Room B6 Chronicle

Mrs. Light and Mrs. White’s 3rd Grade Class
Dates to Remember:
 Book order deadline is this Wed., 3/4.
 Next Wed., 3/11, is spring picture day. Dress accordingly.
 March 9-13 is Women in History Week.
 Please do not forget! Our performance of Vacation on Mars is next Wed,
March 11, at 1:30 p.m. in the MPR. Please arrive a few minutes early to
ensure you are in your seat by our curtain time
 Our New West Symphony field trip is Wed., 3/18. Next week we will send
home permission slips to be completed and returned by next Thursday, 3/12.
 Wed., 3/18 is Family Fun Night at Sharky’s Grill in Camarillo.
 Wed., 4/8, is Tierra Linda’s Science Night from 6-8 pm.
 Spring Break is April 13-17. School resumes Mon, April 20.
 Spring Open House is on Thurs., May 28.
 Mon., May 25, is Memorial Day holiday. No school.
March 2, 2020
Other Important News
 Students should be practicing their play parts and songs at
home as much as possible. Please encourage students to
“perform” for you with an emphasis on volume, expression
(this is especially important), body language, eye contact,
and memorization. Thank you for your help!
 We need 2-3 parent volunteers for our on-site New West
Symphony Music Van visit on Friday, March 13, from 8:50-
9:50 a.m. in the MPR. Please email us or write a note in your
child’s communicator if you can help. It is fun and the
children LOVE it!

Curriculum News
 LANGUAGE ARTS: This week we will begin our sixth unit in our ELA adoption, Making Decisions. The
essential question in this unit is, “What helps us solve problems?” Nearly all of the text passages in this unit,
while wrapped around a decision-making theme, are fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Many of the original
tales are dark and thought provoking; not always the happily-ever-after endings that we have come to
associate with the fairy tale genre. If your student wants to explore more of these Grimm Brothers tales (over
the years students have been very interested), go to: http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-
tales/index?page=1 March book reports (with a focus on characters) are due Tues., 3/31. Spelling words
this week are: geese, lives, sheep, themselves, grass, people, teeth, and wolves. In Writer's Workshop
this week, we are continuing to work on our presidential reports, basic paragraph review, and descriptive
exercises. Our new class read-aloud with Mrs. Light is the wonderful, magical, Newbery Award-winning Flora
and Ulysses by Kate DiCamille. Ask your child about this fun and whimsical story. In addition, we encourage
families to continue read-alouds at home. For more information on the value of read-alouds go to:
http://www.reachoutandread.org/why-we-work/importance-of-reading-aloud/
 MATH: Please review, correct Module 3 test on lessons 16-21, and return it, signed, by Wednesday, Feb.
27th. This week we will begin working on Geometry – focusing on area in Module 4.
 SOCIAL STUDIES: This week students will finish researching and writing their president reports.
 ART DOCENT: Last week our ceramics went through their first firing in the kiln. We will be glazing and firing
again soon. The balance of the Art Docent lessons will take place into spring. Thank you, Art Docents
Parents!

St. Patrick's Day Fun Fact

 The first St. Patrick's Day parade in America took place in New York City in 1762.
 Chicago is famous for dying its river green; the tradition began in 1962.
 Irish Soda Bread gets its name and distinctive character from the use of baking soda instead of yeast as the leavening
agent.
 Since 1820 a total of 4.8 Irish immigrants have been admitted into the U.S. for "lawful permanent" residence.
 The United States as a whole claims 12% of its residents have Irish ancestry.
 Some of the world' finest writers are of Irish ancestry including: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Jonathan Swift, Oscar
Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Elizabeth Bowen.
 The shamrock, also known as "seamroy" by the Celts, was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the
rebirth of spring.
 Each St. Patrick's Day thousands of Irish-Americans gather with their loved-ones to share a "traditional" meal of corned
beef and cabbage.