Welcome to 3rd Grade!

Dear Parents,

I hope this post finds you enjoying every minute of your summer and getting excited about the upcoming school year. I want to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to the third grade at South Shades Crest Elementary. Check out our class calendar for important upcoming meetings and events and also take some time to get familiar with our class web site, we will be using it lots this year!

I'm looking forward to meeting you and the children on "Meet the Teacher" day!

Last Two Days

• Remember if your child will not be here the last days of school, please send a self addressed, stamped envelope so that I can mail grades.
• Wednesday-Game Day-The children can bring games to play. Only board games. Dismissal is at 1.
• Children may bring hand held electronics. They can bring them at their own risk! Games need to be rated G. Dismissal will be at 11 and no lunch will be served this day.

Keep your Mind Busy over the Summer!

Dear Parents,

I just added a page to our web site for summer activities. One of the items is a reading log. If the kids read 4 JUST RIGHT BOOKS, log them on the log I provided, and bring them to me at the beginning of next year, I promised them a treat!

Hope this helps keep the kids mentally active over the summer!

http://tconstantine.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/Summer+Activities

5-6-09

END OF THE YEAR EVENTS 

 Parents, 

The countdown has begun- only 12 days of school left!  This has been a wonderful year for our class.  I’ve seen lots of growth which means all of our hard work has paid off.  This class has a special place in my heart and I will miss them as they move forward to continue their journey. 

Please mark your calendar with these important dates. 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

·      Book Fair is going on this week, send 5 dollars or so if you want your child to buy a book or two.   

 ·      Friday May 8^th- all library books must be turned in 

·      Monday May 18^th- School wide field day.  Please send a water bottle and sunscreen. 

·      Tuesday May 19^th- our class party 

·      Wednesday May 20^th- dismissal at 1:00.  Lunch will be served. 

·      Thursday May 21^st- last day for kids- dismissal at 11:00.  Lunch will not be served.  If you do not plan on sending your child to school on this day, please send in a self addressed stamped envelope for a report card. 

RCJ Test

Ask your children what tests they have been doing in chemistry and about the reactions the powders had with each liquid. Here are some pictures of the red cabbage juice test we did today. One powder turned a bright purple, the other a bright green. The red cabbage juice did not have a big color change when it was mixed with the other 3 powders. See if your child remembers why!!

3rd Grade Chemistry Musical

Dear Parents,
The 3rd grade will be presenting a musical as a culmination of our chemistry unit. The musical will be on April 29th and 30th. There will be two performances, one on the 29th for K, 1st and 2nd grades and another on the 30th for 4th and 5th grade and parents (If you need to come on the 29th, that’s fine too). Both performances will be at 1:45. Your child will need to wear an orange t-shirt (anything that is mostly solid orange will be fine!) for both performances.

We will be performing on the stage in the lunchroom.

Thanks for your help!
Ms. Constantine

4-8-09

Dear Parents,

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our survey, I want to give anyone who has not been able to take it yet a few more days. Then I will compile and share the results with you. Thanks again for taking the time to do this, I take it very seriously and your suggestions are most helpful. Click here to take the survey if you have not had the chance.

State testing is over!! The kids did a great job. You can expect to get results around the beginning of next year. Remember that a score of 50 on the tests is average, not failing. Thanks so much to everyone who sent goodies in for us. All of the treats helped with the long mornings.

Our new date for the DeSoto field trip is April 22nd. If you were a chaperone for the original date, please let us know if you will still be able to attend.

If you have not had a chance to sign up for Spring Fling, please do. You can email Tina Lindsey to let her know when you can volunteer.

Spring Fling T-Shirts and Tickets can be purchased through www.myschoolfees.com. Deadline for ordering shirts online is April 10^th. Deadline for ordering tickets online is April 16^th. If any parent needs to know their child’s student number please call the front office.

Reading In reading we are studying how to synthesize information we read in a book. Basically, it is using all of our comprehension strategies we have learned this year in order to make sense of the book and discover the author's intent. For read aloud, we are reading a book called Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. We are wondering what Winnie Foster will do next after meeting the Tucks. A family that has lived 87 years, but hasn't aged at all.

Math We have been learning about fractions and decimals. We will continue to work on fluency with multiplication facts.

Writing We are starting a project which will have to be a surprise for now.

Science    We are investigating chemicals and their reactions, I think this is their favorite unit so far. We started out with a mystery powder, but with the 3 tests we have already done on the powders, the kids are close to figuring out what it is. We will have a chemistry musical program at the end of this month. Check our calendar for dates and times. It will be during the school day, so if you cannot attend because of work, we will be streaming live for you and any out of town friends or relatives! It will also be recorded if you have connection problems for the live event.

Technology   We will search for favorite jokes on the internet and then record a vocaroo to put on on our web site! Fun!

Have a great weekend!