HeadSprout Challenge #2!

Announcing a new Headsprout Challenge for the third grade students this nine weeks!

It is now Episode 35 by March 2! (Not very catchy.)

If your child completes (at least) up to and including episode 35 by Friday, March 2nd, he/she will receive an extra 30-minute recess and ice cream with the rest of the third graders who also achieved this goal!

If your child did not finish the goal from the first nine-weeks, they will need to complete that as well.

Start Headsprouting!

(FYI: There will be a fourth nine weeks challenge too, so don't feel that you have to stop at Episode 35!)

100th Day on Monday!

Your child may wear their 100 anniversary T-Shirt on Monday in celebration of the 100th day of school!

Progress Reports and MLK, Jr.

Report cards went home yesterday (Wednesday, Jan. 11). Please sign and return by tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 13).

Thank you!

No School on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

No Friday Folders This Week

Friday Folders will not be going home this week. If there is a behavioral concern, I will contact you personally.
Thank you!

Vocabulary Hopscotch Homefun Puzzle Maker

For the hopscotch, the fourth jump has the choice of making a cross-word puzzle.  This is different than the word search.

There are free online programs to do this with much ease.

1. Google Puzzle Maker
2. Click on the link for Discovery Education's Puzzle Maker
3. Click on the puzzle entitled Criss-Cross
4. And your child is now at the free crossword puzzle maker (or follow this link PuzzleMaker)

The reason we have changed it to a crossword versus a word search is so the student has more exposure with the defintion. A wordsearch puzzle is best for helping with spelling, however, the focus of this exercise is to aid in learning the meaning of each word.

The clue will be the definition, and the answer will be the vocabuarly word.

Vocabulary Homefun for after Winter Break

No more Wordly Wise!

However, we are sticking with the vocabulary theme to make their homefun as purposeful as possible.

•  Each week, your child will write down 8-12 Unit Study words in their Word Wall Journal.

• They will be required to complete 4 activities each week from the hopscotch, and turn in the journal by Friday morning.
•  Then, on Friday, as part of our Unit Study test, these words will appear!

The Hopscotch Directions: (Click on the title of this post for the hopscotch directions.)

1st jump: Write the definition for EACH word. (The students may take their unit study text book home with them to accomplish this task.)

2nd jump: Choose between writing a sentence or drawing a picture for EACH word.

3rd jump: Write EACH word in alphabetical order.

4th jump: Choose between creating and completing a crossword puzzle for EACH word or writing a story with at least 8 words.

Field Trip on Wednesday

Field trip reminders: 

(Wednesday, December 7 to the Pink Palace and Sharpe Planetarium)

• Any child that is 8 years old AND less than 4 feet 9 inches MUST have a booster seat on Wednesday.
  
• Each child needs to bring a sack lunch.
  
• Your child may wear jeans on Wednesday in celebration of our class reaching 100% in the CSPN Support Drive at the beginning of the year.