Welcome Back from the Fair!!

Last week we worked on our Personal Narrative stories; An Adventure with my Family. Each student took a copy of their draft home and should work on polishing the piece as a homework assignment. The published work is due on Friday,
September 18, 2009. Thank you for helping your child complete this at home.

Language Arts:
This week in Language Arts our story focus is the Ballad of Mulan. The Chinese Folk Tale concentrates on the courage and boldness of a young heroine who battles in the place of her father. The students will practice making inferences about the literature they are reading, practice reading the selection on the Reading Train, and discuss different possible outcomes towards the end of the story.

Our spelling selection concentrates on the short vowel sounds/o/ and /u/. Following is the spelling list for this week:

• pond
• drop
• luck
• lot
• rub
• does
• drum
• sock
• hunt
• crop
• shut
• run

Math:

The students continue to learn different addition strategies. Some of these are methods they will remember from the second grade, others will be new to them. The third grade teachers will be sending home Math Homework this week. This homework needs to be completed at home and brought back to school the following day. If the students bring the homework in late, percentages will be deducted from their final score. Please bring the homework in the following day. This helps the teachers, the students, and of course the grades.

Science:

The beach buddies in room #1 continue to study familiar objects in space. No, this does not include any unidentified flying objects or Star Wars Space Cruisers. The students will discuss the movement patterns of the moon, different types of eclipses, and seasons.

Dates to Remember:

Monday, September 14, 2009 (1 hour early release for PLC)

Thursday, September 17, 2009 (Constitution Day) Our class is going to learn the Constitution Song from School House Rock

Thank you to all if the Grandparents who attended our Grandparent's Day this past Friday. Our class enjoyed singing songs with you and meeting many new adults. We appreciate your interest in our classroom and school.

Questions of the Week:

What is the largest bird?

What is the smallest bird?

Name a bird that can't fly.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK---MRS. GRAHAM AND MRS. SHORE