3W News

Did You Know?

• Sunday will be a solar eclipse called "ring of fire". This is when the sun is eclipsed by the moon. It is called an annular eclipse and the last one was in 1994.
• Only states west of the Mississippi will be able to view it. It actually begins in Asia on the morning of May 21 when it will be visible in southern Japan and southern China. Please find time to check the web for photos of this with your child. We talked about it during class and it fits into our unit on the solar system.
• ALSO- Today the first of its kind of commercially owned rocket call Falcon 9 was launched at Cape Canaveral headed for the International Space Station to deliver cargo. Two NASA ships which have been docked in Portsmouth, NH and now are in the North Atlantic will be taking high-definition video and thermal imagery of Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule climbing through the atmosphere en route to the ISS. These two ships will then return to Portsmouth to transfer this data back to NASA officials. Kind of a cool connection for us!
• Your child is researching a planet and will soon develop a game to teach other classmates about what they have learned.

3W News

We are: . Learning different multiplication strategies . Focusing on the ou and ow spelling pattern . Researching planets . Getting ready to make a Space Game that teaches others about their planet . Reading Non fiction and learning how authors display information in books . Working on lower case m and n in cursive . Reading with terrific independence!! 3W Earned a No Homework Pass tonight!!! They are bringing home the new spelling list to study however. Remember Wed. is an Early Release Day! Dates to Remember June 6 Boston Field Trip ( chaperones please send in your money) June 7 Field Day June 12 Stratham Hill 3rd Grade Party......everyone is invited! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day and enjoyed your child's photo and poems.

Things we are doing: . Beginning our unit on Space . Learning about extending multiplication facts . Sharing group author projects with class (ask your child about their author) . Working on completing lower case cursive letters . Preparing slides for a project on the computer about space DATES TO REMEMBER May 6 Mother/Son Bowling 4-5:30 May 9 wellness walk May 10 Mainly Stars program for grade 3 May 16 Early Release June 4 Grandparents Lunch June 7 Field Day June 12 Grade 3 End of year party at Stratham Hill Park (more info soon) June 14 Last Day TOMORROW IS PAJAMAS DAY IN 3W This is a class reward celebration and wearing pj's is optional!!!