What is is going on this week ( Spetember 19th - September 23rd )

 PLEASE NOTE I HAVE ADDED A PARENT CONFERENCE SIGN UP TO MY IMPORTANT LINKS . PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO SIGN UP AS IT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

Iam sure that many of you know that we were fortunate enough to be able to add a 7th third grade teacher this past week. This is wonderful for our class size however it was very had for me to let  some students go and form a new class. They are off to a great start and we are excited to have Ms. Barnes on our campus. As a result, our lunch time has changed. We will now go to lunch at  11:24 and finish at 11:54 and our table is now table 5 .

Don't forget to turn in your fundraiser packets by Thursday September 22nd.  We appreciate all you do to support the PTA .
This week our students will learn about the " NO PLACE FOR HATE" program that will be happening at  our school this year. This program is to help make students aware of the need to treat all people with respect and to not  bully. I think that it will be an awesome program. Two students from each class were selected and they will be presenting the program to our class.

We will also be starting our weekly computer lab time this week. We will be going each week on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 1:45. Our inital focus will by  using the Type to Learn program. If any of you are looking for an opportunity to volunteer this would be a great time as the more hands the better as they get used to be in the lab.

This week we will be focusing on the following:

Math: we will continue to look at efficient strategies for problem solving and moving from 2 digit to 3 digit addition and subtraction.
 Science:We will finish our unit on  changes to matter and take and assessment on Wednesday. We will then move into exploring mixtures
Social Studies: We are now going back to  land and how people live and our focus now will be wetlands. We have already covered mountains and deserts. We will learn about and build a home that would be appropriate for the wetlands.
Reading:We will spend this week looking at  fables, legends, myths and stories. Students will learn the elements for each .
Writing:   Continue to work on drafting, revising and editing our peronal narratives .

Homework this week
Spelling will go home Monday and will be due Friday
Math : Monday : Adding on the hundred Chart 
           Wednesday :  Adding on the hundred Chart
Reading : Every day reading for 20 minutes
               Tuesday - Homework sheet
               Thursday :  Comparing traditional fiction

Thank you so much to all of you  who have supplied items on my wish list. I greatly appreciate it.