Yes! We are Finished!

This week is a busy one with lots of different activities and a new story.
First of all, congratulations on your fine work on the ISAT exams and the IRI assessment. Our final ISAT was in math and our class was 96.2% proficient or advanced.

This week we are beginning a new Magic Tree House Book titled: Night of the New Magicians. We will be doing some fun science "magic" in small groups and learning about the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

The spelling list list this week is words from the story:

whirl
twirl
invent
lightbulb
telephone
evil
germs
medicine
iron
cloak
dark
world
fair
Paris
France
magic

In Math we continue to work on multiplication strategies using our new math series. We will be working with some new math mats with dry erase markers.

Our butterflies all emerged from their chrysalis this past week. Some of them made it and some did not. In Science we will continue to learn about the life cycles of plants and animals.

One of our upcoming projects is a class play about the rain forest. It is called the Great Kapok Tree. Each student has been assigned a part in the play. We are making paper mache animals and will paint them as soon as the animals dry. The students have had a great time so far making their animals. Hope to see you at the play.

Some upcoming dates for your calendar:
Room #1 Technology evening: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:30pm-6:30pm--come and see the slide show presentations your child has been working on.

Friday, May 15, 2009 2:00 pm: Individual class talent show.

Thursday, May 22, 2009 8:45 am Combined third grade talent show.

Friday, May 22, 2009 End of the year field trip to the Community Recreation Center and Class Play. The play will begin as soon as we come back from field trip.

Question of the week: Name 5 solid figures we have studied in class (hint: a cylinder is one).