Ms. Strickland's Third Grade

FEBRUARY

IMPORTANT DATES

1/31 we perform at the PTA meeting

2/10 3rd/4th/5th grade dance 7:30pm-8:30 pm

2/20 Presidents'Day No school for kids

2/25 Keheley's 25th Celebration

2/29 Memory book deadline

 

READING

Our focus in reading for the next few weeks will be nonfictoin. We will use nonfiction conventions to help us read for information. Keep working on the 25 book responses. !6 are due by Feb. 3rd. We continue to read and take notes on the biography project. Students are given time every day at school to work on this but may work at home also.The paper plate puppet will be made at home and the writing may be worked on at home as well as school

MATH

We are working on finding the area and perimeter of closed shapes. We'll be investigatinf with fractions for the next 2 weeks. Please continue to work on multiplication facts at home. Many students are ready to move on to the division facts and may do so..Check out Johnnies math page on the internet. It has many interctive games on differennnt math skills.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are learning about Mary Mcleod Bethune and her contributions to education for African Americans and girls.

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back for the second half of 3rd grade. It's hard to believe the school year is half over!

IMPORTANT DATES

1/16 MLK day no school

1/18 field trip to the Tellus Museum

1/31 3rd grade performance at thye PTA meeting

MATH

We continue to work on the multiplication facts. Keep practcing them at home. We will be using rulers to measure in  both metric and customary units. We'll aslo be measuring area annd perimeter.

READING

We continue to read chapter books in guided reading. Students should be reading about 20 minutes a night at home. Keep working on the goal of 25 books read and responses written by the end of the school year. A biography book report is being assigned. Students will be given complete instructions on what to do and how the assignment will be graded.Most of the work will be done at school. The paper plate puppet will need to be made at home. Look for the directions and due date to be attached to the Tuesday folder.

SCIENCE

We are learning about Georgia regions and the living oganisms that make their homes in these regions. We will be assigning the kids an animal from one of the regions to write a research paper on.