Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Dear Families,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this update finds you with rising excitement for a long weekend of family and gratitude!
A Few Reminders/Important Dates:
Family Fun Night: Monday, November 21st. 3rd Grade teachers will be gathered in the Multi-purpose room for a very exciting game of croquet, played Wonderland style of course!
Muscular System Unit Test: Tuesday, November 22nd.
Early Dismissal: Wednesday, November 23rd, at 12:15 and 12:40.
NO SCHOOL: Thursday and Friday November 24th and 25th.
This Week at a Glance
Language Arts: We will not be teaching new Riggs words this week due to the shortened week. We will continue to test on the words taught last week, but will not be assigning spelling practice. There WILL be two “words of the week” and reading logs assigned. Your students have written their own (slightly improved) versions of the Princess and the Pea. We will be “publishing” final copies complete with illustrations which they can bring home and share with family on Thanksgiving! We will be reading and discussing Chapter 9 of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Time permitting, we will be having another Touchpebbles discussion on Wednesday. Last week, the students blew me away as we discussed why dogs are man’s best friend, related the life of a dog to the life of a slave in Rome, and explored the meaning of freedom. We even questioned if there was such a thing as being completely free (the students noted that even the wild wolf was mastered by his hunger.) We usually have our discussions on Fridays, so please ask your children about their Touchpebbles Discussions and, as Mrs. Fawcett mentioned, let me know if you want to join us!
History & Geography: This week we will read Chapter 5 and discuss the life of Julius Caesar and the transformation of Rome from Republic to Empire!
Science: We are wrapping up our study of the muscular system. We will have an in-class review on Monday. On Tuesday’s Unit Test, the students are expected to be able to recall the functions of the muscular system, label muscles with their scientific names, recognize and describe the types of muscles (skeletal, cardiac, and smooth), and understand and describe how muscles produce movement. I highly recommend a game or two of Muscular Simon Says at home this week (where Simon indicates the scientific names of muscles to locate, i.e. “Simon says flex your tricep.”)
Virtue: While it is not indicated as one of the Core Virtues for Archway, we will be talking this week about gratitude.
Again, Happy Thanksgiving!
With Gratitude,
Miss Smith and Mr. Sultana
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