Weeks of 4/26/10 and 5/3/10

This is an exciting week in third grade at St. Sylvester! Students have turned in their science fair projects on simple machines, and they look fantastic! The science fair will be held on Thursday and Friday of this week during school hours. They will be displayed for visitors on Thursday night from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. We have finished reading Because of Winn Dixie, and students are starting their shoebox dioramas today. They must choose an important scene from the story and recreate it within a shoebox. Students should include accurate information such as appropriate characters and setting details. The due date for this project is TBD. This Saturday there will be a practice held for First Communion from 9am - 12pm. All students that are taking part in first communion should attend the practice so they know what procedures to follow on the day of. Sunday, May 2nd, there will be an open house at the school from 11am - 3pm.

Next week we will begin a writing unit in Language Arts. Students will continue to work on division facts in Math. In Science, third grade will continue learning about the different body systems and their functions. We will wrap up the Economics chapter in Social Studies, and students will have a test over the unit. Sunday, May 9th, is First Communion.