Math- Boy, are we chugging long! Third graders have been busy working with all
of their multiplication facts this week.
We will multiply three numbers and begin division next week. We even watched the Schoolhouse Rock
videos! Fourth graders learned how to
multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers today! I love when I see those light bulbs go
on! Again, they are seeing the
importance of memorizing math facts. Mr.
K even visited with me today, sharing the importance. Please, please, please encourage your
child to practice these math facts at home:
flashcards, computer/tablet games, verbal quizzing…The better they
know them, the better they will do with these more difficult math problems at
school, and the higher their self-esteem will be too! Thanks!
Science-We learned all about live sponges this week, and
watched several videos of them under the sea.
We experimented to see how natural sponges and artificial sponges are
different. Today we learned about
mushrooms.
In P.E.
this week, we focused on jump roping skills.
During Writing
this week, we talked about expository papers, and how our first paper will be
about you, MOM! Only several of the
children finished this interview. If they
have not, they will be coming home with it today, and need to work on
that. I will also put a link
online. J
Please take the time to answer several questions
for your child. I am hoping this leads
to come great conversations! Thank
you!
During Art yesterday we learned the value scale with tints
and shades of the same color! We then
painted our “wild things” and hung them around our classroom. They are awesome!
In Music,
we are continuing to work with the spring musical music and parts.
Upcoming
Events:
MARCH
14-End of 3rd quarter 1:00 dismissal, 3rd
grade book report due
17-St. Patrick’s Day
25-1st-8th grades go to
Harvesters
26-PTL serves the Lenten dinner—more info to come
31-4th grade book report due
Yours in Christ,
Kim Brunkhorst
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