Quarter 2 Week 7

Dear 3C Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Please see below with information on next week.  Please reach out with any questions.

Best

Mrs. Bowers

Language Arts:

This week in Language arts we will continue Narnia, get back on track with our spelling words, and embark on a new writing unit. We will be learning about the realistic fiction and begin plan our own short story in the genre. To accompany this, our grammar lessons this week will be about quotations.

Math:

We will be learning about the decimal notation for money for our next unit. There will be short quizzes on Tuesday and Friday to check understanding. Even though we are moving out of our multiplication and division units, our multiplication facts are still really important! Please take any opportunity  possible to practice them at home.

Science:

This week in Science we will dive into our next human body system, the nervous system.  We will learn what the nervous system is and the major components of this system as well as the parts of a nerve cell.  We will kick off this unit with a small experiment in water temperature!

History:

This week in history we will learn more about the Roman lands. We will explore the bridges, roads, buildings, and aqueducts of ancient Rome. This will lead us into learning about gladiators and chariot races!

Quarter 2 Week 6

Dear 3C Parents,

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!  We got the celebrations going early with a delicious and fun Friendsgiving.  I also got a chance to stop by the Fall Festival with my little one.  It was wonderful to see some of you there!  See below for an update on this short week.  There is no school Wednesday-Friday.  We will be wrapping up many of our units with assessments this week and we are all looking forward to the R&R Thanksgiving Break. Please reach out with any questions.

Best,

Mrs. Bowers

Language Arts:

We will be reading Narnia this week, taking the 70 phonogram test on Monday and reciting our Thanksgiving poem on Tuesday. There will be no spelling words.

Math:

We will be reviewing all of our content up to this point and taking the Unit 4 test on Tuesday.

Science:

We will wrap up our skeletal system unit with the story of Achilles’ heel.  The quiz will be on Tuesday!

History:

This week in history we will review and test our knowledge on the life of Julius and Augustus Caesar! We will have a short review session then take the quiz on Monday. Please be sure to study!

Fall Festival

Dear 3C Families,

I wanted to encourage all of you to attend the fall festival this Saturday!  It will be a fun event for all ages!  See below for important information and let me know if you have any questions.  

The Fall Festival is 1 low price Includes EVERYTHING, no extra tickets to purchase for any of the bouncy house, obstacle courses, carnival games, cotton candy or popcorn. Wrist band pre orders will go till Friday at $7.00 per ticket. The wrist bands will be $10.00 the day of the event. There will be vendors there, so some Holiday shopping can start, and a variety of food trucks will be at the event for you to purchase a snack or lunch.   

The fall festival is located on the football field at Archway Arete from 11-2 this Saturday, November 18th.  Hope to see you there!! 

Best,

Mrs. Bowers 

Quarter 2 Week 5

Dear 3C Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing weekend!  I enjoyed the extra snuggle time with my little one and took a trip to the Phoenix Zoo.  See below for information on what is to come next week.  Please reach out with any questions!

Best,

Mrs. Bowers

P.S.  Here is the link again for math groups:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4ca8a622a7ff2-math

We had so much fun and got so much accomplished with our wonderful volunteers last week!

Language Arts:

This week we will continue to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Spelling will be normal this week with a test on Friday. In grammar we will be reviewing linking verbs and predicate nominatives as well as learning about predicate adjectives. There will be a grammar test on Friday and study guide will go home Monday. Just as a heads up, we are re-testing all 70 phonograms next week on Monday the 20th. We review these every day so everyone should prepared. Also, the recitation for First Thanksgiving of All will be on the 21st before break!

Math:

We are learning our 9 facts this week and will quiz on the 9’s Wednesday. After that we will review all of chapter 4 before taking the Unit test on Tuesday the 21st.

Science:

This week we will continue our study of bones.  We will learn more about joints and write an informational paragraph about them.  Additionally we will discuss how to care for our bones and what happens when we fracture our bones.  We will be filling out a study guide together in class on Friday.  The quiz is the following Tuesday.

History:

This week in history we will learn about the assassination of Julius Caesar. We will also learn about how Augustus Caesar came into power. Then we will compare and contrast the two Caesars. Look for a study guide coming home on Thursday!

Field Trip!

Dear 3C Parents,

Our first field trip is coming up!  We will be going to the Arizona Science Center.  While we are there we will be visiting the Pompeii exhibit as well as spending some time in the Science Center.  The field trip is on December 8th.  We will be leaving school at 9:30 and returning at 2:00.  We will be eating lunch there, but we will also eat a snack at school before we board the buses.  If you would like to volunteer for this field trip please email me and I will draw 6 names from a hat.  Please email me by November 13th is you would like to volunteer.  All volunteers must have a fingerprint clearance card on file with the front office.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Mrs. Bowers

Quarter 2 Week 4

Dear 3C Parents,

I hope everyone had a great week! With the read-a-thon and Halloween I am sure everyone is looking forward to a relaxing weekend. We had so much fun with the read-a-thon on Tuesday- thank you to everyone who came out to help. Please note that there is no school on Friday due to the Veteran's Day holiday.

Best,

Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Chilson

Language Arts:

We will start reading the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this week. Please send your child in with their copy by Wednesday. Since there is no school on Friday, we will be learning 15 spelling words on Monday and Tuesday in order to take the test on Thursday. Our students will be finishing their Personal Narratives and using the computer to type them up on Tuesday. This will give the class valuable typing and publishing experience. Our grammar focus this week will be the use of state of being verbs as they relate to predicate nominatives and diagramming.

Catch a Little Rhyme will be recited for a grade this Wednesday and students will be assigned the poem First Thanksgiving of All to be recited on November 21st.

Math:

This week we will be practicing our 8 and 9 multiplication facts. Please be practicing memorization of these at home with your kids. There will be a short quiz on Friday assessing 8 facts.

Science:

We will continue our unit on the skeletal system.  The students will be learning about the axial and appendicular skeleton, bones of the arm and leg, and the skull.  Additionally, students will begin memorizing the bones of the body- look out for a filled out skeleton to start practicing on Monday!

History:

This week in history we will begin to learn about Julius Caesar! We will explore how he was as a young man, how he came into power, and his relationship Cleopatra. Julius Caesar was a very powerful man in ancient Rome! Get ready for some exciting stories!