March 18- 22

Dear Families,

I hope that each of you had a wonderful spring break and that you were able to relax and have
some fun. I enjoyed having the time off to spend with family and friends. The weather was incredible, so I spent most of my time outside.

It is hard to believe that we are starting the final 9 weeks of the year. It seems to be going by so fast. Here is a look of what we will be doing this week :

Reading - we will continue to look at expository text. Our focus will be context clues to determine word meaning, main idea and summary.

Writing - we will continue to work on our expository piece that we started before break.

Math- we will begin looking at fractions.

Science- we will begin looking at animals and their adaptations.

Social studies - people who have changed communities
Homework- read nightly for 30 minutes Monday - Math review sheet
Tuesday : context clues sheet
Wednesday Fraction sheet
Thursday -complete sheet Plants and their food

UPCOMING EVENTS 

Field trip forms - please make sure that your field trip forms are returned by Wednesday March 20th .Please make sure that on the waiver you initial each line please. If you are planning on attending the field trip with us, please bring your $20 to the Stunt Ranch and pay them there.  
STAAR Parent Information Night -Tuesday March  19th at 6:30pm - Ms. Cini will be presenting information about the upcoming STAAR test and  we will be available to answer questions.
March 25th  report cards go home 
March 26th - Explorer Excellence Awards 8:00am 
March 28th - Field trip to  Stunt Ranch 
March 29th-  No school 
 I hope that all of you have a wonderful week.
Ms. Derrington

Feb 19-22

Hello Wonderful Families!

This weekend was beautiful and I hope everyone enjoyed the extra day off!

Today started our third grade bracelet sales and it will last until February 25^th.  Our class is scheduled to sale bracelets on Wednesday, 2/20.

Also we will be making landform maps out of flour and salt, but we need your help.  If boys could bring a bag of flour and girls bring in 2 containers of salt, they will turn out wonderfully!  We will be making them on Friday from 10:00-11:00.  On Monday, February 25^th we will be painting the landforms. So if you would like to come help, please let me know so that I can notify the front office that I am expecting you. 

Thank you all for your continued support!

Have a great week!

What we're learning this week:

Science  & Social Studies—Landforms
Math— Multiplication Facts through 12, and 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication
Reading—Expository Text
Writing—Publishing Imaginative Stories

Homework for Feb. 19-22

         
Tuesday—Volcanoes WS  
Wednesday—Word Problems WS
Thursday—New York City’s Gem
Daily—Read for 30 minutes