Classroom News

Thank You Room Parents! Our class would like to sincerely thank all the room parents for making our holidays special. Julie Bland and Cindy Thompson have done a wonderful job of planning and organizing our parties. The pizza and pop party for Christmas was a HUGE success! We also want to thank Cindy Taylor for joining us on Valentine’s Day and Randi Moore for supplying delicious treats and supplies. Welcome Miss Campbell Your third grader might be coming home and talking about all the wonderful things they are learning from Miss Campbell. Miss Campbell is a WIU student completing her student teaching experience with our class. She is currently teaching all subjects and will continue to do so for a total of three weeks. She is doing an amazing job! Her last day is tentatively scheduled for April 4^th. Reminder Our class is involved with the Book-It! program. Students need to read three books during the month and complete an activity of their choice. A round of applause goes out to Melanie Blazek for reaching her reading goals for the month of January. Keep up the great work, Melanie!

Language Arts We just finished a BIG unit on folktales. Students worked in small groups to read traditional folktales, tales from other countries, and modern day folktales. Activities included identifying motifs found in the folktales, comparing traditional and modern tales using a Venn diagram, and retelling a folktale to the class. We ended our unit by performing two plays, “Slurping Beauty” and “The Popsicle Boy.” Thanks to all who were able to join us that day. Math Miss Campbell has been busy coming up with great hands-on activities and games to teach geometry. Students have learned the names of lines and plane and three-dimensional figures, determined if figures were congruent or similar, identified lines of symmetry, used flips, turns, and slides to solve tangram puzzles, and calculated perimeter, area, and volume. WOW! The next math unit will focus on probability and reading different types of graphs. Multiplication will be coming up, so we are encouraging students to get a head start by studying their facts. Science Students have been learning what a valuable resource water is. They studied the water cycle and discovered water recycles itself and identified sources for our water. We followed the pathway water takes from the source, to the treatment plant, and then to our homes, businesses, and schools. We also learned how we can conserve water. Miss Campbell will be starting a new unit on simple machines. How fun!