Inter's Third Grade Newsletter!
April 18th, 2016 - April 22nd, 2016
Announcements!
*Sports Day will be held April 23rd, 2016!
*April is National Poetry Month! Poem in My Pocket Day will be Wednesday, April 20th. Students will either print off their favorite poem, or write a poem to have in their pocket for Wednesday. Teachers and students will ask each other to read aloud their poem throughout the day. Thank you for your help with this!
MAP Testing Schedule!
* MAP testing is coming up! Please take a look at the following schedule for your reference. On these days please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep, and eats a good breakfast. In honor of MAP testing, each section will dress up on the days they take the MAP test. Each section will decide on how to celebrate and will forward you the information. Thank you for your support with this!
Tuesday, May 3rd- 3B Reading, 3C Language, and 3D Math.
Wednesday, May 4th- 3C Reading, 3D Language, and 3E Math.
Thursday, May 5th- 3D Reading, 3E Language, and 3A Math.
Friday, May 6th- 3E Reading, 3A Language,,and 3B Math.
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Monday, May 9th-No School!
Tuesday, May 10th-No School!
Wednesday, May 11th- 3A Reading, 3B Language, and 3C Math.
Arco Iris race is coming up!
The race is on Sunday, April 24! As a brief reminder, the Arco Iris race raises money for the UNOP Hospital here in Guatemala that provides free cancer treatment to children. Colegio Interamericano has been supporting this cause for seven years now and has been the top school for donations every year!
April 18th-April 22nd is RAINBOW WEEK!
Students who have sold 2 or more tickets can participate in Rainbow Week! Students can wear a specific color of the rainbow. Here is the following schedule:
- Monday is red/orange day!
- Tuesday is yellow day!
- Wednesday is green day!
- Thursday is blue and purple day!
- Friday is rainbow clothes day!
This week in Singapore Math!
This week students will continue Chapter 18-Two-Dimensional Shapes. Students will identify congruent figures and a slide, flip and turn/rotation, and identify symmetrical figures. Chapter 18 test will be Wednesday, April 20th. Students will then begin Chapter 19-Area and Perimeter. Students will understand the meaning of area and perimeter, use square units to find area and perimeter, and compare the area and perimeter of two figures.
This week in Literacy!
This week we will begin with Theme 14 Week 2- Every Vote Counts. The comprehension strategy for this week is Create Images-Create images in your mind as you read. We will also review Monitor Understanding. For grammar, students will review adverbs, such as very and beautifully, and suffixes, such as -ful, -able, -less. The vocabulary for this week includes announce, opportunity, approximate, approve, deadline. April is international Poetry month, so every day next week, students will be reviewing different poems and writing poems of their own.
Since MAP testing will begin April 25th, every Monday students will review a comprehension strategy. The strategies include Reading the Questions First, Evaluating the Questions, Defining Words through Context Clues, and Helpful Tips such as "Always look back at the passage," and "Read all answer choices".
*RAZ-KIDS!
Please make sure your child is reading each night, listening to the stories, and taking the quizzes. Reading for 20 minutes each night is one of the best ways for your child to become a better reader. Third Grade is tracking the number of books read in order for the class to earn incentives, such as a popcorn party! Thank you for your help with this!