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3C’s Monday Memo

March 2nd articles at home to bring to school. If you search child Math: This week will be the final week for the safe search engines or use the ones listed at the end of Fractions unit. Please check your child’s progress by this memo. it is easier to find articles that are at your looking over Friday’s quiz. In addition to the concepts child’s reading/comprehension level. A tri p to the covered on the quiz, the test will also include adding public library is a good idea for additional books to and subtracting fractions with like denominators and use. Thanks for your support in helping your child. identifying a fraction’s position on a given number line. Final unit test is on Friday. Star Student this week is Nicole Roth! We look forward to learning more about her as she shares On snow days, I have asked the students to go on her photographs and All About Me poster with REFLEX, Dreambox, and Raz Kids and complete any us. homework they already know about. Thanks! Announcements: Bring your family to Lowes Island Multicultural Memorizing math facts is very important in 3rd grade. Night Thursday, March 5 from 7:00-8:00 pm. REFLEX has begun. User name is kfedders and then students will need their birth date month/date. Also, Learn about the rich culture and diversity we Dreambox can be completed at home any day of the have here at Lowes Island. There are still spots week and allows your child to work at his/her level. to sign up for a display table or to perform. We also need several volunteers. Go to Science: This week we will begin our unit on food http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4CAFA6 chains and animal adaptations. This is a fun unit and 22AAFB6-family ties in with our readers’ theater pieces the students are writing in reading groups on an animal. Notes will all Remember: students will need a display board for be available in the science notebook. Also, remember the Wax Museum at the end of the month. Please the science textbook is available online on my school note size on guidelines paper. webpage.

Reading: This week our focus will be on the main Please check with your child to see if he/she idea and supporting details of a fictional story which needs glue, a new notebook, highlighters, etc. again was an area of concern on the 2nd quarter Many supplies are running out. reading benchmark test. In addition, groups are writing readers’ theater pieces to teach about an Mrs. Feddersen animal. Karen [email protected]

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