Week of May 5th through 9th

Hello! I hope you enjoyed the nice-weather weekend! We are closing in on the end of this school year--it's hard to believe that it's almost been 9 months! I don't know about you--but the school years seem to fly by! Please see below for important announcements regarding the week ahead.

• The students rocked it on their Reading MAP test! Horray for them! All in all, 82% of the students met their end of the year goal. All of them tried very hard! I shared each student's goal with him/her on Wednesday last week. If you would like to know what your child's goal is for reading, math, and language usage--I have taped the goals to the very back inside cover of their planner.

• This week we will be doing the Language Usage portion of the MAP test. This is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th at 9:30am. If you know your child will be absent on this day please let me know and we will plan ahead. If your child is absent due to illness the MAP test will need to be made up when your child returns to school. 

• Also this week is our MAP Math test on Friday at 12:30. I know Friday afternoons aren't the best testing time--but since ALL grades are testing *someone* has to do it on Friday afternoon and that someone is us this week! Please let me know in advance if you know your child will be absent and we can have him/her complete the test before the testing day. 

• There are a few students who have birthdays in the summertime. Due to this, I always have an end-of-the-year/summer birthday party on the last week of school. I will tentatively schedule this party for Tuesday, May 20th. (This date may change.) We will plan on having this party from 2:15 until 3:00. If you have a child who has a summer birthday, or if you would just like to bring treats please feel free to sign up to help with this party. I will be sending a note home on May 12th; you can sign up on this letter. 

• We are going swimming with the other 3rd graders in the district on Wednesday, May 21st. We will be at the pool for a majority of time in the morning. We will be walking over and we'll be back at East Side in time for lunch. The fee will be $3. (Students who have Aquatic Center passes STILL have to pay the $3 fee.) Since this will be all third graders in the district, only third grade students will be allowed to swim. However, you are more than welcome to come and watch your child. I will be sending a note home as the date nears closer. 

• My class will be serving for the LAST time this week. Please check with me if you would like to take your child out to lunch--just to be sure he/she isn't serving on that day. Students will also serve in 4th and 5th grade. 

• Book orders will be due on Friday, May 9th. I will place the order right away to ensure that the books arrive by May 23rd. You can always order online using my classroom code--which was on the first book order form. 

• Please see below for this week's spelling words. 
• there
• then
• its
• little
• know
• different
• still
• often
• school
• once
• began
• today
• however
• sure
• knew
• it's
• try
• told
• said
• about
• would
• through
• don't
• important
• picture
• since
• across
• young
• sun
• thing
• whole
• hear

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at school or via e-mail. Have a great week!
Mrs. Martinez