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STUDENT OF THE MONTH

And our class' nominees for student of the month are: 1. Gabriela Cruz 2. John Acuña 3. Maria J. Gonzalez 4. Julián Rodriguez 5. Maria Jose Palacios 6. Jorge Angarita

And the student of the month is... Julián Rodriguez!!!

Congratulations! You did it!!!

NOTES

WRITING

The writing process we follow in class is:

1. Mondays: Brainstorming. Students make a web chart and they write their ideas for their first draft.

2. Tuesdays: First draft. Organize all your ideas in paragraphs and sentences and make the first draft for your piece of writing.

3. Wednesdays: Revise. Check the general organization of your paragraphs, sentences and contents. Make sure your message is clear to the readers.

4. Thursday: Editing. Check the spelling and handwriting. Make sure your readers can understand and read your handwriting.

5. Publishing: add the final details to your story, such as pictures, colors, titles, signature, among others.

SPELLING

This is our routine for every week:

1. Mondays: Pyramid writing

2. Tuesdays: Pictionary

3. Wednesdays: Sentence writing

4. Thursday: Word Classification

5. Friday: Dictation

EVALUATION AND TESTING

MAP testing is tomorrow! Let's get ready! Congratulations team! I'm very proud of you!!! Last L.A and Math tests were super!

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET

Let's bring $1000 pesos and some of the following things: coffee, chocolate, sugar, salt, oil, tuna, sardins and milk for those people that cooperate with us everyday.

Let's celebrate labor day by sharing with kindness!

NEWS / NOTICIAS

Mid term reports will be sent home soon!

SOCIAL STUDIES

Our pamphlets are finally ready!

Take a quick look at our last projects.


The class invited one of the middle school teachers, Mr. David Esch, to present their projects and talk about their city and its main aspects.

Mr. Esch learned a lot more about Bucaramanga and he is very proud of their excellent work.

Way to go 3B!!!

We'll start making one book about Santander.

Visit: www.santander.gov.co and read all about your departm

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SCIENCE

We'll be starting to work in our science projects for our science fair. Our projects are:

1. Bending a beam in the dark.

Jorge Mario and Santiago

2. Magic Color Breakdown.

Maria A. Botero and Maria J. Barrera

3. Bouncing Spotlight.

George Angarita and John Acuña

4. A clown that will not lie down.

Gabriela Cruz and Valentina Diaz

5. Store some heat.

Maria J. Palacios and Laura Pinzon

6. Making a Rainbow.

Maria J. Gonzalez and Valentina Perez

7. Making a Shadow.

Jose G. Rivera and Sergio Tobar

8. Lift a load.

Valerie Merchan and Maria C. Heredia

9. How an elevator works

Julian Rodriguez and Juan J. Romero

MATH

Please do not forget to practice addition and subtraction, they are also very useful!!!

Having a hard time learning the time tables? you have no idea about how easy it can be...

Watch this video and sing the MULTIPLICATION RAP SONGS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0zm4rYZBA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6v6rV8AJA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY29CQKcoFU&feature=related

READING

Let's not forget to bring our new notebooks for reading, they will help us keep track of the most interesting books we read in and out of class!

Bring your HRP every Friday, remember you need to read at least 1 book at home everyday and it can't be the same one.

Guided Reading Groups:

1. White Team:

Valentina Perez, Juan Jose Romero, Gabriela Cruz, Maria Jose Palacios, Maria jose Gonzalez and George Angarita.

2. Blue Team:

Jose G. Rivera, Laura Pinzon, Maria C. Heredia, John S. Acuña, Maria J. Barrera and Santiago Sanabria.

3. Red Team:

Sergio Tobar, Maria A. Botero, Valerie Merchan, Julian Rodriguez, Jorge M. Vesga, Valentina Diaz.

Let's not forget to return the books we rent in library on time!

ENJOY THE MAGIC WORLD OF READING!