Weekly Wave

MACS Third Grade Newsletter

August 24, 2012

Welcome to Third Grade!

We have high hopes and expectations for this year. We look forward to working with each family to make it successful. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. For quickest response you can email us at m.varady@micanopyareaschool.org or m.goodnight@micanopyareaschool.org

HOMEWORK AND SNACK CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Cursive Practice WS

Cursive Practice WS Math WS

Cursive Practice WS Math WS

Cursive Practice WS Math WS Chpt. 0 Test tomorrow!

Math WS

Next Week
Reading: We will continue reading Charlottes Web and completing beginning of the year assessments. Writing: We will be practicing cursive, setting up our writing notebooks, and talking about organizing ideas into paragraphs. Math: We are working on Chapter 0, which reviews second grade math skills. Students will have a test on Chapter 0 on Friday. Social Studies: We will be using the newspaper Studies Weekly to learn about map skills and pirates. Science: We will continue learning about plants, focusing this week on growing plants from seeds. We will be doing an experiment to see if gravity affects plants.

Read 30 minutes Snack:

D: Isabella G S: Isabella T

Read 30 minutes

FCAT Practice WS
D: Max S: Mary Beth

Read 30 minutes

D: Nathan S: Rosie

D: Karlyn S: Isabelle

D: Megan S: Chase

News and Announcements

Our Annual Title 1 meeting will be next Thursday, August 30th from 5:30 to 6:00 pm followed by Open House from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Join us in the Landry building for pizza and door prizes, and come and learn about some of the great things our school has to offer. Please make sure to check and sign your students planner and homework folder each night. Students are responsible for turning in their homework each morning. Over the weekend please make sure to gather any supplies that your child still needs. Some children still need 2 3-ring binders (for homework and writing), a pencil pouch that fits in the binder, two black and white composition style notebooks, and 5 plastic 3 prong folders. On your childs snack day, please have dolphins drop off snack in Mrs. Varadys room and sharks drop off snack in Mrs. Goodnights room before heading to homeroom in the 1 morning .

Spelling Words: We will begin spelling on the week of September 2nd!