Weekly Update: February 11th-15th

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Hi Parents,

      We had a busy and exciting week! We enjoyed Mesa Pizza on Thursday, the kids couldn't believe the size of the slices. Macaroni pizza was a new experience for me and was it DELICIOUS!! The students impress me each day with their positive behavior, I have received many compliments on what a great class we have. I truly enjoy them, I always refer to them as my fabulous 3rd graders!!!

      Our Valentine's party was a success, the students enjoyed fruit kabobs, raspberry sherbet with Sprite, and opening their Valentines from their friends. A BIG thank you to Mrs. Kucera and Mrs. Greving for all of your help with the party. Thank you also to those of parents that donated items for the party. Mrs. Michaeli your hard work was appreciated, the kabobs were great!

     Enjoy the pictures below of our pizza and Valentine's party!

MMMMMMMMMM! Mesa Pizza!

 Valentine's Day Party

Check out Mrs. Martinez' Valentine's Day mailbox. The kids loved going inside and dropping off their Valentines!!

Language Arts:

This past week students read the fantasy text, Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. Students practiced the comprehension skill of using story structure to help them better understand text.  Students identified the setting, characters, and plot. We focused on clarifying the main problem and solution within our text, identifying main events throughout the story.

Spelling:

Our spelling pattern focused on adding -ed and -ing to base words. We discussed doubling the consonant and dropping silent e before adding -ed or  -ing.

Math: We have been taking some time to review concepts/skills taught previously this school year. We will beginning Unit 8:Fractions on Tuesday, February 19th. Unit 8 has two primary objectives:

• To review the use of fractions and fraction notation
• To help students develop a solid understanding of equivalent fractions, or fractions that have the same value

Science: We are continuing to grow our bean plants and will measure it's growth each week.
We have some new visitors in our classroom as you can tell from the picture below. The students had the chance to touch and observe the Bess beetles and the features they possess. Some students were more excited than others. I will encourage the students to touch/handle the beetles, but they will not be forced. The crayfish also arrived today, I will post more pictures next week. The students have been wanting a class pet, I told them these are our temporary class pets:)