Friday, March 23, 2018

Who's Ready for Spring Break?





                        Spring break, here we come!  Can you believe that we only have a little more than a month and a half left of school?  

Please make a note of these days coming up in third grade:
-  April 2nd - Spring Break Reading Challenge due
- April 9th and 10th - 3rd Grade Statewide Testing
- April 20th - Inclement Weather Day/No School
- April 28th - Edgewood Spring Festival (3-7PM)
- May 22th - Spirit Day
- May 24th - Last Day for Students (1:30 dismissal)

Here are some highlights from this month in our class:

-  Using Google My Map to follow a fictional character's journey across the United States
-  Watching our plants actually make BEAN PODS to complete the life cycle!
-  Saying goodbye to our crayfish
-  Researching a weird/strange animal and making a presentation about it (Who knew blob fish were so interesting?)
-  Learning how to write in a 5 paragraph format for expository and persuasive essays
-  Read Across America Week
-  Getting to use the Virtual Reality glasses to take a virtual field trip to go along with our American symbols unit
-  Getting to meet Miss O'Neal, our new student teacher!
-  Learning about area and perimeter using Cheez-its
-  Being invited to go see our reading buddies in the Kindergarten program
-  Author's Day with the funniest, silliest author