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Pine Street Elementary Palmyra, PA

Au g u s t 2 9 t h , 2 0 1 2 Volume 1, Issue 1

Mr. Js Classroom Newsletter

Welcome to my class. My name is Brett Jankouskas, so you can just call me Mr. J. 3rd grade is an important year for all students. We will be working through the Pennsylvania standards. This year will be full of rewards for good behavior as well as great performances on assignments. The standards we will be working with are R3.A.1.1.1- R3.B.3.3.4. We will start the year off with words that have different meanings based on the context of the text. We will then go into identifying overall themes of a text, identifying the genre of a text, and spelling and grammer.

Math
Math is going to be really fun this year. I plan on having lots of fun edible activities that will help the students learn what they need. The standards we are using here are M3.A.1.1.1- M3.E.4. We will learn about whole numbers and fractions, operations, length, area, volume, weight, and learn the concepts of equality. This is going to be somewhat challenging for the students, especially grasping the concept of fractions or non-whole number, but by the end of the year they will all be fluent.
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Science
The standards for science this year are as follows; S3.A.1.1.1- S3.D.3.1.2. This year we will learn a little biology with the functions and composition of organisms, as well as physical science with the learning about Earths land formations and even volcanos. We will learn what tools are used to do scientific experiments and we will even get a chance to use them in our own experiment.

History
For History we are going to learn about Pennsylvania; Specifically Pennsylvanias origin all the way up to today and its natural resources. We will end the year learning about different cultures, races, ethnicities. The standards are as follows; 8.1.3.A- 8.4.3.D. We will make history fun with group activities and prizes to be won.

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This Weeks Assignments

The first week of class is hard. You have ot get the gears moving once again, therefore we will start off light. In math we will review last years material with geometry. In science we will be learning about what makes up organisms, and what cells are. In history we will be covering how Pennsylvania was named and who owned it first. In language arts we will go over different vocabulary words and what all of their possible meanings are. We will also see what context clues are and how to determine what words we dont know may in fact mean due to them.

This Weeks Highlights

Monday Today we are learning about homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms. Tuesday Today we are learning about Pennsylvanias beginning and how it was named. Wednesday Today we are learning about the cell and small organisms. Thursday Today we are going on a field trip to the zoo. Friday Today we have a special guest from the fire department to tell us about fire safety.

Reminders to Students
Bring money for field trip lunch Bring umbrella in case it rains Think of a costume for Fridays

Upcoming Events
Classroom Open House Tuesday, September 1st , 7:30 P.M. Pizza Night with the Faculty Friday, September 4th , 5 P.M. School Assembly This week's school assembly is on storybook characters. Children may dress up like a character on Thursday. (You might want to bring a change of clothes for the rest of the day.) Costumes can be as simple as a hat or a small picture of your character pinned to your shirt. Have fun.

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Reminders to Parents
Your child will need the following supplies this year: 1. backpack 2. 3 spiral notebooks 3. 1 box of pencils 4. erasers 5. rulers 6. compass 7. lunch box

References
Parents if you would like any information about the school standards here is the website; http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/Views#264 76