Dear Parents and Guardians,

I can't believe this is the end of the third quarter. Where did the time go? Report Card Pick-Up will be on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. I don't want to quote the time at this moment because I don't have that information in front of me, so I will inform the children tommorrow. Please know there is a sign up sheet in the lobby. As always, I look forward to seeing you on that day.

We will begin to practice for the third grade play, "Chicago" this week. We do have a change from previous years as we will have a new choreographer. The production of the play is always exciting and stressful as we have to get ninety children to do the same thing at the same time!

We enjoyed a wonderful concert today at Mandel Hall. The St. Louis Quartet Orchestra played classical music for us and provided some very interesting background information on the musical pieces origin.

This Week We Will Be Working On The Following:

LANGUAGE ARTS:

We have completed the nonfiction selection, "Kids Business" in our OpenCourt readers. We will create a business plan for our own business. Hopefully the children will be so successful, you can stop working! We take the comprehension test on the selection on Thursday.

Please encourage your child to read thirty minutes or more each night.

MATH:

We are learning more about fractions. We have learned how to solve fraction of problems. We will complete Lesson 8.3-8.6 this week. Homework: Math Boxes 8.3-8.6, Home Link 8.3-8.5.

Please continue to test your children on the multiplication facts. Some of the students still don't know the facts out of sequence. It is important that they have automatic recall of these facts before fourth grade.

Science:

Next week we will begin a Science unit on sound. We will explore how sound travels through the air.

Social Studies:

We will begin to learn more about our great city, Chicago. This is a part of our third grade curriculum. We will begin to practice for the third grade play based on Chicago. I will keep you posted as to the day and time of the play.

We will be learning about Chicago using a nonfiction book by that name. We will learn about Chicago's past as well as modern Chicago.

<strong><em>I    Hope    You    All    Have    A    Great    Week!</em></strong>