April

Here are a few things going on this month.

March 29-April 6: SPRING BREAK!

Friday, April 11: Math Written Assessment #23

Friday, April 11: Unit 5.5 Reading & Spelling Test

Friday, April 11: SPRING FLING ($5)

Friday, April 11: Aquarium Field Trip Money DUE ($45)

Friday, April 18: Good Friday HOLIDAY

*Note: This holiday will not be taken if a day of school is lost for any reason between now and April 18^th.*

Wednesday, April 23: 4^th Nine Weeks Progress Reports

**Please check your child’s planner and newsletters for updates or any changes.**

3rd Nine Weeks

Congratulations to the following for earning awards for the third nine weeks!

All A’s

Kadyn

A/B’s and Perfect Attendance

Savannah and Demarte

AR Goal and 85% Correct

Jordan, Savannh, Dexter, and Johniyah

I am so proud of them.  Keep up the good work!

Spring Break

Have a wonderful Spring Break!! See you Monday, April 7^th!!

Star Student of the Month

Rock Star Student of the Month for March   

Demarte

Congratulations to Demarte!

Here are just a few things about our Star Student of the Month:

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Subject: Reading  

Favorite Book: Tide Pools      

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite TV Show: Super Mario World

Favorite Thing to Do: Play Video Games     

Favorite Restaurant: McDonald’s

Favorite Team: Soccer Teams

What he wants to be when he grows up: Dentist   

Favorite 3^rd Grade Moment So Far: Getting AR Points

Be on the lookout for our next star student next month! 

Student's Work

Here is a look at some of the awesome work the students have created lately.

Constellations in the Night Sky

 Rotate, Flip, and Slide Hand Prints

Toothpick Angles

Changes in State of Matter

Timeline Projects

*The following note went home today!* 

Timeline Project

This project is due on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014

It may be turned in early.

**It will be worth a test grade in Social Studies and

a Reading test grade.**

In Reading, we have been studying biographies and timelines.  We are learning about our past, present and future.  For this project, your child needs to make a timeline depicting their life.  There should be one event for each year of their life.  They should start with their birth and proceed with each year thereafter.  Some examples that can be included are birthdays, special vacations, births of siblings, or engaging in something (sports, music or awards).  However, it is not limited to these. 

They are to write the date and above the date they should write something about the event and why it is special.  Students can use actual photographs of these events, draw a picture, or use a picture from a magazine. In other words-be creative! They will have to give an oral presentation to the class explaining their timeline.  (All projects will be returned after they are displayed.)  

For examples of a timeline, please see your Reading Writing Workshop book pages 378-379. Timelines can also be found on pages 70-71 and 108-109 in your student’s social studies book.

See back of sheet for rubric with scoring guidelines.  Make this a fun project for you and your child, a time to share with him/her events that were special to you and to them.  This will be a time to reminisce about the past. They grow up so quickly. 

If you have any questions, please let me know! 

Thanks for all you do! 

Congratulations to Demarte. He placed first in the school wide Dig Dipper poster contest. 

K-9 Officers

Our essential question for this week has been: How do teams work together?  We have read stories about many different people and animals working together to solve problems faster.

Today, we had the honor of having two Phenix City Police officers visit our class.  Along with them came their K-9 officers.  One of the K-9’s was trained in finding explosives and the other was trained in finding missing people.  We heard how each of the K-9s were trained and what they do on a normal day.  We also got to see the dogs do a practice demonstration.  Thanks to the PCPD K-9 Unit!!

PCElympics T-shirts

The time is quickly approaching for our annual PCElympics! All our competitions will be held during your child’s PE time during the week of May 5-8.  They will compete in Tug-of-War, Dress the Teachers Relay, and many more team games.  At the end of the week (Friday, May 9), we will have our closing ceremonies which consist of water slides, sprinklers, slip-n-slides, games and snacks.  This year we will also give you the opportunity to order a PCElympics t-shirt.  The shirts will be $10 each and will be worn during our closing ceremony celebration. All money and order forms are due by Wednesday, April 8.  Check must be written out to PCES and include driver’s license number and phone number.  Order forms went home today! Please see a coach for more information.

Spring Fling

We are planning to kick off spring with our 3rd annual Spring Fling on Friday, March 28th.  Students will have an afternoon of fun and excitement. This will include several blow-ups and obstacle courses for the children to enjoy. This year, we are going to separate grade levels to optimize our play time. The times are as follows:

·         Kindergarten-2nd grade students will be on the track from 10:30-12:30.

·         3rd-5th grade students will be on the track from 1:00-3:00.

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Wrist bands cost $5.00, and will go on sale Monday, March 24th. You must have a wrist band to participate in the Spring Fling. Students will give their money to their classroom teacher.  In addition, we will sell food tickets for $0.50. Food items that will be available are as follows:

*pickles .50                 *drinks .50                  *cotton candy $1.00               *pizza $1.00

Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to Jordan, LaCheryl, and Daniya.

 Their science fair project won first place out of all the third grade projects.  Their project was also the Grand Prize Winner out of all the projects in the school.  Congratulations!

Read Across America Week

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