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== Welcome to our class wikispace: Room15Friends! Our wiki is a great place for parents to stay connected to our class and for students to check out websites at home for fun and interesting ways to practice skills. == **Here are some important things we're learning about lately: extending basic mult. and division facts and applying them in more complex problems and number stories; fractions; inferring in our reading; the elements of realistic fiction as we write our own realistic fiction; and simple machines.**



=Important Reminders =

=We will be digging deeper and expanding our horizons and expectations in all areas during this exciting time in third grade!=

== A __huge__ thank you goes to Mrs. Kothe and Mrs. Bell for planning such a fun Valentine's Party for our class! We appreciate __all__ of the parent support and volunteers for our party set-up, clean-up, and supplies! == = TCAP TESTS = = TCAP, formerly known as CSAP, will be taken in three academic areas: reading, writing, and math. = = (TCAP stands for Transitional Colorado Assessment Program.) Math and writing will be taken in March before spring break. //**Reading will be taken on February 22nd - 23rd.**// All tests will be taken in the morning only. Our class is preparing for the "Big Game," as we like to call it, by learning some specific test-taking strategies that will serve us well in our school career and beyond. (We've actually been preparing all year long for the other stuff such as being observant readers, writers, and mathematicians, so we've got that part covered!) : ) Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as we dive into this part of our third grade year together. = = = =__ Upcoming Field Trips __= =//** Monday, April 2nd - Plains Conservation Center **//= = __This trip is the day we return from spring break, so please make sure your child has returned his or her permission slip and entry fee by Friday, March 23rd, the Friday //before// spring break.__ I will send an email reminder over break to help students remember to wear appropriate clothing for the weather and to bring sack lunches. = = = =// Wednesday, April 18th - Swedish Health Fair at Swedish Hospital //= = This is a __morning trip only__ so students will be back at school for a later lunch. = = = =// Wednesday, May 9th - Wildlife Experience //= = Students will need to bring a disposable or recyclable sack lunch. =
 * Leprechaun Traps using Simple Machines - Due on Friday, March 16th, one day before St. Patrick's Day. Thanks for your help at home supporting your scientist and inventor! **

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Here are links to other useful websites you may want to visit in third grade:

[|Littleton Public Schools] [] Google Docs through LPS [|www.freerice.com] [|Heifer International] [|Scholastic] [|Picasa] Spelling City Online Typing Wordle Flock Draw National Library of Virtual Manipulatives DuPage Children's Museum: Aunty Math Fun Math Lessons by Cynthia Lanius Fact Monster Mentor Writer, Ralph Fletcher National Geographic Kids Make Beliefs Comics Glogster! Poster Maker Plains Conservation Center Denver Museum of Nature & Science The Wildlife Experience

Please let me know if you find other fun and useful websites so we can add them to our page!