Welcome Back to School

Dear Parents,
I'm sure most of you are up to date on what goes on in 3rd grade! We have started our year off with a great start. The kids are such a delight and so much to get to know. I would like to ask if you could buy your son or daughter a package of Multiplication Flash cards. Study them at home between a parent and the student. We have been reviewing the 0's through 2's. As most of you know we are going on a Field Trip to Heritage Days on Friday, September 24th (probably in the afternoon) and to Academy of Children's Theatre production of Cinderella on Thursday, September 30th at 9:15am (we will leave the school at 8:45am). I am now collecting, or the office is collecting, $5.00 per student and driver/attendee for the production of Cinderella. If you haven't already sent your $5.00 check, please do so, as I have to send one check for the total amount. Also, I will be phoning in our September Scholastic Book Orders this Friday, September 16th. If you haven't done so, please send your child's order/check or money order to Scholastic, by Friday, September 16th. And, as always I will notify you on my site or via email/snail mail as to any other updates, field trip info., classroom activities as we move along this precious year. Thank you. Happy Fall! Love, Miss Gray

Have a wonderful summer everyone. Stay close to the Lord Jesus, and pray every day. It really helps.

Our Talentpalooza is this Saturday and Sunday at Barnes and Noble. 3rd grade, Mrs. Frederick's art class and various students throughout the school will be displaying their fine art, sculptures and paintings! We will be having the major window display and various displays set up throughout the store. It will be a pleasure and a proud moment to display the kid's work; they are so talented, especially my 3rd graders. Come down to the store during regular hours and have a proud moment as well, and don't forget to buy a book (teacher wish list displayed) and a drink of something special! Please mention our school when you check out with purchases!

The Science Fair went well. Now, on to the next item of business. On Friday, March 12th, Americanism Essays are due. Please finish those up and bring back to school on Friday.

I HOPE ALL OF YOU PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF CALVARY CHRISTIAN 3RD GRADE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE UPCOMING SCIENCE FAIR! YESTERDAY, WE INVITED 4TH GRADERS TO THE CREHST MUSEUM VISIT TO OUR SCHOOL. THEY PROVIDED AN INFORMATIONAL POWER POINT DEMONSTRATION OF WEATHER PATTERNS. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN WEATHER EXPERIMENTS, SIMILAR TO THE ONES PERFORMED IN CLASS LAST WEEK. WE MADE CLOUDS, HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE. THE VISIT WAS INVALUABLE JUST AS ANY "HANDS-ON" EXPERIMENTS IN CLASS AS THIS WILL MOTIVATE AND NOT DISCOURAGE YOUNG MINDS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE.
UPCOMING INFORMATION: ON EARTH DAY, APRIL 22ND, WE WILL NEED DRIVERS AND DRIVE TO MCNARY WILDLIFE REFUGE IN BURBANK, WASHINGTON. THERE 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE WILL PARTICIPATE IN LEARNING STATIONS REVOLVING AROUND THE SHRUB STEP HABITAT, BIRDS, FOWL, AND MANY OTHER LIVING THINGS. THIS WILL BE A 9AM TO 2PM DAY. SO, PLAN TO BRING A SACK LUNCH. THIS YEAR IT WILL BE EXCITING BECAUSE THEY HAVE FINISHED BUILDING THEIR NEW EDUCATION BUILDING AND VISITOR CENTER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO FORT WALLA WALLA SOMETIME IN THE SPRING. PLANS ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO BE DISCUSSED. WE WILL ADVISE YOU LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
IOWA TESTING WILL CONVENE AFTER SPRING BREAK ON APRIL 12TH -16TH. I ADVISE PLENTY OF SLEEP, MORE IF ANY, AND PLENTY OF LIQUIDS, GOOD BALANCED DIET.

Attention Parents, No School on Monday, February 15, 2010, in Observation of President's Day!Scholastic Book Orders for February are due this Friday, February 12th in class! Talentapalooza for Calvary Christian School is coming up at Barnes and Noble on Saturday, March 27 and Sunday March 28th. All you kids/parents get excited about enrolling your fine art/poetry for this fun upcoming event. This is a chance to raise money for our school library! More information to come! There will be a Field Trip in late February/mid-March to the Ice Hockey Arena in Kennewick to Interview the Tri-City Americans, Ice Skate, and the obvious drink Hot Cocoa at the Snack Shack afterward. More Information to come! (Science Fair Monday, March 8th through 10th)

Every Monday in February, the kids in Miss Gray's class will be sent home with a Science Experiment of their choice, to be made, experimented with and brought to school on the following Friday. We will do a few of these for Practice before the March Science Fair at School.

Attention parents: We will have a sign up sheet in the office starting today for parents, relatives who want to buy their child a Valentine on Friday, February 12th. The cost for the Valentine will be $3.00, which will include a card, candy hearts, lolly pops, pop-up balloon, and extra candy. You have to sign up ahead of time in the school office and pre-pay for your Valentine! Your Valentine will be hand-delivered on Friday, February 12th by a special person from the school office. So, come in and order your Valentine today!

Spirit Week is next week, starting with Backward Day on Monday. I know one year we wore our pants backward, and zipped them in the back instead of the front. It was really funny!
Tuesday-Crazy Hair Day (with my short hair, anything is possible)
Wednesday-Sports Day (Go New Orleans)
Thursday-School Colors Day
Friday-Costume Day

Welcome to Miss Gray's Days!

Dear 3rd grade parents and students,

Welcome to our new monthly online newsletter. Come here for the latest updates on 3rd grade news and fun learning enrichment activities.

Go to http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/puzzles.htm for math enrichment. I have also posted a link to http://www.wonderzone.com/ where our 3rd grade students can go to not only play fun games, but also learn about the Bible, missionaries, and even have Wonder Devotionals like we do in our Bible class. More links to come!

Please also remember to practice your times tables at least 5 times per week to reinforce long term retention of multiplication facts.

Another important thing to remember is to make sure and eat a good breakfast before school to fuel your brain and body for learning! Your body needs more than just lunch to learn and grow.

Also, make sure your spirit gets fueled with a breakfast of Bible reading and prayer for your day and attitude to be blessed and for you to be a blessing to others!

January Scholastic Book Orders will be due in the middle of the month, on January 15th this month.

I have been working with Miss Folta on helping the students be more responsible with Library Books. Starting Tuesday, January 19th, Library day, there will be a $5.00 Scholar Dollar fine for not returning the books previously checked out.

For Computer class on Wednesday, starting January 20th, the students will be required to bring Headphones.

FYI, we are doing Math Homework on Wednesdays so we can get really good with Long Division!

Remember to keep your Pizza Hut Book-it Calendar in view during the month, so you can turn it in at the end of the month with parent signature. You will receive a Book-it prize and a free pizza coupon. This program ends in March 2010.

Check weekly in case of new information.

Happy New Year 2010!
Miss Gray