March 4, 2010
Just so you will know.....

            I hope you enjoyed the “Heroes of the Faith” Wax Museum last Friday.  The students looked and sounded great, and I was a proud teacher!  Thank you so much for all you did to make that learning experience such a positive one!
            We have begun Charlotte’s Web, and Wilbur has already endeared himself  to this class. By the end of the week, we will love Charlotte too. I encourage you to have your student reread to you as many chapters as your schedules allow. Shared rereading promotes fluency, reinforces vocabulary development, and assists comprehension, as well. Third graders aren’t too old to enjoy the one-on-one time reading aloud with a parent as an audience. Go for it!
            As you may already know, a CAK Third Grade tradition is a readers theater presentation of this story, and it is scheduled this year on Friday afternoon, March 26, at 1:00. Each student will be assigned a character part which will be read. There will not be a need for memorization! The students will be asked to wear an appropriate costume. (Don’t worry! Remember, our costuming philosophy  is always “creativity with what you’ve got or can borrow.)
            Next Thursday, March 11, will be the day for our field trip to see the Charlotte’s Web play, for which you have already received information. We will leave CAK for the Coliseum at 8:45 a.m., and we will return to have lunch at school in our classrooms. Because of the field trip on Thursday, we will have our weekly spelling test (Unit 28) on Friday, March 12. 
            The Bible verse assessment will be a fill-in-the-blank quiz on the entire Psalm 46, and it will be given on Friday, as well. Our only other test next week will cover adjectives and adverbs (Chapter 13) in English. Students will prepare with a chapter review which will be sent home on Monday evening. I am also sending home corrected language worksheets in today’s folder which will indicate areas on which individual students might need more practice for complete understanding. In some cases, I have noted the need for completion or correction and return.  A second graded packet for the last lessons  in the chapter will be sent home on Friday or Monday. 
            As you may have noticed on the schedule, there will be no chapel during the week of March 8-12. It is also time to get in April lunch orders. They are due on Monday, March 8.
             That brings us “up-to-date” for the present. Our third grading period is almost done! How can it be? The final date to meet this quarter’s AR Reading Goal is next Wednesday, March 10. I am sending home in today’s folder a status report, thru Wednesday, March 3. Please remember that in order for each student to qualify for the  Third Grade AR Goal Celebration, the point goal must be met with a comprehension rate of 90%. Thank you for your support of our efforts to improve reading comprehension.
            Have a good week, and pray for spring!

In Christ,
Mamie Sullivan
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