Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!  Today we will talk about our 16th President.  Yesterday we made Mr. Lincoln with our third grade Buddies.  I hope you enjoy him.

READING-We wind up our unit about Neighborhoods.  We will review “H  h  D d  R r”  letters and sounds and the words “Are  are  For for  You  you.”  These words have been added to their writing/reading word wall and the students are expected to know them.  By now, they have quite a healthy list of words that they are expected to know and they are doing very well with reading and writing those words.  We also have been working with “at”  and “an” chunks.  They should be able to read words and create rhyming words with those chunks in them.  Look for these words and chunks in your daily reading with them.

MATH-$$$  Since we already know the penny and nickel, I am adding on dime.  Practice making trades at home with money.  Start slowly…”How many pennies will you give me for this nickel?” Dimes for pennies?  Pennies for 1 dime and 1 nickel?

WRITING-Grammar!!! I am focusing on speaking and writing with correct grammar!  “My sister and I…”  (not “Me and my sister…”)  I have taught them how to figure out if they need to use I or me.  It takes practice.  They need to hear correctly spoken grammar in order for them to speak and write correctly themselves.

VALENTINE’S DAY is Friday.  The students have been telling me all about writing out names on the Valentines.  They are so excited.  Today we are making a Valentine bag.

***I told the kids today that I was going to post on my blog to you that they are becoming “awesome writers!”  You should have seen today’s Free Writing.  Amazing sentences and they just kept on writing until I stopped them.  Super-duper stamina!

Have a good rest of the week.  Think Spring and have a warm (?) Mid-Winter Break.

Mrs. Smith