Language Arts-  Cooperation is key!
This week's story focused on the essential question, Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?  We read the stories, "Anansi Learns a Lesson", "Roadrunner's Dance", and "Deltona Is Going Batty".  The stories were Folktales so we discussed how folktales have a theme and teach a lesson. We focused on the following...
-Strategy:Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions
-Skill:Theme
-Phonics: long i and long u
-Plural words with the words ending in a consonant and the letter y
-Kinds of nouns
-building vocabulary
In writing we are working with partners to create a slide show on a famous person. 

Math- We finished up topic 3 and took our test on Tuesday. Tests were sent home Friday, please check over these with your children. We began topic 4 on division. We will continue this topic throughout this week. 
              Please practice math facts nightly.

The link below is for an online practice site for math flashcards.

http://ascendmath.com/fcm/html5

Science- Kids have been going to Mrs. Austin's room to learn about Matter.

Important Dates...

Third Grade testing- Ohio testing will be this week 

Testing will be Tuesday and Thursday this week.  Please make sure that your children get plenty of sleep this week and eat healthy meals.  Kids can bring mints to eat during the test.

I will lighten their homework load throughout the week.  

Field Trip

We will be going to the Folger house in Avon Lake on the 30th. Please return all filed trip permission forms to school this week.

Halloween

Our Halloween party will be next Tuesday immediately following the parade.  If you have any questions or want to be involved, please contact our head room moms, Mrs. Rafn or Mrs. Baughman.

Please look at your child's planner each night.  Also, please be sure to look through your child's binder each Friday when we send home papers from that week.

Hope you had a great weekend.