Today was fabulous! We began with reading aloud and we are at a very exciting point in the book. I know the kids are doing a great job practicing our reading strategies from the week about envisioning and re-visioning our mental movies of the characters and settings we read about.
After Engage, we corrected the editing #3 practice sheet. Please look for your child's self-corrected paper that should return home. Next was math. In third grade math we had a catch-up day of fact quizzes, tenmarks and IXL.
During science we continued working on our collaborative dictionary of science terms we are studying. Please ask your child to show you our wiki page!
After lunch and PE (swimming), we read this week's TFK and then went to the Media Center. We also had some time to work on state reports. Lastly, we had a great class meeting about our character trait this week: GENEROSITY.
Thank you to those of you who generously donated to Sayreville Storm Relief. Your donation is sure to make a difference to the families in Sayreville, NJ.
As a note, here is an excerpt from an email earlier this week for next week's holiday party:
The students are invited to bring in one of the following UNWRAPPED gifts to their Winter Party. These OPTIONAL gifts will be collected and donated to the hospital. Prizes and gifts are an ongoing need in the Pediatric Department. They are used for prizes for pokes and medical procedures, birthdays and end of chemotherapy. (Note – this list is the department’s recommendations and what they need most):
a. Target, Best Buy or iTunes Gift Cards
b. Figures – Spongebob, Dora, Spiderman, Batman, Power Rangers and other Action Figures
c. Barbies
d. Bionicles, small Lego and Knex kits
e. Mini Play-dough
f. Controllers or Games for Xbox 360 (new or used welcome)
g. DVDs (new titles; new or used welcome)
h. Fisher Price Family Figures
i. Fiskars Kid’s Scissors
j. Markers
k. Decks of Playing Cards
Please consider a donation if possible. We talked about giving to others instead of ourselves during our classroom meeting today, so this might be of interest to your child.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
~Mrs. Mali
