Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Got the last trips of the summer enjoyed. We are right back to work at school. I am ready for the reading parents to come in. The times are 8:50 - 9:30. If you can't remember which day you signed up for please let me know and I will send you an email. If everyone can come we will have almost 15 minutes of individualized reading time with each student. This is wonderful!

We are starting our new math program. We will take a pre-test on Tuesday and divide the entire third grade into groups. Your child will have the opportunity of having Mr. Shirley and Mrs. Holmes for math sometime during the year. We are excited to get going on the new program. One component is a letter to the families explaining each chapter. This should be coming home today (Tuesday) in your child's folder.

Please remember school pictures are this Friday. This is the photo that will be used in the school year book. Everyone will have a picture taken. You only purchase if you would like to.

Remember the Back to School Bash on Monday, September 13. Time is 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. You can purchase tickets early or that evening.

School T-Shirts and Hoodies are for sale in the office. Last chance to order will be On Monday at the back to school bash.

We are collecting box tops. Our first deadline is October 29th.

We are really doing a fantastic job on cursive letters. We have covered the following: i, t, u, w, r, s, and p. We have also started learning to write our own names. Fun times in third grade!

SPELLING:

pitch, drink, swim, life, while, I, my, light, buy, eye, which, find, why, kind, try

Next week we will begin our vocabulary words. I hope you are finding time to go over spelling and help with home work. I do appreciate all that you do to help your child succeed in third grade. Remember that you can check their grades anytime through power school and your password.