Gift Basket

Hello, Families!

You should have received an email from our classroom liaison, Melanie Hunter, about the auctioning of gift baskets at the school. Please know that there will be a donation box in my room and I have a safe place in the classroom for gift card donations. 

Thanks for your attention and contributions! The link to the signup is pasted below

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E44ADAA2E5-classroom1

 

Appreciatively,

Ms. Headrick

This Week in 3B

Hello, Families!

Upcoming Tests: Chapter 5 Shurley English--Wednesday, Feb 27; Spanish: Thursday, Feb 28

Upcoming Project Due Dates: History Visual Aid--Friday, March 8


I hope this update finds all of you in good health. Here is what's happening this week in the classroom:

History: This week will begin our Tribe Project, which consists of research, a written report, and a visual aid. The research and report will be completed in class; the visual aid is an at-home project. Your child will receive detailed information in print tomorrow during class. Students will spend the week working with a partner to research their assigned tribe through library books in the classroom. We are sure to learn quite a bit!

Science: We are continuing our study of sound and hearing. We will learn about how intensity and pitch are measured, then we will transition into the human voice and how the ear works. Vocabulary this week includes: decibel, hertz, pharynx, vocal cord, epiglottis, esophagus, trachea, larynx, pinna, outer ear canal, ear drum, hammer, anvil, stirrup, eustachian tube, cochlea, and semi-circular canals.

Language Arts: This week we will read chapters 12 & 13 of The Wise Woman. Our focused literature skill is character traits and how they change over time/ within a text. We will complete chapter 5 in our grammar book, and move on to study interjections and possessive nouns. Riggs words are available through a link on this blog. 

Please email me with any questions and/or concerns.



Yours in Learning,

Ms. Headrick

Field Day Volunteers & Father-Daughter Dance

Hello, Families!

At Archway, we greatly appreciate your support of events through donations or volunteering. We love our extracurricular events because they build community within our school. We appreciate all that you do to help support the school--they are not possible without your support. Two events are quickly approaching (see below) 

Thank you for your continued support!


Field Day 2013 is approaching, but it can only occur with help from volunteers. This is an event that children greatly look forward to. The 2nd-5th grade Olympics are scheduled for Thursday, March 7th 8:15 AM-11:25 AM. Please sign up to volunteer via the link pasted below. 

2nd &3rd Grade Olympics: Thursday, March 7, 8:15-11:25 AM 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044BA4AC238-third1


Girls were sent home with a notice about the upcoming Archway Father-Daughter Dance (Friday, March 1st 6-8 PM). You can sign up to donate items or volunteer your time at the event via the link pasted below. 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4FACAC2CA20-donations

This Week in 3B

Hello, Families!

I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. I was able to go and visit Montezuma Castle this weekend and I am greatly looking forward to sharing the awe-inspiring experience with the children on Tuesday. 

Language Arts: We will continue to understand theme as a deeper message within a text as shown by the plot and the main idea. We will read chapters 10 and 11 in The Wise Woman. In writing, we will finish up our persuasive essays. In grammar, we will review and practice our newly-acquired knowledge of helping verbs, the adverb not, and inverted-order sentences. 

Science: We will continue to study sound as an energy that travels in waves and vibrates particles. 

History: We will continue our study of Ancient Americans. This week we will focus on more recent tribes, as opposed to the ancestral focus of last week (Paleoindians, Anasazi & Mound Builders). We will study tribes by regions--including the Southwest, Southeast, and Eastern tribes. On Friday, students will be sent home with information about dioramas and the tribe project. These two assignments go hand-in-hand, as students will work with a partner to guide themselves through a focused study of one of the many Earliest American tribes. Details will be sent home with your child on Friday.

Pencils are on our classroom wish list--if you remember and can afford the time/money, please send your child with pencils to school!

Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

Yours In Learning,

Ms. Headrick

This Week in 3B

Hello, Families!

Upcoming Tests: 

Thursday, Feb 7: Grammar, Chapter 4
Friday, Feb 8: Science

Both tests will have study guides sent home this week. Neither test will have a study session.

In History, we are transitioning to studying the Ancient Americans. This week, we will work to gain historical perspective of how long humans have been existence as compared to the planet. In this study, we will learn about the first fossil evidence of life. We will discuss the Bering land bridge and learn about why/how humans crossed over this large area and unknowingly colonized a new continent. 

In Language Arts, we will learn about the skill sequencing as related to our text The Wise Woman. We will also practice this skill in groups. Riggs words are available online. In grammar, we will practice classifying sentences and differentiating between types of sentences. We will also continue to practice subject pronouns and conjunctions. At the end of this week, we will begin learning about persuasive writing.

In Science, we will continue to study the eye and color. We will wrap up our study of color and come to understand that what is perceived as color is what is reflected by the object. We will study lenses and how they work and will review learned concepts.

We are in need of pencils in the classroom! If possible, please send pencils along with your child so that we can re-stock. 

As always, please email me with any questions. 

Yours In Learning,

Ms. Headrick