Christmas Programs this Week!

Due to the overcrowding at the Christmas Program, the Ellis students will be performing at three different times during the week.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 9:30 AM

We have been practicing as a third grade team, and the students sound wonderful. Come and enjoy the performance.

Housekeeping:

• Christmas Programs
• Room #1 Christmas Party: Thursday, December 17, 2009
• PLC Day: Monday, December 14, 2009
• Christmas Break (starts this Saturday) Students will be back in school Monday, January 4, 2010
• End of next 6 -week grading period: Friday, January 8, 2010
• HAVE A WONDEFUL HOLIDAY!!

Language Arts:

This week our Incredible Story is a Italian Folktale, written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola.

The story is called: The Incredible Giant of Barletta

The students will be learning about endings -est and -er, verbs (action words) and exact verbs. They did a wonderful job last week on their writing pieces. Thank you so much for working so hard in class.

Spelling List concentrates on the vowel + r sound:

girl clear her turn dark work smart word

hurt serve north third hard tornado morning scurried

Math:

Wow! We are moving right along. The students will interpret data this week to fill in graphs and tables. They will also read for information in order to solve 2-step problems.

Sience:

Our class will wrap up the Unit on energy, light, matter, and motion. This week we will review important concepts, do a Sciene Experiment with liquids and have a quiz on the Promethean Board.

LAST QUESTIONS OF THE YEAR 2009:

What language is spoken the most on our planet? About How many people speak it? What continent is this country on?