Week of February 2nd

If you're anything like me, you're hoping and hoping that spring comes early this year.  Until then, we have some cool things that we are doing in 3rd grade while we wait inside for warm weather.

Religion
My seminary student, Nick Teller, will be here for this week and next week still.  He is doing a great job teaching your kiddos the Lord's Prayer.  All the memory is updated through the end of the Lord's Prayer Unit.

Math
We are getting into some new and fun concepts such as square roots and liquid capacity.  We are also doing multiplication games.  I talked about this last week, and we are starting it tomorrow.  Here's how it will work:

• Everyday each student will take a time test of 22 facts. 
• If they get 100% correct in 50 seconds or less they have passed the test.  
• If they pass the test they will receive an ice cream scoop with their name on it.  This scoop gets placed in the bowl for the matching set of times tables on the door to our classroom.  
• The next day that student will be tested on the next set of times tables. 
• If they pass the test, the process repeats. 
• If they do not pass (get 100% in 50 seconds), they will continue to be tested on that set each day until they do pass.  
• Every time the whole class fills up a bowl of ice cream (x2's or x3's etc.) on the door, they will get to vote on a reward.  
• Once the whole class fills up all the bowls (2-12) we will have an ice cream party. 

This will be graded on completion in the grade book once they have passed each test.  The goal is for them to have memorized their times tables by the end of 3rd grade.  Happy multiplying!!!

Reading
We have finished reading our Magic Treehouse books and it's time to show what we have learned.  I need the packet of job papers (predictor, visualizer, etc.) completed and turned in by Wednesday.  They will receive points for each paper, so they need to make sure each one is finished.

I am sending home their book projects on Tuesday of this week.  We will go through them in class and they should be pretty self-explanatory.  I want them to be creative and prove that they understand the book.  These will be due on Wed. 2/11.  

Science
I sent home a sheet that explains the planet project the kiddos are doing.  It is also available to them in their Google Drive account.  I have helped them each set up an account already.  Here is their log in information:
     
       email:  20(their first name)@ccls-stlouis.org    This is also taped to the inside cover of their planners
       password:   cclsccls

This will require some time exploring the website and researching their assigned planet (should be written on top of their project sheet).  I want the kids to be creative and take the time to make the powtoons commercial presentable.  However, I will only give a small portion of the grade to how the presentation looks.  They are still learning technology, so the majority of the grade will be based on the content, not the presentation.
These will be due Friday 2/13 

Important Dates

• Friday 2/6 - Author Visit 9:00 - 9:45
• Friday 2/6 - Field Trip to Harriet Tubman Performance at the Sheldon 10:45 - 1:00
• You will need to send your child with a larger snack and a home lunch this day.  The kitchen will be closed when we get back, but we will eat ASAP after returning.  
• Tuesday 2/10 - No School (Teachers technology conference)
• Wednesday 2/11 - Mrs. Glackin's class is leading chapel - Please join us at 8:35 am!!!
• Friday 2/13 - Valentine's Day party at 2 pm