The Wonderful World of Third Grade

                                                       4-23 through 4-27



Field Trip permission slips are needs ASAP.  The Chimpanzee Movie I need by tomorrow
and the others as soon as possible.  Thanks you, I know it is a lot at one time!

Spelling unit is #28, the words are on Spelling City and the test will be on Friday.

Remember that 30 minutes of IXL is due by the end of the night on Friday each week.

Students are required to read and pass the test for one chapter book of their choice
for the month of April.

This week the students will be introduced to finding generalizations.  We will be
reading a story about the Blue Whale and focusing on generalizations and sequence of
events.

We are continuing to focus on language and poetry throughout the month on April.
Students are learning about many different styles of poetry.

In math we will be working on probability.  Students will be creating tree diagrams
and working through probability experiments.

In religion we will continue to focus on the Easter season.  Students will be
exploring the Resurrection.  We will also be doing a few mission projects this week.

In science students will be introduced to different types of landforms and the
forces that change them, both quickly and slowly.  Students will also be looking at
diversity and life science
as we get ready for the Chimpanzee movie on Thursday.

Students will be creating volcanoes on Friday for our science lab.

Social studies this week will introduce a Summer Olympics unit the students will be
starting.  Our economics unit will be continuing through the end of the school year.


Please remember as the weather (hopefully) gets warmer, that no shorts are allowed on
Mass Days.



                                 May you have a blessed and peaceful week!