Highlights from Week 30!

Hi 307 Families, this is Mrs. Froberg writing the post for this week! We had a jam packed week and I am sure all your students will be wanting a much needed break. We celebrated on Friday the end of MSP testing after two weeks of hard, focused work. For our third graders, it was their first time taking the MSP Math and Reading tests and they worked so hard! Each student came to school rested, focused and ready for testing, so thank you families.

Now that testing is over, students will be having homework once again. On Friday each student took home a mini homework packet that focuses on their historical fiction book club novel. Each student has a specific page their group has decided to read to by the next book club meeting which is next Wednesday. In addition, they have several paragraphs to write about their book in the homework packet. Regular homework will resume next Wednesday.

On Friday we took a field trip to the Moore Theatre, where we watched several incredible performances by young aspiring musicians ages 15-21 years old. There was an eclectic mix of musical styles, including steel drums, a brass band, rock-and-roll, soul and rap. The class loved it and several students even got out of their seats to dance to the music! It was inspiring for many students to see how talented some of the young musicians were and what they can accomplish. 

Highlights:
Writing - We continued free writing this week, to give students a chance to get back into the routine of writing after more structured writing topics in preparation for testing. Next week we will be starting a new unit on Persuasive Writing, which will be fun and exciting! Students will be writing letters and learning the art of persuasion.

Math - We are still continuing to work on decimals, converting fractions to decimals, comparing decimals and writing decimals in expanded form. Next week we will be nearing the end of the unit and will start our review.

Reading - We completed week 3 of our historical fiction unit. Students have been having great discussions and bringing up deep topics during their meetings. This week we worked on how to see the world through the eyes of the characters in the book and gathering details from descriptive passages. Students acted as detectives in a fun activity on Thursday where they each had a sentence and they had to use the details in their sentence to find the students who had sentences from the same descriptive paragraph as them. They did a great job!

Special Project- We worked on a fun Mother's Day art project this week making silhouettes profiles of each student. Each student got to pick the background paper and cut out their silhouette to put in the frame. They also wrote letters to special people in their families, including moms, dads, aunts, grandmas and cousins. Happy Mother's Day to everyone!