April 25, 2011

Hello Parents and Students,
I hope everyone remembered that the book reports are due this week. I made sure I put a little note on the homework packet last week. Please make sure you sign the homework packet at least one day of the week. It will let me know that you have seen important announcements that may not be put in the blog from week to week. I want to make sure EVERYONE is up to date with due dates and upcoming activities.

Remember, the Culture Report will be done mostly in school. I have books, from the Hatch School Library, checked out in my name. NO student will/should bring that book home. Students are free to check out books from the library on their own. We will search the Internet for more information. The only thing that your child may need your help with is obtaining a shoebox for the "Culture Kit". This kit will require six items that best represent that culture. You don't have to go buy anything for the kit. Students will have to use things they already have or make whatever they need.

Students are grasping the concept of larger numbers as we learn multiple strategies for multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers. They are excited to know that there are so many ways to look at an equation. Please remember to keep practicing the multiplication facts. As an incentive, I would like to challenge all of the third graders in my class to say each fact (2's-9's) from memory. If they are successful, there just may be a "sweet" treat. As they learn them, they should come and recite the facts to me. Please do not wait until the last minute to say them all at one time.

In science, we have seen growth spurts in our fast growing plants. This week we will be measuring and observing. Soon we will explore how bees pollinate. We have real bees. They're dead though. LOL!

Please make sure that your child understands that no television means NO TELEVISION! I know it may be hard, but I will send home a list of possible activities they can do instead.

Thank you and have a great week.

Ms. Lyles