March 2018
March will be busy with lots of botany!! Yes, I'm stretching my rubber bands! We have Australia presentations and spring break which leaves one short week for the third graders to begin practice for the AZ Merit tests.
Fractions, decimals, and a whole lot of word problems have been on the daily cycle as well as writing opinion and compare and contrast essays (thirds). The third graders are getting a little anxious about the move to fourth and the firsts and seconds really start feeling it at this time of year. They start feeling sadness (all of them) which really is fear, and things start getting a bit interesting in the classroom. Fear comes out in very different ways for each of us and if your child is acting in a different way than they normally do, this is probably the reason. It usually subsides after a few weeks:)
We have been working on a lot of botany!!! I made new posters for the Natural World, Plant Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom and they really tie the whole biology curriculum together!!
We will have testing during the first week of April for thirds but all will indulge in breakfast as a class then the firsts and seconds will have activities to do while the thirds test.
Thirds will also be able to attend some depending on how long they take to finish the tests.
Fractions, decimals, and a whole lot of word problems have been on the daily cycle as well as writing opinion and compare and contrast essays (thirds). The third graders are getting a little anxious about the move to fourth and the firsts and seconds really start feeling it at this time of year. They start feeling sadness (all of them) which really is fear, and things start getting a bit interesting in the classroom. Fear comes out in very different ways for each of us and if your child is acting in a different way than they normally do, this is probably the reason. It usually subsides after a few weeks:)
We have been working on a lot of botany!!! I made new posters for the Natural World, Plant Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom and they really tie the whole biology curriculum together!!
We will have testing during the first week of April for thirds but all will indulge in breakfast as a class then the firsts and seconds will have activities to do while the thirds test.
Thirds will also be able to attend some depending on how long they take to finish the tests.