New Year – New Job – New Room

Boys and Girls, I am going to be Palmer Way’s Reading Language Arts Specialist! In other words, I am going to be in room D3 helping students learn to read better, faster, and in a fun way – like Mrs. Mazeau and Ms. Schaefer used to do. We also have a new principal this year, Mrs. Hernandez. She is very nice and excited to help all of you learn the best way possible.

I hope you had a relaxing and fun summer. I was able to go back and visit my family in Virginia and Kentucky. I took Kyle and Emily to Virginia for 2 weeks and then we drove over to Kentucky for a week. My parents planned all sorts of enriching activities for us. Click here to see the pictures.

When we flew back to California, Tim joined us in a road trip up to Fresno to visit Tim’s family. I bet a lot of you have been visiting your families this summer too. Emily and I swam in some refreshing swimming pools and enjoyed playing at playgrounds. Emily and Kyle already started going to Preschool! Kyle is loving all the friends to play with and Emily is enjoying seeing her friends from last year. This weekend we are going camping. Check back soon for more pictures.

Well, I hope you are all reading and practicing your times tables. School will be back in full swing and you want to be full of all the skills you’ve learned as good readers and mathematicians. Emily and Kyle have both received some cool, free prizes from the library’s summer reading programs. I hope you have been taking advantage of it too.

The first day of school is Monday, August 24th!

Take care, I miss you, and I can’t wait to see you soon, Love,

Mrs. Bo

End of the Year

Chemical changes in matter, more cursive practice, multiplication tests, writing our memories to one another, and thank you notes is what we have planned for the next 5 days.

Oh my, It is almost the last day of school, Thursday, June 17! I can’t believe you boys and girls will be 4th graders so soon. Luckily for you, I’m making a Summer Reading Packet to keep your reading skills fresh. I’ll also be sending home some multiplication tests so you can practice your facts too. Maybe twice a week, you should give yourself a test and see how many you know. Many students have been passing them because we’ve been trying everyday! Way to go, Math multplication memorizers!

Monday is favorite t-shirt day and Angel’s birthday! Mrs. Wright is coming on Tuesday after lunch! Wednesday is our all 3rd grade picnic! Finally Thursday is our last day of school!

If you borrowed any books from me this year, please return them to my library so students can continue to check them out next year!!!!!!!

New Science Topic – You choose!

Science – We have 4 weeks left in 3rd grade so we are going to study some science that we never got to. I’ve added some new links to the left to check out. Should we study water environments, the planets, or chemical changes in matter?

MATH: We are going to continue to practice our multiplication facts, so keep practicing! We might even dip into some more 4th grade math (like we did with expanded notation of decimals! Can you expand this number? First person with the correct response gets to chose our PE game for the day! 7,809.34

Spelling Bee: Our next grade level competition will be a spelling bee. These will include the 100 most misspelled words as well as a list to be included later. Here’s a TOUGH game to play.

Folktale Plays – Folktales are great stories that provide lessons for children. We will be practicing and performing these plays in the next 4 weeks. It is a very helpful skill to learn how to perform in front of your peers.

STAR testing

3 days of testing are almost finished. Find out all you need to know from the California Department of Education website. We didn’t start very well on Monday with the English Practice Test. Luckily, with some help from sucking Jolly Ranchers and chewing gum, we performed much better on the math. So far, Tuesday and Wednesday have gone well. The students are showing their work and trying their best. I bet we have several Proficient and Advanced students this year! (Yes, it’s true that chewing gum helps!)

On Wednesday, we acted like CSI detectives and found out what type of fingerprints we have. We discovered that there are no two fingerprints alike, not even on the same person. In fact, some people can have all 3 different types of fingerprints, loops, whorls, and arches. Which type do you think is MOST common?

There is no telling what we might do next!

Palmer Way Olympics – coming soon – June 5th for grades K-3.

Baskin Robbins 31 cent scoop night

Tonight from 5 to 10pm, Baskin Robbins is giving ice cream away for 31 cents! Go out tonight for a cheap treat! The fundraiser is going to benefit firefighters!

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/

CST (California State Testing) will take place on Tuesday, May 12, Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14. Do NOT miss any of those days! For the children who come on all three days, we will tie dye t-shirts! You bring the white shirt and we’ll do the rest in class.

Spring Break

The break is almost over. I hope you are enjoying yourselves but don’t forget to come back on Monday, April 20. We are going to continue our Biography Reports. I’ll have a list of who you are studying as well as some links to visit for your report. Your goal should be to fill in this topic sentence, “Albert Einstein was a spectacular inventor made famous because he was intelligent, determined, and surprising.”        OR     “Lance Armstrong is an astonishing sport star made famous because of his racing talent, accomplishments, and his generosity.” You should be able to come up with 3 traits that make your subject great! Not words like “cool or awesome.” Research and find 3 things that your subject is/was able to do really well.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, then check out these two fun events:

Saturday and Sunday at Sea Port Village – Busker’s Fair- noon to 5pm, FREE!

Sunday – Earth Fair at Balboa Park 10am – 5pm, free!

My break has been filled with silly moments with my family and relaxation. Stay up to date with my events on the Flora family website. I can’t wait to hear how your break has been.

Thank you Mrs. Wright

Dear Mrs. Wright,

We want to thank you so much for joining our classroom for the past 8 weeks. It’s been a pleasure to share every day with you. We’ve learned so much about the government and biomes because of you.

Thank you for the pizza, ice cream treats, Capri Suns, pens, and pencils! You are such a giving person.

Next week is not going to be the same without you. We’ll have to sit outside waiting for Mrs. Bo to come in the morning. Then we’ll have to work more independently because you won’t be there to help guide a lesson. We do wish you luck at your new site though. Send us a picture of your new class, OK?

New Topics for us this week:

Story: Across the Wide Dark Sea, learning about voyagers on the Mayflower

Grammar skill: Possessive nouns  (Harry’s book or the boys’ footballs)

Math: Geometry

Looking forward to Spring Break! April 6 – 17 (NO SCHOOL) but we will be working on our Spring Break packet!

Here is the Preposition Game you like

http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/FlashedESL/CatsMX.swf

Leprechaun Traps due Monday, March 16

Leprechaun traps – Have fun building them and be ready to write the directions on how to build the trap.

Science – Biomes, Habitats, and Adaptations

You are so excited about your science unit on the four major land Biomes! So far we have learned about the desert and the grasslands. Check out the cool videos and links to learn more.

see the sidebar on the left under Kids Science. Don’t forget both user and password for Brainpop is nationalsd

Parent conferences on Monday:1:30 = J. Garcia, 2:00 = Isaac, 2:30 = Alyssa, 3:00 = Savannah, 4:00 = Prince, 4:30 = Julius, 5:00 = J. Hudson

Tuesday: 7:45am = Justin, 1:30 = Natasha

Wednesday: 1:30 = Miguel, 2:30 = Jocelyn

Thursday: 1:30 =Kenneth

Friday: 1:30 = Angel

Monday, March 16: 1:30 = Jerick

not scheduled yet!!!!! Felix, Alex, and

? Jose – Friday, March 20