April 6th

Hi Parents,

IT has been a busy week with a lot going on that I am sure you kids are talking to you about. I sent home a letter on Monday regarding a book project. Here is that letter:
Character Banquet Book Report Speeches

Dear Students and Parents,

Your students will be doing a book project for the month of April. They are going to choose a “just right” chapter book to read that they can finish by the end of April. When they are finished reading the book, they will then write a speech from the perspective of one of the main characters from their book. The speech will include:
• Character’s name
• Title of the book
• Genre of the book
• Setting
• Summary of the book
• Recommendations
The speech will be written in first person.

Then, on May 6th , the 3rd grade is going to be having a banquet in which they come dressed as the character they are presenting to the class. We also want them to bring a food item that is connected to the character in some way (for example in The Mouse and the Motorcylce, the boy brings Ralph, the mouse, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, so your student could bring some sandwiches). They would not need to bring enough for the whole 3rd grade, but a sampling for the kids to try. If all the students bring a sample, there is enough for all the kids to have a potluck lunch. During the lunch, the students remain in character and have lunch conversation pretending to be the character from the book. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call us. We will be sending another letter home the last week of April asking for volunteers to help with the set up or clean up of the banquet, as well as stating what your child will be bringing for food. This is a fun event that really helps books come alive for students.

Mrs. Cech
Mrs. Porter

Important date, on Monday, April 11th, you students need to have chosen a book for the book project and have it at school! They are going to read a page to me so I can tell if the book is at an independent level.

Spelling words this week:
VCCV Pattern
(Vowel,consonant,consonant,vowel )

1. Monday
2. sudden
3. until
4. forget
5. happen
6. follow
7. dollar
8. window
9. hello
10. market
11. pretty
12. order

Word Wall Words
13. impossible
14. thought
15. almost
16. always
17. were

Challenge Words
18. stubborn
19. expect
20. iceberg
21. Antarctic

Word Chunk
quartus (Latin) = 4 (four)

22. quarter
23. quartet
24. square
25 quart


BONUS: albatross
a large sea bird
The spelling test is tomorrow 4/7

In writing we are working on persuasive writing. We plan by following this thinking:

Who is my audience:
What am I trying to get or convince my audience of:
Three reasons and support for what I am persuading on:
Conclusion:

In math we continue to focus on multiplication and division. Please let me know if you have any questions.