3-A Happenings

May 26-29, 2009

3-A Website: http://mustangs.coloradoacademy.org/~sandrews/

E-mail Addresses: susan.andrews@mail.coloradoacademy.org OR suzieandrews@earthlink.net

Home Phone (& leave a message): 303.674.2086 Cell: 703.673.6930 or 303.618.1154

Dear Parents,

It’s almost over…..hard to believe. I hope you have a nice Memorial Day weekend. Virgil & I are going to Telluride and the western Uncompahgre Plateau area, the only places in Colorado I haven't seen. Now I'll be fully qualified to teach Colorado Studies!!

FYI…

Ø Reading is the thing! Last Thursday Mrs. Hiskey explained the Lower School Library’s Summer Reading Program as well as reading opportunities at public libraries. (The CA Library Summer Reading Program is in addition to the Fourth Grade Summer Reading assignment.) With these reading opportunities in mind and the booklist from Scholastic, 3-A students can create a Summer Reading Plan for themselves. I will display all the Reading Plans the children bring back to school and then put the plans in their Third Grade Notebooks.

Ø Copies of your child's Writing Sample essays/stories are in the Friday Folder. Enjoy!

Ø A Jungle Quest Waiver/Release is in the Friday Folder. Please sign & return before next Friday.

Throughout the week…

Ø Read Aloud will focus on completing the adapted versions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid. We also will compare & contrast the characteristics of an epic poem with other genres of literature.

Ø We’ll review math pages in the Investigations workbooks.

Ø We’ll start cleaning desks and bringing things home on Tuesday and Wednesday. Parting is such sweet sorrow…

What’s up for next week?

Tuesday~ Bring swimsuit & towel!

Ø Swimming in PE.

Ø Third Grade Notebook writing in the Computer Lab.

Ø “A Literary Colorado” performance for Mrs. Miller & parents at 2:00 in the classroom.

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Wednesday~ Bring your super-d-duper LUNCH!

Ø The 3-A Class Party is for students & parents. It's a hike to Woody’s Pond and a special time together as a class. The boys & girls will create awards for each other, play team-building games, and eat their super-d-duper lunches. After our time at Woody’s Pond, we’ll return to the classroom for ice cream sundaes. Students bring their own “fun” sack lunches for the hike & party.

Ø Books & Blankets will be spent reading historical fiction about colonial America. Children who finish these books will start reading an adapted version of Beowulf.

Thursday~ Reading Calendar & Letter are DUE!

Ø Third graders need to master Spelling Core Words 1-299 by the end of third grade. Words 1-200 were taught during first and second grades, and we’ve worked on words 200-299 this past year. I have created a “Selected Inventory” of words 1-299; these are the more difficult words that students need to spell automatically. We’ll have a test on the words from the “Selected Inventory 1-299” list on Thursday. Studying for the test is optional; the test is meant as a review.

Ø The boys & girls will make puzzles for next year’s 3-A class. They also will write letters of introduction to the fourth grade teachers.

Ø Third Grade Notebook writing in the Computer Lab.

Ø Friday Folders will be sent home on Thursday.

Friday~ Last day to bring Jungle Quest waiver/release!

Ø Field Day in the morning, Carnival & Barbeque from 11:00 to 1:00, and Giant Relay in the afternoon.

3-A Calendar Dates

Monday 5/25 School Closed - Memorial Day Holiday

Tuesday 5/26 Storytelling Celebration with Marilyn Miller in the classroom @ 2:00

Parents are invited to come to our performance of “A Literary Colorado: Rudyard Kipling-Mark Twain-Walt Whitman-Eugene Field.”

Wednesday 5/27 3-A Class Lunch 9:15-12:00

Our class uses this as a special time to end the year together. The boys & girls bring lunches from home ---- anything and everything for a fun lunch. We put the lunches into our backpack and head out to the Dos Chappell Trail on the C.A. campus. We “hike” to Woody’s Pond where we eat lunch and have end-of-the-year activities. Parents may join us.

Friday 5/29 Field Day & Giant Relay

Monday 6/1 Third Grade Party to Jungle Quest 9:00-11:00

This activity is for all third grade students and teachers.

Mrs. Andrews's Open House in Welborn 1-3 p.m.

Tuesday 6/2 Last day of classes.

1:45 Ice Cream Get-Together with Pre-K Buddies.

Dismissal is at 3:20. Enjoy the summer!