Wednesday, February 29, 2012

LEAP Day!

Today was the greatest LEAP DAY I've had in four years!  We began this morning learning about Leap Day and finishing up our interactive quiz about Jackie Robinson (now your kids know why April 15th is so important, besides the fact that is Tax Day and my dad's birthday).

We next introduced the Biography/Autobiography genre with a flipchart that our own fabulous Lisa N. helped out with at the board.


Then, I read a biography about Harriet Tubman, since we learned about her and her role in the Underground Railroad on Monday.  She was truly an amazing woman!

In third grade math we focused on congruence and completed to in-class activities relating to congruence.  We will finish up lesson 6.10 tomorrow and then begin 6.11.  The unit 6 review will go home on Friday and then the Unit 6 test will be next Thursday.  There are new fact quizzes up in today's math post; all four are due on Sunday.

After math, we worked with helping verbs and then we explored verbs in past and present tenses.  Then, it was time for Engage and then lunch.  After lunch was DEAR and then off to art!  For the remainder of the day, we continued our Black History Month exploration.

THERE WILL BE NO SWIMMING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS DUE TO JUMP ROPE FOR HEART.  PLEASE LOOK FOR THE HANDOUTS TOMORROW AS WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS.

Please also remember to check other class blogs/wikis for important information and homework assignments.  The applicable blogs/wikis are on the left side of this page.

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful evening!

HOMEWORK: 
*Please bring in a water bottle and a silent reading book!
1) Reading: 20 minutes for 3rd / 30 minutes for 4th 
2) Math: EVERYONE: Use IXL and practice basic facts!
3rd: 50 minutes of IXL by Sunday 3/4
Take fact quizzes, they are all due by Sunday
4th: IXL (50 minutes)
Test tomorrow

4) Please practice past spelling lists for the next week.  New spelling on 3/5.