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FINAL DAYS OF 3RD GRADE!!!

I know I said I made my last post, but this will be my final one! We had an exciting morning and I wanted to share it with all of our families. We spelled out our virtue of the month, WISDOM and we celebrated with a Root Beer float and compliments party. We drank Root Beer floats and wrote out compliments to our friends. During our party we also celebrated our summer birthday's with some treats and prizes. Students received a surprise when we had an awards ceremony in class. Each student was awarded an award that ties in with an idiom. 

Fun was had by all and I wanted to share their joy with you!

Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a fantastic group of scholars and families this year, we greatly appreciate it!

Mrs. Chilson and Mrs. Geyer

One of our summer birthday girls!

Root Beer floats to celebrate Wisdom!

Delicious! 

We loved sweet compliments from our classmates!

3C 2017 Awards Ceremony!

Grinning from ear to ear with our awards!

Go the Extra Mile Award!

Nice as Pie! 

Quarter 4 Week 9!

It is hard to believe we are making our last blog post of the year! Although my time in 3C has been short, it has been a privilege to get to know your sweet kiddos! They have been welcoming, kind and helpful during this transition. I am grateful to all of your families for entrusting your children to Mrs. Geyer, Mrs. Bowers and myself this year.

We have been having lots of fun as we wrap up the school year. This week we enjoyed our Punic War water balloon activity, MAPS testing and took our final Singapore test of the year! We also celebrated 2 birthdays this week with fun treats! As a reminder, I have sent out an email to families of students with summer birthdays, we will be celebrating in class on Wednesday, May 24th. You are more than welcome to send in a treat, please let me know in advance if you plan to do so. Aside from all of the fun at school, it has been a week of celebration for my family. My brother graduated from high school this week, it was great to cheer on all of his accomplishments!

Congrats Tommy! Go Sun Devils!

A Look in the Classroom

1. Math: We will finish our final unit on capacity this week with a small in-class assignment in place of a quiz. We'll end the year with fun days of games and activities to enjoy the beauty of math
2. History: Our unit on the Thirteen Colonies wraps up on Tuesday with an assessment. We'll review on Monday with review games, and here is the Quilt link (https://quizlet.com/_3h0959) to help scholars prepare for the fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions.
3. Language Arts: We are finishing out our year with a Spalding review. We’ll be doing some narration and dictation exercises in Grammar and summarizing tales from the Story of the World in Writing Class. In Literature we’re still enjoying fairy tales and tall tales.
4. Science: This week we will be finishing our Mae Jemison essays! This will be a nice way to wrap up our astronomy unit and our school year.

REMINDER:

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE 12:05 RELEASE!

Warmly,

Mrs. Chilson and Mrs. Geyer

Quarter 4 Week 8

Happy Friday 3C!

Another week has flown by and we have had lots of fun learning and celebrating! We enjoyed our ice cream making party Wednesday afternoon, have been listening to fantastic science presentations, and said farewell to Mrs. Bowers for the school year. We are going to continue to have exciting activities as well as learn as much as we can before the end of the school year! 

Learning all about Saturn!

Mrs. Bowers received great advice to help with her new baby!

This gift made from 3C will fit perfectly in Lily's purple nursery! 

Yummy Treats and Baby Bingo with Mrs. Bowers!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms in our class! I hope you enjoy a relaxing weekend with your sweet children, I plan to do the same!

MAP testing is this week!

A Look in the Classroom

1. Language Arts: This week we will have a 20 word Spalding list with our usual test on Friday. In grammar we are defining conjunctions and diagramming them in sentences. Our individual recitation of our Pocahontas poem will be on Monday May 15^th; it is sad to think that this is the last poem of our year together! We will continue identifying features of fairy tales and tall tales and continue summarizing Stories of the World.
2. Science: This week we will be learning about orienteering and the constellations. Students will get the opportunity to do a fun hands-on activity to mimic orienteering on the football field. At the end of the week we are going to be reading a biography about Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut. We will be writing an essay about Jemison for our final science activity of the year.
3. Math: Due to MAP testing and our annual Singapore assessment, math instruction this week will be kept to a minimum with a focus on review. Please review math facts with your scholar at home, as this will prove a huge benefit for this week!
4. History: Students will continue learning about the northern colonies, particularly the New York colony (which was once called New Netherland), as well as the Pennsylvania colony and its famous founder, William Penn. A study guide for our final assessment will go home on Tuesday, and a Quizlet link is forthcoming.

Assessments

1. Monday - Poetry Recitation
2. Friday - Spelling Test

Warmly, 

Mrs. Chilson and Mrs. Geyer

Quarter 4 Week 7

Hello 3C!

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend, mine has been super busy and also super fun! On Saturday we celebrated my daughter Charlotte's first birthday with lots of family and friends. It was great to celebrate her special day! We had a busy week in 3C as well! We enjoyed our Mayflower activity on Wednesday, a special doughnut treat to celebrate teacher appreciation week as a class, and our Spring Concert! Our scholars sang beautifully and it was great to see them on stage with their class!

Charlotte and her Arete Aunties!

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for showering us throughout the week with treats and your kind words, it means the world!

 Yummy Doughnut Celebration!

Friends getting ready to perform!

Looking lovely in our concert attire!

A Look Into The Classroom:

Language Arts: We will have a 20 word Spalding list this week, due to MAP testing on Tuesday and Thursday. We’re enjoying some Fairy Tales and Tall Tales with our much loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe finished. In grammar we are doing a close review of simple and complete subjects and predicates.

Science:  This week we will be presenting our Science projects.  We are so excited to see these projects and share them with each other.  At the end of the week we will be learning about black holes and the life cycle of a star. 

History: Students will start to examine the northern and middle colonies, looking at the Puritan settlements and what made the colony of Rhode Island stand out from the others. This week's homework is a fun one meant to involve family members: students will get to learn more about why their own families came to the new world!

Math: : We will continue and complete our unit on weight this week; a quiz is scheduled for Thursday, so keep an eye out for a practice packet on Wednesday evening to help students review. On Friday we will start our final unit of the year, capacity, with an estimation activity and a lot of water.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday and Thursday of next week, we will have our final MAP benchmark test of the year. These tests do not count towards students’ grades, but they do measure student growth for the year. Please send your scholar to school with a hearty snack and a good night’s sleep the evening before.

Mrs. Bowers Sendoff Celebration- Friday May 12th

Assessments:

Thursday - Math

 Friday - Spelling

Wish List:

Clorox Wipes

Hand Sanitizer

Warmly,

Mrs. Chilson, Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Geyer