Ms.
Greenwald's 3rd
Grade Classroom
November 18, 2011
Dear Parents:
I
Give Thanks!
Yesterday, we ( with the
help of lots of loving adults) prepared our
food for the feast we had today.
Such fun we had making our own food
for lunch…chopping, measuring, and a little
tasting!
When we counted our many blessings,
at the top of our list was YOU—all of you
who helped to make our celebration a
memorable success and who ALWAYS support us
in whatever we do.
THANK YOU ALL!
YOU ARE A BLESSING TO ME.
In all the things you do, I feel so
blessed that we share the same goals for
“our kids.”
When we work as a team, our Lord
makes wonderful things happen.
He has a plan for each of these
special children, and I am sure He jumps for
joy when we finally acknowledge Him as the
source of all success.
We are as parents and teacher
striving to encourage each child to reach
just as high as God gives ability.
As we strengthen the positives in
each person, we will see increasing growth
during this thing called “The Third Grade
Experience.” I love this group of kids so
much...I consider them family.
Thank you for sharing them with me.
You have much to be proud of!
Keep up the good work! Thank you for
loving me unconditionally.
I give thanks that you are in my
life!
BEGINNING SCIENCE UNIT “D”
We are now reading Unit D,
Chapter 3, “Land.”
The study guide in your Friday folder
should help to familiarize you with the
chapter.
As always, we will be doing hands-on
activities, filling out lab (experiment)
sheets, and drawing diagrams to study in
class.
Always use the in-class sheets to
help you study for the test.
The
test
is scheduled for Dec. 14.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR READING
Please send your Nov. list
of
Recreational Reading books to school on
Dec. 1.
Remember, these are books read in
addition to the Book-it books.
Please do not list your Book-it books
on the recreational (Read-aloud) reading
list.
November
Book-It “box report” is due Dec.1, but may be brought in earlier.
(Your directions for the box project are on
our web site.)
December Book-It book is an adventure
or mystery book. The report will be
explained later.
Come check out my personal book
collection in our class if you need a book
for Dec.
OPEN COURT READING
Next week we will read
“Secret Place.”
That will be the last Open Court
story before Christmas.
We will pick up our regular Reading
routine in January.
During the two weeks before
Christmas, we will be writing poetry and
studying other genres of literature,
including the Bible.
(I hope you enjoy what we do for
you.)
There will be
no
Reading tests on Dec. 9 or Dec. 16.
MATH
We are finishing Chapter 9
and will be skipping Chapters 7 and 8 (to be
done at a later date.)
Our chapter 9 test is Monday, Nov. 28.
Please send 81 manipulatives
(counters) to school Monday.
Beans, paper clips, or pasta shells
work well…anything that is small, easy to
move on a desktop, and will not roll off of
the desk.
Store them in a sandwich-sized
ziplock bag, not in a box or other hard
container.
Thank you.
Please drill your
addition and
subtraction facts daily at home.
Silly mistakes are being made on our
chapter tests.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM
We have begun practicing for our Christmas
program which will be on
Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7PM.
NEW PENCIL DAY IS MONDAY!
Stock up on any needed supplies, especially
pencils!
YEARBOOKS
You don’t want to miss out on our beautiful
yearbook for 2011-2012.
CJ Greenwald