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March 27, 2009

Week of March 30, 2009

Dear Parents,

On International Day our room was filled with colorful and unique costumes from around the world. We visited displays of various countries in the gym and learned many interesting facts about each country. To top it off, we enjoyed an international tasting feast in our class! Thank you, Mrs. Diaz, for organizing such a delicious event! Ethnic dishes were brought in by the families of Camille Andrade, Cole Page, Dominic Diaz, John O’Conner, Madisyn Scott, Matthew Silva, Manuel Rosas, Miranda Murillo, and Sebastian Petcu. Merci Beaucoup!

Congratulations to Ali Miller for passing the 5 minute test of 100 multiplication facts. Super!

Helena Modjeska House Fieldtrip: On Monday, April 6, we will be going on a 3rd grade fieldtrip! Please read the attached flyer and send in the permission slip and fee by next Thursday, April 2nd.

Have a wonderful weekend! God bless.
Mrs. Vandercook

For Your Information:

Spelling Homework: Using list #28, students are to write sentences using any 10 of the spelling words. Due next Wednesday. On the spelling test students must write the first 12 spelling words in cursive.

Baby Pictures: Please send in a baby or toddler picture of your child for an end-of-the-year project. We will make a copy of it and return the picture to you if needed.

Uniform Dress Code: The office has asked us to remind parents and students to follow the dress code. Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes. Thank you.

“Taste of the World” International Dinner: Tonight, 3/27, at 6 – 8:30pm in the Arboretum.

3rd Quarter Report Cards: Report cards will be mailed 4/2.

Easter Break: No school on Friday, April 10th, through Friday, April 17th. We return to school
on Monday, April 20th.

Disneynature Earth Fieldtrip: Thursday, April 23rd; 10am movie presentation at Downtown Disney. More information will follow in April.

Spelling List #28

1. Easter
2. Sunday
3. April
4. Christ
5. offering
6. Calvary
7. thieves
8. Pharisees
9. guards
10. blood
11. mocked
12. vinegar
13. betrayed
14. disciples
15. eternal
16. rooster
17. burial
18. resurrection
19. victory
20. forgiveness
21. salvation
22. innocent: not guilty
23. crucify: to kill by nailing to a cross
24. deny: to say that something is not true

Bible Memory Verse:

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.

Third Grade Fieldtrip

What: Helena Modjeska House

The Helena Modjeska House is a registered historical landmark. Helena Modjeska was one of our country’s leading Shakespearean actresses in the 1800s. This Inside the Outdoors ® Program is sponsored by the O.C. Dept. of Education. Students will experience life in Santiago Canyon at the turn-of-the-20th century.

Where: Helena Modjeska House, Modjeska Canyon Road, Silverado.

When: Monday, April 6th, 2009

Time: 8am – 2:00pm

Cost: $27.00 per student

Please make checks payable to C.C.A.; memo: 3rd gr. Fieldtrip
If a family is unable to cover this cost, please see Mrs. Vandercook or contact her by e-mail: svandercook@crystalcathedral.org

Chaperones:

We have room for 1 more parent from Mrs. Vandercook’s class and 4 from Mrs.Hungerford’s class. Please contact Mrs. Vandercook if you’d like to be a chaperone.

Due Date: Signed permission slip and fieldtrip fee are due next Thursday, April 2nd .

March 20, 2009

Week of March 23, 2009

Dear Parents,

Happy first day of spring! On St. Patrick’s Day a bunch of cute, little leprechauns showed up in our class. At the end of the day we enjoyed a fun craft as well as Mrs. Sutherland’s green jello cake. Thank you, Mrs. Diaz, for the terrific flower pen in a green bucket craft! What a terrific treat!

During our last quarter of school we will have a math quiz every other week. They will be given on the weeks that we do not have regular math tests from our Saxon 4th grade math curriculum. The quizzes will be short tests that will review 3rd grade math concepts. They will serve as check points to make sure students are mastering basic 3rd grade math skills. Our hope is that these quizzes will strengthen your child’s confidence in his or her math computation abilities.

Math Update: Please review the following math concepts with your child:

Fraction of a group: What is ¼ of 60? (60 divided by 4 = 15)
Perimeter: Find the perimeter of a 5”inch square. (Add up all the sides)
Area: Find the area of a 6 inch square. (Length x width = area)
Multiplication and division facts.

Have a super weekend! God bless.
Mrs. Vandercook

For Your Information:

Spelling Homework: Using list #26, students are to write sentences using any 10 of the spelling words. Due next Wednesday. On the spelling test students must write the first 11 spelling words in cursive.

Practice Math Test 15A Assigned for Monday’s Homework: Practice math test 154A is due on Tuesday, 3/24. Math Test 15B will be on Wednesday, 3/25.

March Book Report: Due Friday, 3/27.

Baby Pictures: Please send in a baby or toddler picture of your child for an end-of-the-year project. We will make a copy of it and return the picture to you if needed.

International Day: Wednesday, 3/25. Our International Day Assembly will be at 1:10pm in the gym after lunch. Each class will perform a song led by Miss DeLeon. Afterwards, our class will have a mini-tasting party and share time. Students are encouraged to bring a cultural snack or food dish. Also, students may bring in cultural artifacts they’d like to share with the rest of the class. We hope you can join us for these events!

Uniform Dress Code: The office has asked us to remind parents and students to follow the dress code. Please review the attached dress code guidelines.

