Week of April 22nd through 25th

Hello! I hope you and your family had a wonderful and restful spring break! I, for one, will be glad to get back into a routine. Please see below for important announcements for the week ahead.

• This Friday, April 25th, there are 5 students who will be joining me for a Book-It pizza party at our regular lunch time. These students brought back each and every Book-It calendar from October through March. If your child is one of the participating students he/she will receive a parent letter tomorrow. Great job and keep up the reading! 

• This week the students will be completing the last two SAWS (Student Assessment of Writing Skills) prompts. These prompts will be completed on two separate days. We will start at 8:30 on Wednesday and Friday. It is important that your child is at school on these days (and everyday) as these tests MUST be made up if they are missed.

• Starting NEXT week the students will be taking the MAP test in the areas of reading, math, language usage, and science. I will let you know the exact times on the Sunday, April 27th blog post. I will be letting your child know what his/her Fall 2013 test scores were (for reading, math, and language usage only) and also what his/her goal is this time around. My goal is for each student to meet their goal on 2 out of 3 subject areas (or all three). If students do this, they will be rewarded with a root beer float party at the end of the testing. 

• Also next week, on Monday, April 28th, the students will be taking part in the district-wide 3rd Grade Arbor Day program. This will be taking place at the Community Complex. A letter will be going home very soon with more details. I do know that STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BRING A SACK LUNCH on this day. 

• Please see this week's spelling words below.
• there
• first
• people
• new
• around
• off
• house
• don't
• world
• without
• almost
• earth
• light
• night
• picture
• being
• study
• second
• they
• been
• through
• write
• again
• together
• important
• above
• began
• year
• soon
• story
• since
• white
• ever

Once again, I apologize for not posting to the blog last week. Things got busy and hectic! Just a little side note: There are only 22 1/2 days of school left--and a lot more to learn and do!  Have a great short week!

Mrs. Martinez