November 5, 2009

Dear Parents,

      We are collecting food items for Thanksgiving food baskets this week.  The members of the St. Vincent de Paul will prepare the baskets.  They are asking that all items be brought to school no later than Friday, November 13th.  That leaves them plenty of time to organize the baskets.  They are hoping to give out 50 baskets to those in need in the community.

          This week is National Young Readers’ Week.  We will celebrate by having a special reading day on Thursday in third grade.  Students are encouraged to bring in blankets or sleeping bags, pillows, slippers, and their favorite book.  We will spend the day reading and working on reading activities. 

Please practice those multiplication tables.  They are starting to get harder.

Test Schedule:

Monday: 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Spelling Pretest

                      Oral Reading Grade

                      Health Ch. 1 - know vocabulary

Thursday: Multiplication 0-3’s

Friday:  Spelling

             Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary

              Simple Solutions

Spelling Words:  The Gardener

let’s   he’d   you’ll   can’t   I’d   you’d   haven’t   hasn’t   she’d   they’ll      we’d   they’d   wasn’t   didn’t   when’s   could’ve  *Confession

Vocabulary:  The Gardener

beauty:  the quality that pleases both the mind and the senses in art or nature

blooming:  having flowers;  opening into flowers

bulbs:  round, underground parts from which certain plants grow

doze:  to sleep lightly

humor:  the ability to see or show the funny side of things

recognizing:  identifying

showers:  rain that lasts only a short time

sprouting:  producing new leaves, shoots, or buds;  beginning to grow

Upcoming Events:

November 6:  No School - Staff Development Day

November 11:  Veteran's Day

November 18:  Midterms sent home

November 19:  Reconciliation for 3rd Grade

November 25:  3rd Grade Plays

November 26-7:  Thanksgiving Break