Week of April 28th through May 2nd

Hello! April is about ready to be gone in a blink of the eye! I hope you had a great weekend! Please see below for important announcements regarding the week ahead.

• On Monday, April 28th our class--along with the other 3rd grade classes in the district--will participate in Worland's annual Arbor Day celebration. This will be held at the Community Complex at 12:30pm. Students NEED to bring a cold lunch--as we will be eating lunch at the Complex prior to the program. All are invited to attend! It should last no longer than 30 minutes. (We scheduled it over the lunch hour so possibly more parents could attend.)

• Forget spring, it's testing season. With PAWS and SAWS behind us--it's time to look ahead to MAP testing. This testing is done every spring and fall. The nice thing about MAP testing is that results are immediately available. This week the students will be doing the MAP Reading test. This will be on Wednesday (30th) at 9:30am. I will be letting your child know what he/she scored in the fall and what his/her goal is this time around. If students meet their goals in 2 of the 3 testing areas (Reading, Math, Language Usage) then a root beer float will serve as the reward. It is very important that your child is at school--as this test MUST be made up--which will require your child to miss regular class time for make ups. Please let me know if you know your child is going to be absent--as it might be possible to have your child complete the testing prior to his/her absence.

• This week is Bike Safety Week. Please encourage your child to always wear his/her helmet when riding a bike---this is important every day--not just during Bike Safety Week! 

• A new book order will be going home on Monday, April 28th. I'm sending it home a little early to ensure that the orders that are placed will arrive in time before school gets out. Therefore, this book order will be due on May 9th. 

• Just a reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, May 2nd. This is a teacher inservice/workday. Enjoy the long weekend! 

• See below for this week's spelling words. Mrs. Zimmer and I have decided to stick with the 3rd grade words--even though the SAWS testing is over. It is so important that your child is able to spell these common everyday words. 
• what
• were
• your
• their
• now
• through
• think
• because
• place
• something
• don't
• until
• without
• paper
• hard
• near
• sentence
• better
• there
• said
• then
• would
• could
• very
• know
• why
• air
• never
• world
• best
• across
• during
• today
• however

Have  a great week!

Mrs. Martinez