Quick Update

It's been a while since we've had a post on the grade 3 blog!

The Grade 3s will be writing a grade 3 district Math exam in early June. In

preparation, we have been doing 12 daily mental math questions with the goal of completing all 12 questions as accurately as possible within 3 minutes. We have been working daily on these exercises for about 2 weeks now. Each day, we work hard at adding more strategies to our "plan of action" and the students have themselves seen their improvement and progress - keep up the good work!

In other news, we are still collecting some final items from the teachers of the school to send off to the teachers of Afghanistan. We hope to have the boxes shipped off this coming week.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say Thank you to those parents that helped out with Skating in February. This little note comes late, but you were definitely not forgotten! The students and myself greatly appreciated the help and it was wonderful to have so many adults come enjoy the ice time with us!

Just a friendly reminder that students should be getting their agendas signed each night. Homework is also due on Tuesdays - I have begun to send home "homework slips" if students have not passed in their homework or have incomplete work. Lastly, please prompt your child on their home reading - they should be spending at least 10-15 minutes each night reading aloud to someone at home. I have also reminded them that they need to be switching their books (and reading with me!) at LEAST once every two weeks.

Thank you for the continued support! Enjoy the wonderful weather to come this weekend!

Science Fair

Dear Parents,

Forest Hills School will be having a science fair for Grades 3-5 which will be due April 15th. This science fair will be optional for grades 3 and 4 and mandatory for grade five students. Since this is optional for grades three/four, we will not be allocating class time for students to work on their projects or displays. Children interested in participating may pick a topic at home, plan the science experiment and bring the project to school when it is completed.

All projects will be put on display April 17th in the school. Your child will also be responsible for putting it together on a "Fold Out Corrugated Presentation Board."

The outline of the experiment should contain the following parts:
1. My question
2. My hypothesis (what you think will happen)
3. Materials
4. Procedure
5. Observations
6. Results
7. Conclusion

Sincerely,

Forest Hills Grade 3-5 Team