3S News
February 15, 2019
A Note from Mrs. Smith
A special thank you to Toni Caruso for planning our fabulous Valentine's Day Party!!! The kids had a blast and went home with two crafts to share with loved ones! Also, thank you to the party volunteers who helped the party run smoothly!
*Black History Month Museum - We will be celebrating our Black History biography reading with a "wax museum" on March 7th. It will be from 9:00-9:45 am in the APR (open house style... come during that time frame). Please have your child wear their costume and bring props (if necessary) to school that day. No face paint, masks, or face covering is allowed. Invitation to follow...
*Our next field trip is on April 16th. We are collecting $20 for the trip due next Friday, February 21st. Please also sign permission on Genesis by Friday. If you would like to chaperone, it will be a $5 admission fee (due by next Friday). Please sign the form below.
* Electronic Field Trip Form Directions
Login into the Genesis Parent Portal
· Select your 3rd grader from the dropdown menu (this applies only if you have more than 1 child in the school district)
· Click on the Documents tab at the top of the screen.
· Click on and read the Churchville Nature Center 2019 Permission Slip.
· Click on the back button (arrow) and click the green bar that reads, “I have read the field trip form and grant my child permission to attend.”
Once you have clicked this green button, the form is complete. If you're having login difficulties with Genesis please contact Chris Heintz at CHeintz@haddonfield.k12.nj.us
Interested in chaperoning? Fill in below and send $5 for admission by Friday!
Math
By Talia & Angela
In math we learned about fractions. We took different wholes and calculated the halves and quarters of them. We also were making pentominoes. A pentomino is a shape made out of 5 squares.We had to calculate area and perimeter of them. We found out that the area would always be 5, because a pentomino has 5 squares inside of it. The perimeter was different for every shape.
This week we also decorated our Valentines day boxes. We figured out the area for each side of the box. The reason we had to figure out the area is because, when we were covering the box with paper, we had to know how much paper to use.
We did the state testing practice questions to prepare for the test in May. We also corrected and reflected our math tests.
Writing
By Avery & Natalie
Reading
By Blaise and Andy
TGIF!!!!This week in reading we started reading about our black history month research.
We got a sheet of paper and we had to find information to write down on the paper. The information was from our books about the person we are researching. We needed to find out about their, birth date, where they were born, their childhood, education, and their talents and career(s). Most people read a book but some are finding books on epic.
We read one of Aesop’s fables called the fox and the crow. It was about a fox flattering a bird to trick it to drop its cheese so the fox can eat the cheese. At the end of all fables there's a lesson, the lesson of this fable is to never trust anybody who flatters you.
READING ROCKED!!!!!
Science
By Brady and Riley
Science had to be one cool subject this week. It was pretty awesome and great. All of it was pretty cool. We have a lot to talk about so we should get right into it. It will be like a rollercoaster. So let’s get started.
This week we examined bean seeds. We learned the in’s and out’s of bean seeds and how seeds are living. We also learned how plants in general make and eat food. Some ways plants make food are, sunlight sends nutrients into the plant and it makes food with nutrients. Other ways a plants make food are with the nutrients from the air. Air has a lot and lot of nutrients which the plant uses to make food. One other way plants make food is from soil. Soil has nutrients that help the plant make food. Similar to us plants need air. Not similar to us plants need carbon dioxide. We need oxygen.
This was a great and awesome week. We can’t even imagine how much fun it will be next week. We hope you all enjoy your long weekend.