I hope your Wednesday is finding you warm and comfortable. The weather forecast again calls for snow. Please continue to watch our local news stations (WLEX 18, WKYT 27, WTVQ 36, or FOX 56) to stay updated and in tune to what is going on with closings, cancellations, and the weather in general. If school happens to be closed tomorrow, our party will be rescheduled for Friday. If we happen to not have school on Friday either, then we will not have a Winter party. I did tell the students, though, that we may have a Welcome Back/ Happy New Year party upon our return. As with anything, we will wait to see how things pan out over the next couple of days and cross those bridges when we get to them (metaphorically speaking).
In reading, we completed our Cause and Effect assessment by finishing our ORQ. Most students scored a '4' with their first try or after some minor alterations. I am so proud of all the progress that the students are making...they really are some hardcore workers/ serious 3rd graders that make me smile everyday! We are learning and growing so much!
In math, we took some time to practice, practice, practice our multiplication facts! As I continue to say and we've all heard millions of times in over the course of our lives, practice makes perfect...so we are really putting that theory to test. We got in partners and practiced our 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s, and then we got the laptop minis to play games on the internet.
Visit the site at home to continue practicing in really, REALLY fun ways: http://www.gamequarium.multiplication.html/
We had to go to Explorium for specials today..BRRRRRRR!!!
Finally, in Science, we used the laptop 'minis' to complete some research on our animals for our projects that are due after break on January 10th. I cannot wait to see everyone's completed designs!!! I know you all will absolutely WOW me as you always do! You are all so smart and so creative, and I love how excited and enthusiastic you get about learning!!
Loving you endlessly and unconditionally,
Mrs. Thomas
PS...10 days until Christmas!!! AND...only 2 more school days in 2010!!!
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