Week of
February 17-21, 2014
Mrs. Post's Class News
Upcoming Dates:
Contact Information:
702-8574 [email protected]
February 17: No School, President's Day
February 24-28: “I Love To Read” Month activities (see below)
February 28: Birthday Bash for Maija & Luciann's August birthdays
March 4 & 6: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4:00-7:30pm
March 10-14: No School, Spring Break!
Cycle Day Schedule
Monday –no school Day 1 & 4 = Music
Day 2 & 5 = STEM
Tuesday – 2
Day 3 & 6 = P.E.
Wednesday – 3
Thursday – 4
Friday – 5
Library=Wednesdays
News and Announcements:
*** Parent-Teacher Conferences: Conference sheets came home on Tuesday night. Thank
you for returning those ASAP. I look forward to meeting with you all in March!
***Writing: We finished our opinion/persuasive writing unit. You will see a final product of this
type of writing at conferences. We are now starting our new unit of writing fiction stories. It’s
exciting to see the different characters are problems third graders come up with!
*** Math: Thank you for your support with the nightly homework! We are continuing in Unit 9:
Multiplication and Division with 6, 7, and 8 and Problem Solving. The third graders tried very
hard on the OLPA/Pre-MCA tests we had on Monday. It’s important to remember that these
tests are designed to test all third grade math and we still have many months left in third grade
for more math concepts. The math MCAs will come later this spring and I will let you know the
date(s) as soon as possible.
*** Multiplication Facts Update: We are continuing to test on multiplication facts. This week
we tested on Thursday and results were sent home. PLEASE continue to practice these
multiplication
facts at
home.
Remember, I have set up an account on www.xtramath.org for
Monday
Day
5
every student
to
help
with
math
facts. Log-in information was sent home a few weeks ago but
Tuesday
Day 6
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Wednesday
Thursday
Day 2
Friday
Looking
ahead: Day 3
Monday
Day 5
The last
week in
we will celebrate “I Love To Read” month:
Tuesday
DayFebruary
6
Wednesday
Day
1
Mon., Feb. 24 – Read my shirt day! Wear a shirt with words on it.
Thursday
Tues., Feb.
25 – Slip Day
into 2a good book. Wear your slippers in school!
Friday
Day 3
Wed., Feb. 26 – Reading is NO sweat! Wear your sweats to school!
Thurs., Feb. 27 – Be a Good Sport, Read! Wear your favorite sports team jersey or clothing!
Fri., Feb. 28 – Reading is “Beary Fun”! Bring a teddy bear to school and read to him/her.
3P’s Shining Sun of the Week:
Kaleb Kamish
Riddle:
A cowboy went to town on Friday. He stays for 3 days, and left on Friday.
How’d he do it?
(Look for the answer below...)
Favorite Books:
1. Harry Potter
2. Dr. Roach
Favorite Author:
Don’t have one
Interesting Facts:
1. Kaleb loves playing Skylanders on the Wii.
2. Kaleb’s favorite food is pepperoni.
Riddle answer:
His horse’s name was Friday!
***Ask your child...

What mystery book did your book club read? Who was in your book club? Did you
solve the mystery before the detective? What was the motive? What evidence/clues
were found?

How did you do on your math Unit 9 Quick Quiz 1?

What is your story idea for your fiction writing? What’s your main character’s name?
What problem do they have?

What is 6x7? 7x8? 6x8? 6x7? 7x7? 8x8? Do you have any special ways of
remembering these facts?