Mrs. Kocourek's 3rd Grade: February 16-19

Hi Everyone,

Another short week this week!

Reminders:

We took our Unit 6 word study test this week. Be looking for them to come home this week Tuesday.
It’s a Penny War! Student Council is sponsoring a Penny War from February 16th-19th to raise money for Pillars Warming Shelter. Students can bring in pennies to earn points for their own class and silver coins to subtract points from other classes.
If your child is looking for something to do over the long weekend, they can make a birthday card for our school nurse, Mrs. Geoffrey! Her birthday is this Tuesday. If you send me a picture of them with their card or note, I will add it to a slideshow surprise for Mrs. Geoffrey!
Our next virtual Family Night will be March 4th from 5:30-6:30. Be looking for more info on that in the next few weeks!

Coming up:

February 15: NO SCHOOL

February 16: PENNY WAR THIS WEEK

February 19: Dress Like Your Future Job!

February 24: Wear Purple and Yellow

March 4: Family Night

Curriculum:

Math: We're coming up to the end of this math unit! It's looking like the test will be this week Friday. To help your child prepare for the test, I will be sending home the Unit 4 Review on Tuesday. Students can work on it a little bit each night. Ways that you can help at home are giving your child some "test taking" tips, or having them explain some of their answers to you. If it gets too hard/causes tears, please just stop and let me know. I want this to be a positive experience for them going into the test, not the opposite.

Writing: We're finishing our baby literary essays. We're making sure we explain our evidence to really convince our reader of our opinion.

Reading: This week we'll have some assessments, and then we'll start our next reading unit -- Information! We'll be learning all about animals. Hopefully this is exciting for students :) At home, they should be doing a mixture of reading fiction and nonfiction for this unit.

Check out some pictures from this week!