!00% Parent Teacher Conferences!! Way to go Parents!!

Iditarod Standings as of Sunday, March 14, 2010
1st: Lance Mackay
2nd: Jeff King
3rd: Hugh Neff
4th: Hans Gatt
5th: Mitch Seavey
6th: John Baker
7th:Sebastian Schnuelle
8th: Ken Anderson
9th: Gerry Willomitzer
10th: Ramey Smyth

Lance Mackay is the leader and only about 250 miles out of Nome, Alaska. We should have a winner in about 2 more days.
Housekeeping:
March 17, 2010: Visiting Author from 10:15 to 11:00 in the cafeteria
Friday, March 19, 2010: Research Reports due
Monday-Friday this week: Water Cycle Presentations
Saturday, March 20, 2010: Beginning of Spring Break
Monday, March 29, 2010: Back from Spring Break

Our Genre study this week is a comparison story between two fairy tales. We will be learning about the elements in a fairy tale and also discussing similis and pronouns.
Spelling list focuses on the soft C sound:
face
city
pencil
place
center
dance
race
circle
nice
once
princess
circus
chase
size
silence
excitement

Math:
More practice on multiplication. We start 8's and 7's this week. We want to get them all learned before we take the ISAT's in April.

A good site for ISAT practice is prepdog.com
We talked about this site at each Parent Teacher Conference.

Women in History:
This week we will continue our study of Women in History. We have already learned about several.

Question of the Week:
Where does the Iditarod Race start and end?
About how many miles is it?

A Great Olympic AR Party!!

This week was our AR reading Party for the past 6-week grading period. We had a great time. The third grade classes rotated around to different rooms and participated in Winter Olympic games. We has the Skeleton, Hockey and snowball blowing. A wonderful time was had by all. The next deadline for AR goals in April 14, 2010. The students have all reviewed and help set their goals. We will have a Harry Potter Pizza Party with Magic Tricks. Hope to see you all there.

Housekeeping:

This week is another shortened week because of Parent Teacher Conferences. We hope to see you all there so we can chat with you about your child's progress.

• Wednesday, March 10th: Evening Conferences



• Thursday, March 11th: Daytime and Evening Conferences



• Friday, March 12th: No school

Language Arts:

This week we begin our Research Papers on an animal each student has selected. The report will be sent home at conference time. We will review the rubric with you and let you know of our expectations. We have already copied off some facts and gotten some books from the library. Please help your child with this report. It will be a big part of the writing grade.

Spelling:

There is no spelling list this week because it is a short week. We are reviewing high frequency words and will have a quick test over these words on Wednesday.

Math:

The students have just finished up a short unit on telling time using a digital and analogue clock. We will take a test on Monday. Our next unit will start multiplication facts for 6, 7, and 8. It will take us about a month to get through the next unit. Please continue to study the multiplication facts at home.

Science:

Water Cycles should be coming in sometime this week. We have discussed the water cycles in class and drew a picture of the water cycle. The students should create a 3-D exhibit of the water cycle and bring it to school to display. Be creative.

The Iditarod started on Saturday. The students will be tracking their mushers out on our Iditarod walls. It is a very exciting event. We should have a winner in about 10 days. It is a 1,000 mile race across Alaska.

Question of the week?

List 3 of the famous people we learned about last week when we read their Biographies: