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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#669966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mrs. McArthur's 3rd Grade Busy Bees!</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. McArthurs 3rd Grade Busy Bees!"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="schedule.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule"><U>Schedule</U></A>   |   <A HREF="assignments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Homework Assignments"><U>Homework Assignments</U></A>   |   <B>Newsletter </B>   |   <A HREF="work.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Activities"><U>Activities</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spelling Words"><U>Spelling Words</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="21c48483.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="0aabf8c0.gif" border=0 width="191" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#00CC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21b1d223.gif"> <div> <I>Newsletter </I></div> <div> The "Buzz"  Vol. 4  Issue 15  December 8, 2008</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <IMG SRC="21d8a830.gif" border=0 width="138" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Star Student of the Week!</U></B></div> <div> Congratulations to Daniella, our New Star Student of the Week! Danielle receives a special Ribbon of Recognition, Pencil, Bookmark, and Certificate for being chosen.  Daniella loves the arts and is often practicing singing, acting, and dancing. She also loves to read and has read over 400 minutes in one week! Each Friday a different student will be chosen to be the next "Star" Student of the Week.  As students are chosen, information about them will be posted outside the classroom in the hallway.  They may bring in pictures or special things they would like to share with the class or post on the Star Board.  The children are very excited about being able to share their talents with each other.  You can learn more about our Star Student by checking out this weeks "star" board!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21e71700.gif" border=0 width="113" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>The Power of Reading</U></B></div> <bR> <div>      Although homework will be assigned Monday - Thursday, READING should be a daily activity in which each child is engaged.  A Reading Log will be filled out and turned in daily!  You may want yo set time aside each night for reading with or to your child.  Some children feel they only need to read when they are told to read.  This can be a problem.  "Students' attitude and motivation affect their success in learning to read and write" (Walberg & Tsai, 1985).  Talk to your child about reading.  What are their interests?  Ask your child how they feel about their reading.  Let them see you read as well.  Have your child talk to you about the book they are reading. Them them express their own ideas and opinions about a news article they read.  Reading, writing, listening, and talking are all important in motivating your child to read!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>      <IMG SRC="21fba1c0.gif" border=0 width="442" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <U>Snacks and Lunch</U></div> <bR> <div>      **An IMPORTANT reminder to everyone that we now have students in our class who are very allergic to nuts!  Please try to refrain from having your child bring any kind of snack and/or lunch to school taht contains any form of nuts.  We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.  For some children, it really is a matter of life and death!</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U><IMG SRC="220ba1c0.gif" border=0 width="442" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>BOX TOPS</U></B></div> <bR> <div> It is that time of year again!  We are collecting Box Tops for our class.  Please have your child bring in their Box Tops from specially marked packets and products. Our school and class benefits by receiving many needed supplies.  Thank you in advance for your participation.  We are looking forward to a successful campaign!</div> <bR> <bR> <div>          </div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="220ba1c0.gif" border=0 width="442" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Caroling at the Center</U></B></div> <bR> <div> I am very proud of our students for deciding to do a little "giving" this year.  We had a wonderful time caroling at the New Fairfield Senior Center.  The studnets presented cards and treats to the seniors and everyone was very happy to share their talents!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="223c3300.gif" border=0 width="451" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Pen Pals!</U></B></div> <bR> <div> We are anxiously waiting for letters from southern Oklahoma from our new Pen Pals!  We will be exchanging letters with Mrs. Miller's third grade class throughout the year.  This is a great way to improve our letter writing while learning about a different part of the United States!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="223c3300.gif" border=0 width="451" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Classroom Happenings!</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Math -</U> We begin Unit 4- Multiplication and Division  We have learned the zero and 1 X's rules.  Your child needs to practice their facts every night!  Try to have them memorize them and not count as often on their fingers. We will still work on subtraction and other skills throughout this unit.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Reading - </U> We are enjoying meeting in our classroom library for our Reader's Workshop.  This week our focus will be on the author Tomie dePaola.  We are concentrating on all of our strategies this week.  Reminder - Reading Logs should be filled out nightly and returned to school every Monday for credit.  Your children should be increasing their reading time to 30 minutes every night!</div> <bR> <div> <U>Spelling - </U> We are on Unit 12 this week.  This is a review week.  Out Test for Unit 12 will be on Friday, 12/12/08.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Writing - </U> We continue working on our Narrative Writing skills.  We are using the Laptops this week to type out our winter acrostic poems.  We are also working on the conventions of writing in our <U>Write it Right</U> books.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Handwriting - </U> We have begun our Cursive Handwriting Books.  We are focusing on NEAT manuscript first!  We will be working on this each week.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Science -  </U>  We continue our Rocks and Minerals Unit this week. This week we are working on properties of rocks such as hardness.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="22489920.gif" border=0 width="137" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="225ba1c0.gif" border=0 width="442" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U> <embed src="HTMLobj-197/herecomesun.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </U></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>