Spelling List #26

1. nothing
2. healthy
3. honesty
4. largest
5. carries
6. building
7. enjoy
8. pharmacy
9. pasta
10. grille
11. exhibit
12. anchor
13. elephant
14. Africa
15. Australia
16. Japan
17. American
18. Canada
19. Canadian
20. Mexico
21. Mexican
22. deliberately: on purpose
23. foreign: from another country
24. possess: to have or own something

Bible Memory Verse:

We are taking an in-depth look at the 10 Commandments for the next 2 weeks.

March 13, 2009

Week of March 16, 2009

Dear Parents,

Many of us are still adjusting to the time change, especially the teacher. Our terrific students, however, persevered and were able to make good strides in our academic work! A couple of our students have reported that their peanut plants are sprouting. Madison Rauscher brought her young seedling in to share. Students are welcome to bring in their plants as they begin to germinate.

Next Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day. Students may wear free dress to school as long as they have on some article of green clothing. If students do not want to wear green they are to wear their regular school uniforms. Students who wear school uniforms will receive a green clover to wear that day.

Congratulations to Cole Page for passing all of the one minute multiplication tests. Madisyn Scott and Zachary Poit passed the test of 100 multiplication facts in 4 minutes. Scarlett Vigil passed the 3 minute test of 100 multiplication facts. Outstanding!

Math Update: Please review the following math concepts with your child:

Perimeter: Find the perimeter of a 5”inch square. (Add up all the sides)
Area: Find the area of a 6 inch square. (Length x width = area)
Multiplication and division facts.

Have a restful weekend! God bless.
Mrs. Vandercook

For Your Information:

Spelling Homework: Using list #25, students are to write sentences using any 10 of the spelling words. Due next Wednesday. On the spelling test students must write the first 10 spelling words in cursive.

March Book Report: Due Friday, 3/27.

Baby Pictures: Please send in a baby or toddler picture of your child for an end-of-the-year project. We will make a copy of it and return the picture to you if needed.

International Day: Wednesday, 3/25. Our International Day Assembly will be at 1:10pm in the gym after lunch. Each class will perform a song led by Miss DeLeon. Afterwards, our class will have a mini-tasting party and share time. Students are encouraged to bring a cultural snack or food dish. Also, students may bring in cultural artifacts they’d like to share with the rest of the class. We hope you can join us for these events!

Spelling List #25

1. office
2. computer
3. headache
4. pitcher
5. instead
6. reporter
7. jewelry
8. hobby
9. wool
10. mildew
11. ceiling
12. breathe
13. stretching
14. onion
15. lawn
16. earthworm
17. sentence
18. noun
19. subject
20. comma
21. capital
22. assembly: a group of people gathered together
23. donation: a gift
24. opinion: what one thinks

Bible Memory Verse:

We are taking an in-depth look at the 10 Commandments for the next 3 weeks.

March 06, 2009

Week of March 9, 2009

Dear Parents,

Our Bible Mannequins project is coming along nicely! We have some very handsome and beautiful Bible characters. Thank you, parents, for coming back to our second sewing session! We appreciated the help from the families of Scarlett Vigil, Zachary McDonald, and Zachary Poit. Our class still needs to make sandals for their Bible characters as well as add accessories. Please join us next Monday, 3/9, from 10:30 – 11:30am.

Congratulations to Camille Andrade for passing the 3 minute test of 100 multiplication facts. Terrific!

Math Update: This class has done a superb job of practicing the steps for long division. I’ve included a practice sheet along with an answer key for additional practice. Students may turn the worksheet in for extra credit (5 points). They must show their work.

Have a great weekend! God bless.
Mrs. Vandercook

For Your Information:

Spelling Homework: Using list #24, students are to write sentences using any 10 of the spelling words. Due next Wednesday. On the spelling test students must write the first 9 spelling words in cursive.

Practice Math Test 14A Assigned for Monday’s Homework: Practice math test 14A is due on Tuesday, 3/10. Math Test 14B will be on Wednesday, 3/11.

March Book Report: We did not have a book report assigned for February. An additional copy of the book report form is attached. March’s Book report is due 3/27.

Baby Pictures: Please send in a baby or toddler picture of your child for an end-of-the-year project. We will make a copy of it and return the picture to you if needed.

Reminder of Upcoming Dates: Please Mark Your Calendars!

International Day: Wednesday, March 25th

Helena Modjeska House Fieldtrip – Monday, April 6; 8am – 1pm. Please e-mail me at svandercook@crystalcathedral.org or send in a note if you are interested in being a chaperone. We have room for five chaperones from each 3rd grade class. There will be a fieldtrip fee for students, but not for chaperones.

Easter Break: No school - Friday, April 10th – Friday, April 17th.

Disneynature Earth Fieldtrip: Thursday, April 23rd; 10am movie presentation at Downtown Disney. We do not have chaperone information available at this point.

SAT Testing: Monday, April 27 – Friday, April 30th Please do not schedule appointments or trips that will interfere with the SAT testing. Thank you!

Spelling List 24

1. poor 13. auditorium

2. occasion 14. sharpen

3. prince 15. threw

4. requested 16. coconut

5. wheelchair 17. tourist

6. chili 18. searching

7. while 19. thermometer

8. glimpse 20. temperature

9. type 21. degrees

10. travel 22. adequate – sufficient enough

11. jigsaw 23. catastrophe – a sudden disaster

12. maybe 24. document – written proof of something