This has been a short and fun-filled week. The class has spent time reviewing multiplication, learning about holidays celebrated during this time of year, and giving thanks for what we have.

There will be no homework over the vacation. I hope everyone enjoys a healthy, happy holiday season together. We'll all return well rested and ready to learn!

"So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty." -Haniel Long

Enjoy Thanksgiving!

Last week was a fun and exciting week for our class. We were lucky enough to have author, Jeff Kinney, visit LSS. The entire school received autographed copies of his newest book! We also had a fun field trip to Legoland, where we learned about force and motion. This learning experience will help us when we talk more about simple machines later on this year.

This week is a short week for us, so there will be no spelling homework. We will have math homework on Monday night only (elapsed time practice).

Please take the time to reflect with your student about what they are thankful for during this Thanksgiving season. Our thankful writing will be sent home on Tuesday to share. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

We will not have any spelling homework this week, since it's a short week. We will have the math homework.

Please remember that everyone should be practicing their math facts and reading at least 15 minutes a night.

I wanted to congratulate all of the students who worked hard at home to create such wonderful Cornfield Characters. Students' creativity really shined through on this project.

In the classroom we've been working on many new and exciting things. We've been studying about the solar system in science. Students are becoming experts on a planet and putting together a nonfiction writing sample to show their expertise.  In math we have been learning the CUBES strategy for solving word problems. We have also been learning about bar graphs and pictographs. In literacy we've been focusing on responding to literature.

If students would like to practice on IXL, some great choices for them would be P.4, P.5, P.6, P.9, and P.10.

Thank you to everyone who came to open house. It was great to meet and talk with everyone.

Since the beginning of the school year, we've been focusing on estimation and methods for addition in math. Please use the IXL link to help work on these goals. You can ask your student to demonstrate the different addition methods (break apart, traditional, and partial sums).

In reading, we are focusing on the different types of text (fiction and nonfiction). In our WIN groups we are learning about nonfiction text features such as captions, photographs, diagrams, headings, etc. A fun extension activity at home would be to find a nonfiction book, read it, and find some of the nonfiction text features we've been learning about here at school.

Thank you again for all of your support. Learning is fun and limitless when we work together as a team!

Open House

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Please remember to attend the LSS open house on Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 6:30-8:00. Bring along any questions that you have about your son/daughter's experience in third grade.