WEEK OF MARCH 16 -20, 2009 3RD GRADE

REMINDERS: 1.Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework. 2. Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. 3. The Spring Show is Mon., 3/30 at 5:00 PM. Please read the letter concerning costumes in the folder. Please sign and return tomorrow if you haven’t done so already. Boy and girl singers can either wear a navy blue, white, or pink polo shirt, rather than just pink. I know people were having problems finding pink. The pants must be khaki. Any shoes are fine. The shirt should have short sleeves. 4. Please bring in a box of Kleenex if you haven’t already done so . 5. The children will be having their Open Book Test next Tues., 3/24. They should read 30 minutes each day. Notes on the book should be kept in the Reading Notebook. Notes were started in class in the back of the notebook. 6. Please remember to bring sharpened #2 pencils all week for ITBS testing. The pencils should have a good eraser on them. Please make sure that your child goes to bed early and eats something for breakfast each morning this week. 7. There is a 2:30 dismissal on Friday, 3/20. 8. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day (3/17). We will attend the 9:00 Mass. The children may wear something GREEN in honor of St. Patrick. If they choose not to wear green, they must dress in full school uniform. 9. Please fill out your child's height and weight in the purple assignment book. I must put this information on your child's emergency card. TESTS: Open Book Test on Ramona and Her Father or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tues, 3/24. VOCABULARY: No new vocabulary this week SPELLING WORDS: No new spelling words this week READING MONDAY: MARCH 16- NO CLASS DUE TO PREPARATION FOR ITBS TESTING TUESDAY: MARCH 17 NO CLASS DUE TO ITBS TESTING AND MASS HW: see purple assignment book WEDNESDAY: MARCH 18 NO CLASS DUE TO ITBS TESTING HW: See purple assignment book. THURSDAY: MARCH 19 NO CLASS DUE TO ITBS TESTING HW: See purple assignment book. FRIDAY: MARCH 20 NO CLASS DUE TO ITBS TESTING and STATIONS OF THE CROSS. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, MARCH 16 PRACTICE FOR SPRING SHOW TUESDAY, MARCH 17 AIM: To complete a comprehension activity. LESSON: The children will do a comprehension activity dealing with some of the stories they have read in class. HW: see purple assignment book WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 AIM: To continue reviewing pronouns LESSON: The children will review subject pronouns. HW: check purple assignment book THURSDAY, MARCH 19 NO CLASS DUE TO COMPUTERS AND TITLE 1 CLASSES FRIDAY, MARCH 20 PRACTICE FOR SPRING SHOW HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!